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Full Schedule

  • 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    Registration Hours
  • 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    Speaker Ready Room Hours
  • 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    ASCRS Breakfast Symposium - Colorectal Top Chef! Recipes for Success and Hands-On Workshop
  • 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    The Cancer We Can Prevent: High Resolution Anoscopy and the Future of Anal Cancer Detection
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Speaker Ready Room Hours
  • 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM ET
    Registration Hours
  • 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM ET
    Camp ASCRS Childcare
  • 7:45 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Young Surgeons Mock Orals and More
    Co-Moderator: Beatrice Dionigi, MD, FACS, FASCRS – New York Presbyterian/ Columbia University
    Co-Moderator: Susanna Hill, MD MSCI FACS (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    Co-Moderator: David A. Kleiman, MD, MSc, FACS, FASCRS (he/him/his) – Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
    Resident
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee Meeting
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    Global Membership Symposium (NON CME)
    Co-Moderator: Jasneet S. Bhullar, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS. – Henry Ford Health
    Co-Moderator: Soon Sup Chung, MD – Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital
    Co-Moderator: Rohin Mittal, MS, DNB, FRCS(Eng) – Christian Medical College, Vellore
    MalignancyAnorectal
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    Research Foundation of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Brunch
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    ASCRS U Textbook Editor Meeting
  • 11:45 AM - 12:10 PM ET
    Awards Committee Meeting
  • 12:15 PM - 1:05 PM ET
    Abstract Session: Anorectal
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Jennifer Ayscue, MD, FACS, FASCRS – Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Trista Stankowski, MD (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Department of Surgery
  • 12:15 PM - 1:05 PM ET
    Colorectal Career Crossroads: Your Career’s (Sometimes Tortuous) Twists and Turns
    Co-Moderator: Avery Walker, MD FACS FASCRS (he/him/his) – The Hospitals of Providence
    Co-Moderator: Judith L. Trudel, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FASCRS (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    ProfessionalismPractice Management
  • 12:15 PM - 1:05 PM ET
    Home Sweet “Hospital at Home:” Communication Strategies to Optimize Opioid Free Recovery
    Co-Moderator: Srinivas Joga Ivatury, MD MHA – University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Moderator: Sanjay Mohanty, MD MS (he/him/his) – Indiana University School of Medicine
    GeriatricPerioperativeAPP
  • 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Speed Mentoring (Sold Out - Waitlist)
    Co-Moderator: Ramon Brown, MD – Singing River Health System
    Professionalism
  • 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Pelvic Floor Consortium
    Pelvic FloorAPP
  • 1:15 PM - 2:05 PM ET
    Going Green in the OR: Sustainability for Surgeons
    Co-Moderator: Husein Moloo, MD, MSc (Epi) (he/him/his) – University of Ottawa
    Co-Moderator: Daniel Klaristenfeld, MD – Southern California Permanente Medical Group
    Practice Management
  • 1:15 PM - 2:05 PM ET
    Malignant, Frail but Not Fading, Treating Rectal Cancer in the Vulnerable Elderly
    Co-Moderator: Fergal Fleming, MD MPH FRCSI FACS – University of Rochester Medical Center
    Co-Moderator: Hiroko Kunitake, MD MPH – Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
    GeriatricRectal CancerMalignancy
  • 1:15 PM - 2:05 PM ET
    Scrubs to Suits: Surgeon as Leader and Advocate
    Co-Moderator: Scott Regenbogen, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Co-Moderator: Sahael Stapleton, MD
    ProfessionalismPractice Management
  • 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Super Session Malignant Symposium: Technical Challenges in the Pelvis
    Co-Moderator: Samantha Hendren, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS – Indiana University
    Co-Moderator: Jon D. Vogel, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Rectal CancerMalignancy
  • 2:15 PM - 3:05 PM ET
    Abstract Session: IBD
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Meagan Costedio, MD (she/her/hers) – Ahuja Medical Center of University Hospitals
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Shreya Gupta, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    IBD
  • 2:15 PM - 3:05 PM ET
    Youth Meets Cancer: Navigating Rectal Cancer in Young Patients
    Co-Moderator: Matthew F. Kalady, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Center
    Rectal CancerMalignancyAPP
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Grab-and-Go Break
  • 3:05 PM - 3:25 PM ET
    Super Session Malignant Abstracts
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Samantha Hendren, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS – Indiana University
