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  • Tuesday, May 12, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    Speaker Ready Room Hours
  • 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET
    Registration Hours
  • 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM ET
    Luggage Check
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM ET
    ASCRS Exhibitor Advisory Panel
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET
    Annual Business Meeting and State of the Society Address
    ProfessionalismMiscellaneous
  • 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET
    Camp ASCRS Childcare
  • 9:10 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Abstract Session: Video
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Lisa Marie Cannon, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester Medical Center
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Jeffrey Barton, MD – Northwest Permanente
    Miscellaneous
  • 9:10 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    RCTs Galore: The Evidence We Have, The Answers We Don’t
    Co-Moderator: Vlad V. Simianu, MD MPH – Virginia Mason Medical Center
    Co-Moderator: Mary R. Kwaan, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    MalignancyBenignMiscellaneous
  • 9:10 AM - 10:05 AM ET
    Super Session Diverticulitis: From Clinic to Colectomy
    Co-Moderator: Alexander T. Hawkins, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Moderator: Robert Nunoo, MD – WakeMed Health and Hospital
    Benign
  • 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM ET
    Innovation Center Hours
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    ASCRS U Live Ask the Experts Q&A Open Forum: Young Surgeons Mock Orals: Bring Your Questions

    Participant: Kelly M. Tyler, MD – Trinity Health of New England/St. Francis Hospital

    Participant: Beatrice Dionigi, MD, FACS, FASCRS – New York Presbyterian/ Columbia University

    Participant: David A. Kleiman, MD, MSc, FACS, FASCRS – Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

    Participant: Matthew F. Kalady, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Center

  • 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Abstract Session: Research Forum
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Emily Huang, MD, MEd – The Ohio State University
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Jonathan S. Abelson, MD MS (he/him/his) – Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
    Miscellaneous
  • 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Leveling Up: How to Sharpen your Surgical Skills with Technology supported by the Education Fund
    Co-Moderator: Ramon Brown, MD – Singing River Health System
    Co-Moderator: Arielle E. Kanters, MD, MS – Cleveland Clinic
    ProfessionalismMiscellaneous
  • 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Super Session Diverticulitis Leela M. Prasad Memorial Debate: Diverging Views on Diverticulitis
    Co-Moderator: Alexander T. Hawkins, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Co-Moderator: Robert Nunoo, MD – WakeMed Health and Hospital
    Benign
  • 11:10 AM - 11:55 AM ET
    Anal Cancer: The Bottom Line on Diagnosis and Prevention
    Co-Moderator: Zhaomin Xu, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – University of Rochester
    Co-Moderator: Juan Lucas Poggio, MD, MS, FASCRS (he/him/his) – Temple Health System
    AnorectalMalignancy
  • 11:10 AM - 11:55 AM ET
    Geriatrics and Colorectal Surgery: Interventions to Improve Cognitive Outcomes and Goal-Concordant Care
    Co-Moderator: Julia R. Berian, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin
    Co-Moderator: Joshua Wolf, MD FACS FASCRS – LifeBridge Health
    GeriatricPerioperative
  • 11:10 AM - 11:55 AM ET
    Health Care Labyrinth: How to Guide Patients Through the Maze
    Co-Moderator: Erin King-Mullins
    Co-Moderator: Kelly M. Tyler, MD (she/her/hers) – Trinity Health of New England/St. Francis Hospital
    Practice ManagementPerioperative
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM ET
    ASCRS U Live Ask the Experts Q&A Open Forum: Meet the 2027 ASM Program Committee  

    Participant: Kelly M. Tyler, MD – Trinity Health of New England/St. Francis Hospital

    Participant: Beatrice Dionigi, MD, FACS, FASCRS – New York Presbyterian/ Columbia University

    Participant: David A. Kleiman, MD, MSc, FACS, FASCRS – Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

    Participant: Matthew F. Kalady, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Center

  • 12:05 PM - 12:50 PM ET
    Anastomotic Leak: How to Prevent and Manage the Worst-Case Scenario
    Co-Moderator: Jason Hall, MD, MPH, FASCRS
    Co-Moderator: Cyrus Jahansouz, MD – University of Minnesota
    MalignancyBenignMiscellaneousPerioperative
  • 12:05 PM - 12:50 PM ET
    Fighting Burnout: Strategies for Surgeons to Thrive
    Co-Moderator: Sharon L. Stein, MD FACS FASCRS (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
    Co-Moderator: Najjia N. Mahmoud, MD – University of Pennsylvania Health System
    Professionalism
  • 12:05 PM - 12:50 PM ET
    New Frontiers in Cancer: From The Tumor Microenvironment to CARs
    Co-Moderator: Karin Hardiman, MD, Ph.D (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Co-Moderator: J. Joshua Smith, MD, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    MalignancyRectal Cancer
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    2025 ASCRS Meeting Debrief
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Lunch and Closing Celebration in the Innovation Center