2026 Joint Annual Meeting

North and South Carolina ACS Chapters

August 14-16 2026

Wild Dunes Resort
Isle of Palms, SC

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The 2026 Program Committee of the South Carolina & North Carolina Chapters of the American College of Surgeons is accepting abstracts for consideration for the resident paper competitions being held during the 2026 NC/SC-ACS Annual Meeting on August 14-16, 2026 at the Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, SC.

The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2026 by 11:55 pm Eastern Time.

SUBMISSION ELIGIBILITY 

Three categories – Trauma, General Surgery and Cancer.

• All residents and research trainees enrolled in general surgery or surgical specialty residency training or fellows-in-training programs in South Carolina.
• Medical students enrolled in a medical school in South Carolina – with an interest in surgery.
  
• The entry should represent the original work done by the authors. 
  
• Submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment by the submitting author to be present on August 14-16, 2026 at the Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, SC if his/her abstract is accepted.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

• Submit the abstract using the online submission form by May 15, 2026 at 11:45 pm Eastern Time.​​​​​​​
  
• Online submissions only.
  
• Upload graphs 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. Military cannot submit to the Chapter; must submit to ACS COT Military Region XIII. Deadline is May 15, 2026.
   
• Cancer – The topic must be specific to oncology. Deadline is May 15, 2026.
   
• General/Specialty Surgery – The topics have been expanded to include general and specialty surgery. Deadline is May 15, 2026.