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Three Fellows Recognized as Patient Safety Experts in Becker’s

June 9, 2026

Recently, Becker’s Hospital Review, the well-known medical industry trade magazine, recognized 145 patient safety experts across the US whose works has been cited and verified as “ensuring that every patient receives safe, effective care.”

Best of Grand Rounds Comes to Clinical Congress

June 9, 2026

At Clinical Congress 2026, September 26–29 in Washington, DC, the inaugural Best of Grand Rounds series features three surgeons who were nominated by their peers and selected for delivering outstanding Grand Rounds presentations over the past year.

Global Missions Offer Insight into Equity and Innovation

June 9, 2026

In September 2025, I participated in a mission to Honduras with the World Surgical Foundation. In Honduras, only approximately 64% of the population has access to essential health services. This mission provided free surgical and perioperative care to patients who otherwise lacked access to care due to financial or systemic barriers.

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

June 9, 2026 Issue

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Apply for Special ACS Fellowships, Scholarships by June 16

ACS members can apply for traveling fellowships and scholarships that advance education, research, and career development.

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Become an ACS Continuous Quality Improvement Clinical Scholar

The Clinical Scholar will work to advance the quality improvement initiatives of the ACS and to perform research relevant to projects.

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Medical Student Abstracts for Clinical Congress Are Due June 26

Planning to attend the ACS Medical Student Program? The ACS invites you to submit an abstract in one of three categories.

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.

Surgeons Discuss Responsible Use of AI in Surgery

In the latest episode of The House of Surgery podcast, Dr. Ali Mohamed and Dr. Brandon Lucke-Wold speak with Dr. Daniel Donoho, a pediatric neurosurgeon at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, and founder of the Surgical Data Science Collective, about artificial intelligence (AI) in surgery. The conversation explores how surgeons can help guide the ethical and responsible use of AI, including its role in clinical practice, research, prior authorization, patient advocacy, and the future surgical workforce.

Neurosurgeon Reframes AI as Surgical Copilot, Not Competitor

Listen to Dr. Peter Nakaji, an ACS Fellow specializing in complex cranial neurosurgery, share how AI is poised to transform surgical practice—not by replacing surgeons, but by enhancing decision-making, precision, and patient safety. From real-time augmented reality guidance to haptic feedback that warns surgeons of critical brain structures, this conversation explores how AI can act as a surgical copilot while preserving the need for human expertise and judgment. Read more in the cover article from the June Bulletin.

Literature Selections

Persistent Organ Shortages Limit Access Amid Survival Improvements

Decades of transplant data reveal improved intention-to-treat survival across organs, alongside persistent access disparities.

Higher Margin-to-Size Ratio for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Is Associated with Recurrence-Free Survival

New research suggests surgical margin adequacy in ICC should be evaluated relative to tumor size rather than margin width alone.

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