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2025 Annual Meeting of the Surgical Section of the National Medical Association
Chicago, IL US
July 20, 2025
This activity will equip current and future surgeons with the knowledge, skills, and strategic insight needed to lead across the evolving landscape of surgery. Through a dynamic program that addresses trauma care, surgical trainee retention, transplant advancements, and innovative research, participants will engage with pressing issues that shape surgical outcomes and the future of the field. The meeting fosters collaboration, mentorship, and the exchange of ideas among a diverse and accomplished group of surgical leaders, educators, and learners. A strong focus on health equity and workforce development reflects our commitment to building a more inclusive and sustainable surgical community. By highlighting cutting-edge practices and celebrating visionary leadership, it will inspire participants to drive meaningful change in their institutions and communities. Ultimately, it will catalyze growth, connection, and collective advancement in surgery.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for surgeons, surgical residents, medical students, academic faculty, healthcare leaders, and professionals in surgical education and health equity.
Learning Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Summarize innovative surgical techniques and research findings relevant to practice;
- Apply recent advancements in transplant surgery to clinical decision-making in relevant patient care scenarios;
- Analyze current challenges and evidence-based strategies in trauma care to improve clinical decision-making;
- Evaluate institutional and systemic factors contributing to resident attrition and formulate strategies to enhance retention and support;
- Critique structural and cultural barriers to gender equity in surgical leadership and actionable strategies for institutional change;
- Design a collaborative mentorship or leadership model that supports academic advancement and equity in surgical education.
The University of Chicago Biological Sciences Learning Center
924 E 57th St
1st Floor Auditorium
Chicago, IL
60637
United States
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Learn more about Surgery at the University of Chicago via our website. For questions about the program, contact Selma Chandler via e-mail.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES LEARNING CENTER
The Learning Center encompasses 124,000 gross square feet of space devoted to interactive teaching laboratories, classrooms, lecture halls, specialized facilities for computer‐simulated biological experimentation, and a rooftop research greenhouse. The building is adjacent to the Jules Knapp Center and provides direct pedestrian access to the John Crerar Science Library and the Medical Center. The Learning Center underscores the University’s commitment to life sciences education. It provides pre‐doctoral trainees in the MSTP with space and facilities to foster its informal training and formal coursework. Seminars, lab meetings, simulation, and all courses and symposia are held in this facility. Additionally, the Pritzker School of Medicine and the Office of Graduate Student Affairs are located in this building.
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office at (773) 702-2210 or via email at [email protected].
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
COURSE DIRECTORS
Shaneeta Johnson, MSD, FACS, FICS, FASMBSInterim Chair and Professor of Surgery
Meharry Medical College
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and, where appropriate, in the content.
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and, where appropriate, in the content.
Physician Credit
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and the Surgical Section of the National Medical Association. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and the Surgical Section of the National Medical Association. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Please note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after three months may incur additional fees.
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