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  • 2021 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons | A Virtual Assembly
    Contains 126 Product(s)

    2021 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons | A Virtual Assembly

    2021 Annual Meeting

  • 2020 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons | A Virtual Assembly
    Contains 79 Product(s)

    2020 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons | A Virtual Assembly

    2020 Annual Clinical Assembly | A Virtual Assembly

    Educational Objectives and Outcomes

    TARGET AUDIENCE: This activity is intended for surgeons of varying specialties who care for surgical patients.

    THE ACA WILL:
    • Offer a highly diversified program of continuing medical education for the specialties of cardiothoracic and vascular, general, neurological, plastic and reconstructive, proctological, and urological surgery 
    • Keep surgeons in these specialties, other interested physicians, and healthcare professionals informed regarding recent developments and advances in the art and science of surgery
    • Provide a review of selected areas of the attendees’ surgical specialties
    • Discuss pre- and post-operative issues related to surgery
    • Inform attendees of trends and changes in governmental legislation and regulations
    • Update surgical specialists regarding developments related to surgery in other fields of science, in socioeconomics, and in education


    THE ACA LEARNING METHODS USED ARE:
    • Panels, symposia, and lectures
    • Scientific paper presentations
    • Peer-to-peer discussions
    • Question and answer sessions
    • Scientific exhibits and poster presentations


    ACA EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
    After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
    • Discuss recent clinical developments in their surgical specialties
    • Implement strategies into their surgical practice in order to improve patient care
    • Review the indications, techniques, complications, and outcomes of various surgical procedures
    • Understand relevant socioeconomic and governmental issues relating to surgery and patient care

  • ACOS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety eLearning Series
    Contains 3 Product(s)

    ACOS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety eLearning Series presented by Geeta Lal, MD, MSc FRCS(C), FACS

    ACOS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety eLearning Series

    Presented by Geeta Lal, MD, MSc FRCS(C), FACS

    Module 1: Surgical Site Infections (SSI): Beyond Antibiotics On Call to OR
    Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 6:00 PM ET

    Module 2: Social Media for Physicians - Rules of Engagement
    Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 6:00 PM ET 

    Module 3: Surgical Practice in the times of COVID-19
    Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 6:00 PM ET

    The ACOS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Series is an on-demand virtual series for all physicians whether you are at the beginning of your career or an experienced medical professional continuing your professional development. As you know, the medical world is rapidly changing. New advances in technology, care delivery, and scientific discoveries are happening at rates that make it challenging for learning practices across the field to keep up, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    Each module is 30 minutes and includes interactivity with the instructor and plenty of time for Q&A. 

    CME

    The American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. Eligible attending physicians can earn AOA continuing medical education (CME) credits by participating in this ACOS eLearning series. ACOS estimates that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education will approve this program for a maximum of 1.5 AOA Category 1-A CME credit hours.

  • Evidence-Based OMT for Surgical Patients
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
    Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
    Download/Print Certificate with Transcript Medical Category 1-A CME credit 1.00 0.00

    Evidence-Based OMT for Surgical Patients presented by Gerard A. Baltazar, D.O., FACOS, FACS

    Please note, this webinar must be complete by April 27, 2023.

    Evidence-Based OMT for Surgical Patients

    Presented by Gerard A. Baltazar, D.O., FACOS, FACS

    Session Description

    This webinar will provide an evidence-based review of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) considerations for surgical patients and include practical approaches for adding OMT to acute surgical and perioperative management.   The presenter will draw on the scientific literature and firsthand experience to illustrate opportunities for provision and study of OMT for the surgical patient population.

    Learning Objectives

    At the end of the session, the participate should be able to:

    1. Describe and summarize the available evidence base for osteopathic manipulative treatment considerations for surgical patients. 
    2. Create opportunities to provide osteopathic manipulative treatment for surgical patients. 
    3. Devise plans for integration of osteopathic principles and practice into surgical care and research.

    After participating in this webinar, you may ask the instructor questions by using the interactive "Discussion" tab. All participants will have access to this discussion board to interact with the instructor and other attendees. 

