Disclosure Information
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.
Ineligible company
The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.
Financial Relationships
Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.
Conflict of Interest
Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.
The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.
Planning Committee Disclosures
Shair U. Ahmed, MD, FACS – STILL NEED
Toomas Anton, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Radu Apostol, DO, FACS – STILL NEED
Subhashini M. Ayloo, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Jacquline M. M. Beitner, MD – Nothing to disclose
Jed Calata, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Shamir O. Cawich, MBBS, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Alisa M. Coker, MD, FACS – Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium: Teacher, Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium: Consultant, Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium: Speaker
Brian R. Davis, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Leslie A. Deane, MBBS, FRCSC – Nothing to disclose
Adam J. Doyle, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Rahila Essani, MD, FACS, FASCRS – Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium: Consultant, Medtronic: Honorarium: Consultant, Virtual Incision: Honorarium: Consultant, Quentis: Honorarium: Ambassador, BD: Honorarium: Colorectal Advisory Board
Gustavo G. Fernandez-Ranvier, MD, PhD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Ramyar Gilani, MD, FACS – STILL NEED
Imran Hassan, MBBS, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Rohan A. Joseph, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Christopher Kalmar, MD – STILL NEED
Adi Katz, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Angela Kokkosis, MD, FACS – STILL NEED
Sean J. Langenfeld, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Rockson C. Liu, MD, FACS – Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium, Travel Expenses: Speaker
Lee M. Morris, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Lilah F. Morris-Wiseman, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Samir R. Pandya, MD, FACS, FAAP – Nothing to disclose
Ankit D. Patel, MD, FACS – American College of Surgeons: Travel Expenses, Registration: Robotic Course Faculty, SAGES: Honorarium: Robotic Course Faculty, Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium: Proctoring Internal Faculty, GORE Medical: Honorarium: Faculty, RevMedica: Honorarium: Product Evaluation and Survey
Roman V. Petrov, MD, FACS – Roche: Stock: N/A, Externa: Honorarium: Speaker
Sima P. Porten, MD, FACS – STILL NEED
Laila Rashidi, MD, FACS, FASCRS – Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium: Teacher, Speaker
Patrick R. Reardon, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Sharona B. Ross, MD, FACS – Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium, Education Grant: Consultant & Proctor, Ethicon: Consulting Fees: Consultant: Medtronic: Educational Grant: N/A
J. Scott Roth, MD, FACS – BD: Grant: Research, Gore: Grant: Research, Medtronic: Honoraria: Consultant, BD: Honoraria: Consultant, Abbvie: Honoraria: Consultant
David J. Rowe, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Joseph Scharpf, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Stefan Scholz, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Gary Schwartzbauer, MD, PhD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
David C. Shonka Jr., MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
John Shuck, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Matthew M. Smith, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Iswanto Sucandy, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Lindsay Tse, DO – Nothing to disclose
Cristopher Varela, MD, FACS – STILL NEED
Pratibha Vemulapalli, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Andrew S. Wright, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Speakers/Faculty Disclosures
Rahila Essani, MD, FACS, FASCRS – Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium: Consultant, Medtronic: Honorarium: Consultant, Virtual Incision: Honorarium: Consultant, Quentis: Honorarium: Ambassador, BD: Honorarium: Colorectal Advisory Board
Imran Hassan, MBBS, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Nicole M. Saur, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Laila Rashidi, MD, FACS – Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium: Speaker, CSATS: Honorarium: Speaker
Sara Saeidishahri, MD – Nothing to disclose
Andrea Fa, MD – Nothing to disclose
Aimal Khan, MBBS, FACS – Intuitive Surgical: Compensation: Speaker
Julie Van Den Bosch – Nothing to disclose
Albert M. Wolthuis, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Justin Dourado, MD – Nothing to disclose
Victoria R. DeTrolio – Nothing to disclose
Ebram Salama – Nothing to disclose
Anjelli Wignakumar – Nothing to disclose
Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS (Eng, Ed), Hon FRCS (I, Glasg, Eng) – Intuitive Surgical: Consulting Fee: Consultant, Medtronic: Consulting Fee: Consultant, Karl Storz Endoscopy: Royalties: Speaker, Takeda: Consulting Fee: Consultant, Stryker: Consulting Fee: Consultant, Baxter: Consulting Fee: Consultant, Becton Dickinson: Consulting Fee: Consultant, ARC/Corvus: Consulting Fee: Consultant, GI Supply: Consultant: Consultant, Icon Clinical Research LTD: Consulting Fee: Consultant
Connie Macias Serratos, MD – Nothing to disclose
Jesus Raul Perez Gomez, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Marcos Alejo, MD – Nothing to disclose
Jose J. Gonzalez Santos – Nothing to disclose
Arturo M. Medrano, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Carlos M. Nuno Guzman, MD, FACS – Nothing to disclose
Rachel Gefen – Nothing to disclose
David Meyer – Nothing to disclose
Luis Quintero – Nothing to disclose
Natalie Ceballos, MD – Nothing to disclose
Jennifer Hernandez, MD – Nothing to disclose
Michael E. Dolberg, MD, FACS - Nothing to disclose
Katherine Specht, DO – Nothing to disclose
