The 2025 conference of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) is on the horizon. From October 4 through October 7, in Chicago, Illinois, the ACS Clinical Congress marks an annual gathering of surgical professionals for education, networking, and discussing the latest surgical innovations.

Registration is open to all interested individuals and includes access to exhibits and sessions unless otherwise noted. Seating is first-come, first-served so planning out a schedule for the event is key to maximizing time spent learning comfortably. 

For your convenience, we created an outline of all the sessions focused on vascular surgery topics that are currently planned for the 2025 ACS conference. These times and dates are accurate as of September 4, 2025. For a complete listing of all sessions currently scheduled, view the complete 2025 ACS conference schedule. 

Sunday, October 5

Management of the Mangled Lower Extremity: Multidisciplinary Care for Limb Salvage

  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM
  • Description: This session will address treatment strategies for mangled lower extremities resulting in fractures with associated vascular and/or soft tissue injuries as well as compartment syndrome. Best practices will be discussed as well as strategies to coordinate multidisciplinary care. A case base discussion will also be included.

Coil and Catheters in Solid Organ Injury: Who, What, Where, When, and How

  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
  • Description: This session will highlight the latest evidence on SOI management while also delving into the technical considerations, pearls & pitfalls of an endovascular or hybrid approach.

The Surgeons Role in Promoting Healing of Surgical and Chronic Wounds

  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
  • Description: This session will review recent updates to best practices for treatment of surgical and nonhealing wounds (pressure ulcer, venous ulcer, diabetic ulcer), including effective dressing choice and considerations for high-risk patients (e.g. diabetic, limited mobility, decreased cognition, geriatric patients). Evidence-based strategies for effective provider and patient/caregiver training will be explored.

Vascular Surgery I

  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Description: Researchers at all career stages showcase original scientific and surgical work.

Damage Control Surgery and Resuscitation in the Rural Environment: Preparation and Best Practices for Optimal Outcomes

  • 4:15 PM – 5:45 PM
  • Description: This panel session will include presentations by pediatric surgeons, neurosurgeons, ophthalmologic, vascular, and general surgeons discussing immediate and essential management of injuries for surgeons practicing in settings where specialists are not present.

Updates on the Management of Acute DVT

  • 4:15 PM – 5:45 PM
  • Description: This session will review evidence-based guidance for the comprehensive work-up and management of acute DVT.
Monday, October 6

Is It “Dead”? Diagnosis, Revascularization, and Resection Strategies for Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
  • Description: This session aims to educate surgeons on the pre-operative and intra-operative diagnostic strategies to evaluate bowel viability, including the key technical and technologic aspects of restoring enteric continuity. In addition, surgeons will be updated on the multi-disciplinary approach to mesenteric ischemia, including open and percutaneous revascularization options.

A Discourse on Chronic Venous Disease

  • 12:45 PM – 2:15 PM
  • Description: This Clinical Panel Session will overview the spectrum of deep and superficial venous pathology along the spectrum of disease severity, with an emphasis on evidence-based treatment recommendations and evolving innovative therapies.

Vascular Surgery II

  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Description: Researchers at all career stages showcase original scientific and surgical work. 

Carotid Occlusive Disease: Evidence-based Practice and Innovative Therapies

  • 4:15 PM – 5:45 PM
  • Description: This panel session will overview the role for screening and surveillance of asymptomatic carotid stenosis in the general population and highlight evidence-based practice and technologic advances in management of carotid occlusive disease.
Tuesday, October 7

Placenta Accreta Spectrum – A Multidisciplinary Approach for a Challenging Surgical Scenario

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
  • Description: Increasingly, placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) or the abnormal attachment of the placenta (formerly known as morbidly adherent placenta) with potential involvement of other pelvic viscera complicates obstetrical practice in the United States. While causes are variable, the increase in cesarean delivery rates and resulting uterine endometrial and myometrial scarring are thought to be the chief driver of this continued increase in incidence. As the involvement of the placenta may involve the bladder, the pelvic sidewall as well as the rectum, these cases are best managed in a multidisciplinary fashion.

ePosters V – Station 1: Vascular Surgery

  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM
  • Description: Researchers at all career stages showcase original scientific and surgical work.

Vascular Surgery

  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
  • Description: This session includes six smaller presentations on topics relate to vascular surgery, including hybrid reconstruction of symptomatic innominate artery stenosis, open repair of giant femoral anastomotic aneurysm, and more.

Vascular Surgery III

  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Description: This session include ten smaller presentations on topics related to vascular surgery, including the impact of diabetes mellitus on the progression of lower extremity amputations, plaque-targeted nonfibers loaded with humanin analogue for treatment of atherosclerosis, and more.

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