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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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SSC 2018 Annual Meeting

The Society of Surgical Chairs Annual Meeting took place Sunday, October 21, 2018, in Boston, MA. We have compiled the presentations for you to download at your convenience.

Diversity and Inclusiveness in Academic Surgery

Kelly M. McMasters, MD, PhD, FACS—Moderator
Ben A. Reid, Sr., Professor and Chairman, The Hiram C. Polk, Jr., MD Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY

“Surgical Approach” to Problems
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS
Leon Goldman, MD Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Diversity Recruitment: Impacting Change
Steven C. Stain, MD, FACS
Professor and Henry & Sally Schaffer Chair, Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

Diversity and Inclusiveness in Academic Surgery: Our perspectives
Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, FACS
William N. and Bessie Allyn Professor and Chair of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Beyond the Media: Authentic Response to Sexual Harassment and Misconduct:
What Surgical Leaders Need to Know in Identification, Response to and Creating Culture to Prevent

In partnership with the Association of Academic Surgical Administrators (AASA)

Code Red: Vital Signs of Sexual Harassment
Daniel J. Wilkerson, JD
Director of Special Projects, Marcus Institute for Brain Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO

Express Your Stance on Sexual Harassment as a Leader and Construct a Response to Accusations in Your Department
Melina R. Kibbe, MD, FACS, FAHA
Colin G. Thomas, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

Express Your Stance on Sexual Harassment as a Leader and Construct Responses to Accusations in Your Department
John Hundt
Chief Administrative Officer, Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Sexual Harassment, Misconduct and Medical Staff Credentialing: What Surgical Chairs Need to Know
Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, PhD, FACS
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Best Practices to Create a Proactive Culture: Strategies at the Department Level
Rebecca Napier, MBA
Department Administrator, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Sexual Harassment: Application through Case Studies
Julie A. Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd (Hon)
Chief Executive Officer and Dean, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC