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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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NAPRC Governance Committees

Executive Committee

Chair: David Wecker Dietz, MD, FACS
Vice-Chair: John Monson, MB, BCH, FACS
Immediate Past-Chair: Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS (Eng,Ed), Hon FRCS (I,Glasg, Eng) 
Staff Liaison: Erin Reuter
Current Executive Committee Members

The NAPRC Executive Committee is the oversight body of the NAPRC with three standing committees focused on specific aspects and goals of the program. The Executive Committee reviews policies and activities of the NAPRC. It also considers and approves actions taken on behalf of the program or its standing committees.

Accreditation Committee

Chair: Linda Farkas, MD, FACS
Vice-Chair: Patricia Sylla, MD, FACS
Staff Liaison: Marci Ramahi
Current Accreditation Committee Members

The NAPRC Accreditation Committee oversees the accreditation standards development and interpretation and the site visit process by developing, evaluating, modifying, and maintaining the NAPRC standards for accreditation. The committee also oversees and evaluates the site visit processes and results.

Education Committee

Chair: Kimberly Ann Yee, MD, FACS
Vice-Chair: Colleen Donahue, MD, FACS
Staff Liaison: Asa Carter
Current Education Committee Members

The NAPRC Education Committee develops educational programming for new and existing sites seeking accreditation on the NAPRC standards, site visit process, and best practices to enhance performance. The committee also develops, updates, and revises the NAPRC historical and value-focused slide set. The committee develops rectal cancer-related educational topics for the annual ACS Clinical Congress.