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Clinical Congress 2018 includes session on Late-Breaking Clinical Trials
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has announced the Late-Breaking Clinical Trials lineup at Clinical Congress 2018 in Boston, MA. Join us 9:45–11:15 am Monday at the Boston Convention & […]
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NIH director to deliver hopeful message during Opening Ceremony
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.
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Atul Gawande to deliver Drake lecture on Monday
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.
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Misleading quality metric discourages early surgical repair of pediatric congenital heart defects
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.
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Honorary Fellowship in the ACS to be awarded to 12 prominent surgeons
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.
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Checkpoint therapy coming to transplantation
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.
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Expert discusses increasing prevalence of hereditary colon cancer in patients under 50
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.
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Civilian–military partnerships essential for maintaining trauma competency
“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
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AWS presents educational sessions, awards dinner, networking breakfast
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.
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Welcome to Clinical Congress 2018
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.
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Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), FCSHK(Hon), to be installed as 99th ACS President
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.
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Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, to receive the ACS Distinguished Service Award
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.