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Read About ACS Accomplishments 2024–2025

December 2, 2025

The report highlights a year of significant achievements and milestones, including launching a new Strategic Plan, developing a robust Clinical Data Strategy, release of the convenient MyACS Mobile App, and advancing the organization’s myriad programs, products, and services—all while adhering to the principles of operational excellence.

Wisconsin Surgeons Unite for Learning and Collaboration

December 2, 2025

The Wisconsin Surgical Society—a chapter of the ACS—held its annual meeting at the American Club in Kohler, Wisconsin, November 7–8, where ACS Immediate Past President Beth H. Sutton, MD, FACS, delivered the ACS update and met with local chapter leaders and members.

Share Your Insights, Perspectives, and Expertise in the Neighborhood

December 2, 2025

On the first Tuesday of each month, the ACS Brief features a content submission designed to engage a broad audience within The House of Surgery. Read to review submission guidelines.

Read this week's entire issue for the latest news on the ACS and the field of surgery.

December 2, 2025 Issue

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Nominate Your Colleagues for ACS Officers-Elect, Secretary, and Board of Regents Positions

ACS leadership nominations are open for 2026, with positions including Officers-Elect, Secretary, and two Board of Regents vacancies.

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Explore Multidisciplinary Sessions from Clinical Congress 2025 On Demand

Explore highlights from the Clinical Congress 2025 multidisciplinary track, including AI for beginners, rural trauma care, and surgeon well-being.

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Apply for ACS/UChicago Fellowship in Surgical Ethics

Surgeons can apply for a surgical ethics fellowship, featuring a summer intensive, weekly curriculum, and research project.

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View Catalog of RAS-ACS Webinars on Navigating Early Practice

Residents and early career surgeons can access free ACS Grand Rounds webinars on clinical practice, career development, and financial skills.

Don't Miss Out!

Go to your MyCME Portal today and verify your ABS ID and date of birth on the Board Certification Tab so you can have your CME data automatically transmitted to the ABS via ACCME.

Military Surgery Helped Shape Modern Practice

The latest episode of The House of Surgery podcast provides a new perspective on how modern surgical practice has been shaped by military surgical history and how history can provide surgeons with a deepened appreciation for the events that have transformed patient care. Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS, a retired Colonel from the US Air Force Reserve, leads the discussion that includes a medical student, junior faculty member, and senior surgeon/historian.

Surgeons Explain Why CMaS Efficiency Assumption Is Wrong

In its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule for 2026, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) created a -2.5% “efficiency adjustment” based on the assumption that surgeons are faster today in completing procedures than they were 5 years ago. In this video, Drs. Thomas Tsai and Christopher Childers discuss their published findings that contradict the CMS assumption.

Literature Selections

Patients with Liver Insufficiency Can Safely Proceed with Elective Ventral Hernia Repair

Despite longer stays and higher readmissions, patients with liver insufficiency had similar postoperative risk profiles after ventral hernia repair.

Major Bleeding, Sepsis Are Among Complications Most Associated with 30-Day Mortality After General Surgery

New analysis of 7,950 general surgery patients highlights major bleeding, sepsis, and MINS as key drivers of postoperative mortality.

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