ACS Brief

ACS Announces Hiring of New Military Director, Foundation Director

June 6, 2023

The College has two new additions to its executive leadership team. Retired US Army Colonel Brian Eastridge, MD, FACS, is the new Medical Director, Military Health Systems Strategic Partnership, replacing M. Margaret Knudson, MD, FACS; Beth White Carona, CFRE, joins the ACS staff on June 20 as the new Director of the ACS Foundation, replacing Shane Hollett. 

CoC Chair Speaks at White House Forum on Smoking Cessation

June 6, 2023

An account of an ACS founder’s journey from rural youth to historic surgeon, new advances in xenotransplantation, and the shifting paradigm of surgical culture are all topics that will be addressed during Named Lectures at Clinical Congress 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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

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Attend Preconference QI Basics Workshop at Quality and Safety Conference

Led by prominent experts in the field of quality improvement, the Quality Improvement Basics Preconference Workshop will be offered at this year’s Quality and Safety Conference, July 10–13 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Participants will learn fundamental concepts of QI through lectures, interactive activities, and engaging discussions with a multidisciplinary audience.

Watch Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, Director, ACS Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, and Lillian Kao, MD, FACS, who helped develop the course, discuss this exciting opportunity.

Listen to ACS Cancer Conference Keynote

This episode of the House of Surgery podcast features Arif H. Kamal, MD, MBA, MHS, an oncologist and chief patient officer for the American Cancer Society, who gave the keynote address at the recent ACS Cancer Programs Conference in Atlanta. Dr. Kamal reflects on how multiple disciplines can come together to care for patients across the continuum of care, from prevention through survivorship.