Call for Abstracts NC/SC-ACS Chapters 2025 Annual Meeting
The Program Committee of the North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons is accepting abstracts for consideration for the resident paper competitions being held during the 2025 NC/SC-ACS Annual Meeting on July 11-13, 2025 in Asheville, NC.
The deadline for submissions is May 10, 2025, by 11:55 pm Eastern Time.
SUBMISSION ELIGIBILITY:
Three categories – Trauma, General Surgery and Cancer.
All residents and research trainees enrolled in general surgery or surgical specialty residency training programs in North Carolina.
Medical students enrolled in a medical school in North Carolina – with an interest in surgery.
The entry should represent the original work done by the authors.
Submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment by the submitting author to be present on July 11-13, 2025, in Asheville, NC if his/her abstract is accepted.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
Submit the abstract using the online submission form by May 10, 2025, at 11:55 pm Eastern Time.
Online submissions only.
Upload graphs or charts as directed on the abstract submission form.
When you enter your abstract, you will be asked to complete these sections:
Category: Trauma, General Surgery or Cancer
Abstracts: Background, Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion
Case Reports: Introduction/Objective, Case Presentation, Discussion and Conclusion
PAPER COMPETITION:
Trauma – Only submissions directly related to trauma surgery will be considered. Submissions related to acute care surgery and/or emergency general surgery should be submitted in the General/Specialty Surgery Competition. Only resident and fellows-in-training submissions are eligible to advance to the COT Region IV competition. Military cannot submit to the Chapter; must submit to ACS COT Military Region XIII. Deadline is May 10, 2025.
Cancer – The topic must be specific to oncology. Deadline is May 10, 2025.
General/Specialty Surgery – The topics have been expanded to include general and specialty surgery. Deadline is May 10, 2025.