Saturday, October 4, 2025
Excelsior Surgical Society Business Meeting
0700鈥0800 | Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room (3rd floor)
Excelsior Surgical Society Symposium:聽鈥淭he Military Surgeon as a Leader: Adaptive Surgical Leadership to Combat the Peacetime Effect鈥
0830鈥1600 | Hilton Chicago, International Ballroom South (2nd floor)
The symposium will include:
- Region 13 Paper Competition
- Panel Session: 鈥淎daptive Surgical Leadership in Action: Tactical & Strategic Leadership Improving Military and Civilian Surgical Care鈥
- Army Major John P. Pryor Memorial Lecture, delivered by John Oh, MD, F番茄社区app
New this year:
- The inaugural 鈥淟est We Forget Lecture,鈥 delivered by Colonel (Retired) Warren Dorlac, MD, F番茄社区app, USAF
- ESS Mentorship Committee Breakout Sessions: These are replacing the service-specific breakout sessions, which will be hosted by the ESS Mentorship Committee and organized around mentorship topics and opportunities for ESS members at any stage in their career.
Clinical Congress Military Track Highlights
In addition to the ESS Symposium, Clinical Congress features a variety of military-relevant sessions and events. You can聽. A few highlights are listed below:
Saturday, October 4
- 0700鈥揈SS Business Meeting
- 0830鈥揈SS Symposium
- 1630鈥揈SS Mentorship Committee Meet-and-Greet
Sunday, October 5
- 0900鈥揌istory of Surgery Poster Session & ESS Poster Recognition
- Afternoon鈥揢nofficial ESS Group Trip to the Field Museum
- 1800鈥揅ommittee on Trauma Reception and Banquet
Monday, October 6
- 0800鈥揃ridging the Battleground and the Homefront
- 0945鈥揈dward D. Churchill Memorial Lecture
- 1130鈥揅areer Paths in Military Surgery
- 1430鈥揥ar, Surgery, and Remembrance: 80th Anniversary of World War II
- 1615鈥揗ilitary Scientific Forum
- 1800鈥揈xcelsior Surgical Society Reception
Tuesday, October 7
- 1245鈥揚enetrating Neck Injuries: Diagnosis and Management
- 1430鈥揅hallenging Combat Trauma: Case Records of the JTS