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Please join the ASCRS in our first ever social media scavenger hunt during the 2016 ASCRS Annual Meeting. It’s an exciting way to engage with your fellow colleagues, and compete to win a $100 gift card!

To make the scavenger hunt even more interesting, we’ve brought along a new member of the ASCRS staff, Dr. Jerome the Gnome. He’ll make his way around the convention center, so be sure to keep an eye out for him.

Each participant must complete five of the seven tasks by posting completed photos to Twitter with the hashtags #ASCRShunt and #ASCRS16. After you’ve completed your five tasks, check them off the list and print your name, email and phone number on the flyer you will receive at the Annual Meeting. Then hand in the flyer to the ASCRS Registration Desk.

Registration is now open for the ASCRS 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting. Click here for more information.

Submit your original abstracts for the 2020 ASCRS Annual Scientific Meeting, June 6-10, 2020, in Boston, Massachusetts. Learn more and submit.

The ASCRS is accepting applications for the International Travel Scholarship for the 2017 ASCRS Annual Meeting.

The deadline for submitting completed applications and all supporting documents is October 3, 2016. Successful applicants will be notified in December and will be expected to attend the 2017 ASCRS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, June 10 – 14, 2017.

This is a great opportunity for international surgeons to expand their knowledge and gain a world-class education from renowned speakers. Attendees will be able to foster relationships with more than 1,700 healthcare professionals who are expected to attend the largest meeting in North America devoted exclusively to colon and rectal surgery.

For questions regarding the application process, please contact ASCRS Governance Manager Elaina McCalmont.

The American Society for Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), the Diseases of the Colon and Rectum Editorial Board, and the ASCRS Social Media Committee are pleased to announce the launch of their first podcast. Michael Stamos, MD, senior author of "Variations in Laparoscopic Colectomy Utilization in the United States," published in the October 2015 issue of DC&R, and Kurt Davis, MD, DC&R reviewer, joined to discuss the findings in more detail.

A new podcast will follow each issue of DC&R and will highlight one or two articles through interviews with lead authors and further commentary from DC&R reviewers. The podcast series is hosted by Scott Steele, MD, and Kyle Cologne, MD.

Download the podcast today!