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Panel explores trending issues in surgical patient safety
Panelists including Heather L. Evans, MD, MS, FACS, offer insight into Hot Topics in Surgical Patient Safety such as protocols for personal protective equipment in the operating room during the COVID-19 pandemic, strategies to prevent surgical site infections, and more.
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Panel looks at effects of, and solutions for, conflict in the OR
Disruptive, unprofessional behavior in the OR has real consequences. Nicolas C. Restrepo, MD, and Larry Harmon, PhD, discussed the PULSE 360 feedback tool in a panel session addressing this pervasive problem.
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Panelists promote strategies for surgeon wellness and resilience
John Chuck, MD, PhD, FACS, and other panelists address methods to promote surgeon wellness and prevent burnout.
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Teaching Time: Surgeon educators discuss the critical need to educate residents and improve autonomy
Drs. Rebecca W. Schroll, Keith Delman, and Mary Klingensmith discuss the critical need for academic surgeons to spend time teaching trainees amid all the other demands placed on these surgeons.
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Residents debate unionization at RAS Symposium
Brooke Bredbeck, MD, and Sriram Rangarajan, MD, join the debate Resident Unionization: Future of Resident Advocacy or Deterioration of Our Profession? in the RAS-ACS Symposium.
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ACS Medical Student Program identifies COVID-19-related challenges for medical education
The Medical Student Program, which convened virtually on Sunday, October 3, was developed specifically for medical students considering a career in surgery. Sponsored by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) […]
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Commission on Cancer announces 2020 Paper Competition winners
Eugene Cone, MD, and Xiang Gao, MD, MPH, share first-place honors in the Commission on Cancer’s annual Cancer Research Paper Competition. They were selected from a field of 97 submitted papers.
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SESAP® 17 and SESAP 17 Advanced provide new level of educational value
The Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program (SESAP®) 17 Advanced content builds on the same educational foundations as SESAP 17. Both provide the highest caliber surgical education content for practicing surgeons.
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New CME opportunities available today
Attendees of the virtual Clinical Congress can maximize their educational experience with the more than 40 sessions offering AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and 10 sessions designated as offering Credit to Address Regulatory Mandates on today’s schedule.
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Dr. J. Wayne Meredith’s Presidential Address urges Initiates to strive for excellence by fostering a diverse, collaborative approach to patient care
In Sunday night’s Convocation, 2020-2021 ACS President J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS, MCCM, compelled more than 2,200 Initiates and other participants to embrace diversity to move the surgical profession forward. “It is not enough to be color-blind; we must be color bold,” he said.
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Martin Memorial lecturer to share how COVID-19’s effects on cancer research, mortality rates will continue to reverberate into the future
The director of the National Cancer Institute, Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, MD, will address the NCI’s current fiscal situation, activities the NCI has taken in response to COVID-19, and how the pandemic is affecting people with cancer when he delivers the Martin Memorial Lecture following the Opening Ceremony of the Clinical Congress.
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Gibbon lecturer traces path from research to guidelines to policy
World-renowned thoracic oncology surgeon Douglas E. Wood, MD, FACS, FRSCEd, will walk through his own experience with research into the benefits of lung cancer screening, the development of guidelines for screening, and the subsequent policy work that culminated with lung cancer screening becoming a newly covered benefit in United States health care in the John H. Gibbon, Jr., Lecture.
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Drake Lecture to address 21st century controversies in transplantation
Nancy L. Ascher, MD, PhD, will address some of the social and ethical issues surrounding resources and disease burden as they relate to modern transplantation in the Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture entitled, Transplantation in the 21st Century.
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Ravdin lecturer values bold questions, calls for greater gender and racial diversity
Surgeon and clinical epidemiologist Nancy Baxter, MD, PhD, will explain how to use pre-existing data to address important questions that can have an impact on patient care, the practice and culture of surgery, or both in the I. S. Ravdin Lecture in the Basic and Surgical Sciences: Using Yesterday’s Data Today to Improve Care and Outcomes Tomorrow.
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Symposium of ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators highlights impact of pandemic on surgical training
Transformation of Residency Training in Surgery: COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond is the focus of this year’s Symposium of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.
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Trauma special session puts data into action for firearm injury prevention
Five members of the Improving Social Determinants to Attenuate Violence (ISAVE) work group will share how they are working to address structural racism and the social determinants of health that contribute to violence and firearm injury in the session Putting Data into Action: Updates on Firearm Injury Prevention Strategies and Initiatives.
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Commission on Cancer honors two State Chairs for outstanding performance
The Commission on Cancer is honoring a pair of State Chairs for their leadership, innovation, and contributions to the improvement of cancer care in 2019: Louisiana’s Quyen Chu, MD, FACS, and Pennsylvania’s James McCormick, DO, FACS.