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Jon D. Vogel, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Malignancy
  • 3:15 PM - 4:05 PM ET
    Abstract Session: Rectal Cancer
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Marco Ferrara, MD, FACS, FASCRS – Orlando Health
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Sriram Rangarajan
    Rectal Cancer
  • 3:15 PM - 4:05 PM ET
    ASCRS/SSAT Symposium: Premalignant Lesions: Nip them in the Bud
    Co-Moderator: Emre Gorgun, MD, MBA. FACS, FASCRS. (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic
    Co-Moderator: Peter W. Marcello, MD, FACS, FASCRS (he/him/his) – Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
    Malignancy
  • 3:15 PM - 4:05 PM ET
    ePoster Presentations
  • 3:30 PM - 4:05 PM ET
    Super Session Malignant Panel
    Co-Moderator: Samantha Hendren, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS – Indiana University
    Co-Moderator: Jon D. Vogel, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
    MalignancyRectal CancerAPP
  • 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Welcome and Opening Announcements
  • 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM ET
    International Reception
  • 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM ET
    PRISM Reception
  • 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM ET
    Research Foundation of the ASCRS Reception
  • 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM ET
    Young Surgeons Networking Reception
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET
    Welcome Reception at the Florida Aquarium
  • 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM ET
    Registration Hours
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM ET
    Speaker Ready Room Hours
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM ET
    Meet the Professor Breakfast: MTP-S1 Parastomal Hernia
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Brian Bello, MD – MedStar Health
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Jenny Speranza, MD, FACS, FASCRS (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester
    Benign
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM ET
    Meet the Professor Breakfast: MTP-S2 HRA/Dysplasia
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Stephen E. Goldstone, MD (he/him/his) – ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Robert N. Goldstone, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    MalignancyAnorectalAPP
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM ET
    Meet the Professor Breakfast: MTP-S3 Billing/Coding - SOLD OUT
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Kelly M. Tyler, MD (she/her/hers) – Trinity Health of New England/St. Francis Hospital
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Donald B. Colvin, MD (he/him/his) – Chairman ASCRS Healthcare Economics Committee
    Practice ManagementAPP
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ET
    Advanced Practice Provider Breakfast
    APP
  • 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM ET
    Camp ASCRS Childcare
  • 7:30 AM - 10:15 AM ET
    General Surgery Residents Workshop and Abstract Forum - WAITLIST
    Co-Moderator: Tess H. Aulet, MD (she/her/hers) – UMass Memorial Medical Center
    Co-Moderator: Justin M. Greco, MB BCh (he/him/his) – Loma Linda University Health
    Resident
  • 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM ET
    ASCRS Student Pathway Program
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM ET
    Super Session Nodal and Metastatic Disease– The Ever-Evolving Battlefront
    Co-Moderator: George J. Chang, MD, MS, MHCM (he/him/his) – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Co-Moderator: Maria Widmar, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    MalignancyRectal Cancer
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Core Subjects Update
    Co-Moderator: Jitesh Patel, MD, MBA – University of Kentucky
    BenignAnorectalResidentMalignancyAPP
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Critical Review of Manuscripts
    Co-Moderator: Susan Galandiuk, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Louisville
    ProfessionalismMiscellaneous
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    ePoster Presentations
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Research Foundation Symposium: Building a Cutting-Edge Research Career
    Co-Moderator: Benjamin D. Shogan, MD (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Co-Moderator: Larissa Temple, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester Medical Center
    ProfessionalismMiscellaneous
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM ET
    Behind the Scope: Advanced Practice in Colorectal Care
    Co-Moderator: Jennifer Davids, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Medical Center
    Co-Moderator: Jenny Speranza, MD, FACS, FASCRS (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester
    Practice ManagementAPP
  • 8:50 AM - 9:20 AM ET
    Super Session Nodal and Metastatic Disease Abstract Session
