Philip R. Caropreso, MD FACS

Philip R. Caropreso, MD, FACS, a general surgeon from Keokuk, IA, is the Second Vice-President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons. A committed rural surgeon, Dr. Caropreso has practiced in Mason City, IA (1976−1998); Keokuk (1998−2005); and Carthage, IL (2005−2013). Academic positions have included serving on the teaching faculty family practice residency, North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City; adjunct clinical professor of surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City; and director, general surgery rotation, North Iowa Medical Center. A Fellow of the ACS since 1979, Dr. Caropreso has been active at the local and national level. He was Chair, Iowa State COT (2002−2008); President of the Iowa Chapter (2004); ACS Governor (2006−2012), serving on the Board of Governors Committee on Surgical Practices. He has served on the Advisory Council for Rural Surgery (Member, 2012−2014; Vice-Chair, 2014−2016); Advisory Council for General Surgery (Liaison, 2014−2016); and the Advisory Council Chairs (2014−2016). He has been a member of the Comprehensive Communications Committee (2011−2014), Coalition for Quality Geriatric Surgery, and the COT Trauma Systems Consultation and Disaster and Mass Casualty Management Committees. He has led numerous ATLS and Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) courses and served as an ACS COT Verification, Review, and Consultation Surveyor. Among his honors, Dr. Caropreso received the ACS COT Millenium Commitment Award in 2000, the ACS Certificate of Recognition for his service as Web Portal Editor (2014), and the ACS Caropreso Rural Surgery Distinguished Service Award (2014). Dr. Caropreso was elected ACS Second Vice President October in 2017 and served in the office in 2018.

Keokuk Area Hospital, Keokuk, Iowa Active Staff Memorial Hospital Carthage, Illinois

Retired Staff

ssor of Surgery University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics

Clinical Professor