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Lamar S. McGinnis, JR., MD, FACS, named President-Elect of American College of Surgeons

ACS Committee on Trauma Honors James A. Anderson, MD, FACS, with 2008 Meritorious Achievement Award

Dean A. Rein Becomes Executive Director of American College of Surgeons Foundation

L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, Norfolk, VA, Appointed Chair, American College of Surgeons Board of Regents

ACS Board of Regents Honors Paul E. Collicott, MD, FACS, with 2008 Distinguished Service Award

More Cancer Deaths can be Avoided by Focusing National Quality Initiatives on Factors Impacting Long-term Survival

 Nora Institute for Surgical Patient Safety Dedicated at American College of Surgeons Headquarters

 Donald L. Morton, MD, FACS, is recipient of the 2008 Jacobson Innovation Award

 American College of Surgeons Breaks Ground on New Office Building on Capitol Hill

 Mark Your Calendars: San Francisco will host the ACS Clincal Congress October 12-16

 EVMS, American College of Surgeons Launch Web Site Dedicated to Medical Simulation

 Highlights of the Board of Regents Meeting February 8-9, 2008

 American College of Surgeons Establishes new Health Policy Institute at UNC

 Surgeons Assemble on Capitol Hill for Landmark Advocacy Conference

 Selected Readings in General Surgery Moves to the American College of Surgeons

 New Scoring System Helps Predict Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

 Independent Voters Remain Worried about Health Care

 Survey Says: Patients Prep Harder for Vacation than for an Operation

 Highlights of the Board of Regents Meeting October 6-7, and 11, 2007

 New Study Shows Confidence in VA Hospitals for Cancer Treatment

 New Survey by American College of Surgeons Shows Fervent Support for Nationwide Trauma System, Regardless of Party

 Highlights of the Board of Regents Meeting June 8-9, 2007

 Many Patients with Operable Pancreatic Cancer are not Offered Surgical Treatment

 Quality Measurement, Improvement of Surgical Care Examined in the June Issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons

 William S. Pierce, MD, FACS, is the recipient of the 2007 Jacobson Innovation Award

 National Cancer Database Reveals Disparities in Access to Thyroid Cancer Surgery

 ACS, The Joint Commission partner with AORN on National Time Out Day

 Highlights from the Board of Regents Meeting: February 9-10, 2007

 Mark your calendars: New Orleans will host the ACS Clinical Congress October 7–11

 President Bush Signs Bill to Improve U.S. Trauma Systems

 NCDB Study On Papillary Cancer Finds Total Thyroid Removal Improves Patient Survival Rates

For the First Time, Leading Cancer Organizations Jointly Release New Measures for Quality of Cancer Care for Breast and Colorectal Cancer

Surgeons Respond to MedPAC Reports, Propose Solution to Medicare Physician Payment Problem

Highlights from the Board of Regents Meeting: October 7-8 and 11, 2006

Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surger 2007 to be held March 26-28, in Las Vegas, NV

Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, named President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons

Josef E. Fischer, MD, FACS, appointed Chair of the American College of Surgeons Board of Regents

National Safety Council Presents David R. Boyd, MDCM, FACS,  With Service to Safety Award

Researchers Lay the Groundwork for Using Bedside Genomic Analysis to Identify Patients with Postoperative Infection

Highlights from the Board of Regents Meeting: June 9-10, 2006

ACS Releases Comprehensive Report on Emergency Care Crisis

American College of Surgeons Statement on IOM Report,
The Future of Emergency Care
        - ACS Fact Sheet

The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Convenes Meeting to Focus on Quality of Cancer Care

Judah Folkman, MD, FACS, is Recipient of the 2006 Jacobson Innovation Award

Highlights from the Board of Regents Meeting: February 10-11, 2006

Thirty-Nine Cancer Facilities Across the US Receive Outstanding Achievement Awards from American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer

Mark Your Calendars: Chicago will Host the ACS Clinical Congress October 8-12

Researchers Find Significant Variations in Costs Generated by Surgeons Under Controlled Circumstances

ACS Spring Meeting Convenes in Dallas, TX, April 23 - 26, 2006

Statement from the American College of Surgeons on the State of the Union Address: Health Care Reform Must Address Issues Affecting Access to Surgical Care

Highlights from the Board of Regents Meeting: October 15-16 and 20, 2005

American College of Surgeons Urges Georgia State Legislators to Amend CON Law

American College of Surgeons to Launch Mutual Fund Family, Carpenter Group Selected as Marketing Partner

Surgeons Find Watchful Waiting may be Appropriate for Some Inguinal Hernia Patients

Media Advisory: American College of Surgeons to Discuss New Approaches to Patient Safety in the Operating Room

American College of Surgeons to Discuss New Approaches to Patient Safety in the Operating Room

Congress Adjourns without Enacting Pay Fix

Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Appointed Chair of the ACS Board of Regents

Thirty-Nine Cancer Facilities Across the US Receive Outstanding Achievement Award from American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer

American College of Surgeons and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan partner to study outcomes for general and vascular surgery patients

American College of Surgeons Foundation Board of Directors Appointed

American College of Surgeons Issues Patient Safety Statements on Preventing Retained Foreign Bodies After Surgery/Needle-Stick Injuries

Highlights from the Board of Regents Meeting: June 10-11, 2005

Stanley J. Dudrick, MD, FACS, is Recipient of the 2005 Jacobson Innovation Award

ACS Publishes Manual on Surgical Patient Safety

David A. Kappel, MD, FACS, Receives Meritorious Achievement Award from American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

Highlights from the Board of Regents Meeting: February 11-12, 2005

Trauma and Critical Care 2005--Point/Counterpoint XXIV to be Held June 6-8, 2005, in Atlantic City, NJ

 ACS Spring Meeting Convenes in Hollywood, FL, April 16-19, 2005

 Surgery News—the Monthly Newspaper from the American College of Surgeons—Makes its Debut

 American College of Surgeons National Trauma Data Bank™ Now Surpasses the One Million Record Mark

 ACS Committee on Trauma Sponsors 27th Annual "Advances In Trauma" Seminar in Kansas City, MO, Dec. 10-11, 2004

 Highlights from the Board of Regents Meeting: June 11-12, 2004

 Surgeons Group Applauds Senate-Passed Patient Safety Legislation

 Surgeons Group Says Congress Needs to Step Up to the Plate on Patient Safety

 Jacobson Innovation Award: Harry J. Buncke, MD, FACS, pioneer, investigator, and surgical scientist, is named the 2004 recipient

 Surgeons Lament Inconsistent Senate Votes

 ACS Endorses Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, Wrong-Person Surgery

ACS and ASA Applaud AMA for Joining Office-Based Surgery Patient Safety Effort

ACS Applauds Medicare Conference Agreement and Urges Congress to Pass Medicare Bill Immediately

ACS Stresses Need for Medicare Physician Payment Fix

 Senate Majority Leader Frist Champions Health Care Reforms Before the American College of Surgeons

2003 Annual Report of National Trauma Data Bank™ provides comprehensive profile of injury in America

Sen. William H. Frist, MD, FACS to deliver AUA Lecture at 2003 Clinical Congress

 American College of Surgeons Examines the State of U.S. Trauma Care

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Highlights from the Bulletin: From My Perspective and Dateline: Washington

Revised November 14, 2008