    Abstract Co-Moderator: George J. Chang, MD, MS, MHCM (he/him/his) – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Maria Widmar, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Malignancy
  • 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM ET
    ASCRS 2026 Career Fair
  • 9:25 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Super Session Nodal and Metastatic Disease Panel Discussion
    Co-Moderator: George J. Chang, MD, MS, MHCM (he/him/his) – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Co-Moderator: Maria Widmar, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Malignancy
  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM ET
    Break
  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Innovation Center Hours
  • 10:20 AM - 10:25 AM ET
    2026-2028 Research Foundation Mentor Award Presentation
    Award Presenter: Larissa Temple, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester Medical Center
    Professionalism
  • 10:25 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Career Development Award (CDA) Presentation
    Award Presenter: Larissa Temple, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester Medical Center
    Awardee: Ira L. Leeds, MD – Yale School of Medicine
    Professionalism
  • 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM ET
    Norman D. Nigro, MD Lectureship
    Special Lecturer Introducer: Larissa Temple, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester Medical Center
    Special Lecturer: Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD (she/her/hers) – Kennedy School of Government
    MalignancyAPP
  • 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM ET
    Awards Committee Meeting
  • 11:15 AM - 12:25 PM ET
    Celebratory Brunch in the Innovation Center
  • 11:15 AM - 12:25 PM ET
    IBD SIRQC Investigator Meeting
  • 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM ET
    Abstract Session: Potpourri
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Nicole Wieghard, MD, FACS, FASCRS (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Alice E. Lee, MD, FACS, FASCRS (she/her/hers) – Minneapolis VAHCS/University of Minnesota
    Miscellaneous
  • 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM ET
    ePoster of Distinction: Rectal Cancer
    ePoster Moderator: Ana De Roo, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    ePoster Moderator: Kelly Finan, MD
    Rectal CancerMalignancy
  • 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM ET
    ePoster Presentations
  • 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM ET
    Preventing SSIs: A Battle We Can Win Before Surgery
    Co-Moderator: Peter Cataldo, MD (he/him/his) – Larner College of Medicine
    Co-Moderator: Elise H. Lawson, MD, MSHS (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
    PerioperativeAPP
  • 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM ET
    The Crohn’s Stricture: Surgery or Struggle?
    Co-Moderator: Lisa Marie Cannon, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester Medical Center
    Co-Moderator: Muneera Rehana Kapadia, MD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    IBDBenignAPP
  • 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM ET
    Super Session Rectal Cancer 2056: What Does the Future Hold?
    Co-Moderator: Gabriela Poles, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester
    Co-Moderator: David B. Stewart, Sr., MD (he/him/his) – Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
    MalignancyRectal CancerAPP
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM ET
    Abstract Session: Colon Cancer
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Alton G. Sutter, MD, PhD – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Abstract Co-Moderator: William C. Kethman, MD (he/him/his) – Ochsner Medical Center
    Malignancy
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM ET
    ePoster Presentations
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Super Session Rectal Cancer Abstracts
    Faculty: Gabriela Poles, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester
    Abstract Co-Moderator: David B. Stewart, Sr., MD (he/him/his) – Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
    MalignancyRectal Cancer
  • 2:25 PM - 3:10 PM ET
    Best of Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
    Co-Moderator: Susan Galandiuk, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Louisville
    IBDRectal CancerMalignancyMiscellaneous
  • 2:25 PM - 3:10 PM ET
    ePoster Presentations
  • 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM ET
    Super Session Rectal Cancer Panel
    Co-Moderator: Gabriela Poles, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester
    Co-Moderator: David B. Stewart, Sr., MD (he/him/his) – Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
    Rectal Cancer
  • 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM ET
    Break in the Innovation Center
  • 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Awards Committee Meeting
  • 3:50 PM - 4:40 PM ET
    Anorectal Puzzles: Cases You Can’t Solve in One Try
    Faculty: Robert Hollis, MD, MSPH – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    AnorectalAPP
  • 3:50 PM - 4:40 PM ET
    Cases that Push your Tumor Board Over Time Limit!
