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Dr. Julie A. Freischlag is 2020–2021 ACS President-Elect

on: October 15, 2020
Dr. Julie A. Freischlag is 2020–2021 ACS President-Elect

A longtime leader within the American College of Surgeons, Julie A. Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS, has been elected to serve as the 2020–2021 President-Elect of the College. She was elected at the October 7, 2020, Annual Business Meeting of the Members. Read more

Dr. Levin is 2020-2021 ACS Board of Regents Chair; Dr. Wexner is Vice-Chair

on: October 15, 2020
Dr. Levin is 2020-2021 ACS Board of Regents Chair; Dr. Wexner is Vice-Chair

Following their election at Clinical Congress, L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, is Chair of the ACS Board of Regents and Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD(Hon), FACS, FRCSEng, FRCSEd, FRCSI(Hon), FRCSGlasg(Hon), is Vice-Chair. Read more

New Regents, Board of Governors Executive Committee members elected

on: October 15, 2020
New Regents, Board of Governors Executive Committee members elected

Incoming ACS Regents Annesley (AJ) W. Copeland, David J. Welsh, Francoise P. Chagnon, and Sean C. Grondin are among new and returning leaders within the College. Read more

A public health crisis, not politics: ACS task force outlines steps to address gun violence

on: October 15, 2020
A public health crisis, not politics: ACS task force outlines steps to address gun violence

Improving Social Determinants to Attenuate Violence (ISAVE), a multidisciplinary task force, urges health care leaders to treat this violence as a public health crisis and understand its social causes. Read more

Planning, preparation, and practice are keys to mass casualty event readiness

on: October 15, 2020
Planning, preparation, and practice are keys to mass casualty event readiness

Mass Casualty Preparedness featured a panel of experts who discussed the importance of integrated all-hazards disaster plans in the areas of mass shootings, preparedness in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the special challenges of rural preparedness. Read more

Resident Trauma Papers Competition announces winners

on: October 15, 2020
Resident Trauma Papers Competition announces winners

The first-place winners of the 43rd Annual Resident Trauma Papers Competition were Julia R. Coleman in basic science and Alexandra Dixon in clinical research, as announced during the at the COT Business Session. Read more

Operation Giving Back and ACS Fellows make a difference at home and abroad

on: October 15, 2020
Operation Giving Back and ACS Fellows make a difference at home and abroad

Operation Giving Back is just one of the ways ACS is working to encourage domestic and global volunteerism, as discussed the Tuesday panel session, Global Engagement. Read more

Jonasson Lecturer’s call to action: Let COVID-19 be a disruptive moment in professional development

on: October 15, 2020
Jonasson Lecturer’s call to action: Let COVID-19 be a disruptive moment in professional development

Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH, FACS, identified technology-based opportunities for engaging in lifelong learning—similar to the evolution of telehealth during the pandemic—in the Olga M. Jonasson Lecture. Read more

Panel on leadership grapples with cultural change

on: October 15, 2020

Tools of Leadership Success examines basic principles of leadership, including promoting diversity and leading in different environments. Read more

Turning stress into strength: Resilience training for surgeons

on: October 15, 2020
Turning stress into strength: Resilience training for surgeons

Jennifer E. Rosen, MD, FACS, and Margo C. Shoup, MD, MBA, FACS, outline strategies for managing extreme incidents of stress. Read more

Surgeons share personal and professional experiences for transitioning back to clinical practices

on: October 15, 2020
Surgeons share personal and professional experiences for transitioning back to clinical practices

Whether due to a personal orfamily health leave, burnout, impairment, or a career change, transitioning back to a clinical role after time away can be challenging, as John S. Minasi, MD, FACS, can attest. Read more

Jacobson Promising Investigator Award honoree focuses research on genetics of vascular disease

on: October 15, 2020
Jacobson Promising Investigator Award honoree focuses research on genetics of vascular disease

Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award winner Scott Damrauer, MD, FACS, leverages his clinical vascular surgery experience to inform population scale genomic research. Read more

2020 ACS COT award winners announced

on: October 15, 2020
2020 ACS COT award winners announced

National Safety Council Award for Service to Safety awardee Rochelle Dicker, MD, FACS, lead the development of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs across the U.S. Read more

Two NEW ACS verification programs cast a wider net to ensure quality for all surgical patients

on: October 15, 2020
Two NEW ACS verification programs cast a wider net to ensure quality for all surgical patients

The ACS Quality Verification Program and Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Program aim to improve quality across house of surgery. Read more

A successful ACS Clinical Congress 2020 comes to a close

on: October 15, 2020
A successful ACS Clinical Congress 2020 comes to a close

After welcoming a record 30,000 registrants from nearly 150 countries to the virtual Clinical Congress 2020, preparations are already underway for next year’s Congress. Read more

Conley Ethics and Philosophy Lecture to examine the importance of the microethics of physician-patient conversations

on: October 07, 2020
Conley Ethics and Philosophy Lecture to examine the importance of the microethics of physician-patient conversations

Physicians make ethical decisions in every conversation they have with a patient, and this is the heart of microethics, says Robert D. Truog, MD, who will deliver this year’s John J. Conley Ethics and Philosophy Lecture. Read more

Commission on Cancer Lecture makes case that strong medicine relies on math

on: October 07, 2020
Commission on Cancer Lecture makes case that strong medicine relies on math

Drawing from a lifelong interest in mathematics databases and prognostic outcome tools, Sir Murray F. Brennan, GNZM, MD, FACS, will assert there is a better way than the status quo in the Commission on Cancer Oncology Lecture, Cancer Care: Medicine Meet Math. Read more

Prescribing practices and lack of proper disposal knowledge contribute to opioid crisis

on: October 07, 2020
Prescribing practices and lack of proper disposal knowledge contribute to opioid crisis

