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E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS, MAMSE, is ACS President-Elect
An esteemed general surgeon and surgeon-educator, Dr. Ellison was elected at the Annual Business Meeting of Members with First Vice-President-Elect Mary E. Fallat, MD, FACS, and Second Vice-President-Elect Anne G. Rizzo, MD, FACS.
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New Regents and Board of Governors Members represent the spectrum of surgical specialties
New Regents for the American College of Surgeons, members of the Board of Governors Executive Committee, Governors at-Large, and Specialty Society Governors were elected in October.
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Surgeons discuss health care shortages and disparities
Janis M. Orlowski, MD, MACP; Paris D. Butler, MD, FACS; and Amy B. Reed, MD, addressed strategies for optimizing the national surgical workforce including growth and increased diversity.
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Peer-to-peer interviews explore high-interest topics with Clinical Congress speakers
Surgeons and their colleagues further the discussion on more than a dozen sessions in the Clinical Congress education program and multiple resources available through the American College of Surgeons, offering unique insights and perspectives on the featured subject areas.
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Panelists discuss status of diversity and inclusion in surgery and medicine
Oluwadamilola Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS, FACS; Cherie P. Erkmen, MD, FACS; and Stephen C. Yang, MD, FACS, addressed diversity and inclusion in the context of clinical trials, cancer screening, and surgical education.
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Intimate partner violence session highlights prevention and intervention strategies
Panelists identified strategies for IPV screening, discussed common IPV injury patterns, and summarized resources available for both patients and physicians. “This is a terribly prominent problem with a full spectrum of manifestations, but the important thing to remember is that no one is immune,” said Barbara L. Bass, MD, FACS.
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New study shows about half of all patients with appendicitis can avoid surgery
Researchers David R. Flum, MD, MPH, FACS; Giana H. Davidson, MD, MPH, FACS; Callie Thompson, MD, FACS; and Lillian Kao, MD, MS, FACS, presented the final results of the Comparison of Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial at Clinical Congress.
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Dr. Caitlin Hicks receives Jacobson Promising Investigator Award
The research interests of Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, FACS, include the epidemiology of lower extremity disease and value-based care in vascular surgery. The overarching goal of her work is to better define patients who will benefit from vascular interventions, and to optimize patient care and improve overall patient outcomes. She has raised awareness in the vascular surgery community about possible overuse of different vascular interventions for peripheral artery disease that are associated with high costs but may not improve patient outcomes.