2010 SAFCS Meeting is scheduled for San Antonio, TX from 11-15 April 2010. Registration is currently OPEN online Online Air Force CME Forms Register Securely Online SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE SURGICAL CURRENCY AND SKILLS RETENTION SUNDAY, 11 APRIL 2010, THE HISTORIC MENGER HOTEL DRESS CODE—CASUAL 1300-1800 Office Grant 1400-1800 Registration Prefunction 1300-1700 Exhibitor Set Up Prefunction 1500-1700 Board of Governors Meeting Cavalier 1800-2200 Welcome Reception Minuet SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE SURGICAL CURRENCY AND SKILLS RETENTION MONDAY, 12 APRIL 2010, THE “HISTORIC” MENGER HOTEL DRESS CODE—BDU/ABU 0630-1700 Office Grant 0630-1700 Registration Prefunction 0630-0730 Continental Breakfast Prefunction 0630-1500 Exhibits Open 0730-0800 Opening Ceremonies – Colors, Anthem, Invocation Ballroom ABC Welcome Distinguished Visitors 0800-0810 Opening Remarks & President’s Address Lt Col Alan Murdock 0810-0830 Surgical Services Update Lt Col Alan Murdock 0830-0930 MTF Commander Presentations Ballroom ABC 0930-1000 Break & Visit with the Exhibitors Prefunction 1000-1035 MTF Commander Presentations Ballroom ABC 1035-1125 Surgeon General’s Update Charles B. Green, Lieutenant General, USAF, MC, CFS 1125-1200 Question and Answer Session with the Surgeon General 1200-1315 PRESIDENTS’ LUNCHEON Minuet William Gunnar, MD, JD – VA National Director of Surgery SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE SURGICAL CURRENCY AND SKILLS RETENTION MONDAY, 12 APRIL 2010, THE HISTORIC MENGER HOTEL DRESS CODE—BDU/ABU 1315-1425 State of the Specialty – Consultant Presentations Ballroom ABC Plastic Surgery Ophthalmology Otolaryngology Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Anesthesiology General Surgery Trauma/Critical Care 1425-1500 Break & Visit with the Exhibitors Prefunction 1500-1600 State of the Specialty – Consultant Presentations Ballroom ABC Vascular Surgery Cardiothoracic/Thoracic Surgery Orthopedic Surgery Urology Neurosurgery Special Operations, AFSOC 1600-1640 Fifth Annual Ballroom ABC Brigadier General Frederick W. Plugge IV Distinguished Surgical Lecture E. Matthew Ritter, Major, USAF, MC 1640 Informal Dinners/Meetings On Your Own SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE TUESDAY, 13 APRIL 2010, THE HISTORIC MENGER HOTEL DRESS CODE—BDU/ABU 0700-1700 Office Grant 0700-1700 Registration Prefunction 0700-0755 Continental Breakfast Prefunction 0700-1500 Exhibits Open 0755-1200 Scientific Sessions (See Detailed Schedules) 0755-1200 Anesthesiology (Major Christopher Nagy) Ballroom B 0755-0930 Presenters 0930-1000 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1000-1200 Presenters 0755-1130 General & Plastic Surgery (Col David Smith) Ballroom A 0755-0930 Presenters 0930-1000 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1000-1130 Presenters 0755-1130 Ophthalmology (Major Vasudha Panday) Ballroom C 0755-0930 Presenters 0930-1000 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1000-1130 Presenters 0755-1100 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (Major Eric Scharf) Patio 0755-0930 Presenters 0930-1000 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1000-1100 Presenters 1130-1300 Lunch On Your Own 1300–1400 Robert E. Lee Memorial Lecture Ballroom ABC Thomas V. Whalen, MD, FACS – Chair, RRC for Surgery 1400-1430 Philosophies on Surgical Graduate Medical Education Albert L. Kline, Colonel (ret), USAF, MC Chief, Surgical Services, Biloxi VA Medical Center, MS 1430-1500 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1500-1630 Paul W. Myers Award for Excellence in Resident Ballroom ABC Research Competition 1800-2000 Residents’ Knowledge Bowl/SAFCS Business Meeting Minuet Moderator -- William B. Perry, Colonel, USAF, MC SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE WEDNESDAY, 14 APRIL 2010, THE HISTORIC MENGER HOTEL DRESS CODE—BDU/ABU 0700-1700 Office Grant 0700-1700 Registration Prefunction 0700-0755 Continental Breakfast Prefunction 0700-1500 Exhibits Open 0755-1630 Scientific Sessions (See Detailed Schedules) 0755-1630 Anesthesiology (Major Christopher Nagy) Ballroom B 0755-0930 Presenters 0930-1000 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1000-1130 Presenters 1130-1300 Lunch On Your Own 1300-1430 Presenters 1430-1500 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1500-1630 Presenters 0755-1630 General, Vascular & Cardiothoracic Surgery Ballroom A (Col David Smith & Lt Col Jeffrey McNeil) 0755-0930 Presenters 0920-1000 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1000-1130 Presenters 1130-1300 Lunch On Your Own 1300-1430 Presenters 1430-1500 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1500-1630 Presenters 0755-1630 Otolaryngology & Oral & Maxillofacial Srugery Ballroom C (Lt Col Cecelia Schmalback & Maj Eric Scharf) 0755-0930 Presenters 0930-1000 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1000-1130 Presenters 1130-1300 Lunch On Your Own 1300-1430 Presenters 1430-1500 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1500-1630 Presenters 0755-1530 Orthopedic Surgery (Maj Brandon Horne) Patio 0755-0930 Presenters 0930-1000 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1000-1130 Presenters 1130-1300 Lunch On Your Own 1300-1430 Presenters 1430-1500 Break & Visit with the Exhibitor 1500-1630 Presenters 1800-1900 Reception Prefunction 1900-2300 Awards Banquet Minuet DRESS: MESS DRESS SUGGESTED Pre-registration – Ticket Required (Vendors, Family & Friends Welcome) SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE THURSDAY, 15 APRIL 2010, THE HISTORIC MENGER HOTEL DRESS CODE—BDU/ABU 0700-1700 Office Grant 0700-1200 Registration Prefunction 0700-0800 Continental Breakfast Prefunction 0700-1530 Exhibits Open 0700-0755 Board of Governors Meeting Cavalier 0755-1630 Trauma Session (Col Warren Dorlac) Ballroom ABC 0800-0900 OIF/OEF – JTTS Update George Costanzo, Colonel, USAF, MC 0900-0930 JTTS Deployment Update Warren Dorlac, Colonel, USAF, MC 0930-1000 Break & Visit with the Exhibitors 1000-1200 Presenters 1200-1330 Lunch on Your Own 1330-1500 Trauma Paper Competition Presenters 1500-1530 Break & Visit with the Exhibitors 1530 Exhibitor Tear Down 1530-1600 Trauma Award Presentation 1600 Adjourn 56th Symposium