Oklahoma Chapter

The Oklahoma Chapter of the American College of Surgeons was founded in 1974 and provides a professional and social network for surgeons within the state of Oklahoma and a bridge to the American College of Surgeons. Its goals are:

1. To promote the aims, interests, ideals, and programs of the College in Oklahoma,

2. To hold itself responsible for and use its best efforts to attain the objectives of the College, which are to "elevate the standards of surgery, establish a standard of competency and of character for practitioners of surgery, to provide a method of granting Fellowship, and to educate the public and the profession to understand that the practice of surgery calls for special training and that the surgeon elected to Fellowship in this College has had such training and is properly qualified to practice surgery,"

3. To welcome new Fellows of the College into the Chapter and develop better acquaintances among local Fellows, and

4. To stimulate interest in the Resident-Associate Society (RAS) among surgical residents and young surgeons