American College of Surgeons 93rd Annual Clinical Congress

Welcome!

Dear Colleague,

Premier hands-on learning. Leading-edge surgical research. Exceptional peer access. These are the hallmarks of the American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress. For surgeons dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and safeguarding standards of care, there is no better learning opportunity. On behalf of the College, I extend our warmest invitation to join us October 7-11, 2007, for the 93rd Annual Clinical Congress, “The Role of a Mentor in Creating a Surgical Way of Life.”

Programs at the Clinical Congress are designed to advance our ongoing quest to achieve the best clinical outcomes for patients. Regardless of your specialty area, you will find unique programs among our lectures, skills-oriented and didactic postgraduate courses, panels, Surgical Forum sessions, specialty and multidisciplinary sessions, and video-based education sessions. Attendees will be able to obtain special certificates including those enabling recipients to meet requirements for Maintenance of Certification, Maintenance of Licensure, and hospital reprivileging. In addition to advancing quality and innovation in the surgical field for our patients, the College is making significant strides to improve the practice environment for surgeons.

This year we will expand the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP); launch the Health Policy Institute in Washington, DC, with the goal of enhancing our ability to shape the future direction of health policy; and partner with the Harvard School of Public Health to build awareness of the surgeon’s role in advancing population health. We will discuss these new initiatives and how the College is working to become the leading and most trusted medical organization in the country.

With outstanding educational programming and networking opportunities, this is the most important surgical conference of the year. I look forward to seeing you in New Orleans.

With best wishes,

Josef E. Fischer, MD, FACS
Chair, Board of Regents