National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, will discuss the NIH's mission to instill hope during Monday’s annual Martin Memorial Lecture, NIH: The National Institutes of Hope. Read more

For more than two decades, Atul A. Gawande, MD, MPH, FACS, has worked at the intersection of direct patient care and population-level impact and asked a fundamental question: How do we fix health care systems to deliver better care for every patient, everywhere? He will present Monday’s Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture, Slow Ideas: Scaling Surgery. Read more

Richard A. Jonas, MB, BS, FACS, FRACS, will discuss the clinical, societal, and financial advantages of early surgical repair of congenital heart defects in pediatric patients during Monday’s John H. Gibbon, Jr., Lecture, Early Hospital Mortality: A Misleading Metric for Quality Assurance in the New Era of Hybrid Palliation of Congenital Heart Disease. Read more

Honorary Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons will be awarded to 12 prominent surgeons from around the world at Sunday’s Convocation, 6:00−8:00 pm at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Exhibit Hall B2. Read more

John J. Fung, MD, PhD, FACS, FAASLD, will explore the latest advances in immunosuppression Monday during the I.S. Ravdin Lecture in the Basic and Surgical Sciences, Suppressing the Immune System: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Dr. Fung has been involved in several critical advances in immunosuppression in the last 30 years. Read more

Zane Cohen, MD, FACS, FRCSC, will discuss the evolving science and surgical best practices related to hereditary colon cancer, particularly Lynch syndrome, during Tuesday’s Herand Abcarian Lecture, Privilege and Responsibility: A 20-Year Journey. Read more

"Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD, FACS, will discuss the need for improved trauma care training during Tuesday’s annual Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecture, Civilian Read more

On Saturday, the Association of Women Surgeons hosted its annual conference with the theme Dare to Be You at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. This year’s conference focused on empowering women by providing them with the tools and skills they need to take charge of their careers while staying true to their own needs. Read more

On behalf of the Board of Regents and Officers of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), ACS President Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS, welcomes you to Boston, MA, for Clinical Congress 2018. Read more

Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), FCSHK(Hon), will be installed as the 99th President of the American College of Surgeons at Sunday night’s Convocation, 6:00−8:00 pm at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Hall B2. Read more

The Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons has selected Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, an esteemed thoracic surgeon, as the recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Service Award—the College’s highest honor. Read more