The Osler Institute recorded our Live Virtual Webinar, the comprehensive July 2025 Surgery Review Course, and brought it to you! These Video files are stored “in the cloud,” so you can stream them anywhere, anytime, as long as you have an internet connection. You can watch or listen to them on your phone, computer, or tablet. Additionally, each online review is a downloadable copy of the syllabus corresponding to the Video lectures, available for your use while viewing or as a standalone study or clinical practice guide.
This comprehensive review will update your clinical knowledge base and help you prepare for and pass the General Surgery ABS Qualifying exam and Continuous Certification (CC) exam. Emphasis is on evidence-based medicine and board-relevant standards of care, incorporating current best practice concepts, surgical approaches, and clinical follow-up strategies. As a result, it provides a comprehensive review for your ABS Qualifying exam and a thorough general surgery review for practicing physicians. In addition, many previous learners have found the course provided them with improved diagnostic and planning strategies, a better understanding of the best surgical approaches for the principal areas covered by general surgeons, and helped them recognize areas of weakness for self-study.
Objectives
After this review, each participant will be able to:
Summarize the basic science fundamentals underlying patient management as applied to general surgery.
Describe preoperative, operative, and postoperative patient care in the principal component areas of general surgery: specific diseases of the head and neck, breast, skin and soft tissues, alimentary tract, abdomen, vascular system, endocrine system, comprehensive trauma management, emergency operations, and critical surgical care.
Discuss the principles of perioperative patient care in the surgical specialties of cardiothoracic surgery, pediatric surgery, and transplant surgery.
Summarize the clinical care of patients with common problems in urology, gynecology, orthopedics, and burns.
Demonstrate an understanding of tumor staging and describe the appropriate surgical and nonsurgical management required.
Discuss non-operative management options for general surgery patients who may not require surgical intervention (e.g., patients with pancreatitis, portal hypertension, immunosuppression, multiple traumas).
Outline the appropriate use of newer diagnostic and therapeutic methods, including laser-based applications; stereotactic breast biopsy; physiologic testing and evaluation of the GI tract; noninvasive vascular system diagnostic evaluation and invasive vascular interventional techniques; ultrasonography of the head and neck, breast, and abdomen; and endorectal ultrasound.
Sample Video
Faculty & Topics
Gregory York, MD, FACS†
Head and Neck Trauma
Thoracic Trauma
Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma I and II
Pulmonary Critical Care
Nutrition and Metabolism
Cardiac Critical Care
Preoperative Evaluation and Perioperative Care
Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base
Infection and Antimicrobial Therapy
Andrew Wu, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Minimally Invasive and Metabolic Surgery
Stomach and Duodenum – Malignant Disorders
Gynecologic and GU Surgery
Sandip Maru, MD, FACS, RPVI
Aortic and Carotid Disorders
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Venous and Thromboembolic Disorders
Aaron Chevinsky, MD, MBA, FACS
Pancreas – Benign and Malignant Disorders
Skin and Melanoma
Breast – Benign Disorders
Breast-Malignant Disorders
Sarcoma
Marc Lessin, MD, JD
Pediatric Trauma and Emergencies
Pediatric Tumors
Congenital GI Disorders
Ethics and Palliative Care Medicine
Laura Crankshaw, MD
Burn and inhalation Injuries
Shock and Multiple Organ Failure
Ryan Griffith, MD, FACS
Adrenal Surgery
Transfusion and Disorders of Coagulation
Nikolai Bildzukewicz, MD, FACS
Esophageal Disorders – Benign and Malignant
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Stomach and Duodenum – Benign Disorders
Hepatobiliary Portal Hypertension I and II
Syed S. Razi, MD
Mediastinum and Chest Wall Disorders
Pulmonary Surgery: Benign and Malignant
Jasneet Bhullar, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS
Abdominal Wall and Hernias
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
Oncology and Tumor Biology
Immunology and Transplantation
Louis Portugal, MD, FACS
Head and Neck Surgery I and II
Thyroid Surgery
Parathyroid Surgery
Peter I. Tsai, MD, FACS
Cardiac Surgery: Adult and Pediatric
Cory Barrat, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Anorectal and Colorectal – Benign Disorders
Anorectal and Colorectal-Malignant Disorders
Small Bowel and Spleen
Paras Khandhar, MD, FAAP
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Ethics, Professionalism, and Credentialing
CME
Release Date: August 14, 2025
Expiration Date: August 13, 2028
Estimated Time to Complete: 50 Hours
Accreditation:
The Osler Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation:
The Osler Institute designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
Required Physician Participation:
Review the audio/video lectures at your own pace. To claim CME credit, Learners must complete a self-assessment post-test (a score of 75% or greater is required) and activity evaluation to test the knowledge gained and its application to their practice. You may take the test and utilize the accompanying syllabus by accessing the links provided. Multiple test attempts are allowed, and feedback is provided.
