Membership and Community

Fellows

A Wealth of Resources

ACS membership is an integral part of your profession as a surgeon. As a fellow, you can use the FACS designation with pride and draw on an abundance of educational opportunities, professional development resources, and community connections to help you succeed.

Bulletin

The Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons is the College’s monthly member magazine containing topical articles.

Clinical Practice

The ACS offers a number of resources on clinical topics that surgeons and surgical teams can immediately put into practice.

Practice Management

Managing a practice? We have articles and tools to help you become proficient in procedure coding and stay current in coding regulations.

Everything we study, practice, and sacrifice is to serve our patients and communities. Surgeons work to keep one simple and powerful promise:

To Heal All With Skill and Trust.

Membership

Find a Chapter

With more than 100 chapters around the world, the ACS presents many opportunities for you to engage at the local level.

Education

Medical school is just the beginning—surgery is a matter of lifelong learning, and the ACS is here to provide it.

Advocacy and Policy

Visit our advocacy section to learn about policy priorities, then use our resources to act on legislation that’s important to you and your patients.

Surgeon Well-Being

The ACS Surgeon Well-Being program works to strengthen, support, and be an agent of change for surgeons.