2024 CANCER & TRAUMA PHYSICIAN-IN-TRAINING PAPER COMPETITION

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The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (ACS COC) and Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) announce their call for abstracts for the 2024 Physician in Training Paper Competition. The competition fosters the development of physician scientists in the fields of oncology and trauma. We will hold a competition at  VCU on Thursday, November 7th from 2-5PM followed by a COT meeting from 5-6PM.  . Location: McGlothlin Medical Education Center | Room 5-101A.

ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to all general surgery residents, surgical specialty residents, and fellows on topics specific to oncology and trauma, related to the mission of the Commission on Cancer and the Committee on Trauma. Any paper submitted may have been previously presented but not published as full paper in any peer-reviewed journal at the time of submission.

A faculty member co-author of the study accepted for presentation must be a member of the ACS and the VA-ACS. 

MEDICAL STUDENTS

Medical students are eligible to participate in the COT competition. The student sponsor (Attending) must be present at the Paper Competition. The top medical student presenter will be selected to present at the 2025 VA-ACS Annual Meeting (more information coming soon) and will receive a  generous monetary prize.

Submission Deadline: Thursday, October 30th.

SCOPE
The abstracts should describe original research in any aspect of cancer or trauma care. The papers must be categorized as either: 1) basic laboratory research or 2) clinical research/investigation. The winner in each category will be selected for the national competition.

All submissions will be expected to present a PowerPoint presentation on November 7th at VCU. The presentation will be 10 minutes long (7 minute presentation + 3 minute Q&A).

2025 VA-ACS ANNUAL MEETING

Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront | May 30-31, 2025

Questions? Contact Chapter Administrator, Susan McConnell at 804-622-8139 or smcconnell@ramdocs.org.