The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is optimistic that much-needed Medicare program reforms are within reach following today’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is lending its support to legislation introduced this week in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 1470, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015).
The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted its 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award to a select group of 75 accredited cancer programs throughout the United States.
Pediatric otolaryngologists and surgeons are concerned with parents getting the wrong message regarding the safety/desirability of letting babies and young children eat peanuts to prevent them from developing peanut allergies.
Elderly patients who are admitted to the hospital for monitoring and surgical treatment of traumatic injuries could have better geriatric care if medical teams took one extra step—offering geriatric consultation, according to new research findings.
The American College of Surgeons recently released a statement emphasizing that the allocation of trauma centers should be based upon the needs of the population, rather than the needs of individual health care organizations or hospital groups.
Today the American College of Surgeons announced the launch of a new initiative aimed at stimulating more young surgeons (defined as under the age of 45) to become involved in the organization and increase membership.
Trauma surgeons at the University of Arizona, Tuscon evaluated the use of the Spot check Pronto-7® Pulse CO-oximeter in 525 critically injured patients. Their study, published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), is believed to be the largest one of such a device, according to study authors.
Mark C. Weissler, MD, FACS, Chapel Hill, N.C., was elected Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons during the College’s annual Clinical Congress, held in San Francisco, October 26-30, 2014.
A new guideline is available to help health care providers prevent and treat one of the most common postoperative complications in older patients, delirium, which is an episode of sudden confusion.
Surgeons are tweaking existing computer technologies to enhance their visualization of cancerous tumors and persistent wounds according to two studies presented this week at the 2014 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.
Earlier this evening, four members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) were named recipients of the 2014 ACS/Pfizer Surgical Humanitarian and Volunteerism Awards in recognition of their selfless efforts as volunteer surgeons who provide care to medically underserved patients, domestically and abroad.
Young motorcycle riders are significantly less likely to sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) if they live in a state with universal motorcycle helmet laws instead of a state with age-restricted ones, according to new findings presented today at the 2014 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
Last night Honorary Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons (ACS) was awarded to six prominent surgeons from Switzerland, Scotland, Hong Kong SAR China, Argentina, Belgium, and Ecuador during the Convocation ceremony that preceded the official opening of the American College of Surgeons 2014 Clinical Congress.
J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS, a trauma surgeon from Winston-Salem, NC, received the 2014 Distinguished Service Award (DSA) of the American College of Surgeons last night during the Convocation ceremony that preceded the opening of the College’s 2014 Clinical Congress.
Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, a general surgeon from Boston, Mass., was installed as the new President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) last night during the 100th Convocation ceremony of the College.
The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) has recognized 44 of their 445 participating hospitals for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2013.
The number of breast cancer patients undergoing immediate breast reconstruction operations after mastectomy has grown steadily over the past 15 years, according to new research findings published in the October 2014 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
The latest episode of The Recovery Room Show features two leading experts in the field who address mammography-related issues, including the role of insurance companies, MRIs, and a high-profile recent Canadian study that cast doubt on the effectiveness of mammograms.
Writers, editors, and producers with an interest in contemporary surgical topics are invited to apply for press credentials to cover the 2014 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons—one of the largest international meetings of surgeons in the world.
To recognize the valiant contributions of Ernest Amory Codman, MD, FACS (1869-1940), to American surgery and to patient care as a whole, a memorial headstone has been placed at his previously unmarked gravesite in the historic Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass.
Robin T. Cotton, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), received the 2014 Jacobson Innovation Award of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) at a dinner held in his honor June 6 in Chicago, Ill.
Researchers in the department of surgery at the University of Michigan have found that expanding access to Medicaid in New York State increased beneficiaries’ use of subspecialty surgical services.
The American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery have released the inaugural standards for their joint accreditation program, the Metabolic Bariatric Surgery and Quality Improvement Program.
