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ACS Surgeon-Specific Registry retires June 2026

Your cases don't have to retire with it.

Migrate your ACS SSR data to UNIRA — a surgeon-owned, HIPAA-aligned home for your surgery case log, AI op notes, and analytics. Free, guided migration before the May 16 case-entry deadline.

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Built by a practicing general surgeon. Listed by ACS as an option for surgeons exploring SSR alternatives.*

Important dates from ACS
May 16, 2026
Last day for SSR case entry and report access
June 2026
Full SSR retirement
Closed
New SSR enrollment is no longer accepted
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Why this matters

Years of your professional record. One closing window.

For more than a decade, the SSR has been many surgeons' single longitudinal record of their operative work — used for board certification, MOC, credentialing, hospital privileging, and self-review. When it retires, that data doesn't migrate itself.

UNIRA was built so a surgeon's professional record belongs to the surgeon — portable, lifelong, and independent of any single institution or registry.

"Surgeons have always needed this. EMRs don't do it. Spreadsheets don't scale."
01

Loss of access

After May 16, you lose the ability to enter cases and pull reports.

02

HIPAA exposure

A rushed export to a personal Excel or Google Sheet is the kind of move that turns into a compliance review.

03

Career gaps

Credentialing committees, comp meetings, and contract negotiations all assume a continuous record. A break in your data is a break in your leverage.

What you get

Not just a new logbook. A real upgrade.

01

A surgeon-owned record

Your cases belong to you. Exportable, portable, and independent of any hospital. Take it with you when you change jobs, states, or roles.

02

Analytics, not just storage

Outcomes, productivity, case complexity, wRVU trends, and CMS 2026 efficiency-adjustment impact — visualized against your own data, with MGMA benchmarks.

03

AI that works for you

Operative-report generation, billing optimization, and natural-language queries against your own surgical record — not a generic chatbot.

04

Privacy by design

HIPAA-aligned. Encryption in transit and at rest. Role-based access. Audit logging. BAA available. We do not sell surgeon data, ever.

Meet OpWriter — AI op notes

Say a few words in.
A complete, billable op note out.

OpWriter is UNIRA's operative-report engine — mobile and web. The SSR captured what you did. OpWriter writes it up. Say a few words between cases — that's all it takes. OpWriter assembles a complete, audit-ready operative report from your structured case data, your writing style, and a procedure-specific narrative library — with the CPT codes and modifiers that match what you documented — in minutes, not days.

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Your voice

A few words between cases. No dictation marathons. Just the moments only you can describe — OpWriter handles the rest.

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Your structured case data

Procedure, indication, equipment, intraoperative findings — pulled in automatically so you don't dictate the same details twice.

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Your writing style

Upload your past op notes once. OpWriter learns your phrasing and detail level so the output sounds like you wrote it.

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Procedure-specific narrative

A curated library of surgical narrative for the operation you actually performed — written to current standards, not invented.

Close the gap between what you did and what gets billed.

A logic layer maps the assembled report to the right CPT codes and modifiers and flags any documentation too thin to support what was billed — before the report ever leaves your phone. The surgeon catches the gap. Not the biller, weeks later. Not the auditor, months later.

Faster notes. Cleaner billing. Fewer denials. The operative report, finally on the surgeon's side.

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How the SSR migration works

Four steps. All your cases in one place, connected to intelligence.

No PDFs to wrestle with. No spreadsheets emailed around. Open an account, drop your ACS file, help us classify the fields, done.

01

Open your UNIRA account

Sign up at unira.ai. Takes about a minute. HIPAA safeguards are in place from the first click.

02

Go to Import Cases

Inside UNIRA, head to the Import Cases section. It's built for exactly this.

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Drop your ACS file

Upload the file you exported from the SSR. The upload is encrypted end-to-end — never email, never a personal cloud drive.

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Help UNIRA classify the fields

Quick guided pass: confirm which SSR column maps to which UNIRA field. UNIRA suggests the mapping; you confirm. Every case lands in your record, ready for analytics, OpWriter, and natural-language queries.

dashboard.unira.io/procedures/import-v2

The minimum information UNIRA needs to import a case is a procedure date and a CPT code. Anything beyond that — ICD-10, role, complications, notes — is preserved when present and enriches your analytics, but is not required for import.

