About the Board of Governors

The Board of Governors is integral to the administration of the American College of Surgeons.  The College is governed by a 22-member Board of Regents that is elected by the Board of Governors. To provide balanced geographical representation, two-thirds of the Governors are nominated by the membership at large and elected during an annual meeting of Fellows during the Clinical Congress. Certain surgical societies, chapters, and federal medical services are permitted to nominate Governors up to a level of one-third of the Board of Governors.

The College at Work: Governing Bodies (130K PDF) - from the March 2000 Bulletin   ACS Organization Chart 2007 (140K PDF)   Board of Governors Handbook (105K PDF) Board of Governors Survey ACSPA ACSPA Surgeons PAC Volunteerism and Giving Back to Society Among Surgeons Project: Phase Three—Survey of ACS Fellows (550K PDF) This file is in Adobe Acrobat format. To view Portable Document Files (PDF) download the free Adobe Reader. Operation Giving Back   Officers and Executive Committee   Board of Governors Roster          By state, contact psprecksel@facs.org  Board of Governors Committees  Board of Governors Survey Analysis  Response to Major Categories of Concerns  Impaired Physician  Peer Review Highlights from past meetings of the Board of Regents Highlights of the Board of Regents Meeting February 8-9, 2008 Highlights from the Board of Regents Meeting: October 6-7 and 11, 2007 Highlights of the Board of Regents Meeting June 8-9, 2007  Call for Nominations Nominations for the Board of Regents Sought Nominations for ACS Officers-Elect Sought  Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors (Nominates Regents and Board of Governors Executive Committee)  Nominating Committee of the Fellows (Nominates ACS Officers and Governors)  Advisory Committee on Nominations of the Board of Regents (advises the two Nominating Committees)

Revised April 1, 2008