Dear Colleagues

Welcome to the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons. Once again, we have a challenging year with the COVID-19 crisis impacting all of us in so many ways including how we care for patients and share information. The meeting cannot be held in Tainan and we do not have enough time to organize an in person meeting anywhere else. Moreover, we do not anticipate travel opportunities for most of our colleagues. So we have decided to go VIRTUAL again! The dates will stay the same , specifically November 14th to the 18th depending on where you are in the world. We will announce a full schedule soon. Abstract submission is open HERE!. The format will be similar to last year with all presentations expected to submit a video of their talk and then be available for the presentation and live discussion. Once again, we promise to make it educational and interesting with some added virtual excitement thrown in. Podium oral presentations will be Zoom prerecorded presentations. Moderators will bring in each presenter and the audience of hundreds will be invited to ask questions. All posters and quick-shot oral presentations will be converted to audio PDF's which is very easy for each presenter to do. These presentations will count for your CV's and presentations eligible for publication will still be published in Journal of Pediatric Surgery.

Register for the 2021 PAPS Virtual Meeting opens soon!

More details will be published on this website soon and we will be contacting presenters directly with instructions. Thanks for joining us virtually!

• John Meehan, MD FACS
• PAPS 2021 Program Chair
• Seattle Children's Hospital