2019 Joint Annual Meeting Meeting

North and South Carolina Chapters

July 19-21, 2019

Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, NC

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The Call for Abstracts for the NC/SC Joint 2019 ACS Chapters Meeting is now open. Submissions for General Surgery and Cancer should be submitted online by midnight April 15, 2019.  Submissions for Trauma should be submitted online by midnight June 1, 2019.

SUBMISSION ELIGIBILITY 

• All residents and research trainees enrolled in general surgery or surgical specialty residency training or fellows-in-training programs in North and South Carolina.
• Medical students enrolled in a medical school in North or South Carolina – with an interest in surgery.
• The entry should represent original work done by the authors. 
• Submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment by the submitting author to be present on July 19-21, 2019 in Pinehurst, NC if his/her abstract is accepted.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

• Submit abstract using the online submission form by April 15, 2019 at 11:59pm ET
• Online submissions only.
• Upload graph or charts as directed on the abstract submission form.
• When you enter your abstract, you will be asked to complete these sections: 
  • Abstracts: Background, Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusion
  • Case Reports: Introduction/Objective, Case Presentation, Discussion and Conclusion

PAPER COMPETITION

• Trauma – Only submissions directly related to trauma surgery will be considered.  Submissions related to acute care surgery and/or emergency general surgery should be submitted in the General/Specialty Surgery Competition. Only resident and fellows-in-training submissions are eligible to advance to the COT Region IV competition. Deadline June 1, 2019.
• Cancer – The topic must be specific to oncology. Submissions not selected for podium presentation may receive an invitation to display a poster presentation at the NC/SC Joint ACS Chapter Annual Meeting, July 19-21, 2019 in Pinehurst, NC. Deadline April 15, 2019.
• General/Specialty Surgery – The topics have been expanded to include general and specialty surgery.  Submissions not selected for podium presentation may receive an invitation to display a poster presentation at the NC/SC Joint ACS Chapter Annual Meeting, July 19-21, 2019 in Pinehurst, NC. Deadline April 15, 2019.