November 2009
Features
American College of Surgeons Foundation Annual Report 2008–2009 (1325K PDF)
2009 state legislative activity: Highlights from across the country (120K PDF)
What surgeons can do to reduce the impact of smoking on surgical outcomes (150K PDF)
A plastic surgeon comments on smoking (95K PDF)
Prevention of retained foreign objects (170K PDF)
The ACS investment portfolio: A review and update (160K PDF)
Departments
What surgeons should know about...
News
Dr. McGinnis installed as 90th ACS President (65K PDF)
Honorary Fellowships presented to five prominent surgeons (65K PDF)
Citation for Prof. Adelola Adeloye (70K PDF)
Citation for Prof. Vicente Patricio Gutierrez (70K PDF)
Citation for Prof. Ingemar Ihse (60K PDF)
Citation for Prof. Bruce E. Keogh (60K PDF)
Citation for Prof. Masaki Kitajima (70K PDF)
Trauma meetings calendar (60K PDF)
A look at The Joint Commission: Center for Transforming Healthcare takes aim at patient safety failures (160K PDF)
Honor the perioperative professional on your surgical team (145K PDF)
Surgical Investigators Conference scheduled (205K PDF)
ACOSOG news: Neoadjuvant aromatase inhibitor trial completed (275K PDF)
NTDB® data points: Indirect route
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