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Major Awards at Clinical Congress 2025

October 1, 2025

The ACS Clinical Congress serves as a distinguished platform for surgical education, networking, and professional development, while also honoring surgeons for their significant contributions to the advancement of optimal patient care. 

The awards presented at Clinical Congress not only recognize these accomplishments, but also highlight selfless service, the spirit of excellence, and dedication to progress. From the beginning, these qualities have been essential foundations of the ACS as an organization and the surgical profession as a whole.

The Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor bestowed by the ACS and acknowledges a Fellow of the ACS with a longstanding career of outstanding quality. The Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award recognizes a surgeon who has helped advance women in surgery.

Both awards will be given on Saturday, October 4, during the Convocation ceremony, which begins at 5:45 pm. The ceremony also will be livestreamed at facs.org/convocation.

The Wangensteen Scientific Forum will include the presentation of the Wangensteen Scientific Forum Award. This honor celebrates an individual whose career exemplifies the clinical, educational, and research achievements of a successful academic surgeon. The forum convenes on Monday, October 6, from 8:00 to 9:30 am.

The ACS/Pfizer Surgical Volunteerism and Humanitarian Awards, which honor ACS Fellows and members whose efforts to provide clinical care, education, research, and/or leadership have made a positive impact on surgery worldwide, will be presented at the annual Board of Governors dinner on Monday, October 6. In addition, the awardees will share insights into their motivations and accomplishments during the “Humanitarian Surgical Outreach at Home and Abroad: Reports of the 2025 Surgical Volunteerism and Humanitarian Award Winners” session on Sunday, October 5, at 9:45 am.

For more information about Clinical Congress and to register, visit facs.org/clincon2025.

Dr. Marshall Schwartz Will Receive Distinguished Service Award
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Dr. Marshall Schwartz Will Receive Distinguished Service Award

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Dr. John Cameron Will Receive Wangensteen Scientific Forum Award
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Dr. John Cameron Will Receive Wangensteen Scientific Forum Award

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Trauma Surgeon Is Recognized with Inspiring Women in Surgery Award

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Six Surgeons Are Honored for 2025 ACS/Pfizer Volunteerism and Humanitarian Awards
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Six Surgeons Are Honored for 2025 ACS/Pfizer Volunteerism and Humanitarian Awards

Get inspired by the surgical outreach efforts of the 2025 ACS/Pfizer Surgical Volunteerism and Humanitarian Awardees.

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Dr. Marshall Schwartz Will Receive Distinguished Service Award
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Dr. Marshall Schwartz Will Receive Distinguished Service Award

Read about the exceptional and continuous service of Dr. Schwartz, this year’s recipient of the ACS’s highest honor.
Dr. John Cameron Will Receive Wangensteen Scientific Forum Award
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Dr. John Cameron Will Receive Wangensteen Scientific Forum Award

Learn more about the impactful research and pioneering achievements of this year’s Wangensteen awardee.
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Trauma Surgeon Is Recognized with Inspiring Women in Surgery Award

The 2025 recipient of this prestigious award is Dr. Anna Marie Ledgerwood, an innovative leader, educator, and a champion of quality improvement.
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Six Surgeons Are Honored for 2025 ACS/Pfizer Volunteerism and Humanitarian Awards

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Rising Incidence of Head and Neck Cancer Drives Treatment Advances

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