CME Breakdown

APRIL 11, 2026

• Abstract Session: President Session: 1.25 credit
• American Board of Surgery: 0.75 credit
• Concurrent Session: Surgical Potpourri & Trauma & Critical Care (trauma mandate .5 hour):  .5 credit
• Business of Surgery: Coding & Interactive Audience: 1.25 credit
• Concurrent Session: Bariatric Surgery (bariatric surgery .75 hour) & Pediatric Surgery: .75 credit
• ACS Update: .75 credit
• Sculpting Surgeons – the Science and Art of Training the Next Generate – 1.75 credit
• Surgical Skills Session: 1.25 credit

APRIL 12, 2026                                               

• ePoster Session: 1.00 credit
• Concurrent Mini-Talk Session: Trauma & Critical (trauma mandate .5 hour) & Surgical Skills Potpourri II: .5 credit
• Great Debate: Use of AI and Video Recording in Surgery: 1.25 credit
• Abstract Session: Oncology: .75 credit (cancer mandate .75 hour)
• Resident Surgical Jeopardy: .75 credit

CME EVALUATION AND CERTIFICATES

• Complete the online evaluation form to claim your total CME credits for the Louisiana Chapter
  ACS Annual Meeting by Monday, May 11.
• Have your ACS ID ready.
• Certificates will be emailed on Thursday, May 14, 2026 if requested.

TEAM GAMES

RESIDENT SURGICAL SKILLS
Saturday, April 11, 2026
5:15pm | Sculpture Garden (2^nd floor)

LSU Health New Orleans
Jake Stover, MD
Yumiko Gely, MD

LSU Health Shreveport
Miles Minvielle, MD
Rebecca Elise Duhon, MD

Ochsner Health
Caroline Bereuter, MD
Eric Veytsman, MD

Tulane School of Medicine
Ceci Nguyen, MD
Taelor Farrow, MD

Willis Knighton Health
Johann Guzman, MD
Nour Atassi, MD

Judges

• Lance Stuke, MD
• Ahsan Raza, MD
• Jessica Zagory, MD
• Jane Sugar, MD
• Ian Hodgdon, MD
• Sanda Tan, MD

RESIDENT SURGICAL JEOPARDY
Sunday, April 12, 2026
11:15am | Patrons II-IV

Moderator: Mo Al Efishat, MD, FACS 
Judge: Brett Chapman, MD, FACS 

LSU Health New Orleans
TBA

LSU Health Shreveport
Miles Minvielle, MD
Adam Garman, MD

Ochsner Health
TBA

Tulane School of Medicine
Veronica Rodriguez, MD
Ceci Nguyen, MD

Willis Knighton Health
Johann Guzman, MD
Nour Atassi, MD

ABSTRACT SCORING

Saturday, April 11, 2026

10:45am-11:15am
Concurrent Session

1:30pm-2:15pm
Concurrent Session

Sunday, April 12, 2026
ePosters