    Co-Moderator: Colleen Donahue, MD (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina
    Co-Moderator: Amit Merchea, MD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic Florida
    Malignancy
  • 3:50 PM - 4:40 PM ET
    Prehabilitation for Surgery: Making Lemonade from Lemons
    Co-Moderator: Angela H. Kuhnen, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
    Co-Moderator: Susan Gearhart, MD – Johns Hopkins Medicine
    PerioperativeGeriatricAPP
  • 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM ET
    ePoster Presentations
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    ASCRS Colorectal Family Feud (NON CME)
    Game Show Host: David R. Rosen, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    MiscellaneousResidentAPP
  • 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM ET
    Committee Reception
  • 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM ET
    Graduating Fellows Reception Sponsored by Olympus
  • 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM ET
    General Surgery Residents’ Reception
  • 6:00 AM - 5:30 PM ET
    Registration Hours
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM ET
    Meet the Professor Breakfast: MTP-M1 Crohn’s Fistula
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Phillip Fleshner, MD FASCRS – CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Vitaliy Poylin, MD, MBA – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    IBDAPP
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM ET
    Meet the Professor Breakfast: MTP-M2 Rectal Cancer - SOLD OUT
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: David Liska, MD – Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Steven Hunt, MD – Washington University School of Medicine
    Rectal CancerMalignancyAPP
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM ET
    Meet the Professor Breakfast: MTP-M3 Professional Advancement
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Scott R. Steele, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic
    Ask the Experts Discussion Leader: Traci Hedrick, MD – Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia
    Professional
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ET
    ASCRS Regional and Affiliated Societies Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Speaker Ready Room Hours
  • 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM ET
    Camp ASCRS Childcare
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM ET
    ePoster of Distinction: Quality, Cost, and Education
    ePoster Moderator: Aneel Damle, MD MBA – Colon & Rectal Surgery Associates, MN
    ePoster Moderator: Julia L. Nugent, MD – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Education
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM ET
    Hernia Hacks from the Midline to the Pelvic Floor
    Co-Moderator: Warqaa Akram, MD, FACS – East Carolina University
    Co-Moderator: W. Forrest Johnston, MD – Ochsner Health
    Benign
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM ET
    Rectal Prolapse Workup and Treatment 2026
    Co-Moderator: Mala Murthy Balakumar, MD MSEd FACS FASCRS (she/her/hers) – CRSSNY, Mount Sinai South Nassau
    Co-Moderator: Brooke Gurland, MD, FASCRS, FACS – Stanford University
    Pelvic FloorAPP
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM ET
    Spectacular Cases
    Co-Moderator: Katerina O.K Wells, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas
    Co-Moderator: Neil Hyman, MD – University of Vermont College of Medicine
    MiscellaneousBenign
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM ET
    Quality Collaborative Task Force Meeting
  • 8:55 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Ernestine Hambrick, MD Lectureship
    Special Lecturer Introducer: Liliana Bordeianou, MD, FASCRS – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Special Lecturer: Erika Rangel, MS, MD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
    MiscellaneousAPP
  • 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET
    ASCRS 2026 Career Fair
  • 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET
    Innovation Center Hours
  • 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM ET
    Break in the Innovation Center
  • 10:15 AM - 11:05 AM ET
    Anorectal Surgery: Let’s Talk Technique
    Co-Moderator: Sean J. Langenfeld, MD (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Co-Moderator: Joshua Bleier, MD, FACS, FASCRS (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania Health System
    AnorectalAPP
  • 10:15 AM - 11:05 AM ET
    ePoster of Distinction: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    ePoster Moderator: Thomas E. Cataldo, MD – Harvard Medical School
    ePoster Moderator: Maggie Westfal, MD MPH – Medical University of South Carolina Department of Surgery
    IBD
  • 10:15 AM - 11:05 AM ET
    ePoster Presentations
  • 10:15 AM - 11:05 AM ET
    Late Breaking Abstract Session
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Amalia Stefanou, MD MAS (she/her/hers) – Moffitt Cancer Center
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Samer Kawak, MD – Franciscan Health
  • 10:15 AM - 11:05 AM ET
