Overview
Join us for a 1-hour webinar to provide surgeons with targeted advocacy and policy education that will equip you with the knowledge and skills to engage effectively with policymakers, advocate for their patients and profession, and contribute to evidence-informed healthcare policy.
Presenter: John S. Lam, MD, MBA, FACS, Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Moderator: Sigrid Burruss, MD, FACS, University of California, Irvine
1-Hour Live Webinar
Thursday, November 19, 2026
5:00 – 6:00 pm PT
Learning Objectives
- Describe the key steps of the legislative process
- Identify key healthcare policy and legislative issues that affect surgical practice, patient access, and trauma and surgical care delivery.
- Describe the role of surgeons in the legislative and policymaking process and identify effective strategies for engaging with policymakers and professional organizations
Presenters:
John S. Lam, MD, MBA, FACS, Kaiser Permanente
Sigrid Burruss, MD, FACS
UCI
Accreditation/Designation
The Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The SCCACS designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
John S. Lam, MD, MBA, FACS and Sigrid Burruss, MD, FACS have indicated no real or apparent conflicts.
The reviewers and activity planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Disclosure Policy
The AAMA must ensure that anyone who is in a position to control the content of the education activity has disclosed all financial relationships that you have had in the past 24 months (even if now ended) with ineligible companies. We define ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.