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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Panel on leadership grapples with cultural change
Tools of Leadership Success examines basic principles of leadership, including promoting diversity and leading in different environments.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.