American College of Surgeons
Leadership Conference for Young Surgeons and Chapter Leaders and Joint Surgical Advocacy Conference (JSAC)
The 2009 Leadership Conference for Chapter Leaders and Young Surgeons was held March 22-24 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC.
Joint Plenary Sessions | For Young Surgeons | For Chapter Leaders
Joint Plenary Sessions
What Can Toyota Tell Us about Taking Care of Patients?
Speaker: Michael Glenn, MD, FACS, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Moderator: Steven Li-Wen Chen, MD, MBA, Committee on Young Surgeons, Sacramento, CA
Dr. Glenn will explain select concepts of the Toyota Production System, which can be utilized as a systems-based approach to improving quality and efficiency, as well as the cost of medical care. In addition, Dr. Glenn will identify the important, effective leadership and change-management skills necessary to institute a systems-based approach to quality improvement.
Disruptive Behavior: How Must Surgeons Lead? (265K PDF)
Speaker: T. Forcht Dagi, MD, FACS, Vice-Chair, Committee on Perioperative Care, Newton Centre, MA
Moderator: Dinakar Golla, MD, FACS, Committee on Young Surgeons, Pittsburgh, PA
Disruptive behavior in health care settings has been related to some types of errors. Increased scrutiny of disruptive behaviors has developed recently, as evidenced by the new JCAHO regulations, which become effective this year. This session will examine disruptive behaviors and how surgeons can take a leadership role in preventing and addressing these situations that affect surgical care.
Open Forum with Dr. Britt and Dr. Russell
Moderators: Perry Shen, MD, FACS, Chair, Committee on Young Surgeons, Winston Salem, NC; and Mark Savarise, MD, FACS, Vice-Chair, Committee on Young Surgeons, Sandpoint, ID
For Young Surgeons
The Ethics of Leadership (475K PDF)
Speaker: LaSalle Leffall, MD, FACS, Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC
Moderator: Wayne Frederick, MD, FACS, Committee on Young Surgeons, Washington, DC
Dr. Leffall will emphasize the importance of ethical principles in leadership.
Outlook for Surgical Practice: Considerations for Solo, Group, or Hospital?
Speaker: Jon Chilingerian, PhD, Associate Professor of Human Services Management, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Moderator: Laurel Soot, MD, FACS, Committee on Young Surgeons Portland, OR
In an era of accountability and consumer-driven care, payors, health plans, and providers are devoting a great deal of effort and energy to identify best practicing surgical departments and physicians. New methods are being developed to measure and evaluate clinical performance. These methods are among the critical issues young surgeons face.
Networking Luncheon: Active Young Surgeons’ Leadership in the American College of Surgeons
Moderator: Dinakar Golla, MD, FACS, Committee on Young Surgeons,Pittsburgh, PA
Leadership and Organized Medicine
Speaker: L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, Chair, Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA and Chair, ACS Board of Regents
Moderator: Sanjay Parikh, MD, FACS, Committee on Young Surgeons, Bronx, NY
For Chapter Leaders
CME as a Bridge to Quality
If you wish to review Dr. Kopelow's presentation please go to: http://www.accme.org/
Speaker: Murray Kopelow, MD, MS (Comm.), FRCPC, Chief Executive, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Chicago, IL
Moderator: Paul E. Collicott, MD, FACS, Director, Division of Member Services
ACCME accreditation is about CME that matters to patient care. It is intended to position CME as a strategic asset to physicians interested in maintaining and improving quality—to act as a “bridge to quality.” Dr. Kopelow will explain how the ACCME requirements reflect this vision, as well as describe how the proper management of commercial support of CME is critical to fulfilling this vision.
State Legislative Update (600K PDF)
Speaker: Mindy Baker, Division of Advocacy and Health Policy
Moderator: Jon Sutton, Division of Advocacy and Health Policy
The new state legislative tracking service, TrendTRACK, will be demonstrated along with state legislative issue updates for 2009.
Strategic Planning the Tennessee Way (1190K PDF)
Introduction by Wanda Johnson (1475K PDF)
Speaker: Gayle Minard, MD, FACS, President, Tennessee Chapter, University of Tennessee, Memphis
Moderator: Wanda Johnson, Executive Director, Winchester, TN
The Tennessee Chapter will report on its 2008 strategic planning session and will share its findings and plans for the future.
Leadership Conference Presentations
Revised April 20, 2009