    Gerard A. Baltazar, D.O., FACOS, FACS

    Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care & Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment

    Dr. Gerard A. Baltazar is an attending trauma and critical care surgeon at NYU Winthrop Hospital and clinical assistant professor of NYU School of Medicine. He began his medical career as a Howard Hughes and John Carroll Scholar at Georgetown University before earning a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from Touro University California where he received community service and student life awards. He completed surgical residency at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, an academic affiliate of Weill Medical College of Cornell University before completing trauma and surgical critical care fellowship at the Rutgers University New Jersey Trauma Center in Newark where he earned the Oriens Award from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST). Practicing initially in the underserved community of the southwest Bronx, Dr. Baltazar earned further accolades with a 2018 EAST Leadership Development Scholarship and the 2018 Resident Mentor Award from SBH Health System along with multiple local and regional academic awards for his trainees. In 2019, Dr. Baltazar joined NYU Langone Health where he is pursing research in gun violence, trauma outcomes, social media's potential influence on trauma activation and post-injury osteopathic manipulative treatment among other work. He lives in Westchester County, NY with his wife a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist and two young daughters. 

  • 2020 Urological Surgery Mid-Year VIRTUAL Meeting
    Contains 7 Product(s)

    The 2020 Urological Surgery Discipline Mid-Year VIRTUAL Meeting is now available in the ACOS eLearning Portal. Once registered, participants will be provided with information on how to access the course materials via the ACOS eLearning Portal. The learning modules for this meeting will remain in your eLearning account for three years, allowing you to learn at your pace.

    The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the American Urological Association’s (AUA) Annual Conference (AUA2020). Due to our collaboration with the AUA2020 the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS) also cancelled the in-person 2020 Urological Surgery Discipline Mid-Year Meeting.

    Despite the crisis, ACOS remains steadfast in our mission of promoting excellence in osteopathic surgical care through education and has been hard at work to offer a virtual version of this important meeting. We are proud to announce that the program is now available to registrants in an on-demand format via the ACOS eLearning Portal.

    Educational Program

    ACOS extends gratitude to our expert roster of faculty for the 2020 Urological Surgery Discipline Mid-Year VIRTUAL Meeting. We are grateful for their participation.

    Overview and Objectives

    The program curriculum for the 2020 American College of Osteopathic Surgeons’ (ACOS) Urological Surgery Discipline Mid-Year VIRTUAL Meeting is designed to provide clinical updates for the urological surgeon in practice. After attending this activity, participants will be better able to:

    • Describe new urological surgery research, technology and surgical techniques. 
    • Outline the latest developments for the management and treatment of urologic conditions, including stone disease, sexual medicine, incontinence, and endourology. 
    • Explain the indications, techniques, complications, and outcomes of presented procedures. 
    • Incorporate evidence-based research into practice to improve patient outcomes.

    CME

    The American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. Eligible attending physicians can earn AOA continuing medical education (CME) credits by participating in the educational programming for the 2020 Urological Surgery Discipline Mid-Year VIRTUAL Meeting. ACOS estimates that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education will approve this program for a maximum of 6.75 AOA Category 1-A CME credit hours.

  • Telemedicine is Medicine
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
    Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
    Download/Print Certificate with Transcript Medical Category 1-A CME credit 1.00 0.00

    Telemedicine is Medicine presented by Lisa Finkelstein, D.O., FACOS

    Please note, this workshop needs to be completed by May 17, 2023

    Telemedicine is Medicine
    Presented by Lisa Finkelstein, D.O., FACOS, Medical Director of Telehealth at St. Johns Health, Jackson, Wyoming 

    Session Description

    The ACOS May webinar "Telemedicine is Medicine" presented by Lisa Finkelstein DO, FACOS will present the overview of why this new way of seeing your patients virtually is not going away. The discussion will focus on remote patient monitoring, how do we get paid, what are the risks, and much more. We will start a conversation about the future of telemedicine. Telemedicine is Medicine, Part 2 will be presented on Tuesday, June 16 as a follow up session to discuss billing, coding, and ways of implementing telemed into your practices in the future, which is NOW. 

    Learning Objectives

    At the end of the session, participates should be able to understand:
    1. Introduction into the world of telehealth
    2. The challenges of setting up a telehealth program
    3. How to be successful with telemedicine 
    4. The concept of remote patient monitoring

    Lisa Finkelstein, D.O., FACOS

    Telemedicine is Medicine, Part 2

    Lisa Finkelstein, D.O., FACOS is the Medical Director of Telehealth at St. Johns Health in Jackson, WY. She is a Urologist and has been a telemedicine champion for 10 years. She has been travelling to rural clinics by car and twin engine plane for 12 years, and knows how difficult it can be for patients to have access to their doctors. Dr. Finkelstein Is the past president of the Wyoming Medical Society. She graduated from the Wyoming Leaders in Medicine in 2019. She is presently on the Board of the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center and is actively engaged with the Wyoming Telehealth Network.

