Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
Accreditation

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDIT INFORMATION

Accreditation
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 5.0 credits meet the requirements for Self-Assessment.

Accreditation


Disclosures
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months. Please see the attached PDF to this for the complete disclosure list.
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Learning Objectives
This activity is designed for the practicing surgeon to gain an understanding of current surgical research and its clinical applications as well as current socio-economic issues. There will be invited guest lecturers, podium presentations, poster displays, and solicited audience discussion. At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:




MCACS The Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons wishes to recognize and thank the following companies for their monetary commercial support that contributed to the success of the 69th Annual Meeting!

Gold
Applied Medical

Silver
Ethicon

Bronze
BD
Intuitive
KARLZ STORZ Endoscopy

The American College of Surgeons wishes to recognize and thank the following company(ies) for their in-kind commercial support Top Gun Competition.
Applied Medical
Ethicon
Intuitive

The ACS Massachusetts Chapter wishes to recognize and thank the following companies for their commercial/exhibitor promotion towards this educational activity.

Exhibitors:

Gold
Applied Medical
Medtronic
Abbott Nutrition
Applied Medical
BD
Ethicon
Silver
Ethicon
Fujifilm Healthcare
Heron Therapeutics
Intuitive
Bronze
BD
KARLZ STORZ Endoscopy
Stryker Endoscopy
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc
KARLZ STORZ Endoscopy
Key Surgical
Medtronic
Olympus
Olympus Surgical Solutions
Qventus
Stryker Endoscopy
W.L. Gore & Associates