HONORARY FELLOWSHIP IN THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
IS AWARDED TO THREE PROMINENT SURGEONS

NEW ORLEANS—Honorary Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons was awarded to three prominent surgeons from Brazil, Egypt, and China last night during Convocation ceremonies that preceded the opening of the College's annual Clinical Congress. The awards presentation was one of the highlights of the Clinical Congress–one of the largest international meetings of surgeons in the world. The recipients were as follows:

-Angelita Habr-Gama, MD.

Doctor Habr-Gama is a full professor and director of the Department of Gastroenterology and of the Colorectal Unit at the University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.

-Mohamed A. Ghoneim, MD, MD (Hon).

Doctor Ghoneim is director and professor of urology at the Urology-Nephrology Center, Mansoura, Egypt.

-Shu You Peng, MD.

Dr. Peng is director of the Institute of Surgical Sciences, Second Affiliated Hospital of the Zhejiang Medical School; head of the department of surgery at the Sir Run Run Hospital of the Zhejiang Medical School; and professor of surgery at the Zhejiang Medical School, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.

Presenting the Honorary Fellowships on behalf of the College were: Dr. Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, FACS, University of Washington, WA; Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA; Bruce D. Browner, MD, FACS, Farmington, CT; and H. Clark Hoffman, MD, FACS, Bellevue, WA.

Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons is awarded during the ceremonies to surgeons whose education and training, professional qualifications, surgical competence, and ethical conduct have passed a rigorous evaluation and have been found to be consistent with the high standards established and demanded by the College. During the College's Convocation ceremonies this year, 1,301 surgeons from around the world were admitted into Fellowship. With a membership of more than 66,000, the College is the largest organization of surgeons in the world.

Sir Rickman Godlee, President of the Royal College of Surgeons (England), was awarded the first Honorary Fellowship in the College during the College's first Convocation in 1913. Since then, 387 internationally prominent surgeons, including the four chosen this year, have been named Honorary Fellows of the American College of Surgeons.

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Note: More detailed information on each Honorary Fellow may be obtained from the College's Office of Public Information, 633 N. Saint Clair St., Chicago, IL 60611-3211; Phone: 312-202-5328; E-mail: cpetty@facs.org.

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