ELIGIBILITY

Abstracts are welcome on any new subject in clinical and experimental surgery including patient series, case reports, new procedures, preliminary results, diagnostic techniques, etc. 

Any surgical resident/fellow in training in Cuyahoga or Summit County may submit an abstract for consideration.  Abstracts submitted by residents/fellows outside of these counties that are sponsored by a Cleveland Surgical Society member will be considered on an individual basis.

CRITERIA

Abstracts will be judged on originality, scientific or clinic merit, clarity of expression and presentation of data.

Abstracts are submitted with the understanding that the essential substance and data are original by the author.  Originality does not prevent the data to be pending acceptance by any book, journal, or previously presented at/or being considered by any other national or regional meeting.  However, it does require that the data not be part of any work previously published.

AUTHORSHIP

Credit for authorship implies substantial contributions to conception, design, analysis and interpretation of date, and to writing and revising the abstract for intellectual content.  The author is expected to present the abstract, and no individual is permitted to present more than one abstract at the meeting.  Should two or more abstracts be accepted with the same author, he or she will be given a choice of the abstract he/she will present.

SPONSORSHIP

Each resident/fellow must identify a sponsor on the abstract form who is a member of the Cleveland Surgical Society and who will assume the quality and integrity of the work.  The sponsor may assist in the preparation of the abstract and oral presentation.

CATEGORIES

Authors of the abstracts should indicate whether their study is clinical or experimental in nature.

SUBMISSION

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is Midnight Sunday April 29, 2012.  The deadline will not be extended for any reason.  Each Abstract Form is to be in Word format, Arial font, size 11 and can not extend beyond one page.  All contact information must be completed on the form.   Each abstract must be submitted via e-mail only to:  jclaridge@metrohealth.org or essay@clevelandsurgical.org

FORM AND CONSENT

The program committee will look with greatest favor on abstracts submitted in the purpose-methods-results conclusion format.  The purpose section should be a concise statement of the research data, etc, the control group should be described, and the number of experimental subjects or patients in groups along with the statistical method of significance.  The results should be stated in sufficient detail to support the conclusion.  The conclusion should state the findings related to the purpose with a minimum of suggestions or implications.

NOTIFICATION

The program committee will meet in early May and an acceptance or rejection letter will be sent via e-mail shortly after that meeting.

PRESENTATIONS 

All presentations will be 8 minutes in length.  Discussants will be invited for each presentation.

QUESTIONS

For any questions regarding the submission policy, contact Dr. Jeff Claridge.

OFFICIAL 2012 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND SUBMISSION RULES