Friday, September 25 

07:00am: Mentoring Breakfast and Exhibit Hall  

08:00am: Welcome & Advocacy Talk  

• Dr. Elisabeth Potter 

 08:25am: Advocacy Panel  

• Dr. Jessica Burgess 
• Dr. Amy Liepert  
• Dr. Anahita Dua 
• Dr. Christen Russo 
• Dr. Regan Williams  
• Dr. Lillian Erdahl 

09:25am: AJS Top Papers  

• Nathalia Beller
• Harnoor Kehal
• Amy Morrison, MD

09:55am: Exhibit Hall & Networking Break 

10:30am: Starr Research Forum 

• Session 1: Dr. Anna Jose, Anoushka Kathiravan, Dr. Banan Otaibi, Grayson Stinger, Fraol Bekele, Hannah Johnston, McKenna Dellinger, Paige Richards, Sophia Liu 

• Session 2: Alaina Bryson, Alexandra Wadhwani, Alexia Childress, Angelica Bartler, Emilie Ginovker, Shreya Goel, Kelan Queenan, Sophia Caputo

• Session 3: Dr. Kylie Dickerson, Abigail Jacobi, Dr. Radha Bansal, Dr. Sarah Singh, Sweccha Bhatt, Dr. Zainab Mehdi, Zhuxuan Pan 

11:30am: Exhibit Hall & Transition  

11:45am: Keynote Address  

• Dr. Dana Suskind  

12:45pm: Presidential Address and Annual Business Meeting  

02:00pm: Negotiation and Self-Advocacy 

• Jessica Minesinger, CMOM, CMPE, FACMPE, BBCC 

02:30pm: Advocacy through Leadership 

• Dr. Paula Ferrada

02:50pm: Surgical Specialty Leaders Panel  

• Dr. Tanaz Ferzandi 
• Dr. Kelly Malloy 
• Dr. Carolyn de la Cruz 
• Dr. Elizabeth Brown  

03:50pm: Networking Break 

04:20pm: Ergonomics & Disability Fireside Chat 

• Dr. Geeta Lal  
• Dr. Erin Garvey 

05:30pm: Starr Research Forum  

• Session 4: Anya Chaudhry, Dyuti Kumar, Jaladhija Chalichama, Jasmine Yuan, Sarah Singh, Serena Persaud, Dr. Sujata Syamal, Dr. Titilope Sandra Saheed 

• Session 5: Emi Manuala, Helen Wei, Dr. Isabel Pichardo, Kelsey Van Housen, Dr. Kylie Dickerson, Maya Blasingame, Dr. Nicole Izhakoff, Sadhivka Ramji 

• Session 6: Alexandra DiGiovanni, Emi Manuia, Hanna Dieterle, Harshini Veena Suresh, Lily Karlson, Dr. Perice Manns, Victoria Koffi, Zenya Yanoff  

06:30pm: Wine & Cheese Reception 

Saturday, September 26 

*Subject to Change 

07:00am: Wellness Activity – Yoga  

08:00am: High School Outreach Program (invitation only) 

09:00am: Workshops  

• Option A: Courageous Conversations - Dr. Sharon Stein  

• Option B: Defining Surgical Identity - Dr. Martha Zeiger 

• Option C: Pivoting and Responding to Challenges and Changes - Dr. Sareh Parangi & Dr. Lucy De La Cruz 

• Option A: Surgical Ergonomics - Dr. Geeta Lal 

• Option B: Advocacy Lab - Dr. Christina Colosimo, Dr. Jennifer Whittington, Dr. Sarah Temkin 

• Option C: Turn Obstacles into Opportunities - Dr. Diem Vu and Dr. Shannon Foster

01:30pm: AWS Coach Training (invitation only) 

05:30pm: Medical Student and Resident Reception 

Sunday, September 27 

07:30pm: AWSF Awards Dinner & Gala 

Monday, September 28 

7:00am: Networking Breakfast and Diversity Panel 

• Invited Partners: AOSA, LSS, NASS, SAAS, SBAS