Emergency Surgery Course

The 2025 Emergency Surgery Course Dates Are Confirmed! 

• Register here
• This course is virtual via Zoom OR in person at Shock Trauma (location to be announced soon)
• $300/student, includes an eSyllabus, access to all lectures, and a course certificate (students can purchase the new Emergency Surgery Course book on their own, if desired)
• Start time ~7:45 AM EST
• Course Directors:
  • Sharon Henry, MD
  • Rosemary Kozar, MD
• Faculty:
  • L.D. Britt, MD, MPH 
  • Christian Cain, MD
  • Jaclyn Clark, MD
  • Jennifer Knight Davis, MD
  • Kimberly Davis, MD, MBA
  • David Efron, MD
  • Mira Ghneim, MD
  • Melike Harfouche, MD
  • Steven Holsten, MD, MBA
  • Eric Ley, MD
  • Marcelo Ribeiro, MD, PhD
  • Bethany Strong, MD

• Register here
• Fully virtual via Zoom
• $300/student, includes an eSyllabus, access to all lectures, and a course certificate (students can purchase the new Emergency Surgery Course book on their own, if desired)
• Start time ~7:45 AM PST
• Course Director:
  • Kenji Inaba, MD
• Faculty:
  • Galinos Barmparas, MD
  • Timothy Browder, MD
  • Jennifer Chen, MD
  • Meghan Lewis, MD
  • Matthew Martin, MD
  • Kazuhide Matsushima, MD
  • Anaar Siletz, MD

Monday, September 8th and Tuesday, September 9th (prior to the AAST Annual Meeting in Boston, MA): Eastern Standard Time

• Registration will open in June
• This course is virtual via Zoom OR in person at Marriott Boston Copley Place (where the AAST Meeting will be held)
• The price will be available in June: includes CME, an eSyllabus, access to all lectures, and a course certificate (students can purchase the new Emergency Surgery Course book on their own, if desired)
• Start time ~7:45 AM EST
• Course Director:
  • Nicole Stassen, MD

• Register here
• Fully virtual via Zoom
• $300/student, includes an eSyllabus, access to all lectures, and a course certificate (students can purchase the new Emergency Surgery Course book on their own, if desired)
• Start time ~7:45 AM PST
• Course Director:
  • Rochelle Dicker, 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.

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 Rachel Sass here for more details!