Senior Fellows Society

The ACS Senior Fellows Society is a novel program for senior and retired surgeons, allowing continuous career-spanning engagement with ACS activities that help foster bidirectional interactions across generations of surgeons. The inaugural Senior Fellows Society meeting was held at Clinical Congress 2025 in Chicago, with a committee structure to be formalized in the first quarter of 2026.

About the Senior Fellows Society

The mission and purpose of the Senior Fellows Society is to:

• Provide the opportunity for engagement of senior surgeons in the sharing of knowledge and facilitate experience 
• Create a forum for mentorship and development of younger surgeons and their journey through their surgical careers. 
• Serve as a focal point for cross-collaboration across the ACS life cycle programs and social engagement.

Learn more about the history of the Senior Fellows Society in the September 2025 issue of the ACS Bulletin.

Membership

Membership in the ACS Senior Fellow Society is composed primarily of senior and retired Fellows of the College but is open to any member who identifies with the mission and is in good standing as defined by the ACS Board of Regents.

If you are a senior surgeon, retired, or a surgeon who wants to be actively involved in the Senior Fellows Society, you are encouraged to fill out the following form. We will get back to you within 4–5 business days.