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At the ACS Committee on Trauma (COT) dinner Monday, Richard J. Fantus, MD, FACS, was presented with a Special Recognition Award for his distinguished service to the ACS COT. Dr. Fantus authored 200 consecutive monthly installments of his Bulletin column, “NTDB data points,” from 2003 to 2019. Dr. Fantus is pictured with Avery B. Nathens, MD, PhD, FACS, Medical Director, ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program.The 2019 National Safety Council (NSC) Award for Service to Safety was awarded to Mary E. Fallat, MD, FACS (second from right), at the Committee on Trauma dinner Monday. Dr. Fallat was honored “for her tireless advocacy for improving the care of pediatric trauma patients through recognition of the impact of disparities on pediatric trauma patients, and her dedication to research in trauma care.” Dr. Fallat is pictured with, from left, David A. Spain, MD, FACS, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma President; Kelly Nantel, vice-president, communications and advocacy, NSC representative; and Eileen Metzger Bulger, MD, FACS, Chair, ACS Committee on Trauma.Practicing surgeons, residents, and medical students were recognized at Clinical Congress 2019 for their contributions to advancing the art and science of surgery. Recipients honored with the 2019 Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum Excellence in Research Awards included the following:
Front row (from left): Charles Liu, MD; Elysia Grose, BHSc; Deshka S. Foster, MD, MA; Malini Chinta; Hallie J. Quiroz, MD; Akshita Kumar, MD; Naomi-Liza Denning, MD; Michael T. Cain, MD; Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum Committee Vice-Chair Paula M. Termuhlen, MD, FACS; Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum Dedicatee John C. Alverdy, MD, FACS; and Committee Chair Edith Tzeng, MD, FACS.
Back row: Cale Ewald; Kyle W. Freischlag, MD; Ryan A.J. Campagna, MD; Arturo Jesus Rios-Diaz, MD; William Aaron Marshall, MD; Caitlin Redford Collins, MD, MPH; Napat Pruekprasert, MD; Christopher J. Zimmerman, MD; Brian Fleischer, MD, MEng; Alejandro Munoz-Valencia, MD; Simon Rodier, MD, MPhil; Jeremy Sharib, MD; and Shi Yan, MD.
Not pictured: Amna Khokar, MD; Apoorve Nayyar, MBBS;
and Christopher Scheiber, MD.
John C. Alverdy, MD, FACS (right), receives the 2019 Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum Dedication award from Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Committee Chair Edith Tzeng, MD, FACS.Recipients of the ACS Distinguished Service Award (DSA) gathered Tuesday.
Front row, from left (all MD, FACS): Mary H. McGrath; Valerie W. Rusch; 2019 DSA R. Phillip Burns; F. Dean Griffen; and Barbara Lee Bass.
Back row: David B. Hoyt; Sir Murray F. Brennan; Patricia J. Numann; and Richard J. Finley.Past-Presidents of the ACS gathered Tuesday. Pictured here with 2019 Distinguished Service Award recipient R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS
(front row, center), are (front row, from left): John L. Cameron; W. Gerald Austen; Kathryn D. Anderson; and Barbara Lee Bass. Back row: Ronald V. Maier; Gerald B. Healy; Patricia J. Numann; R. Scott Jones; and Andrew L. Warshaw (all MD, FACS).ACS Officers gathered Tuesday. From left (all MD, FACS): ACS Executive Director David B. Hoyt; President Valerie W. Rusch; 2019 Distinguished Service Award recipient R. Phillip Burns; and Immediate Past-President Ronald V. Maier.