Start my SSR migration Free for any surgeon migrating from the SSR before May 16, 2026.

Want us to do it for you? Free.

Email us at ssr-migration@unira.io so we can guide you through our HIPAA-compliant process — rather than emailing your report. A UNIRA team member will walk you through a secure handoff, load your cases, and classify the fields with you.

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Trust & security

Built to the standards your data deserves.

We hold ourselves to the privacy and security posture surgeons should be able to expect from any system that holds a longitudinal record of their work.

HIPAA-aligned by design

Encryption in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest. Role-based access control. Audit logging on every record touch.

BAA available

A Business Associate Agreement is available to any practice, employer, or covered entity that requires one before data moves.

Surgeon-owned data

You own your cases. You can export your full record at any time, in standard formats. You can delete it.

No data sales, ever

We do not sell or rent surgeon or patient data to anyone, for any purpose.

Responsible AI

We do not train third-party AI models on identifiable surgeon or patient data. AI features are designed to support — not replace — surgeon judgment, with surgeon-in-the-loop review.

Read our privacy posture
For different surgeons

Whatever you used the SSR for, UNIRA carries it forward.

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Attendings tracking case volume

Continuous case log with structured CPT/ICD-10 capture, complication tracking, and longitudinal volume reports — ready for credentialing, privileging, and contract conversations.

02

Residents and fellows

Migrate your case data directly from ACGME Case Logs into one record that follows you into attending practice — no rebuilding from PDFs at job #1.

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Re-credentialing or changing jobs

A clean, exportable, surgeon-owned record means you walk into a credentialing committee or a new contract with your data, your history, and your leverage.

04

Preparing for MOC and self-review

Filter your cases by procedure, time period, complication, or outcome — and pull the report you need without rebuilding the dataset every cycle.

Common questions

Common questions about SSR migration

Is UNIRA endorsed by the American College of Surgeons?
No. ACS does not endorse, recommend, or certify any specific vendor. UNIRA was included for informational purposes only in an ACS reply to a surgeon inquiry about SSR alternatives. We respect the College's position.
How much does the SSR migration cost?
The migration itself is free for any surgeon moving over before May 16, 2026. UNIRA's standard subscription applies for ongoing use; pricing is on the pricing page.
How long does the migration take?
About 10 minutes of your time. UNIRA AI performs the mapping; the surgeon reviews it.
Will my SSR fields map cleanly to UNIRA?
Yes. We've mapped the SSR's standard fields (procedure date, CPT, ICD-10, role, complication, etc.) directly into UNIRA's case log structure. Anything that doesn't have a 1:1 home gets preserved in a notes field so you don't lose it. Over time, we will expand our AI analytics to include every field.
Is my data HIPAA-safe through the migration?
Yes. The migration uses encrypted upload, HIPAA-aligned storage, and access logging. BAA available before any data moves. We never ask you to email a spreadsheet of PHI.
What if I'm already using a different logbook?
We can also migrate from Surgeonal, Tribble, Procedure Log, Surgeon's Logbook, or a custom Excel/CSV. Same process. Reach out and we'll handle it.
I'm a resident — can I migrate too?
Yes. Residents and fellows can migrate their case data directly from the ACGME Case Logs — same guided process. Anything you've been keeping in training comes with you.
What happens after May 16, 2026?
We'll still help you migrate after May 16, but ACS has stated that case entry and report access end on that date — meaning your raw SSR data may become harder to retrieve. Earlier is safer.
Can someone at UNIRA do the import for me?
Yes. Free concierge migration is available for any surgeon moving from the SSR. Email us at ssr-migration@unira.io so we can guide you through our HIPAA-compliant process — rather than emailing your report. We'll walk you through a secure handoff, load your cases, classify the fields, and review the result with you.
Who can I talk to with more questions?
A surgeon on our team. Email ssr-migration@unira.io.

Don't let years of your work expire on a server you don't control.

Migrate your SSR data to UNIRA. Free, guided, HIPAA-safe — done before the May 16 deadline.

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UNIRA was founded by Dr. Jeremy Gallego Eckstein, a practicing general surgeon and Director of the Hernia Center at Memorial Healthcare System. It's the platform he built because he wanted it for his own practice.