The 2025 Program Committee of the North Carolina & South Carolina Chapters of the American College of Surgeons is accepting abstracts for consideration for the resident paper competitions being held during the 2025 NC/SC-ACS Annual Meeting on July 11-13, 2025 in Asheville, NC.
The deadline for submissions is May 10, 2025, by 11:45 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 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 July 11-13, 2025, in Asheville, NC if his/her abstract is accepted.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Submit the abstract using the online submission form by May 10, 2025, 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:
Category: Trauma, General Surgery or Cancer
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 10, 2025.
Cancer – The topic must be specific to oncology. Deadline is May 10, 2025.
General/Specialty Surgery – The topics have been expanded to include general and specialty surgery. Deadline is May 10, 2025.