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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, May 9, 2026
  • 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Breakfast for Attendees
  • 6:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Speaker Ready Room Hours
  • 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Registration Desk Hours
  • 6:15 AM - 7:15 AM CDT
    ASK APSA Committee Meeting
  • 6:15 AM - 7:15 AM CDT
    Committee Meetings
  • 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM CDT
    Lactation Room
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: (SOAPPS) Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum Management
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Current Controversies in the Management of Congenital Lung Malformations
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Defining the Value and Expectations of a Pediatric Surgeon – current practices and potential for surgeon and practice focused advocacy
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Firearm Safety - Who to Screen, How to Screen, and What to Do Next: A Systematic Review of Pediatric Firearm Injury
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Pediatric Surgical Sub-specialization Training: Where are we and where we going?
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM CDT
    Workshop: Early Steps in a Clinical Innovator’s Journey: Navigating Tech Transfer, Patents, and the Path to a Startup
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM CDT
    Workshop: Providing Pediatric Surgical Care for Undocumented Patients and Families
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: (SOAPPS) Surgical Approaches to Pediatric Bowel Management
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Double Dipping: The use of EPAs for Formative Feedback in addition to Assessment
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Extending the Reach: Strategic Partnerships to Improve Access to High-Quality Pediatric Surgical Care
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: QI Successes and Failures: What Moved the Needle – and What Didn’t
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Reducing Adverse Outcomes in Surgeon Mothers and Infants
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Workshop: Rules of Engagement - The Intersection of Patient Care & Law Enforcement
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Workshop: The Role of the Apology after and Adverse Event
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: (SOAPPS) The Down-Low on Pilonidal Disease
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: A Surgeon’s Longevity- Factors Impacting a Surgeon’s Quality of Life & Career
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Demystifying Peer Review: How to Publish and Persevere after Rejection
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Docked and Ready: Robotic Surgery Education, Competency Assessment, and Transition to Practice in Pediatric Surgery
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Money Moves: Sustaining Global and Local Surgical Care in a Shifting World
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Workshop: Beyond the Trauma Bay: How Pediatric Surgeons Can Lead Community Violence Intervention
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Workshop: Management and treatment of complex perianal Crohn's disease
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: (SOAPPS) Building a Pediatric Pilonidal Program from the Bottom Up
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: “Standing by” – ECMO Standby for Anterior Mediastinal Masses
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Bridging the Transitions Gap: Advancing Longitudinal Surveillance in Esophageal Atresia and Aerodigestive Care
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Medicaid and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: What It Means for Pediatric Surgical Care
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Breakout: Trauma Fundamentals: What Every Pediatric Surgeon Needs to Know on Call
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Workshop: Taking the Next Step: How to Negotiate for What you Need
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Workshop: What Did You Do to This Patient?: Improving Surgeon Communication for Inter-hospital Transfers in the Care of Complex Patients
  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Outreach Lunch and Program
  • 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    MIS Class (by separate registration)