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We are dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

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Congratulations to ACS Fellows Drs. Ankit Bharat and Satish N. Nadig, who led the nation's first reported quadruple-organ transplant involving retransplanted lungs, marking a major milestone in complex transplantation. 🎉

Learn more: https://t.co/xFW9vwcBYT

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NEW: The ACS Committee on Trauma has released the first-ever Level IV Trauma Center Standards to help rural and remote hospitals assess capabilities, identify improvement opportunities, and strengthen trauma care delivery.

Learn more: https://t.co/kN5DHprMMH.

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And that’s a wrap on #ACSQSCC26. ✨

The magic of #ACSQSCC26 isn’t just in the sessions, it’s in the people, the conversations, the ideas, and the moments that bring our community together.

Thank you for joining us in Orlando and making the inaugural ACS Quality, Safety & Cancer Conference such an incredible experience. See you next year in Seattle!

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And the winner of the Quality House Cup is…. 🥁 Huddlepuff! 🎉

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Dr. Benjamin Miller’s value hierarchy of reducing waste in the OR:

1. Minimize open but unused supplies
2. Reprocess surgical devices
3. Streamline surgical packs & trays
4. Switch to reusable textiles
5. Reduce regulated medical waste
6. Recycle plastics

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Dr. Lillian Kao leads our final session of #ACSQSCC26: What's Heating Up? Hot Topics in Quality, Safety & Cancer. 🔥

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Dr. Ingrid Lizarraga discusses the new Commission on Cancer Rural Accreditation track.

Learn more about this new initiative: https://t.co/DByNOkBYvG

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Good morning, Quality Wizards! ☀️ We’re kicking off the final day of #ACSQSCC26 with abstract presentations, celebrating nearly 800 posters featured throughout this year’s conference. A huge congratulations to everyone who contributed their research and ideas!

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Congratulations to Dr. Alexandra Hernandez and Dr. Taylor Carter, recipients of the 2026 ACS resident awards recognizing excellence in professionalism and teaching. 👏

Learn more: https://t.co/40ZROVMuah

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The energy is electric at the Abstract Poster & Exhibiting Reception! ⚡️

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Thank you to our panelists for challenging us to rethink education in the age of AI and sharing practical insights on preparing the next generation of quality leaders to learn, teach, and drive meaningful improvement. 👏 #ACSQSCC26

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Dr. Kyla Terhune, SVP, ACS Division of Education, sets the stage for an important discussion: “Do We Still Need to Learn? How Education is Reshaping Quality.” 💡

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6 tools you and your team can use day-to-day:

1. AI scribe
2. Chart abstraction
3. Case-finding (SSI)
4. Decision & risk support
5. Adaptive learning
6. AI-assisted M&M

🎙️: Dr. Kevin Sexton

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We’re back after lunch and fueled for another afternoon of learning. 💪

Now we’re hearing how @ctchildrens is using ACS NSQIP Pediatric data and Children’s Surgery Verification (CSV) standards to turn insights into measurable improvements in surgical quality. #ACSQSCC26

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The 5 P’s:

1. PURSUE Productive Pain
2. PINPOINT and Resolve Problem Pain
3. PURGE the Excuses
4. PROTECT Your Goals
5. PRACTICE With Precision

🎙️: Chaunte Lowe, #ACSQSCC26

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Chaunte Lowe is bringing the energy to our second keynote at #ACSQSCC26. ✨

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Lookin good 📸 #ACSQSCC26

Come get your picture with the diamond (and Drs. Ko & Weigel). 😁

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Packed room for the Finding Solutions to Challenging Problems in Children’s Surgery session.

Thank you to Drs. Jami Miller and Mary E. Fallat for moderating this group discussion in which participants explore evolving expectations and approaches to strengthening compliance and performance.

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@uw_medicine Ashley Arehart from Oregon Health & Science University welcomes all of the Quality Wizards to Fail Club. 🤝

The first rule of Fail Club: talk about Fail Club.

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Please welcome Dr. Peter Learn from @InovaHealth for our first session of the day: The Gift of Getting it Wrong.

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Thank you, Dr. Stephanie Savage (@uw_medicine), for sharing an honest reflection on making mistakes, embracing vulnerability, and viewing failure not as an endpoint but as an experiment that helps us learn and improve.

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