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American College of Surgeons: Cancer Programs

October 2009

Features

Mentorship program designed to advance women in academic surgery (210K PDF)

Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery: An update (140K PDF)

Why resident hours must be flexible: One young surgeon's view (155K PDF)

JACS continues to gain recognition as an influential surgical journal: An interview with Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS (220K PDF)

Requiem for the general surgeon: The end of an era (Who will repair the hernia now?) (100K PDF)

Generally speaking: Is the role of the general surgeon obsolete? (65K PDF)

Departments

From my perspective (60K PDF)

Advocacy Advisor (90K PDF)

News

Report of the 2009 Australia and New Zealand Traveling Fellow (125K PDF)

2009 COT award winners announced (55K PDF)

2009 COT Residents Trauma Papers Competition winners announced (70K PDF)

Mentorship essay winner selected (895K PDF)

Members in the news (105K PDF)

ACOSOG news: Targeted surgical procedures in oncology: Z1071 sentinel node protocol (65K PDF)

Trauma meetings calendar (55K PDF)

Disciplinary actions taken (55K PDF)

A look at The Joint Commission: Campaign helps parents "speak up" to prevent errors in their child's care (205K PDF)

NTDB® data points: Planes, trains, and automobiles

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