Kentucky Chapter’s 2025 Annual Meeting

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Discuss and analyze trends in general surgery scope of practice. Discuss and identify the challenges of rural surgeons:  work force shortages, transfer agreements, unexpected options in Management based on patient needs. Apply knowledge of advocacy efforts pertaining to surgical specialties. Analyze perspectives on early adjustments regarding building a robotic practice. Discuss hospital leadership challengers and financial implications for a robotic transition. Analyze pearls regarding robotics from private, community employed and academic practice patterns. Demonstrate advocacy efforts in our state and ways in which to advocate for surgical specialties. Learner will be able to assess professional advantages of ACS membership and engagement. 

DISCLOSURE INFORMATION

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

Ineligible Company:   The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.

Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.  Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.

Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity.  Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.

Friday, September 5, 2025 Agenda
The Galt House Hotel

7:00AM-8:00AM   Executive Council Meeting

8:00 – 8:45 AM
Update from the American College of Surgeons
Michael Sutherland, MD, MBA, FACS – Senior Vice President, Member Services, American College of Surgeons; Professor of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

8:45 – 9:15 AM
Update and Management of Axillary Disease in Breast Cancer
V. Morgan Jones, MD – Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Kentucky

9:15 – 9:45 AM
Management of Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
Sandy Kavalukas, MD – Specialist in Colon & Rectal Surgery, University of Louisville
Nanlong "Nathan" Liu, M.D., University of Louisville

9:45 – 10:15 AM Shock Update
Brittany Wheelock, MD – Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, University of Kentucky

10:30 – 11:15 AM
Panel: Leadership Opportunities Outside the Operating Room

• Jason W. Smith, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS – Chief Clinical Officer, UofL Health, Louisville

• Lindsay Arnold, MD, Baptist Health, Louisville

• Zachary Warriner, MD, Associate Program Director, General Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, University of Kentucky

11:15 – 11:45 AM
Advocacy Update: Current Legislative Efforts

• Alexis Nickols, MD, FACS – University of Kentucky

• Cory W. Meadows – Deputy Executive Vice President & Director of Advocacy, Kentucky Medical Association

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch | Visit with Commercial Supporters | Medical Student Poster Presentations

1:00 – 1:45 PM
Panel: Management of Common Bile Duct Stones

• Samuel J. Pera, MD – General Surgery, University of Louisville

• Prejesh Philips, MD – Surgical Oncology & HPB Surgery, University of Louisville

1:45 – 2:15 PM
Engaging the Adult Learner
Russell W. Farmer, MD – Specialist in Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Louisville

Break

2:15 – 2:30 PM
Kentucky Trauma Care Update
Andrew Bernard, MD, FACS – University of Kentucky

2:30 – 2:45 PM
State Cancer Liaison Report
Alan Mullins, MD, FACS – Owensboro

2:45 – 3:00 PM
Chapter Business Meeting
Michael Egger, MD, FACS – Chapter President

3:00 – 5:00 PM
Resident Paper Competition

5:00 PM
Announcement of Award Winners | Passing of the Gavel | Adjournment & Happy Hour