Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, has been elected to serve as the 2018−2019 President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Rusch and the First and Second Vice-Presidents-Elect were elected at Wednesday’s Annual Business Meeting of Members. Read more

The Board of Governors (B/G) of the American College of Surgeons has elected two new members of the Board of Regents: Lena M. Napolitano, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM, and Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS. In addition, 10 Regents have been reelected and several B/G Executive Committee seats have been filled. Read more

A decade after the development of the Surgical Safety Checklist, data and anecdotal evidence reveals that mortality rates have been reduced at sites that successfully adopt it, but implementation challenges remain a barrier to more widespread use of the checklist. Read more

Hari Nathan, MD, PhD, FACS, is the recipient of the 14th Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award. Dr. Nathan’s clinical focus includes the multidisciplinary treatment of tumors of the liver, bile duct, pancreas, and stomach. Read more

The American College of Surgeons is accepting nominations for the 15th Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award to be conferred in 2019. The award recognizes outstanding surgeons who are engaged in research that advances the art and science of surgery and who demonstrate early promise of significant contribution to the practice of surgery and the safety of surgical patients. Read more

Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro, Jr., MD, MSc, PhD, FACS, an International Guest Scholar from São Paulo, Brazil, recounts his time in Boston, MA, at Clinical Congress 2018. Read more