    Ulcerative Colitis Advancements You Need to Know
    Co-Moderator: Thomas Curran, MD MPH FACS FASCRS (he/him/his) – Medical University of South Carolina Department of Surgery
    Co-Moderator: Samuel Eisenstein, MD – UC San Diego Health
    IBDAPP
  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Presidential Address
    Special Lecturer Introducer: Joshua Bleier, MD, FACS, FASCRS (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania Health System
    Special Lecturer: Najjia N. Mahmoud, MD – University of Pennsylvania Health System
    MiscellaneousProfessionalAPP
  • 12:05 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Applied Medical
  • 12:05 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    ASCRS Mentorship Programs Lunch
  • 12:05 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Empower and Elevate Luncheon
  • 12:05 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Lunch and Closing Celebration in the Innovation Center
  • 12:05 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Optimizing Primary Healing in Anal Fistula: Historical approaches and outcomes vs BioHealx (BAFT)
  • 12:05 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Unrecognized Risk: How Germline Testing Can Transform Surgical Planning and Long-Term Management
  • 12:05 PM - 1:15 PM ET
    ASCRS Luncheon Honoring Past Presidents and Past Vice Presidents
  • 12:05 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Awards Committee Meeting
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM ET
    Gut Check Live Podcast
  • 1:20 PM - 2:10 PM ET
    Cancer in IBD: Inflammation, Surveillance, Management
    Co-Moderator: Emina Huang, MD, MBA – University of Texas Southwestern
    Co-Moderator: Vitaliy Poylin, MD, MBA – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    IBDMalignancy
  • 1:20 PM - 2:10 PM ET
    ePoster of Distinction: Colon Cancer
    ePoster Moderator: Monika A. Krezalek, MD, MS, FACS – NorthShore University HealthSystem
    ePoster Moderator: Yasmin Zerhouni, MD
  • 1:20 PM - 2:10 PM ET
    ePoster Presentations
  • 1:20 PM - 2:10 PM ET
    Is Constipation a Surgical Disease?
    Co-Moderator: Craig H. Olson, MD – Baylor Scott and White Waxahachie
    Co-Moderator: Liliana Bordeianou, MD, FASCRS – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    BenignPelvic FloorAPP
  • 1:20 PM - 2:10 PM ET
    The Latest Anorectal Innovations
    Co-Moderator: David A. Kleiman, MD, MSc, FACS, FASCRS (he/him/his) – Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
    Co-Moderator: Wolfgang Gaertner, MD, MSc, MBA – University of Minnesota
    Anorectal
  • 2:15 PM - 3:05 PM ET
    Humanities in Surgery Lectureship
    Special Lecturer Introducer: Scott R. Steele, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic
    Special Lecturer: Mathew Martin, MD, FACS (he/him/his) – University of Southern California Medical Center
    ProfessionalAPP
  • 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Break
  • 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Women's and Allies Event: Advancing Equity in Colorectal Surgery: Survey Insights & Solutions
    Host: Valery Vilchez Parra, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California Irvine
    MiscellaneousProfessionalismAPP
  • 3:30 PM - 5:10 PM ET
    ePoster Presentations
  • 3:30 PM - 5:10 PM ET
    ePosters of Distinction: Potpourri
    ePoster Moderator: Kinga S. Olortegui, MD, MS, FACS – UChicago Medicine
    ePoster Moderator: Grace C. Chang, DO – Rutgers Health/ RWJBarnabas Health
    Miscellaneous
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    New Technology Symposium and Abstracts
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Michael J. Grieco, MD – NYU Langone Health
    Abstract Co-Moderator: Alexis Grucela, MD (she/her/hers) – Northern Westchester Hospital, Northwell Health
    Miscellaneous
  • 3:45 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    Young Surgeons Boat Tour Benefiting Cheeky Charity!
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET
    2026 Mount Sinai Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery Alumni Reception
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET
    Cleveland Clinic Alumni Reception
  • 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET
    Ferguson Clinic Alumni Reception
  • 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM ET
    USC Colorectal Surgery Alumni & Friends Annual Reception hosted by Dr. Sang W. Lee, Professor & Chief, Colorectal Surgery
  • 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM ET
    WashU Alumni Reception
  • 9:00 PM - 11:59 PM ET
    EP Salvati Alumni Reception
  • 7:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    Speaker Ready Room Hours
  • 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET
    Registration Hours
  • 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
    MalignancyBenignMiscellanous
  • 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
  • 10:10 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
  • 12:05 PM - 12:50 PM ET
    Anastomotic Leak: How to Prevent and Manage the Worst-Case Scenario
    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
    Lunch and Closing Celebration in the Innovation Center