Global Surgery News: Making the Case for Global Surgeons
A new position paper from the Association of Academic Surgeons Global Affairs Committee, the Society of University Surgeons Committee on Global Academic ...
American College of Surgeons
JMT Finney – First President of the American College of Surgeons
Keynote address given by John L. Cameron, MD, FACS, Baltimore, introduction by Don Nakayama, MD, FACS, at the Surgical History Group Breakfast Meeting, ...
American College of Surgeons
Getting Better: 200 Years of Medicine
Getting Better is a short documentary that explores three remarkable stories of medical progress: Cancer, HIV/AIDS, Surgery. The film looks at the role of ...
NEJMvideo
How the coronavirus is delaying life-altering surgeries
The coronavirus is reshaping the way some Americans live and even how they receive healthcare. One challenge that has emerged from this crisis is which ...
PBS NewsHour
ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum®
The ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum® (ACS FSC) is a highly interactive, case-based, online curriculum that addresses the essential content areas that ...
American College of Surgeons
Surgeons report surge in violent injuries during COVID-19
Social isolation resulting from stay-at-home orders (SAHO) issued in the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic may have a deadly and dangerous side effect: an ...
American College of Surgeons
Welcome to the ACS!
Patricia Turner, MD, FACS, Director of Member Services, welcomes new Initiates to Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons and highlights some great ...
American College of Surgeons
Icons in Surgery: Stanley J. Dudrick, MD, FACS
Surgeon Stanley J. Dudrick, MD, FACS, “The Father of Intravenous Feeding,” has saved countless lives, including millions of newborn babies, with his ...
American College of Surgeons
Mohs Surgery: The Most Effective Treatment for Skin Cancer
Mohs micrographic surgery is the most effective and advanced treatment for skin cancer. It is performed on an outpatient basis using a highly specialized and ...
American College of Mohs Surgery
Research News: Outpatient Laparoscopic Appendectomy
In the first study of its kind, a research team at a large, urban public safety net hospital found that outpatient laparoscopic appendectomy (surgical removal of the ...
American College of Surgeons
Richard J. Friedman, M.D., FRCSC Physician Profile
... Dr. Friedman is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons ...
MUSC Health
Research News: Study finds trauma and emergency surgeons positively impact patient satisfaction
Trauma patients and patients who need emergency surgery have little to no opportunity to get acquainted with the surgeon and team that will perform their ...
American College of Surgeons
Research News: Blood clotting abnormalities seen in COVID-19 patients
Early and aggressive blood-thinning medication may have a role in preventing complications in certain COVID-19 patients, according to research findings ...
American College of Surgeons
Standard 1.9 Clinical Trial Accrual | Commission on Cancer Program Standards 2012
Standard 1.9, Clinical Trials Accrual, is a phase-in Standard for 2015 as the required participation rates have been increased for most accreditation categories.
American College of Surgeons
Icons in Surgery: John L. Cameron, MD, FACS, FRCSEng(Hon), FRCSEd(Hon), FRCSI(Hon)
John L. Cameron, MD, FACS, FRCSEng(Hon), FRCSEd(Hon), FRCSI(Hon) has had a long and distinguished career in alimentary tract diseases and specifically ...
American College of Surgeons
Introducing ACS Case Reviews in Surgery
Gerald A. Isenberg, MD, FACS, FASCRS, provides an overview of ACS Case Reviews in Surgery which provides unique and in-depth analyses of actual ...
American College of Surgeons
Lisa Newman, MD - Video Profile
Dr. Newman also serves on the Executive Council for the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, and she chairs its Special Populations Committee.
Michigan Medicine
David L. Brown, MD - Video Profile
He is a diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery as well as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Brown received his M.D. degree from ...
Michigan Medicine
Dr. Stein on the Association of Women Surgeons
Sharon Stein, MD, FACS, FASCRS, immediate past-president of the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS), talks about the history and current mission of the ...
American College of Surgeons
Doing What’s Right for the Patient: Franklin H. Martin and the American College of Surgeons
Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., MD, FACS, gave this Presidential Address following his installation as the ACS 2016–2017 President during the Convocation ...
American College of Surgeons
Surgical Residents: Participation in the Resident and Associate Society
Develop professional relationships and leadership skills to help you navigate the often unpredictable world of surgical residency training. Patricia L. Turner, MD, ...
