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What's New at Clinical Congress 2024

July 23, 2024

Thousands of surgeons and medical professionals will join the ACS in San Francisco, California, for Clinical Congress 2024, October 19–22. The July/August issue of the Bulletin includes an article summarizing some of this year’s exciting features, as well as “What’s New at Clinical Congress for 2024 and Beyond,” in the Executive Director & CEO column by Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS.

New Data Reports Can Help You Negotiate Fair Compensation Packages

July 23, 2024

Compensation Data Reports from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) are available to ACS Fellows, Associate Fellows, or Resident members at a 45% discount, representing a high-value ACS membership benefit. New data reports were recently added allowing you to use the up-to-date information to help you negotiate.

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

July 23, 2024 Issue

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Fellows Awarded R01 Funding to Study Effectiveness of ACS Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery Manuals

A research team that comprises ACS fellows was awarded a grant to address the potential differences in cancer surgery technical quality.

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Targeted Surgery Combined with Postoperative Medical Therapy Is Safe and Effective Treatment for Crohn Disease

In patients requiring surgery for complicated Crohn disease, complete removal of all diseased areas of the intestine may cause severe malnutrition and weight loss.

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Feeding Tube Home Skills Kit Aids Patients with Transition to Home

This kit provides patients and caregivers with the instruction and practice materials needed for the recommended enteral nutrition education.

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Who Should Get a Right Colectomy in Low-Grade Appendiceal Adenocarcinomas?

Learn from a study that described development of a predictive score for determining risk for nodal involvement.

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ACS President Offers Insights into His First 6 Months in Office

Dr. Henri Ford gives a recap and highlights of his duties since taking office.

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Revisiting Surgical Pearls Can Help Reaffirm Career Goals

July 23, 2024

Periodically reflecting on surgical pearls from training offers surgeons an opportunity to pause, reset, and remember why they chose their profession. In this video Alan Meinke, MD, FACS, describes his August 2024 Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) article, “Revisiting Pearls that Epitomize the Principles of Surgery,” which provides some of those surgical pearls and their significance.

A free subscription to JACS is a benefit of ACS membership.

Surgeons Discuss Sustaining Lifelong Competency

July 23, 2024

In the latest episode of The Operative Word from JACS, Lillian Erdahl, MD, FACS is joined by Todd Rosengart, MD, FACS, from the Baylor College of Medicine.

They discuss Dr. Rosengart’s recent article in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), “Sustaining Lifelong Competency of Surgeons: Multimodality Empowerment Personal and Institutional Strategy,” which focuses on maintaining and ensuring the competency of an aging surgeon workforce. The study provides evidence-based guiding principles as part of a comprehensive “whole of career” strategy that can be adopted at a personal, institutional, and national level.

Apply for ACS Resident Research Scholarship

The ACS offers 2-year scholarships to encourage residents to pursue careers in academic surgery anywhere on the research continuum.

Take Advantage of Peer Experiences with ACS Colleague Connection

Peer support programs have been shown to reduce burnout in physicians and improve their overall well-being.

EEG during Anesthesia Does Not Reduce Delirium in Older Adults after Cardiac Surgery

Available evidence suggests that EEG wave suppression during general anesthesia is related to anesthetic agent dosage.

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Genetic Connections in Surgical Oncology

An exploration of literature on the importance of understanding genetic connections in different types of cancer and the use of precision medicine.

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Colonoscopy versus FIT-Fecal DNA for Colon Cancer Screening

Examines current literature on scientific basis of colon cancer screening methods, specifically, the efficacy of colonoscopy vs FIT-fecal DNA testing.

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Laparoscopy in the Context of Trauma: Too Slow or Too Fast?

Examines current literature on the various uses, benefits, and limitations of laparoscopy in trauma care.

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Latest Stories

What's New at Clinical Congress 2024

New Data Reports Can Help You Negotiate Fair Compensation Packages

Fellows Awarded R01 Funding to Study Effectiveness of ACS Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery Manuals

Targeted Surgery Combined with Postoperative Medical Therapy Is Safe and Effective Treatment for Crohn Disease

Feeding Tube Home Skills Kit Aids Patients with Transition to Home

Who Should Get a Right Colectomy in Low-Grade Appendiceal Adenocarcinomas?

ACS President Offers Insights into His First 6 Months in Office

Claim CME Credit

Revisiting Surgical Pearls Can Help Reaffirm Career Goals

Surgeons Discuss Sustaining Lifelong Competency

More from the ACS

Apply for ACS Resident Research Scholarship

Take Advantage of Peer Experiences with ACS Colleague Connection

EEG during Anesthesia Does Not Reduce Delirium in Older Adults after Cardiac Surgery

Past Issues

Brief Reviews

Genetic Connections in Surgical Oncology

Colonoscopy versus FIT-Fecal DNA for Colon Cancer Screening

Laparoscopy in the Context of Trauma: Too Slow or Too Fast?