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.

ACCME Disclosure Statement

In accordance with ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons requires that anyone in a position to control the content of this educational activity—including planners, speakers, authors, discussants, and moderators—disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the past 24 months. Please note that first authors were responsible for collecting and submitting disclosure information on behalf of all contributing authors, as applicable.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

This activity is intended for physicians. Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Identify treatment strategies (surgical, medical, and radiation-based) for clinically occult and clinically apparent nodal disease in breast cancer.

• Demonstrate current approaches to the management of uncomplicated diverticulitis.

• Assess updated shock management guidelines.

• Describe leadership opportunities for surgeons beyond the operating room.

• Identify avenues for advocacy involvement at the state and national levels.

• Analyze optimal management approaches for choledocholithiasis.

• Recognize the evolving educational needs of adult learners.

• Evaluate state-level systems aimed at improving the quality of cancer and trauma care in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

ACCME Disclosure Statement

In accordance with ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons requires that anyone in a position to control the content of this educational activity—including planners, speakers, authors, discussants, and moderators—disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the past 24 months. Please note that first authors were responsible for collecting and submitting disclosure information on behalf of all contributing authors, as applicable.

Thursday, September 4, 2025-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 LouisvilleBreak

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