Financial Disclosure
Faculty, Planner, and Reviewer Disclosure Declaration
In compliance with the Standards, Guidelines, and Ethical opinions of the ACCME, AAMC, and AMA, The Osler Institute requires that anyone with input into the planning or presentation of Continuing Medical Education activities provided or jointly – provided by The Osler Institute must disclose to the program audience any relevant financial relationships with companies or organizations about whose products or services they are discussing in their presentations.
The following faculty/planners/reviewers disclosed a relevant financial relationship(s).
Nikolai Bildzukewicz, MD FACS – Consulting Fees from Ethicon, Inc., Medical Device Business Services, Torax Medical, Intuitive Inc.
The following faculty/planners/reviewers listed no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.
Cory Barrat, MD, FACS†
Jasneet Bhullar, MD, MS
Aaron Chevinsky, MD, MBA, FACS
Laura Crankshaw, MD
Ryan Griffith, MD, FACS
Paras Khandhar, MD, FAAFP
Marc S. Lessin, MD, JD
Sandip T. Maru, MD, FACS†
Louis G. Portugal, MD, FACS
Syed Razi, MD
Andrew S. Wu, MD, FACS
Gregory B. York, MD, FACS
Joseph Selliken, MD†
Michael Stewart†
Erin Baynard†
Copies of the Faculty Disclosure Forms are available upon request.
† Program Planning Committee
* Reviewer, if Applicable
Group Discounts Available
If you have two or three residents interested in participating in live virtual or subscription-based reviews, you are eligible for a 35% discount when registering!
If you have four or more residents interested in participating in live virtual or subscription-based reviews, you are eligible for a 50% discount when registering!
Contact us for details; call 1-800-356-7537 or
Group Discount Program has conditions that cannot be combined with other discounts or offers.
Guarantee
The Osler “Until You Pass” Guarantee
The Osler Institute is committed to providing high-quality education to our learners. We offer courses that are guaranteed to help them confidently pass their examinations. In the unlikely event that a learner does not pass their examination, we allow them to re-enroll in a course tuition-free* until they succeed. Suppose you have attended an Osler course or subscribed to an online review and failed the examination for which the course was designed within the following nine months. In that case, you can re-enroll in an Osler course or resubscribe to the same term online review until you pass. This offer is tuition-free, but a corresponding failed examination attempt must precede each free course.
Please be aware that the course registration fee does not cover hotel costs, meeting amenities, or any additional mock orals or study materials. If you want to enroll in a course under the guarantee, please make sure that you complete the enrollment process more than 30 days before the course start date. By doing so, you can avoid any late fees that may apply if you enroll after this time frame.
*Some restrictions apply: The course must be equal to or lesser value than the previous course. You may upgrade to a different course at a discounted rate. If the same course isn’t available, we offer a three-month subscription-based course in its place. Additional mock orals or a la carte course options are excluded from our guarantee option.
Doc Ling – The instructors are top notch and the best in their field with sincere desire to help physicians pass their most grueling endeavor yet.
Shams W.PawelFounder & CEO of XpeedStudio
This has been an excellent experience. The examiners were very helpful and instructive. Videos online are an incredible resource. Big fan of the live sessions.
Shams W.PawelFounder & CEO of XpeedStudio
I’ve been in practice 32 years, the fundamentals remain the same, and the course was a perfect review for my type of practice.
Gregory York, MD, FACS†
Andrew Wu, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Sandip Maru, MD, FACS, RPVI
Aaron Chevinsky, MD, MBA, FACS
Marc Lessin, MD, JD
Laura Crankshaw, MD
Ryan Griffith, MD, FACS
Nikolai Bildzukewicz, MD, FACS
Syed S. Razi, MD
Jasneet Bhullar, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS
Louis Portugal, MD, FACS
Cory Barrat, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
