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Clinical Congress 2026

Named Lectures

Sunday, September 27

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NL01 - Martin Memorial Lecture

Curiosity and Innovation: The Promise of Wonder

9:00–9:30 am

Presiding Officer: Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO
Introducer: Joshua Broghammer, MD, FACS, Kansas City, KS
Lecturer: Ralph V. Clayman, MD, FACS, Orange, CA

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NL02 - Olga M. Jonasson lecture

10:00–11:00 am

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Sharon L. Stein, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH
Lecturer: Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States of America, Washington, DC

Session attendees must be registered and badged for Clinical Congress; additional security may be required.

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NL03 - Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture

Evolution of Combat Neuro-trauma from Cushing to Ukraine

12:45–1:45 pm

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Alexander Khalessi, MD, MS, FACS, La Jolla, CA
Lecturer: Rocco A. Armonda, MD, Bethesda, MD

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NL04 - Herand Abcarian Lecture

The Changing Landscape of Colorectal Oncology: Refining and Redefining the Surgeon's Role

2:30–3:30 pm

Presiding Officer and Introducer: David J. Maron, MD, FACS, Weston, FL
Lecturer: Julio E. Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD, FACS, New York, NY

Monday, September 28

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nl05 - John H. Gibbon Jr., Lecture

Beyond the Summit—Performance, Leadership, and Artificial Intelligence in Surgery

8:00–9:00 am

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Richard I. Whyte, MD, FACS, Boston, MA
Lecturer: Thomas K. Varghese Jr., MD, MS, MBA, FACS, Salt Lake City, UT

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nl06 - Scudder Oration on Trauma

The Last Preventable Death: Will the Digital Transformation Change Injury Care Forever?

12:45–1:45 pm

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Kristen L. Staudenmayer, MD, MS, FACS, Stanford, CA
Lecturer: Michael F. Rotondo, MD, FACS, Rochester, NY

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nl07 - Distinguished Lecture of the International Society of Surgery

Advanced Flexible Endoscopic Surgery in GI Tract: From ESD, POEM, Third Space Endoscopy and EFTR

2:30–3:30 pm

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Annabel Barber, MD, FACS, Las Vegas, NV
Lecturer: Haruhiro Inoue, MD, PhD, Tokyo, Japan

Tuesday, September 29

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nl08 - John J. Conley Ethics and Philosophy Lecture

Responding to Patients Who Have Been Harmed by Their Healthcare: Implementing the Modern Ethical Paradigm

9:45–10:45 am 

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Diana L. Farmer, MD, FACS, FRCS, Sacramento, CA
Lecturer: Thomas H. Gallagher, MD, MACP, Seattle, WA