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Join Us at Clinical Congress 2023 in Boston

July 11, 2023

ACS leaders, including Drs. Patricia Turner, Christopher Ellison, Henri Ford, Ajit Sachdeva, and Fabrizio Michelassi, explain why Clinical Congress, October 22-25 in Boston, will be an unforgettable experience. All members of the surgical team are invited.

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Submit Your High-Impact Clinical Trials & Studies by August 1 for Clinical Congress
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Submit Your High-Impact Clinical Trials & Studies by August 1 for Clinical Congress

Don’t miss your chance to share your important, breaking research at Clinical Congress 2023—submit an abstract for the new High-Impact Clinical Trials & Studies session today.

ABS CME Submission Changes Affect ACS Members
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ABS CME Submission Changes Affect ACS Members

The American Board of Surgery (ABS) recently made changes to its continuing CME processes, but ACS diplomates can continue to use the ACS MyCME portal to submit their ACS-verified CME data.

July Bulletin Cover Article Highlights What You Can Expect at Clinical Congress 2023
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July Bulletin Cover Article Highlights What You Can Expect at Clinical Congress 2023

Clinical Congress 2023, the world-class surgical education event taking place October 22-25 in Boston, is almost here. Read the July Bulletin to learn more about the exciting new features and returning favorites at this year’s conference.

Current Literature
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Current Literature

Commentaries summarizing important new scientific literature pertinent to surgeons and care teams.
STOP THE BLEED Trains More than 3 Million People to Save a Life in a Bleeding Emergency
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STOP THE BLEED Trains More than 3 Million People to Save a Life in a Bleeding Emergency

The STOP THE BLEED® has reached a significant milestone. The number of individuals who have learned the essentials of bleeding control climbed to more than 3 million.

Diversity Address, Robotic Surgery Panel Highlight ACS President’s Florida Chapter Visit
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Diversity Address, Robotic Surgery Panel Highlight ACS President’s Florida Chapter Visit

ACS President E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS, MAMSE, visited colleagues in Florida last month during the annual Florida Chapter meeting.
Emergency General Surgery Verification Program Verifies First Five Hospitals
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Emergency General Surgery Verification Program Verifies First Five Hospitals

Five hospitals are among the first in the nation to be verified under the new ACS Emergency General Surgery Verification Program (ACS EGS-VP) launched in September 2022.

ACS Helps AHRQ Develop Toolkit to Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery
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ACS Helps AHRQ Develop Toolkit to Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released a Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR) that addresses common complications such as surgical site and urinary tract infections, and venous thromboembolism.

Surgeons Talk Intuition and Risk Prediction from NSQIP Risk Calculator
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Surgeons Talk Intuition and Risk Prediction from NSQIP Risk Calculator

In the latest episode of The Operative Word from JACS, host Dante Yeh, MD, FACS, is joined by Gabriel Brat, MD, MPH, FACS, and Jayson Marwaha, MD, MBI, who discuss their recent study that compared the predictive utility of preoperative surgeon intuition and surgical risk calculators.