American College of Surgeons
Meet neurosurgeon Frederick Lang
He is board certified in Neurosurgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Lang is ...
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Icons in Surgery: Thomas J. Fogarty, MD, FACS
Thomas J. Fogarty, MD, FACS, cardiovascular surgeon and inventor, revolutionized surgery with the invention of the Fogarty® Embolectomy Balloon Catheter to ...
American College of Surgeons
Managing Complications of Bariatric Surgery
Speaker: John J. Vargo, II, MD, MPH, FACG Learning Objective: Discuss the management of bariatric complications, both endoscopic and surgical. Source: ...
AmCollege Gastro
Blend of imaging, treatments allows removal of "inoperable" pancreatic cancer
Published in the Journal of American College of Surgeons, the MD Anderson study enrolled 88 high-risk pancreatic cancer patients from 1990-2010. All were ...
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Robert McMillan, M.D. - Transplant Surgeon
... Dr. McMillan has been a professor of surgery at LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport Dr. McMillan is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and ...
Willis-Knighton Health System
Get to the CORE of Dr. Melissa Galli, Foot and Ankle Surgeon
Melissa M. Galli, DPM, MHA is a board qualified and dual fellowship-trained reconstructive foot and ankle surgeon specializing in sports medicine, external ...
The CORE Institute
Doctors and Depression
When Aaron was an intern, or a first-year doctor in training, he knew something was wrong with him. He had trouble sleeping. He had difficulty feeling joy.
Healthcare Triage
Preoperative Cardiac and Pulmonary Risk Assessment and Reduction
Presented by Prateek Gupta, MD at the Department of Surgery Grand Rounds on 01/15/2014. Free CME may be available on the Deparment of Surgery website ...
University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery
ROBOTIC ASSISTED HYSTERECTOMY NO GREATER BENEFIT THAN LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURE BUT COST MORE
Each year in the United States thousands of women undergo a hysterectomy for non-cancer-related gynecological disorders. Many of these procedures are ...
TheJAMAReport
Under Pressure: The Surgeon's Conundrum in Decision Making
... his research, "Shared Decision-Making in Acute Surgical Illness: The Surgeon's Perspective," published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Johns Hopkins Medicine
GI Disease and Anesthesia - Dr. Hessel
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University of Kentucky Department of Anesthesiology
How the C-section Became America's Most Common Major Surgery | The New Yorker
How did the C-section become America's most common major surgery? Chileshe Nkonde-Price, a cardiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, wants to avoid ...
The New Yorker
Learn Why Dr. Nassif Became a Plastic Surgeon in Beverly Hills
... Clinical Professor of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine • Fellow, American College of Surgeons ...
NassifMD Skincare
Doctors' White Coats Can Host a Lot of Bacteria
For a lot of doctors and patients, the physician's traditional white coat is a big part of a doctor's identity, and contributes to their authority. Those white coats can ...
Healthcare Triage
Dr. Bob Baravarian Performs First Metatarsal Phalangeal Joint Fusion Surgery
Dr. Bob Baravarian Performs First Metatarsal Phalangeal Joint Fusion Surgery Dr. Bob Baravarian is a Board Certified Podiatric Foot and Ankle Specialist.
GIBLIB
American College of Surgeons Surgical Health Care Quality Forum
On Monday, July 18, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) hosted its first Surgical Health Care Quality Forum in Chicago in partnership with Sen. Mark Kirk ...
American College of Surgeons
Robotic Hip Replacement (MAKO) with Dr. Grayson - Florida Orthopaedic Institute
Dr. Grayson received his fellowship training in adult reconstruction at Indiana University Health, and is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic ...
Florida Orthopaedic Institute & Surgery Center
Bariatric Seminar
UFHealth
Microsurgical resection of intramedullary spinal cord ependymoma
Paul C. McCormick, M.D., MPH Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York Abstract: Ependymomas are the most commonly ...
AANSNeurosurgery
Mayo Clinic General Surgery Residency - Program Overview
Mayo Clinic General Surgery Program.
Mayo Clinic
Overview of Bariatric Surgery- Dr. Isaac Samuel, 8/14/13
Overview of Bariatric Surgery: Surgical Weight Reduction is Safe & Effective MGMC Physician Grand Rounds 8/14/13 Isaac Samuel, M.D., Department of ...
Mary Greeley Medical Center
