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The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is a professional medical association for surgeons and surgical team members, founded in 1913. [5] It claims more than 90,000 members in 144 countries. [ 6 ]
The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) is a 501c6 non-profit professional organization providing education on gastrointestinal minimally invasive surgery. It describes itself thus: [ 1 ] The mission of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons is to innovate, educate and collaborate to ...
The AWS was founded in 1981 when Dr. Patricia Numann posted a sign inviting any woman surgeon to a breakfast at the October meeting of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in the San Francisco Hilton Hotel. The breakfast has continued for more than 40 years and grew into the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS).
The organization was established as the American Proctologic Society in 1899, [1] at a meeting held in Columbus, Ohio: [2] The meeting was called by Dr. J. Rawson Pennington of Chicago, Illinois. Dr. James P. Tuttle of New York, New York, was chosen temporary chairman and Joseph M. Mathews of Louisville, Kentucky, elected the first President.
He lost his staff privileges there after suggesting the evaluating of surgeon competence. Codman's ideas contributed to the standardization of hospital practices – including a case report system that ascribed responsibility for adverse outcomes – by the American College of Surgeons in 1916.
The Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) was initiated in 2008 by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Its aim is to provide risk-adjusted data for the purpose of reducing variability in adult trauma outcomes and offering best practice guidelines to improve trauma care. TQIP makes use of national data to allows hospitals ...
The American College of Mohs Surgery (abbreviated as ACMS) is a membership-based organization of surgeons who are fellowship-trained (FACMS) in Mohs surgery, a technique that removes skin cancer in stages, one tissue layer at a time. The ACMS is the oldest and largest professional membership organization for Mohs surgeons. [2]
The Association for Academic Surgery is the world's largest organization dedicated exclusively to the promotion of surgical research. It has about 3,000 active and senior members. [1] Its annual meeting is the association's main forum to communicate scientific progress in surgery. Until 2005, the association held its own meetings.