The 2024 Emergency Surgery Course Dates Are Confirmed!
Monday, September 9th and Tuesday, September 10th: Pacific Standard Time (AAST Annual Meeting)
- Hybrid/in-person (in person in Las Vegas, Nevada for the 83rd Annual Meeting of AAST and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery, virtual via Zoom)
- Registration will open in June
Friday, November 1st and Saturday, November 2nd: Pacific Standard Time
- Register here
- Fully virtual via Zoom
- $200/student, includes CME, an eSyllabus, access to all lectures, the newest ESC book
- Start time 7:45 AM PST
- Course Directors: Ryan Dumas, MD; Joseph Galante, MD
The ESC® (joint collaboration between ESTES and AAST) aims to aid surgeons in non-trauma emergency surgery by providing the know-how and the decision-making skills necessary for daily practice. The course consists of theoretical sessions, case scenarios and state-of-the-art videos. The course is especially designed in an interactive format from the beginning until the end.
The course is divided into two parts:
• The first consists of several theoretical, didactic sessions designed to provide the basic steps for adequate and timely diagnostic and decision-making
• The second, video-based, designed to provide tips and tricks to improve the skills of the general surgeon to deal with surgical emergencies.
In sum, the ESC has the following goals:
• Confront surgeons with every day and problematic emergency scenarios
• Provide concrete answers and guidelines for questions emerging from these situations
• Hone the decision-making skills necessary to manage pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative issues
We provide two days of emergency surgery education that include:
• Breakout sessions
• Case discussions
• Topic reviews
• Etc.
Topics include but are not limited to:
• Abdominal sepsis
• Bowel obstruction
• Colorectal emergencies
• Acute cholecystitis
• Obstetric emergencies
• Etc.
In 2023, the Emergency Surgery Course is offering five virtual courses that will hit all "coasts." Students are more than welcome to sign up for any course that they wish - keep in mind of the time zones.
- September 18/19, Pacific Standard Time (registration is open - click here. You can register for this course in--person or virtual. You register through the AAST Annual Meeting registration system. Attendance at the Annual Meeting is not required to attend the course.)
- November 10/11, Eastern Standard Time. Register here
Past Emergency Surgery Courses:
- Humanitas University, Milan, Italy, February 1st and 2nd
- Jacobi Medical Center, New York City Health and Hospitals, New York, NY, December 3rd and 4th
- R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, December 5th and 6th
- R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, April 5th and 6th
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, June 21st and 22nd
- The AAST Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, September 16th and 17th
- The AAST Annual Meeting, Virtual, September 26th and 27th
- ESTES Annual Meeting, Virtual, May 8th and 9th
- Mountain Standard Time, Virtual, May 14th and 15th
- September 8/9th - hybrid (virtual and in-person) in Messina, Italy
- September 27/28th - in person at the AAST meeting in Atlanta, GA.
- East Coast Time, Virtual, November 12/13th
- East Coast Time, Virtual, January 28th/29th
Please visit this page periodically to view the latest ESC locations, or email rsass@aast.org to be added to our information distribution list for updates regarding this course.
Interested in holding an ESC at your institution? Contact rsass@aast.org for more details!
