August 2009
Features
10,000 operations: Musings of a general surgeon (175K PDF)
ACS works to ensure patient access to emergency care (155K PDF)
Resident files and peer review privilege (110K PDF)
Governors' Committee on Surgical Practice in Hospitals and Ambulatory Settings: An update (115K PDF)
Governor's Committee on Socioeconomic Issues: An update (115K PDF)
Departments
News
ACS forms a new groupd to meet the unique needs of young fellows (70K PDF)
Call for Nominations of the Executive Director of the ACS position (55K PDF)
Oweida Scholarship availability announced (50K PDF)
Faculty research fellowships offered for 2010-2012 (50K PDF)
ACS resident research scholarships are available (55K PDF)
2009 Japan and German Exchange Travelers announced (60K PDF)
Fellows encouraged to complete Johns Hopkins HCC survey (60K PDF)
Report of the 2009 ACS Germany Traveling Fellow (145K PDF)
ACOSOG news: Neoadjuvant therapy for potentially resectable pancreatic adenocarinoma (65K PDF)
A look at The Joint Commission: ASC standards change (65K PDF)
NTDB® data points: older but wiser vs. helmetless and lifeless
SGO annual meeting on women's cancer webcast now available (50K PDF)
Trauma meetings calendar (50K PDF)
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