American College of Surgeons: Division of Advocacy and Health Policy

National Specialty Resources

Some of the national specialty societies have legislative pages on their websites. Most of them are more focused on Congress rather than the state legislatures, but a couple also have information on state issues. Listed below are links to those national specialty societies with legislative information.

American Academy of Ophthalmology

http://www.aao.org/

American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

http://www.entnet.org/

Note: A member password is needed to access legislative briefings.

American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc.

http://www.aacuweb.org/

Note: Click on "Government Affiars" link for federal and state issues

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

http://www.aans.org/

American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/home2.htm

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

http://www.acog.org/

Note: From the ACOG home page, click on Legislative News or State Legislature to access federal and state information. The Legislative Action Center is available from the Legislative News page.

American Society of Plastic Surgeons

http://www.plasticsurgery.org/

American Urological Association

http://www.auanet.org/advocacy/

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

http://www.sts.org/

Note: Click on Washington Report for federal information.

Society for Vascular Surgery

http://www.svs.vascularweb.org/

Revised November 3, 2011