Above: Mary H. McGrath, MD, MPH, FACS, Chair of the Board of Directors of the ACS Fellows Leadership Society (FLS) spoke at the 31st Annual Donor Recognition Luncheon of the FLS. Dr. McGrath told attendees, “Because of you, over $2 million in funding and awards were dispensed during the last fiscal year.” This year’s Guest Speaker was ACS Regent and Program Committee Chair Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA, FACS, FAAP, FRCSEng(Hon).Dr. McGrath presented the Distinguished Philanthropist Award to Christopher C. Payne, MD, FACS, Monday at the ACS Foundation Donor Recognition Luncheon.Left: Eileen M. Bulger, MD, FACS, Chair of the ACS Committee on Trauma, presented the Scudder Orator certificate to this year’s lecturer, M. Margaret Knudson, MD, FACS (right), medical director and professor of surgery, University of California, San Francisco, on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Knudson’s presentation, A Perfect Storm, focused on the ACS partnership with the military health system.The Second-Place winners of the History of Surgery Poster Competition were John Ehrhardt, Jr., and J. Patrick O’Leary, MD, FACS, of FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL. Mr. Ehrhardt (left) accepted the award from Richard Lynn, MD, FACS, for the poster, “Surgeons in the Colonial Development of America’s Oldest City, St. Augustine, Florida.”The First-Place winners of the History of Surgery Poster Competition are pictured with Richard Lynn, MD, FACS (second from left), of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Surgical History Group, which sponsored the poster session. Left to right: Tom Liu; Katherine Howe, MD; and Michael Nussbaum, MD, FACS, all from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA. The winning poster was titled, “A Long Way to Washington: Establishing Surgical Care for Black Appalachians in the Early 20th Century.”The International Guest Scholars and Travelers met with members of the International Relations Committee and posed for group photos Tuesday afternoon.
Front row (from left): Brian K.P. Goh, MBBS, MMed, FRCSEd, Singapore, Dr. Abdol and Mrs. Joan Islami Scholar; Adenauer Marinho de Oliveira Goes, Jr., MD, Belem, Brazil; Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD, FACS, Memphis, TN; Vishal Gupta, MBBS, Lucknow, India; Michael Bundepuun Ode, MBBS, Jos, Nigeria; Nikhil Gupta, MBBS, FALS, FACS, FRCS, Delhi, India; Mohammad Rafi Fazli, MD, Herat, Afghanistan; Konstantinos Kostopanagiotou, MD, PhD, Athens, Greece, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Scholar; Salah Eldien AlTarabsheh, MBBS, FACS, Amman, Jordan; and Jeremy Ming Hsu, MBBS, FACS, Gladesville, Australia.
Back row (from left): Karen Hope Dalmacio, MD, Iloilo City, Philippines, Doctors Duremdes Community Surgeons Travel Awardee; Maria Eugenia Aponte-Rueda, MD, PhD, FACS, Caracas, Venezuela; Mary Margaret Ajiko, MD, Soroti, Uganda, Baxiram S. and Kankuben B. Gelot Community Surgeons Travel Awardee; Patrick H.Y. Chung, MBBS, MS(HK), FRCSEd(PAED), FHKAM(Surg),
Hong Kong, Carlos Pellegrini Traveling Fellow; Adrian M. Seifert, MD, Dresden, Germany; Elena B. Rangelova, MD, Stockholm, Sweden, Dr. Murray F. Brennan Scholar; Carlos J. Yanez Benitez, MD, FACS, Huesca, Spain, Dr. Abdol and Mrs. Joan Islami Scholar; Diego Lucas Fernandez, MD, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Oyintonbra Funkuro Koroye, MBBS, DMAS, FACS, FWACS, FICS, Bayelsa State, Nigeria; Kazuki Takeishi, MD, PhD, Fukuoka, Japan; Pornthip Rattanadechapitak, MD, Khon Kaen, Thailand; and Pawan Krainara, MD, Krabi, Thailand.
For the first time, the Thailand Chapter of the College sent two young general surgeons to Clinical Congress. Drs. Rattanadechapitak and Krainara attended lectures and courses and enjoyed visiting the Exhibit Hall. They were also guests at the International Relations Committee’s luncheon honoring International Scholars.
