Association Management Services
The American College of Surgeons (the College) was founded in 1913 “to maintain an association of surgeons, not for pecuniary profit, but for the benefit of humanity by advancing the science of surgery and the ethical and competent practice of its art.” Association Management Services (AMS) addresses the goals and objectives of the College’s strategic plan by helping other surgical organizations with their business and unique organizational needs. We make it our mission to sustain the highest level of service in meeting the needs of the organization by maintaining the value proposition as it relates to quality and scope of member services
A Competitive Advantage
By virtue of being within the College, the competitive advantages of AMS are numerous:
- The College is the world’s largest surgical association. We work and interact with surgeons daily and we understand the surgical community best.
- Our expertise lies in medical meeting planning, as 100% of the meetings we plan are for medical associations.
- Our staff has more than 50 years of combined experience in health care association management and we currently lend our expertise to 14 surgical associations.
- Because we work within an association, we understand the dedication to service and commitment to quality required in association management culture.
- We have a technical advantage with the use of in-house services and best practices already in place.
- We’re able to use our leverage in hotel and vendor negotiations.
Our Services
We offer our client associations the following services:
Administrative Management: Assist Association leadership in meeting their goals and objectives; supports leadership and committees in their activities; oversee business operations, including project management, staff management and day-to-day activities.
Member Services: Maintenance of membership database; dues mailing; application requests; dedicated 800# for each organization; membership statistics.
Communications: Newsletters; general publications; web site design, development, maintenance; media relations; meeting publications.
Meetings/Conventions: Site selection; meeting marketing & promotion; contract review and negotiation; on-site management; registration; travel services; exhibit management.
Education: Abstract processing management with Program Committee. Manage application process for possible ACS CME joint sponsorship of the activity. Upon approval, ensure compliance of all aspects of the activity (pre-during-and post) as required by the ACCME, AMA, and ACS. Academic support to design, implement, and evaluate educational programs.
Finance/Facilities: Accounts balance and reconciliation; dues billing, collection processing; budget and analysis; general ledger and financial statements; financial management; payroll; mailing; fulfillment; printing, collating, binding, copying.
Information Services: Maintenance of equipment/servers; oversee set up of separate databases for membership records, etc.
Other Associations Provided AMS
We provide association management services to the following client organizations:
- Acoustic Neuroma Association (ANA)
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)
- American Board of Surgery (ABS)
- American Board of Thoracic Surgeons (ABTS)
- American Laryngological Association (ALA)
- American Rhinologic Society (ARS)
- Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM)
- Council on Surgical & Perioperative Safety (CSPS)
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)
- Pacific Coast Surgical Association (PCSA)
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
- Society for Vascular Surgeons (SVS)
- Southeastern Surgical Congress (SESC)
- The Triological Society (TRIO)
- United States Chapter of the International Society of Surgery
AMS Management Staff
We consider ourselves part of your management team and are invested in the success of your organization. Our professional management team will work closely with you to manage the details of the association. Our management staff works as a team and frequently share ideas and, on occasion, responsibilities. Our management professionals represent a convergence of talent, experience and expertise.
Professional Affiliations
Our team members receive continual training and keep informed of industry trends through attendance at educational courses and involvement in the following meetings industry organizations:
- American Society of Association Executives
- Association Forum Chicago
- International Association for Exhibition Management
- Meeting Planners International
- Professional Convention Management Association
Contact Us
If you are interested in AMS for your organization please complete the AMS Assessment Form (300K PDF) and contact:
Erin Berggren, CAE
Manager, Association Management Services
American College of Surgeons
633 N Saint Clair Street
Chicago, IL 60611
P 312-202-5437
F 312-268-1106
eberggren@facs.org
Revised February 1, 2012