Summer is quickly ending. This year's Bacon Oration will be held at the Union League on September 13th. As per tradition, the speaker will be the incoming President of the ASCRS. This year's speaker is Dr Neil Hyman and the title of his talk is "Emerging concepts in the nature and pathogenesis of anastomotic leaks after colorectal resection"
This year's resident research meeting will be held on Friday May 10th at the Union League of Philadelphia. Online registration is open.
Abstracts are being collected for presentation at the meeting. Deadline is Monday April 8th. If you are a resident or fellow and wish to submit an abstract, please follow this link.
Please join us on January 25th for the PASCRS Winter Meeting. "Stump the Chump". This year will feature a Past Presidents Panel tackling challenging cases presented by residents and fellows. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Sheraton Society Hill. Please register in advance for the meeting. Click here for the online registration page.
The 2018 Bacon Oration will be held this year on October 5th at 6:30 PM. This year's meeting will be held at the Sheraton Society Hill in Old City. Per tradition, the incoming President of the American Society Of Colon and Rectal Surgeons will be giving the annual address in honor of Dr Harry Bacon. This year's speaker is Dr Tracy L Hull from the Cleveland Clinic who will be speaking about "Lessons Learned in Coloretal Surgery". Please click here to register for the meeting.
The Pennsylvania Colorectal Society is the oldest regional Colorectal Society in the United States. It has enjoyed a wonderful tradition dating back almost 100 years!
In 1929 Dr. Harry E. Bacon conceived a plan of organizing a local society for dissemination the knowledge of diseases of the colon and rectum, and in 1932 it was officially incorporated.
The Spring 2018 Meeting will be held this year on April 20th, 2018 at the Union Leagure. This is the Annual Resident Research Symposium, where surgical residents and fellows will present their scholarly work. Please sign up for the meeting today! Please follow this link to register for the meeting online.Residents and Fellows should submit their abstracts online here.
All PASCRS members, please pay your 2017 dues. Online payment is available here. Your dues allow us to support the functions of the Society. Thank you for your prompt payment.
Last night's Annual Bacon Oration was a great success. Over 40 PASCRS members attended and listened to incoming ASCRS President Dr David Margolin's talk on HPV anorectal disease. The post-talk Q&A was fantastic and sparked a lot of great conversation about the managment of this challenging disease.
The PASCRS 2017 Fall Meeting will be held Friday September 8th at the Union League of Philadelphia. As per tradition, the incoming president of the ASCRS will give the Annual Bacon Lecture. This year's speaker is Dr David Margolin. His talk is titled: “Anal Neoplasia: Current Evidence for Diagnosis, Screening and Management”
Please click here for more information and to register for the event.
