Post-Graduate Courses
Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS) Post-Graduate Course:
General Surgery Review (PDF)
Chair: Dr. Carolyn Nessim, CAGS Education Committee Chair
Chair: Dr. Caitlin Champion, CAGS Education Committee Vice-Chair
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Each year during the Canadian Surgery Forum (CSF), a one-day review takes place to update practicing general surgeons in the current management of frequent problems seen in daily practice. The format for the interactive course will include presentations from expert faculty with case-based scenarios and open discussion. Participants are encouraged to bring cases to be discussed. Please come join us for a day of case based learning and an update in general surgery. No better way to learn what's new in surgery than to go over some cases and discuss with colleagues.
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Learning Objectives:
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Discuss complex decision making in common general surgery cases
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Describe surgical approaches to common general surgery cases
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Target Audience: Practicing surgeons looking for a broad-based up to date CME experience
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This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by the Canadian Association of General Surgeons. You may claim a maximum of 6 hours.
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Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Location: Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth, 900 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Montreal, Quebec H3B 4A5
Time: 08:00-16:00
Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS) / Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (CSCRS) Post-Graduate Course:
Advanced Endoscopy Course (PDF)
Co-Chairs: Dr. James Ellsmere, Dr. Jeff Hawel and Dr. Sepher Khorasani
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This one-day course is interactive and intended for practicing surgeons, residents, and healthcare professionals who want to expand their knowledge of endoscopy. The morning session will last four hours and consist of lectures on various basic and advanced endoscopic techniques, such as indications, contraindications, complications, and practical methods for these procedures. The afternoon session will last four hours and provide a hands-on skills lab for participants to practice basic and advanced endoscopic techniques. Breakfast, lunch, and refreshment breaks are included.
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​This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by the Canadian Association of General Surgeons. You may claim a maximum of 7.5 hours.
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Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Location: Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth, 900 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Montreal, Quebec H3B 4A5
Time: 08:00-16:00
Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (CSCRS) /
CASCADES Post-Graduate Course:
Fundamentals of Sustainable Operating Rooms (PDF)
Co-Chairs: Dr. Huseim Moloo, Dr. Andrea MacNeill, and Dr. Nicole Simms
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As the effects of climate change continue to intensify, all sectors are charged with reducing carbon; the healthcare sector, which accounts for an estimated 4.6% of national greenhouse gas emissions, is no exception. Perioperative care in particular has an outsized environmental impact via its substantial waste production, generation of direct emissions, and energy use. It is therefore recognized as a significant area of opportunity for reducing healthcare’s environmental footprint.
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The Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS) has joined forces with CASCADES*, a multi-year capacity-building initiative to address healthcare’s contribution to the climate crisis to offer “Fundamentals of Sustainable Perioperative Care.” In this half-day workshop, participants will gain knowledge, develop skills, and forge collaborations that will help them advocate for and participate in a bottom-up and top-down shift toward more environmentally sustainable perioperative care. Participants will hear from perioperative care providers on the front lines of sustainability efforts, and develop a project charter for a sustainable quality improvement project they can initiate in their own settings.
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In an effort to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration on sustainability efforts, subsidized registration is available to non-member non-physicians; applications will open soon.
​This event is an Accredited Assessment Program (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by Canadian Association of General Surgeons. You may claim a maximum of 4 hours.
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Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Location: Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth, 900 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Montreal, Quebec H3B 4A5
Time: 08:00-16:00
Canadian Hernia Society (CHS) Post-Graduate Course:
From Basics to Advanced Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (PDF)
Instructors: Dr. Fady Saleh, Dr. Megan Melland-Smith, Dr. Rachel Liu Hennessey, Dr. Robert Hall, Dr. Oscar Henao, Dr. Jack Chiu, Dr. Michele Riordan, Dr. Ben Fung
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Target Audience: This half day course is designed for residents and practicing surgeons who wish to master complex hernia management and new releases of the abdomen wall.
Each station will have expert demonstrations to guide council attendees through the following procedures:
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Laparoscopic E-TEP (Rives Stoppa) with crossover;
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Laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia covering the critical view of myopectineal orifice and steps
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Open transversus abdominis release (TAR);
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Open inguinal hernia anatomy - Shouldice repair;
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Location: Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning 3575 Parc Avenue, Suite 5640 Montreal, QC H2X 3P9
Time: 8:00-16:00
Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgery Post Graduate Course:
Masterclass in Radial EBUS, Cryobiopsy and EBUS-Cryobiopsy (PDF)
Chair: Moishe Liberman, MD, PhD, Director CETOC, University of Montréal
Course Description: This course will be a Master Class for Thoracic Surgeons interested in developing their interventional endoscopy practise to include radial endobronchial ultrasound, cryobiopsy for peripheral pulmonary nodules and interstitial lung disease and linear EBUS guided cryobiopsy for mediastinal tumours and lymph nodes. The use of cryotherapy in the central airways will also be included.
Target Audience: Thoracic Surgeons and learners.
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Location: Research Center Du Chum. (900 Saint Denis St, Montreal, Quebec H2X 0A9)
Time: 07:30 -12:30
Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS):
Urology Simulation Post-Graduate Course (PDF)
Chair: Moishe Liberman, MD, PhD, Director CETOC, University of Montréal
Course Description: This course consists of a half-day simulation session for hands-on experience with urological conditions and procedures. CAGS is offering this course as part of the Certificate of Recognition in Practical Urology for the Rural General Surgeon. For more information, please visit https://cags-accg.ca/urology-program/ This course can also be taken as a stand-alone course for MOC credits.
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Course goals: The goal of this course and the certificate program is to increase familiarity and capacity with common urological urgencies and emergencies among surgical practitioners in rural and/or global surgery environments; to provide practical instruction for the performance of urological procedures with the goals of reducing unnecessary patient travel, cost, and burden on tertiary centres; and to address management of urological emergencies in a simulated setting.
Target Audience: Participants must be practicing general surgeons, GP-ESS trained, or be enrolled in a GP-ESS or general surgery residency training program.
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Location: 900 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Montreal, Quebec H3B 4A5
Time: 08:00 -12:00