2026 Surgery Summit
ACVS is calling on Diplomates to consider sharing your expertise and skills by facilitating practical hands-on training for veterinary professionals.
The ACVS laboratory program is accepting proposals for full day, half-day, and hybrid laboratories to best fit your laboratory needs for the 2026 Surgery Summit. Hybrid laboratories will combine virtual didactic sessions with in-person hands-on training.
ACVS is expanding laboratory offerings to meet the expressed range of educational needs. Feel free to submit proposals for traditional wet or dry labs, or consider new formats such as simulation labs or those that utilize high-fidelity models.
ACVS welcomes your submissions for laboratories in various areas, including the topics below:
Large Animal
- Tenoscopy and bursoscopy
- Upper respiratory tract surgery
- Foraminotomy and facet injection (potentially on the same specimen)
Small Animal
- 3D printing
- Laparoscopy and thoracoscopy
- Wounds and reconstruction
- Upper respiratory tract surgery
- Mandibulectomy and maxillectomy
- Angular limb deformity
- Fracture repair
- Spinal surgery
- Regenerative medicine techniques
- TPLOs
Technician
- Arthroscopy and laparoscopy equipment set up and troubleshooting
- Anesthesia line placement
- Proper OR conduct of circulating nurses and tips for acting as surgical assistants
- Sterilization techniques
Submission Criteria
- Consider the logistics and practicality of hosting in a convention center.
- Laboratory chairs must be ACVS Diplomates.
- Laboratory chairs must identify instructors who will ensure the highest level of instruction available. Laboratory instructors can be Diplomates or non-Diplomates with expertise in a particular clinical or research area.
- Review the Laboratory Chair Protocol (download) before submitting your proposal. The proposal will not be considered if the form is incomplete.
Deadline
The deadline to submit proposals is November 3, 2025.
The Continuing Education Committee Laboratory Subcommittee will review each proposal and notify Diplomates of the outcome no later than November 17, 2025.
