June 2009

Features

Building a surgical career (170K PDF)

From the Chair of the RAS-ACS: Surgery residency training: The time for change has come (125K PDF)

Compensation, contracts, and covenants: A surgeron's guide to successful job negotiation (145K PDF)

Red tape 101: Coding and credentialing: Getting past the red tape to maximize your practice (240K PDF)

Careers in surgical research: Basic science, clinical research, health policy, and surgical innovation (170K PDF)

The modern surgical lifestyle (215K PDF)

Is the surgical generalist falling out of favor? (165K PDF)

Departments

 From my perspective (65K PDF)

What surgeons should know about...

Advocacy advisor (50K PDF)

News

 Surgeons rally together in a politically charged year (130K PDF)

A look at The Joint Commission: WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in comparison with Universal Protocol (55K PDF)

Leadership conference focuses on quality, ethics, and future of surgery (80K PDF)

Call issued for Early Career Women Faculty Mentorship Program (50K PDF)

College nominates Dr. Reiling to AMA Council on Medical Education (60K PDF)

Trauma meetings calendar (60K PDF)

ACS Foundation to sponsor breakfast panel at Clinical Congress (70K PDF)

NTDB® data points: The University of Alcohol

ACOSOG symposium to focus on changing role of surgical oncologists (65K PDF)

Disciplinary actions taken (55K PDF)

Chapter news

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