Join the Society of Surgical Chairs

Membership in the Society of Surgical Chairs shall automatically be extended to chairpersons of the departments of surgery in medical schools of the United States and Canada. Membership for those chairs of surgery departments not meeting the above description shall be considered if the applicant meets all of the following criteria:

• The chair has an academic appointment at a U.S. or Canadian medical school
• The chair's institution has a formal affiliation with a U.S. or Canadian medical school or university
• The chair's department directs at least one ACGME-accredited surgical residency or fellowship program

Program consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions impact the structure of residency and fellowship programs within our institutions. The Society of Surgical Chairs acknowledges this everchanging landscape of graduate medical education and will not require existing members to re-demonstrate eligibility.