The Annual Business Meeting of Members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) will take place at 5:00 pm Central Time on Wednesday, October 27. ACS President Julie A. Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS, will preside. The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Report of the Chair of the Board of Regents

Report of the Chair of the Board of Governors

Report of the Executive Director of the College

Report of the Chair of the Board of Directors of the ACS Foundation

Report of the Chair of the Board of Directors of the ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC

Presentation of the Advocate of the Year Award

Presentation of the Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching

Presentation of the Jameson L. Chassin Award for Professionalism in General Surgery

Presentation of the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award

The President

Recognition of the Immediate Past-President, J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS, Winston-Salem, NC

Report of the Chair of the Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors, Announcement of Election of Regents, and the Election of Officers of the Board of Governors

Report of the Chair of the Nominating Committee of the Fellows: Nomination and Election of Governors and Officers of the American College of Surgeons

New business – Reports from the Floor

Adjournment