The Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Program Planning Committee invites the submission of abstracts for the 7th Annual Thomas R. Russell, MD, FACS, Surgical Trainee Research Award Competition.

Accepted abstracts will be presented at the 2027 NCCACS Annual Meeting held April 23-25, 2027 at the Claremont Resort & Club in Berkley, CA.

KEY DATES

• Friday, January 29, 2027 | Submission Deadline
• Monday, March 1, 2027 | Notification of acceptance
• Thursday, March 4, 2027 | Confirm your participation
• Wednesday, March 24, 2027| Reserve your hotel room
• Friday, April 9, 2027 | Podium Presentations due to NCCACS
• April 23-25, 2027 | NCCACS Annual Meeting

7th Annual Thomas R. Russell, MD, FACS
2027 Surgical Trainee Research Award Competition    

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This CALL FOR ABSTRACTS invites residents, fellows, medical students, pre-medical college students, and other surgical trainees to submit original work in any areas of surgical basic science, clinical investigation, surgical education, and healthcare outcomes research.

ABSTRACT ELIGIBILITY

• The research must have been conducted at a Northern California institution with an ACS-member mentor and conducted by a trainee or student of an accredited Northern California surgical training program.
• Abstracts should represent original research that has NOT been previously published.  Prior podium or poster presentation is allowed.

RESEARCH COMPETITION

• Twenty abstracts will be selected for oral presentations (10 full oral, 10 quick shot) during the NCCACS Annual Meeting, April 23-25, 2027, at the Claremont Resort and Club in Berkley, CA.
• As part of a NCCACS partnership with the Journal of Surgical Research (JSR), the top 10 abstracts will be invited to submit full manuscripts to JSR for expedited review as “2027 NCCACS Annual Meeting Manuscripts.”
• To be considered for expedited review, full manuscripts must be submitted by July 30, 2027.
• The Thomas R. Russell, MD, FACS, Surgical Trainee Research Award Competition winner will receive a cash prize.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• The abstract word limit is 250 words. There are no other specific format requirements. 
• Submit via this web-based submission process only.
• Graphs and figures are not required. Only one graph or figures per submission.
  • Graph or figures in .jpg format only
  • We will not accept .doc or .PDF file graphs or chart
• Do not include institution names in the abstract body or Methods.
• Include a title and a list of authors with institutional affiliations. Please include the institution, phone, and email of the surgical trainee entering the competition and of the corresponding senior author/mentor of the work.
• The surgical trainee in the author list who is entering the competition (typically the first author) must have performed the research and must be available to give an oral presentation of the work at the Annual Meeting.
• You may submit more than one abstract, but only the highest scoring one will be accepted.
• ALL presenting authors must complete the disclosure information on page 5 of the submission form. 

Author Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
 

In accordance with ACCME regulations (ACCME Standard 3), the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone who is in a position to control the content of the education activity has disclosed to us all financial relationships with any ineligible companies in the 24 months prior to their involvement in the educational activity. There is no minimum financial threshold; we ask that you disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. You should disclose all financial relationships regaurdless of the potential relevance of each relationship to this education. 

Ineligible Company: Companies that are ineligible to be accredited in the ACCME system (ineligible companies) are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Financial Relationships: Financial relationships are relevant if the following three conditions are met for the individual who will control content of the education: 1) a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company; 2) the financial relationship existed in the last 24 months; 3) the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship.

Has the Financial Relationship Ended? If the financial relationship has existed during the last 24 months, but has now ended, please check the box in this column. This will help the education staff determine if any mitigation steps need to be taken.

All CME Planners and Speakers/Moderatlors/Disscussants/Autors/Editors etc. involved in the development and/or presentation of CME content must complete this form. This form must be updated whenever circumstances require. As relevant, all disclosure information for speakers must be revealed by a slide at the beginning og the presentation.

By submitting this form, I certify that I have identified and disclosed all financial relationships with any ineligible companies (in the last 24 months) and that all information provided herein is true and correct.