Abstract Deadlines and Meeting Dates
| Organization | Primary Journal | Meeting | Location | Date | Abstract Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Health | 2024 Annual Research Meeting | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
June 7 - 10, 2025 |
Closed | |
| American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) | 83th Annual Meeting of AAST & Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery | Boston, Massachusetts |
September 10-13, 2025 |
Closed | |
| The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | Cancer Research | Annual Meeting | Chicago, Illinois |
April 25-30, 2025 | Closed |
| The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) | Surgery | 45th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
May 17-19, 2025 | Closed |
| American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS) | 102nd Annual Meeting | Austin, Texas |
May 24-27, 2025 | Closed | |
| The Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) | Journal of Surgical Research | 21st Annual Academic Surgical Congress |
Lake Buena Vista, Florida | February 3-5, 2026 |
Opens June 2025 |
| The American College of Surgeons (ACS) | Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) (formerly Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics) | ACS Quality and Safety Conference | San Francisco, California | October 4-7, 2025 |
Closed |
| The American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA) | 1-The Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery; 2-HPB |
Annual Meeting | Miami, Florida |
March 19-22, 2026 | TBA |
| The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association |
Annual Meeting | Atlanta, Georgia |
November 15-19, 2025 |
Closed |
| American Pancreatic Association (APA) | Pancreas | Annual Meeting | Coronado Bay, California |
November 12-15, 2025 | TBA |
| American Public Health Association (APHA) | Annual Meeting | Wahington, DC | November 2-5, 2025 | Closed | |
| American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) | Annual Meeting | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | May 7-10, 2025 | Closed | |
| American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBS) | Annual Meeting | Las Vegas, Nevada |
April 30 - May 4, 2025 |
Closed | |
| The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) | Annual Meeting | Chicago, Illinois |
May 30 - June 3, 2025 |
Closed | |
| American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) | Annual ASCRS Meeting | San Diego, California |
May 10-13, 2025 | Closed | |
| The American Surgical Association (ASA) | Annals of Surgery | ASA - 145th Annual Meeting | San Diego, California |
April 24-26, 2025 | Closed |
| Association for Surgical Education (ASE) | Annual Meeting | Seattle, Washington |
May 8-10, 2025 |
Closed | |
| American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) | Annual Meeting | Chula Vista, California |
January 16-20, 2026 |
July 7, 2025 | |
| American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) | 80th Annual Meeting | Vancouver, BC, Canada | October 9-11, 2025 |
Closed | |
| Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) | Vascular Discovery: From Genes to Medicine 2025 | Baltimore, Maryland |
April 22-25, 2025 | Closed | |
| Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) | Annual Meeting | Atlanta, Georgia |
April 6-8, 2025 | Closed | |
| Eastern Association for the Surgery or Trauma (EAST) | 39th Annual Scientific Assembly | Atlanta, Georgia |
January 20-23, 2026 |
July 1, 2025 | |
| The New England Surgical Society (NESS) | Archives of Surgery | 106th NESS Annual Meeting | Portland, Maine |
September 19-21, 2025 |
Closed |
| The Pancreas Club | A summary of the scientific sessions is published in the American Journal of Surgery | Annual Meeting | La Jolla, California |
May 2-3, 2025 | Closed |
| Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC) | 70th Annual Meeting | St. Louis, Missouri |
May 1-4, 2025 | Closed | |
| The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) | Surgical Endoscopy | SAGES Annual Meeting |
Tampa, Florida |
March 25-28, 2026 | Opens Late June 2025 |
| Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) | Annual Congress | Chicago, Illinois |
March 22-24, 2026 | TBA | |
| Surgical Education Week (SEW) | Annual Meetings | Seattle, Washington |
May 6 -10, 2025 |
Closed | |
| The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) |
Medical Decision-Making Journal | 47th Annual Meeting | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
June 15-19, 2025 |
Closed |
| Southeastern Surgical Congress (SESC) | Annual Meeting | Omni Amelia Island, Florida | February 20-23, 2026 | TBA | |
| The Southern Surgical Association (SSA) | Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) |
137th Annual Meeting | Hot Springs, Virginia |
December 7-10, 2025 | June 30, 2025 |
| The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) | The Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | 66th Annual Meeting | San Diego, California |
May 3-6, 2025 | Closed |
| The Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) | Annals of Surgical Oncology | Annual Meeting | Phoenix, Arizona |
March 5-8, 2026 | TBA |
| Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) | 62nd STS Annual Meeting | New Orleans, Louisiana |
January 31 - February 1, 2026 | Open soon Deadline August 5, 2025 |
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| The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) | Journal of Vascular Surgery | Vascular Annual Meeting |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
June 4-7, 2025 | Closed |
| The Society of University Surgeons (SUS) | Surgery | 21st Annual Academic Surgical Congress | Lake Buena Vista, Florida |
February 3-5, 2026 | Opens June 2025 |
| Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (VESS) | 50th Annual Winter Meeting | Olympic Valley, California |
February 5-8, 2026 | TBA | |
| Western Surgical Association (WSA) | Archives of Surgery | WSA 133rd Scientific Session | Scottsdale, Arizona |
November 1-4, 2025 | June 9, 2025 |
| World Transplant Congress (WTC) | Annual Meeting | San Francisco, California |
August 2-6, 2025 |
Opens April 23, 2025 - Deadline May 21, 2025 |