Discover Women in Surgery Committee Opportunities

The ACS Women in Surgery Committee (WiSC) has multiple opportunities for women surgeons to get involved.

Mentorship Program

WiSC is accepting applications for mentors and mentees in the Mentorship Program. Participation as a mentee is an opportunity for early career women surgeons to develop a mentoring relationship with established surgeons practicing in all the specialties represented within the ACS. Participation as a mentor is for established surgeons with 10 or more years in practice to share their knowledge, expertise, and experience in professional and personal development. Applicants must be ACS Fellows, Associate Fellows, or in the process of applying for ACS Fellowship.

Applications are due Friday, May 20. For details, visit the WiSC Mentorship Program web page.

Committee Membership

The committee also is accepting applications for new members. To learn more about membership requirements and to submit your application, click here. Applications are due Wednesday, June 15.

There has never been a better time to spread the word to your patients, colleagues, and community about the importance of learning bleeding control techniques. May 19 is the fifth annual National STOP THE BLEED^® Day, which falls during the broader observance of National STOP THE BLEED^® Month. The ACS STOP THE BLEED^® program will boost efforts this month to get the public trained, engage with instructors to help spread the word, and share success stories and other news on its social media channels. Be sure to follow ACS STOP THE BLEED^® on Twitter and Facebook to stay informed.

More than 1.9 million people have completed the training course and are now prepared to control bleeding. This number includes individuals who have taken the full course in person, have taken the online interactive course, and have attended the online lecture portion of the course via Zoom.

The new online interactive course gives participants the knowledge they need to complete the lecture portion of the course. Participants are required to attend an in-person STOP THE BLEED^® course to complete the skills portion and receive their certificate of completion.

In addition to new training opportunities, more people can now become STOP THE BLEED^® course instructors, with nonmedical professionals now eligible to become a STOP THE BLEED^® instructor and educate their communities.

The ACS Brief will have more to share about STOP THE BLEED^® throughout the month.