    She graduated from PCOM in 1987 and did her internship and residency in Urology in Michigan. She graduated from her residency in 1993. She practiced in Michigan until 2003, before moving to Jackson Hole , Wyoming with her family. Her husband Marc Domsky D.O.  is Chief of Anesthesiology at St Johns Health. 

  • Telemedicine is Medicine, Part 2
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
    Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
    Download/Print Certificate with Transcript Medical Category 1-A CME credit 1.00 0.00

    Telemedicine is Medicine, Part 2 presented by Lisa Finkelstein, D.O., FACOS

    Please note, this webinar needs to be completed by May 17, 2023.

    Telemedicine is Medicine, Part 2
    Presented by Lisa Finkelstein, D.O., FACOS, Medical Director of Telehealth at St. Johns Health, Jackson, Wyoming 

    Learning Objectives

    At the end of the webinar, participates should be able to:
    1. Review updated coding and billing changes from CMS to improve Telehealth access
    2. Discuss risk management/malpractice for telehealth in your practice
    3. Discuss HIPAA and security risks with telehealth
    4. Look at the future of telehealth/remote patient monitoring

    We will include plenty of time for Q&A during this presentation so please bring your questions to ask Dr. Lisa Finkelstein. 

    Lisa Finkelstein, D.O., FACOS

    Telemedicine is Medicine, Part 2

    Lisa Finkelstein, D.O., FACOS is the Medical Director of Telehealth at St. Johns Health in Jackson, WY. She is a Urologist and has been a telemedicine champion for 10 years. She has been travelling to rural clinics by car and twin engine plane for 12 years, and knows how difficult it can be for patients to have access to their doctors. Dr. Finkelstein Is the past president of the Wyoming Medical Society. She graduated from the Wyoming Leaders in Medicine in 2019. She is presently on the Board of the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center and is actively engaged with the Wyoming Telehealth Network.

    She graduated from PCOM in 1987 and did her internship and residency in Urology in Michigan. She graduated from her residency in 1993. She practiced in Michigan until 2003, before moving to Jackson Hole , Wyoming with her family. Her husband Marc Domsky D.O.  is Chief of Anesthesiology at St Johns Health. 

  • Thyroidectomy for Hyperthyroidism - Who, When and How?
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
    Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
    Download/Print Certificate with Transcript Medical Category 1-A CME credit 1.00 0.00

    Thyroidectomy for Hyperthyroidism - Who, When and How? presented by Geeta Lal, MD, MSc FRCS(C), FACS

    Please note, this workshop needs to be completed by April 8, 2023

    Thyroidectomy for Hyperthyroidism - Who, When and How?

    Presented by Geeta Lal, MD, MSc FRCS(C), FACS

    Session Description

    This webinar will discuss the management of various causes of hyperthyroidism, including Graves' disease and hot nodules.  Areas of consideration will be medical management with anti-thyroid medications and definitive treatments such as radioactive iodine ablation and thyroidectomy.  Evidence-based indications for surgical intervention in the common causes of hyperthyroidism will be reviewed.  Best practices relating to preoperative preparation, Intraoperative tips and tricks and post-operative care will also be included.

    Learning Objectives

    At the end of the session, the participate should be able to:

    1. Review management options for hyperthyroidism due to Graves' disease and hot nodules
    2. Discuss the indications for thyroidectomy in hyperthyroidism
    3. Review the preoperative preparation, Intraoperative considerations and post-operative care of patients undergoing surgery for hyperthyroidism


    After participating in this webinar, you may ask the instructor questions by using the interactive "Discussion" tab. All participants will have access to this discussion board to interact with the instructor and other attendees. 

    Geeta Lal, MD, MSc, FACS

    Staff Surgeon, University of Iowa Hospitals

    Geeta Lal, MD, MSc FRCS(C), FACS.

    Dr. Lal is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Iowa, where she serves as Co-Leader of the Endocrine Multi-disciplinary Oncology Group (at the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center) and Associate Chief Quality Officer and Director of In-patient Quality and Safety.

