Emergency Surgery Course

The 2024 Emergency Surgery Course Dates Are Confirmed! 

• Register here
• Hybrid/in-person (in person at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, virtual via Zoom)
  • In-person location: 
  • 22 South Greene Street
  • Baltimore, MD 21201
  • Shock Trauma Auditorium Conference Room # T1R15
• $200/student, includes CME, an eSyllabus, access to all lectures
• Start time: 9:00 AM EST
• Course Director: Sharon Henry, MD 
• Faculty:
  • Steven Holston, MD
  • Paula Ferrada, MD
  • Jaclyn Clark, MD
  • David Efron, MD
  • Jennifer Knight Davis, MD

• Register here
• Fully virtual via Zoom
• $200/student, includes CME, an eSyllabus, access to all lectures
• Start time 7:45 AM PST
• Course Director: Joseph Cuschieri, MD
• Faculty: 
  • Matthew Martin, MD
  • Rochelle Dicker, MD
  • Jeffry Nahmias, MD
  • Todd Costantini, MD
  • Bellal Jopseh, MD
  • David Spain, MD
  • Saman Arbabi, MD

• Hybrid/in-person (in person in Las Vegas, Nevada for the 83^rd Annual Meeting of AAST and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery, virtual via Zoom)
• Registration will open in June 

• 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. 

For more information, visit:
https://www.emergencysurgerycourse.org

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!