2024 CANCER & TRAUMA PHYSICIAN-IN-TRAINING & Medical student
Thursday, November 7 | 2-6 PM
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 & Medical Student Paper Competition. The competition fosters the development of physician scientists in the fields of oncology and trauma. We will hold the 2024 competition at VCU on Thursday, November 7th from 2-5 PM followed by a COT meeting from 5-6 PM. 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 below) and will receive a generous monetary prize.
Submission Deadline: Thursday, October 24th.
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
May 30 & 31, 2025 - Virginia Beach Marriott Oceanfront!
Questions? Contact Chapter Administrator, Susan McConnell at 804-622-8139 or smcconnell@ramdocs.org.
Submit an Abstract by October 24th
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