    Her clinical interest is in endocrine surgery, with a focus in thyroid and parathyroid disease including pediatric thyroid cancer. She was an NIH-funded investigator with an interest in the role of ECM1 in thyroid, breast and other malignancies. She has also authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. She is a member of:

    • The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
    • The American Thyroid Association
    • The International Association of Endocrine surgeons
    •  and Society of University Surgeons.

      She is also actively involved in the Association for Women Surgeons. 

  • Addition through Subtraction? Advancing Nutrition Care in the STICU
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
    Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
    Download/Print Certificate with Transcript Medical Category 1-A CME credit 1.00 0.00

    Addition through Subtraction? Advancing Nutrition Care in the STICU The Safe Elimination of Routine Gastric Residual Volume (GRV) Checks Presented by Phillip J. Prest, D.O., FACOS, FACS. This webinar is worth 1.0 Category 1-A CME credit.

    Please note, this webinar needs to be completed by April 7,2022.

    Addition through Subtraction? Advancing Nutrition Care in the STICU

    The Safe Elimination of Routine Gastric Residual Volume (GRV) Checks

    Presented by Phillip J. Prest, D.O., FACOS, FACS.

    This webinar will discuss the experience of formalizing a standardized enteral nutrition feeding program at an ACS verified level one trauma center.  Specific areas of discussion will be on the initiation of a volume-based feeding program and the safe elimination of routine gastric residual volumes.  Additional areas of consideration will be the unique challenges of enteral feeding within a surgical and trauma intensive care unit (STICU), as well as the most appropriate way to predict nutritional needs.

    Learning Objectives

     At the end of the session, the participate should be able to:

    1. Describe the importance of early enteral nutrition in surgical and trauma patients
    2. Discuss the evidence supporting volume-based feeding in this population 
    3. Discuss the evidence in support of eliminating routine gastric residual volume checks
    4. Discuss the applicability of these principles to COVID-19 patients


    After participating in this webinar, you may ask the instructor questions by using the interactive "Discussion" tab. All participants will have access to this discussion board to interact with the instructor and other attendees. 

    Phillip J. Prest, D.O., FACOS, FACS

    Phillip J. Prest, D.O., FACOS, FACS

    Dr. Prest did his undergraduate at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he majored in English.  He later completed a Master of Medical Sciences at Drexel University in Philadelphia.  At the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine he earned his Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine, and also completed his General Surgery Residency.  He then went on to Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, to complete a Fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care.

    Dr. Prest has practiced trauma, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery at Prisma Health Richland Hospital’s Level 1 Trauma Center in Columbia, South Carolina since 2015. He is the assistant program director of the Prisma Health/Midlands – University of South Carolina School of Medicine General Surgery Residency, and the co-director of the surgical clerkship.  

  • 2020 General Surgery In-Depth Review Virtual Seminar
    Contains 46 Product(s)

    2020 General Surgery In-Depth Review Virtual Seminar is available in the ACOS eLearning Portal. Once registered, participants will be provided with information on how to access the course materials via the ACOS eLearning Portal. The learning modules for this meeting will remain in your eLearning account for three years, allowing you to learn at your pace.

    The complete 2020 VIRTUAL IDR is now available for on-demand viewing. 

    This board review course is designed to provide general surgeons with a comprehensive educational review on the topics covered on certification or recertification examinations. Participants in this course will find it a helpful experience in preparing for success on their board exams.*

    Each session will include pre- and post-tests to gauge your knowledge and prepare for your performance on the exam. This program also offers eligible registrants with continuing medical education (CME) credit hours. The 2020 IDR is valued at a maximum of 29.00 AOA Category 1-A CME credit hours. Lastly, for a fully interactive on-demand educational experience we encourage participants to utilize the discussion board tool under the "Discussion" tab in each module. After viewing these videos please post questions or comments for the instructor and connect with others also registered for the course.

    Please note for optimal viewing, we recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox as your web browser rather than Internet Explorer. Audio for these lectures will be played through your computer speakers.

    The 2020 IDR is highly flexible, you do not have to view videos in order or all at once. The full Seminar will remain in your ACOS eLearning account for 3 years. You have the benefit of quality education while earning CME credits and/or preparing for your certification exam, at your pace.

    If you have any questions or need assistance please contact meetings@facos.org.  

    *ACOS does not guarantee results on any certification or recertification exams.