The ACS Division of Education welcomed more than 380 medical students to the Clinical Congress 2019 Medical Student Program on Sunday. This year’s three-day program, developed by the Committee on Medical Student Education, features presentations on lifestyle issues in surgery, decision making on the path to residency, navigating the residency application process, and successful interviewing. Other program highlights include the Medical Student e-Poster Session, a surgical skills workshop, and an interactive mock interview session. Left to right:
David Zonies, MD, MPH; Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, FACS, Colonel, Medical Corps, AFRC; COL (Ret.) Robert B. Lim, MD, FACS; and 2LT Theodore McLean hold a plaque and flag honoring Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., MD, FACS, at the annual Excelsior Surgical Society meeting.Outgoing ACS President Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRSEd(Hon), FCSHK(Hon), FCCS(Hon), presents the Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award to Vice-Admiral Raquel Bono, MD, FACS. Danielle Saunders Walsh, MD, FACS, FAAP, receives the RAS-ACS Outstanding Mentor of the Year Award from Outgoing ACS President Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRSEd(Hon), FCSHK(Hon), FCCS(Hon).Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS, receives the ACS Lifetime Achievement Award from Outgoing ACS President Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRSEd(Hon), FCSHK(Hon), FCCS(Hon). Colonel Norman M. Rich, MD, FACS, receives the inaugural Distinguished Lifetime Military Contribution Award from Outgoing ACS President Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRSEd(Hon), FCSHK(Hon), FCCS(Hon). Members of the Board of Regents (B/R), American College of Surgeons (ACS) Officers, Past-Presidents, and the Board of Governors (B/G) Executive Committee gathered Saturday for their annual meeting. Attendees pictured are identified with their titles as of Saturday
(all MD, FACS, unless otherwise indicated).
Front row (left to right): ACS Immediate Past-President Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS, FRCSEng(Hon), FRCSI(Hon), Houston, TX; Second Vice-President-Elect F. Dean Griffen, Shreveport, LA; Regent B. J. Hancock, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Winnipeg, MB; First Vice-President Mark C. Weissler, Chapel Hill, NC; B/R Chair Gerald M. Fried, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Montreal, QC; President Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), FCSHK(Hon), FCCS(Hon), Seattle, WA; President-Elect Valerie W. Rusch; First Vice-President-Elect John A. Weigelt, MD, DVM, FACS; ACS Executive Director David B. Hoyt; Secretary Edward E. Cornwell, MD, FACS, FCCM, Washington, DC; and Treasurer William G. Cioffi, Providence, RI.
Second row (left to right): Regent Fabrizio Michelassi, New York, NY; Lenworth M. Jacobs, Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, Hartford, CT;
L. Scott Levin, Philadelphia, PA; Linda G. Phillips, Galveston, TX; Regent Timothy J. Eberhein, St. Louis, MO; Regent Gary L. Timmerman, Sioux Falls, SD; Regent Beth H. Sutton, Wichita Falls, TX; Regent Enrique Hernandez, Philadelphia, PA; Regent Anton N. Sidawy, Washington, DC; John L. D. Atkinson, Rochester, MN; B/G Executive Committee Member Ronald J. Weigel; Regent Margaret M. Dunn; Regent Henri R. Ford, MD, FACS, FRCSEng(Hon), FCCM, Miami, FL; and Regent Anthony Atala, Winston-Salem, NC.
Back row (left to right): Regent Kenneth L. Sharp, Nashville, TN; Regent Michael J. Zinner, Miami, FL; Regent Steven D. Wexner, Weston, FL; Regent Lena M. Napolitano, Ann Arbor, MI; Regent James W. Gigantelli; B/R Vice-Chair James K. Elsey, Atlanta, GA; Regent James C. Denneny III, Alexandria, VA; B/G Vice-Chair Daniel L. Dent, San Antonio, TX; Regent Douglas E. Wood, Seattle; B/G Chair Steven C. Stain, Albany, NY; and B/G Executive Committee member Mika N. Sinanan.
Outgoing ACS President Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRSEd(Hon), FCSHK(Hon), FCCS(Hon), presents the ACS Distinguished Service Award to
R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS.
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2019 officially began Monday morning with the Opening Ceremony, featuring the presentation of the Colors and the Canadian and American national anthems. The ceremony included a brief video featuring 2019–2020 ACS President Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS (pictured at the podium), which focused on the theme, The Joys of Learning, Collaborating, and Giving Back. Dr. Rusch introduced the ACS Officers and Regents, Honorary Fellows, and Past-Presidents; representatives of national and international health care organizations; ACS scholarship recipients; International Guest Scholars; and past recipients of the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award. ACS Executive Director David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS, provided an overview of the College’s activities.