The American College of Surgeons (ACoS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) has joined with the Pennsylvania Health Care Quality Alliance (PHCQA) to make cancer quality data from participating Pennsylvania hospitals available to the public.
The American College of Surgeons (ACS), in collaboration with 15 other specialty surgical organizations, has jointly published and released the seventh edition of Physicians as Assistants at Surgery.
Hospital quality improvement efforts are all too often inconsistent and unsustainable because they lack adequate patient data and the right approach, leaders from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) told hospital executives from around the country yesterday as part of a panel discussion at U.S. News & World Report’s Hospital of Tomorrow conference.
A University of Michigan surgeon has found a way to successfully perform laparoscopic gallbladder removal in Nicaragua, despite limited clinical resources and poor operating room conditions.
Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, FACS, FRCSI (Hon.), a general surgeon from Seattle, Wash., was installed as the 94th President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) to open the 2013 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in Washington, DC.
Last night the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) presented Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS, Houston, TX, with the ACS Distinguished Service Award at the Convocation ceremony preceding the official opening of the 2013 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
Last night Honorary Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons (ACS) was awarded to six prominent surgeons from Germany, England, Thailand, Mexico, and Malaysia during the Convocation ceremony that preceded the official opening of the 2013 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
As the Affordable Care Act takes hold in the U.S., American College of Surgeons’ Research and Optimal Care Director Clifford Ko, MD, FACS, explains how health care quality programs can help bend the health care cost curve to attendees at the National Journal Forum.
The Recovery Room Show, produced by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), has released a new episode for Breast Cancer Awareness Month that examines issues of great interest to the breast cancer care community: genetics and breast cancer.
Advance press registration for ACS Clinical Congress closes soon.
The Distinguished Guest Lecturers for the upcoming Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in Washington, DC, have been announced, including American author and historian Mr. David McCullough and Robert H. Bartlett, MD, FACS, known for his developments in treating infants with respiratory failure.
The Recovery Room Show—a podcast that originally aired in 2009 and is now available on the American College of Surgeons website—has announced the development of three new episodes, beginning with a new show to be released tomorrow, July 24, 2013.
This year's Jacobson Innovation Award recognizes the surgeon’s accomplishments in pioneering the use of nerve transfer operations for patients with devastating peripheral injuries.
Today the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) announced that it has now accredited more than 500 breast centers and the program has widespread distribution in 48 states including Alaska, Hawaii, and the territory of Puerto Rico.
Dr. Mahul Amin brings multidisciplinary approach and molecular-based medical perspective on cancer staging to national editorial position. Considered by many to be the gold standard reference for cancer staging, the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual is used by physicians and health care professionals throughout the world to facilitate the uniform description of neoplastic diseases.
CoC's Annual Outstanding Achievement Award is granted to encourage accredited cancer programs to raise the bar on quality cancer care.
ACS Inspiring Quality Tour: Lessons Learned in the Pursuit of Quality Surgical Health Care provides key takeaways from national dialogue on "Inspiring Quality" and patient safety.
Journal of American College of Surgeons multicenter study finds that pedicle flaps are more common than free flaps and may have lower 30-day complication rates.
Study published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons confirms landmark Z0011 trial results and reports on its impact in a larger percentage of breast cancer patients
“Real time” Web-based National Cancer Data Base program helps ensure breast and colon cancer patients get high quality care over the entire course of their treatment.
New quarterly Chinese-language edition is expected to increase international readership and scientific paper submissions.
Julie A. Freischlag, MD, FACS, Baltimore, MD, was elected Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) during the College’s annual Clinical Congress, held recently in Chicago.
Simple postoperative activities such as deep coughing, getting out of bed, and walking improve pulmonary outcomes in patients who undergo major operations.
ACS named five members as recipients of the 2012 Surgical Humanitarian and Volunteerism Awards of the College and Pfizer for service to the medically underserved
Surgeons analyze more than 59,000 operations in four surgical specialties for postdischarge complications, particularly surgical site infections
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