ACS NewsScope
A Weekly News Update from the American College of Surgeons
May 2, 2008
Highlights for the week:
AMA Foundation Honors ACS Resident Member as a Leader in Medicine
Awori Hayanga, MD, a resident member of the American College of Surgeons and the 2007 recipient of the American College of Surgeons Resident Leadership Award, has been named a recipient of the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation’s 2008 Leadership Award. This award provides medical students, residents/fellows, early career physicians, and established physicians from around the country with special training to develop their skills as future leaders in organized medicine and community affairs.
Dr. Hayanga is a fourth-year general surgery resident at the University of Michigan, Ypsilanti. He took a year off from his residency after being awarded a joint Alfred Sommer and World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety Scholarship to pursue a master's in public health with a focus on health policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Hayanga is the co-founder of the Ruben J. Williams Foundation, a 501c(3) organization extending the scope of African surgical enterprise, networking and collaboration.
The AMA Foundation honored 56 individuals with the award at its annual Excellence in Medicine Awards ceremony in late March in Washington, DC. Presented in association with the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative, the award recognizes recipients for demonstrating outstanding non-clinical leadership skills in advocacy, community service, and education. For more information, visit http://www.amafoundation.org/.
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EBRS for May Focuses on Rural Versus Urban General Surgery
Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery (EBRS) is an Internet-based journal club that is available to all members of the American College of Surgeons at http://www.facs.org/education/ebrs.html. EBRS is designed to teach critical appraisal skills to surgeons and residents through eight packages that are offered from October to May each year. CME credits can be obtained by participating in the monthly packages, and previous articles and reviews can be accessed by going to the archives section of the Web site.
The EBRS topic for May 2008 is: Is the nature of inpatient general surgical procedures performed at rural versus urban hospitals in the United States different? The listserv discussion of this topic will begin on Monday, May 5.
If you are interested in obtaining CME credits or want more information about EBRS, contact Marg McKenzie at mmckenzie@mtsinai.on.ca.
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College to Present Course on Leadership Skills
The American College of Surgeons invites surgeons who aspire to meet the challenges of exemplary leadership across all settings to join senior surgical leaders in a dynamic three-day course, "Surgeons as Leaders: From Operating Room to Boardroom." Surgeons who will serve as faculty include Layton F. Rikkers, MD, FACS, Chair; Bruce L. Gewertz, MD, FACS; Wiley W. Souba, MD, ScD, MBA, FACS; and Gayle E. Woodson, MD, FACS. Josef E. Fischer, MD, FACS, Chair of the Board of Regents, will be the keynote speaker, and Charles F. Rinker II, MD, FACS, will serve as special invited faculty. Debra A. DaRosa, PhD, will serve as professional educator for the course.
Organized by the College's Division of Education, the course will help surgeons to: (1) exhibit the attributes of a leader; (2) use consensus development and vision to set, align, and achieve goals; (3) build and maintain effective teams; (4) cultivate leadership capacities to move groups forward; (5) change culture, resolve conflict, and balance demands within the larger environment; and (6) evaluate leadership opportunities. "Surgeons as Leaders: From Operating Room to Boardroom" will take place June 22 - 25, 2008, at ACS headquarters in Chicago, IL. For details and an application form, visit http://www.facs.org/education/surgeonsasleaders.html, e-mail apalinski@facs.org, or phone 312-202-5018. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, May 9.
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ACS Announces Traveling Fellowship to Japan
The International Relations Committee of the American College of Surgeons is pleased to announce a traveling fellowship to Japan for the year 2009. The purpose of the fellowship is to encourage international exchange of surgical scientific information. The fellowship is available to a US or Canadian Fellow holding a current full-time academic appointment with a major interest and accomplishment in clinical and basic science related to surgery. The Fellow will spend a minimum of two weeks in Japan attending and participating in the annual meeting of the Japan Surgical Society and visiting at least two medical centers in locations other than the annual meeting city in Japan in order to lecture and share clinical and scientific expertise with local surgeons.
The requirements and an application can be found at http://www.facs.org/memberservices/acsjapan.html. Complete applications are due no later than June 2, 2008.
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Practice Management Webcasts Focus on Benchmarking and Compliance
The College and Economedix are pleased to present the following live Webcasts:
- Benchmarking Practice Productivity and Profitability, May 7
- Developing a Practice Compliance Plan, May 21
- Annual Review of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, June 4
- Creating an Effective OSHA Compliance Plan, June 11
Each course will take place on a Wednesday, beginning at 1 pm Eastern time, will last a maximum of 90-minutes, and will be conducted by Tom Loughrey, MBA, CCS-P. The programs will be recorded so registrants may listen to the course a second time or in case one or more surgeons or staff in a practice misses the live session. The cost of each individual course is just $99 per practice. The package of three compliance courses is available at the discounted price of $237. Additional discounts are available for participation in a package of seven courses for $497 or the full practice management Webcast series of 24 courses over the next 12 months for just $997.
For more information or to register, go to http://www.YourMedPractice.com/ACS, e-mail rley@economedix.com, or phone Economedix at 1-877-401-9655.
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ACS and UCSF Announce New CME Opportunity
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) will host the American College of Surgeons Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound Skills-Oriented Course on October 23, 2008, in conjunction with UCSF's Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery course on October 24 and 25. Both courses are open to all physicians and allied health professionals. Those wishing to attend may register for one of these two courses, or they may register for both.
The American College of Surgeons Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound Skills-Oriented course will introduce the practicing surgeon to office-based examination of the thyroid and parathyroid glands and related pathology. The distinction between normal and malignant lymphadenopathy will be emphasized with a demonstration of the comprehensive examination of lymph node basins in cervical zones I-VI . The process of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid nodules and enlarged lymph nodes will be demonstrated in didactic lecture format. In addition, the hands-on skill sessions allow the surgeon to learn varied techniques of FNA in phantom models. Patient volunteers with thyroid and parathyroid pathology and normal glands will participate in the skill sessions. Credentialing and coding issues will also be discussed.
The UCSF Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery Course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the evaluation, treatment, surveillance, and new approaches in the surgical management of thyroid and parathyroid disorders. A distinguished guest faculty along with faculty from UCSF will offer an outstanding series of lectures, case presentations, and panel discussions.
Both courses will be held at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco and will be presented by Lisa Orloff, MD, FACS, and David Eisele, MD, FACS, of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at University of Califonia, San Francisco.
For more information and to register, visit http://www.cme.ucsf.edu/ or call 415-476-4251.
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Coding Workshops Scheduled for August in Dallas
The American College of Surgeons will host introductory and advanced coding workshops August 7-8 in Dallas, TX. "Introduction to CPT, ICD-9-CM, and Evaluation and Management Coding" will be presented August 7 by Betsy Nicoletti, MS, CPC. This course is designed for surgeons and staff who are relatively new to coding. "Surgical and Office-based Coding and Reimbursement" will take place August 8. This fast-paced advanced coding course will be led by Mary LeGrand, RN, CCS-P, CPC and is intended for surgeons and staff with at least two years of coding experience. Evaluations for previously held workshops have been excellent. Each course is certified for 6.5 continuing medical education credits or 6.5 continuing education units.
To register, go to http://www.facs.org/ahp/workshops/registrationfees.html. For more information, go to http://www.facs.org/ahp/workshops/index.html or contact dmariani@facs.org.
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