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  • From cowboys to pit crews: Patient-focused care starts with a team approach


    October 23, 2018
    From cowboys to pit crews: Patient-focused care starts with a team approach


    In front of a capacity crowd, Atul A. Gawande, MD, MPH, FACS, presented the Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture, Slow Ideas: Scaling Surgery, Monday afternoon at Clinical Congress.

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  • Panelists share global engagement successes at home and abroad


    October 23, 2018
    Panelists share global engagement successes at home and abroad


    The Global Engagement Panel Session Monday morning described a range of the surgical volunteerism efforts that the American College of Surgeons Operation Giving Back program and other medical organizations are involved in at home and abroad.

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  • Continuous Certification ensures better quality care


    October 23, 2018
    Continuous Certification ensures better quality care


    Last year, the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Medical Specialties introduced a Continuous Certification initiative for surgeons and physicians seeking to maintain board certification. Panelists during a session Tuesday morning explored why Continuous Certification is relevant to surgeons who want to provide safe, effective care.

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  • Public health approach needed to reduce firearm injuries

    October 23, 2018
    Public health approach needed to reduce firearm injuries

    On Monday, Joseph V. Sakran, MD, MPH, MPA, FACS, and a panel of experts urged attendees—gun owners and non-gun owners alike—to put politics aside and take a public health approach to reducing firearm-related injuries and death at the session, Firearm Injuries in the United States: A Public Health Approach Centered Upon Partnership and Engagement.

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  • Gut microbiome may link genes, environment in colon cancer


    October 23, 2018
    Gut microbiome may link genes, environment in colon cancer


    Heidi Nelson, MD, FACS, will discuss the latest gut microbiome research and how it may one day affect colon cancer treatment during Wednesday’s annual Commission on Cancer Oncology Lecture, Microbes and Cancer: A Missing Link.

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  • Screening for heredity colon cancer: The privilege and responsibility of the surgeon


    October 23, 2018
    Screening for heredity colon cancer: The privilege and responsibility of the surgeon


    “I don’t think there is any doubt that it is a tremendous privilege to be a surgeon … and that privilege comes with a certain responsibility,” said Zane Cohen, MD, FACS, FRCSC, who presented Tuesday morning’s Herand Abcarian Lecture, Privilege and Responsibility: A 20-Year Journey.

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  • Mastery in General Surgery Program helps recent graduates build confidence through experience


    October 23, 2018
    Mastery in General Surgery Program helps recent graduates build confidence through experience


    Program directors and participants discussed their experiences with the American College of Surgeons Mastery in General Surgery Program during a Tuesday morning session. “When I completed the program, I felt fortified in my independent decision making,” said Talitha Brown, MD.

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  • CoC honors three State Chairs for outstanding performance


    October 23, 2018
    CoC honors three State Chairs for outstanding performance


    The Commission on Cancer recognized three State Chairs for their outstanding performance in 2017: Timothy Mullet, MD, FACS, Kentucky State Chair; Michael Sarap, MD, FACS, Ohio State Chair; James Harris, MD, FACS, Nevada State Chair.

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  • Commission on Cancer announces 2018 paper competition winner


    October 23, 2018
    Commission on Cancer announces 2018 paper competition winner


    Helmi Khadra, MD, received the top award in the Commission on Cancer (CoC) Paper Competition from CoC Chair Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, FACP, Sunday.

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