The South Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons (SFACS) 2025 Annual Meeting was held on November 8th at the Weston Hills Country Club in Weston, FL with a record number of 178 registrants!
We want to thank all of the attendees, presenters, and moderators from various institutions across South Florida and beyond who helped make the 2025 Annual Meeting a huge success! We are grateful to our exhibitors for their continued support of our educational programs: BD, Medtronic, Karl Storz, Stryker, Aroa, and Ethicon.
We would also like to thank Dana Sands, MD, FACS, FASCRS, this year’s Meeting Chair, for all of her invaluable time and effort.
SFACS 2025 Annual Meeting & Resident Competition Program
Featured Speaker: Dr. Carla Pugh
We were honored to have Carla M. Pugh, MD, PhD, FACS, Thomas Krummel Professor of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine & Director of the Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement (T.E.C.I) Center, as our guest speaker. Dr. Pugh shared her knowledge of precision learning with wearable technology in surgery in her keynote presentation.
Presentation Awardees
Although all of the presentations and posters were excellent and of high quality, a few were awarded for Best Original Research, Best Interesting Case, Best Video Presentation, and Best Poster Presentation. A huge congratulations, on behalf of the entire Chapter, to this year’s awardees!
Best Oral Presentation – Original Research
Emily Todd, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
“Laterality Impacts Medical Not Surgical Outcomes After Laparoscopic Anterior Adrenalectomy“
Best Oral Presentation – Interesting Case
Allen Zhang, MD
Broward Health
“High Pressure Injection Injury of Lower Extremity“
Best Video Presentation
Tamara Damrel, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
“Fournier Gangrene Secondary to Perforated Diverticulitis: A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Complex Problem“
Best Poster Presentation
Kavya Jasti, BS
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
“Determinants of Radiographic-Pathologic Discordance in Rectal Cancer Treated with Total Neoadjuvant Therapy“
Participating Institutions
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Broward Health Medical Center
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Florida Atlantic University Schmidt College of Medicine
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
HCA Florida JFK Hospital
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital
HCA Florida Westside Hospital
Jackson Memorial Hospital Ryder Trauma Center
Jackson Memorial Hospital Transplant Institute
Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital
Kapnik Memorial Gynecologic Oncology
Memorial Healthcare System
Miami VA Medical Center
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Palmetto General Hospital
Ross University School of Medicine
St. Mary’s Medical Center
University Hospital San Rafael de Tunja
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami – Holy Cross Hospital
University of Miami Healthcare System
University of Mississippi Medical Center
University of Puerto Rico Medical Services Campus
Stay tuned for more information about the SFACS 2026 Annual Meeting — Coming Soon!