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Claim Clinical Congress CME Credit through January 2021
Practicing physicians are eligible to claim Continuing Medical Education Credit for sessions they attend during the five-day meeting as well as sessions they complete following the meeting. c
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ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC hosts virtual engagement opportunities at Clinical Congress
The ACS Professional Association Political Action Committee will engage with members and contributors through a variety of activities and offer a chance to win a prize through a virtual drawing each day.
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ACS President: Register and join us today at Clinical Congress 2020
The virtual Clinical Congress is underway with an impressive program, and registration is still open. At this evening’s Convocation, President Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, will pass the Presidential Medallion and Gavel to J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS. Incoming officers of the College, new Initiates into ACS Fellowship, nine Honorary Fellows, and recipients of the Distinguished Service Award also will be recognized.
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Dr. Sanfey to receive Distinguished Service Award for exemplary leadership
The ACS Board of Regents will present its highest honor accorded annually—the Distinguished Service Award—to Dr. Hilary A. Sanfey at Convocation. She is being honored “for high standards of professionalism in patient care and toward colleagues, for attention to surgeon well-being and resilience and for development of equity, inclusion and opportunity for all surgeons in the profession.”
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Dr. Briggs honored with Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award
This year’s Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award will be given to Dr. Susan Miller Briggs. This honor from the ACS Women in Surgery Committee recognizes an individual’s significant contributions to the advancement of women surgeons.
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Dr. Frank K. Butler, Jr., to receive Distinguished Lifetime Military Contribution Award
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of surgery during his military service, Dr. Frank K. Butler, Jr., a retired U.S. Navy captain, will receive the ACS Distinguished Lifetime Military Contribution Award.
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2020 RAS-ACS Outstanding Mentor of the Year Award goes to Dr. Carp
Dr. Ned Z. Carp is being recognized by the Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons as the Outstanding Mentor of the Year for his support in building a strong foundation for a resident’s surgical career.
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RAS-ACS Symposium brings resident unionization controversy to forefront
The Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons (RAS-ACS) Symposium will address the complex stressors faced by surgical residents and the controversy surrounding one mechanism for resident advocacy. Resident Unionization: Future of Resident Advocacy or Deterioration of Our Profession? will feature a panel of residents and experienced surgeons.
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Surgical history programming highlights pioneers and young innovators
A History of Surgery Poster Session sponsored by the History and Archives Committee, the Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Named Lecture, a Panel Session on Surgical Specialties and Their Evolution, and lectures featured among the on-demand Special Interest Sessions offer an in depth look at how surgery has developed over time.
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YFA invites new Initiates and Fellows to Annual Meeting and Reception
The Young Fellows Association (YFA) Annual Meeting on October 5 is an opportunity to meet the YFA leadership, discover ways to get involved in the College, and learn from veteran ACS members.
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Why become FACS, and how do you do it?
A session answering these questions will be available on-demand throughout the Clinical Congress.
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Mark your calendar for the 2020 TQIP Annual Meeting
An exciting virtual conference is planned to commemorate the Trauma Quality Improvement Program’s 10th anniversary with a range of content focusing on performance improvement, best practices, new trauma standards, team building, and more.
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STOP THE BLEED® keeps moving forward
Since the program’s inception, more than 1.5 million individuals have been trained around the world. An updated STOP THE BLEED® portal provides quicker instructor approval and class administration.
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Quality surgical education resources put patients first
The College’s Patient Education program has developed an extensive collection of evidence-based resources to help members assure patient-centered care, from informational brochures that explain surgical procedures to home skills kits that prepare patients and their caretakers in the critical role they play in recovery.
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Clinical Congress CME opportunities: What you can expect
The ACS Division of Education staff stands at the ready to help virtual Clinical Congress attendees navigate CME opportunities including more than 200 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, more than 25 sessions designated as offering Credit to Address Regulatory Mandates, and more than 70 sessions designated as offering Credit to Address ACS Accreditation/Verification Requirements.
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ACS President invites you to register today for Clinical Congress
ACS President Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, encourages surgical professionals to take advantage of the educational and networking opportunities offered October 3–7 at the virtual ACS Clinical Congress 2020. Registration for this year’s programming is free.
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J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS, MCCM, to be installed as 2020-2021 ACS President
As part of the Convocation at the virtual Clinical Congress, J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS, MCCM, the Richard T. Myers Professor and Chairman, department of surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will be installed as the 2020-2021 President of the ACS alongside First Vice-President H. Randolph Bailey, MD, FACS, FASCRS, and Second Vice-President Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCO.