2022 Annual Chapter Meeting
When: Friday, September 16, 2022
Location: Marriott Center
121 W. Vine St, Lexington, KY 40507
PROGRAM
8:00 AM
Welcome and Overview
Cortney Y. Lee, MD, FACS
President, Kentucky Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
University of Kentucky
8:10 AM

Physician Advocacy: The Importance of Involvement to Impact Change
Malay B. Shah, MD, FACS
Surgical Director, Liver Transplant Program, University of Kentucky
9:00 AM
Leading to Uplift Through COVID and Beyond
Julie A. Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS
President, American College of Surgeons
Winston-Salem, NC
Break – Visit with sponsors
10:15 AM
Panel Discussion: Legal responsibilities in treating surgical patients during COVID
Andrew C. Bernard, MD, FACS, Chief Acute Care Surgery, University of Kentucky
Ashley Butler, JD, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville, Kentucky
Keith Miller, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Trauma/Acute Care Surgery, University of Louisville
Margaret Pisacano, Associate General Counsel and Director of Risk Management for UK HealthCare, Lexington, Kentucky
11:00 AM
Panel Discussion: Complications from delayed presentations due to covid-19
Michael Cavnar, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology, University of Kentucky
Cynthia Downard, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, University of Louisville, Surgeon in Chief of Norton Children’s Hospital
Jacob Perry, MD, FACS, General Surgeon, St. Claire Medical Center, Morehead Kentucky
Mohan Rao, MD, FACS, General Surgeon, Baptist Health, Madisonville, KY
Jessica Reynolds, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Acute Care Surgery, University of Kentucky
12:00 PM Lunch and visit with our sponsors
1:00 PM Surgical Jeopardy begins & continues throughout the afternoon
1:15 PM Chapter Updates Cortney Y. Lee, MD, FACS
President, Kentucky Chapter of the ACS, University of Kentucky
1:30 PM Trauma Committee Updates Brian Harbrecht, MD,FACS
University of Louisville
1:45 PM Kentucky Cancer Liaison Updates Alan Mullins, MD, FACS Owensboro, KY
2:00

Update on the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
Timothy Mullett, MD, FACS
Chair of the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons
Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Lung and Thoracic Cancer Team
University of Kentucky
2:30 Resident paper competition
Moderators: Alex Maki, MD, FACS, Louisville, Kentucky
Murielle Brohez, MD, FACS, Winchester, Kentucky
3:55 Closing remarks and voting for paper competition winners
4:00 Happy Hour with hors d’oeuvres
