ACCREDITATION OVERVIEW
106th New England Surgical Society Annual Meeting
September 19-21, 2025
Portland, ME
Target Audience
This activity is designed for surgeons practicing in the fields of general surgery, breast, endocrine, thoracic, colorectal, transplantation surgery and surgical oncology.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity learners should be able to:
Activity Goal
This activity is designed to address the following core and team competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based learning, Value and Ethics, and Interprofessional Communications.
Non-Endorsement
The accredited provider verifies that sound education principles have been demonstrated in the development of this educational offering as evidenced by the review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and activity evaluation process. The accredited provider does not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.
Disclosures
The accredited provider adheres to accreditation requirements regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of the planning committee and faculty's commercial relationships will be made known at the activity. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations.
All employees in control of content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated. The following participants have No Relevant Financial Relationships to Disclose: Alia Aunchman, MD; Meredith Baker, MD; Bishwajit Bhattacharya, MD; Lindsay Bliss, MD; Timothy Counihan, MD; Guy Cousins, LCSW, LADC; Julie DiSano, MD; Timothy Fitzgerald, MD; Jennifer Gass, MD; Alaina Geary, MD, MHPE; Jeremy Goverman, MD; Rajan Gupta, MD; Jason Hall, MD, MPH; Laurie Han, MD; Naomi Kalliath, DO; John Kunstman, MD; Jennifer Lafemina, MD; Bruce Leavitt, MD; Andrew Loehrer, MD, MPH; David McAneny, MD; Thomas Miner, MD; Faina Nakhlis, MD; Brian Nolan, MD, MS; Adena Osband, MD; Cynthia Paciulli, MD; Luise Pernar, MD, MHPE; Richard Perugini, MD; Francis Podbielski, MD; Joseph Portereiko, DO; Elizabeth Renaud, MD; Kari Rosenkranz, MD; Anna Royer, MD; Jill Rubinstein, MD, PhD; Jaswin Sawhney, MD; Kevin Schuster, MD, MPH; Óscar K Serrano, MD; Daniel Solomon, MD; Paige Teller, MD; Gino Trevisani, MD; Allison Wilcox, MD; Andrea Wolffing, MD; Jacqueline Wu, MD
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by CineMed and the New England Surgical Society. CineMed is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Cine-Med designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Healthcare Professionals
All other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, consult your professional licensing board.
Certificates: To claim your CME/CE credits, complete the online Credit and Evaluation form using the following URL:
https://cine-med.com/certificate.php?redirect=ness2025
This is a one-time credit submission. Credits should be tracked at the completion of the meeting.
Participants will be able to download or print a certificate once the form has been submitted.
Support
This activity is being provided independent of industry support.