In The Opioid Problem: What a Surgeon Needs to Know, Kavita Babu, MD, and other panelists discuss the opioid addiction crisis in the U.S., mitigation strategies for outpatient prescribing, and public health approaches to the solution. Read more

ACS Task Force on Racial Issues provides overview of its initial recommendations

on: October 07, 2020
ACS Task Force on Racial Issues provides overview of its initial recommendations

The ACS Task Force on Racial Issues was created to identify areas within the field of surgery and the College that need to improve to create substantive, lasting changes. Read more

Pandemic puts spotlight on importance of leadership, workforce, and communication in disaster response

on: October 07, 2020
Pandemic puts spotlight on importance of leadership, workforce, and communication in disaster response

As one of the panelists for Leadership, Workforce, Communication during COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned, George Agriantonis, MD, FACS, describes how the largest municipal hospital system in the U.S. confronted the COVID-19 surge. Read more

Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum Excellence in Research Awards 2020

on: October 07, 2020
Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum Excellence in Research Awards 2020

The Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum Committee dedicated the abstract supplement to Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS, at this year’s Clinical Congress, and 24 Excellence in Research Awards were distributed. Read more

5th Annual Excelsior Surgical Society meeting offers two days dedicated to military surgical care

on: October 07, 2020
5th Annual Excelsior Surgical Society meeting offers two days dedicated to military surgical care

With the theme "Enterprise-wide Military Surgical Care," the 5th Annual Excelsior Surgical Society meeting will include six hours of progamming October 8–9. Read more

Dr. Fleshman speaks on intersection of Quality, Leadership, and Zero Harm in Abcarian Lecture

on: October 07, 2020
Dr. Fleshman speaks on intersection of Quality, Leadership, and Zero Harm in Abcarian Lecture

James Fleshman, MD, FACS, FASCRS, outlines what it takes to become a true high-reliability organization in the 2020 Herand Abcarian Lecture. Read more

Dr. Ascher issues a call to action for the transplant community

on: October 07, 2020
Dr. Ascher issues a call to action for the transplant community

Nancy L. Ascher, MD, PhD, FACS, identified two specific challenges for the transplantation community—donor shortage and unethical practices—in the Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture. Read more

Scudder Oration challenges trauma surgeons to confront discomfort

on: October 07, 2020
Scudder Oration challenges trauma surgeons to confront discomfort

Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD, FACS, dissects the meaning behind surgeons saying, “I’m not comfortable with this,” and the new implications COVID-19 brings to the phrase in the Scudder Oration on Trauma. Read more

Your Breast Cancer Surgery program joins patient education resources

on: October 07, 2020

With recent advances in breast cancer care, there is a need to help patients better understand their treatment decisions and survival benefits from a complex menu of choices. The ACS Division of Education has responded with Your Breast Cancer Surgery. Read more

Outpatient joint replacement requires a comprehensive approach

on: October 07, 2020
Outpatient joint replacement requires a comprehensive approach

A panel of orthopaedic surgeons including a pioneer in minimally invasive joint replacement surgery, Richard A. Berger, MD, discusses a shift in joint replacement recovery for the surgical team and patients in the session Ambulatory Surgery: Transforming Inpatient Care to Outpatient Care across the Continuum. Read more

New CME opportunities launch on final day of Clinical Congress 2020

on: October 07, 2020

An additional 44 sessions offering AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will launch throughout the day October 7, wrapping up the virtual Clinical Congress 2020. Read more

SESAP® 17 earns accolades for excellence and relevance to clinical practice

on: October 07, 2020
SESAP® 17 earns accolades for excellence and relevance to clinical practice

Developed by the ACS Division of Education, SESAP 17 is a premier educational resource for practicing surgeons consiting of 650 newly constructed, multiple-choice, case-based questions. Read more

Tobacco, e-cigarette, and marijuana cessation reduces surgery risks

on: October 07, 2020

A variety of studies show long-term smoking cessation rates are higher in patients who quit in anticipation of an operation, as discussed in the session When and How to Quit Cigarettes, Vaping, and Marijuana Use Prior to Surgery. Read more

Abcarian Lecture to highlight pathways to zero harm

on: October 06, 2020
Abcarian Lecture to highlight pathways to zero harm

James Fleshman, MD, FACS, FASCRS, will share strategies that further continuous surgical quality improvement in the Herand Abcarian Lecture: Quality, Leadership, and Zero Harm. “Quality is the bedrock, it requires leadership, and the result is zero harm,” he says. Read more

Excelsior/Churchill lecturer: COVID-19 underscores the need for a comprehensive digital strategy to improve access to care

on: October 06, 2020
Excelsior/Churchill lecturer: COVID-19 underscores the need for a comprehensive digital strategy to improve access to care

Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Jonathan Woodson, MD, FACS, USAR, will discuss how technology has accelerated the pace of change for health care delivery in the Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecture. Read more

Scudder Oration lecturer links changing training paradigms to growing discomfort outside of specialization

on: October 06, 2020
Scudder Oration lecturer links changing training paradigms to growing discomfort outside of specialization

In this year’s Scudder Oration on Trauma: I’m Not Comfortable with This, Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD, FACS, explores the mindset behind a refrain that has become increasingly common as specialization grows in medicine. Read more

Jonasson lecturer encourages surgeons to leverage technology disruptions of pandemic for professional growth

on: October 06, 2020
Jonasson lecturer encourages surgeons to leverage technology disruptions of pandemic for professional growth

Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH, FACS, challenges the surgery community to find innovative ways to interact online in the Olga M. Jonasson Lecture: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste: Continuing Professional Development in COVID-19. Read more

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