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Initiating a surgical society within the ACS: The renewed Excelsior Surgical Society
At the end of World War II, surgeons who had served during the conflict gathered at the Excelsior Hotel in Rome, Italy, to discuss their experiences. This meeting was the first of what would be called the Excelsior Surgical Society. These meetings continued annually until the death of the last World War II member, Michael E. DeBakey, MD, FACS.
Visit the society’s web page for more information and to apply for membership.
Day-long meeting
In conjunction with Clinical Congress 2016, the Excelsior Surgical Society held a day-long meeting, with nearly 200 active and retired military surgeons, residents, and students in attendance. The meeting included discussion of the following topics:
• State of the Service addresses by the three General Surgery Consultants to the Army, Navy, and Air Force Surgeon Generals:
o COL Mary Edwards, MD, FACS (Army).
o CAPT Craig Shepps, MD, FACS (Navy).
o COL Gregory York, MD, FACS (Air Force).
• The John Pryor Annual Lectureship, delivered by retired Army COL Norman M. Rich, MD, FACS, department of surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Bethesda, Md.
• The Committee on Trauma Region 13 (Military Region) annual resident paper competition.
• Abstracts on various surgical topics submitted by surgeons from multiple military health care facilities across the country.
• Panel discussions on training and sustainment for surgeons in the military.
Election of Officers
At the business meeting, the following Excelsior Surgical Society Officers were elected:
• President: CAPT Eric Elster, MD, FACS, U.S. Navy, professor and chairman, department of surgery at USUHS and WRNMMC.
• Vice-President: COL Stacy Shackelford, MD, FACS, U.S. Air Force, deputy commander for clinical services/chief of the medical staff 455th Expeditionary Medical Dental Group, Craig Joint Theater Hospital Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
• Secretary: COL Robert B. Lim, MD, FACS, U.S. Army, chief, metabolic and advanced laparoscopic surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Treasurer: COL Kirby R. Gross, MD, FACS, U.S. Army, director, Army Trauma Training Center, University of Miami, Fla.
• Councilperson at Large, U.S. Army: COL Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBS, trauma medical director, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.
• Councilperson at Large, U.S. Navy: CPT Gordon Wisbach, MD, FACS, staff surgeon, department of general surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Calif.
• Councilperson at Large, U.S. Air Force: Col Joe DuBose, MD, FACS, vascular and trauma surgeon, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
• Councilperson at Large, Reserve/National Guard: COL Jay A. Johannigman, MD, FACS, director of the division of trauma and surgical critical care and professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Honorary Member: Dr. Rich, Leonard Heaton & David Packard Professor, founding chairman, department of surgery, USUHS and WRNMMC.
At the end of World War II, surgeons who had served during the conflict gathered at the Excelsior Hotel in Rome, Italy, to discuss their experiences. This meeting was the first of what would be called the Excelsior Surgical Society. These meetings continued annually until the death of the last World War II member, Michael E. DeBakey, MD, FACS.
Visit the society’s web page for more information and to apply for membership.
Day-long meeting
In conjunction with Clinical Congress 2016, the Excelsior Surgical Society held a day-long meeting, with nearly 200 active and retired military surgeons, residents, and students in attendance. The meeting included discussion of the following topics:
• State of the Service addresses by the three General Surgery Consultants to the Army, Navy, and Air Force Surgeon Generals:
o COL Mary Edwards, MD, FACS (Army).
o CAPT Craig Shepps, MD, FACS (Navy).
o COL Gregory York, MD, FACS (Air Force).
• The John Pryor Annual Lectureship, delivered by retired Army COL Norman M. Rich, MD, FACS, department of surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Bethesda, Md.
• The Committee on Trauma Region 13 (Military Region) annual resident paper competition.
• Abstracts on various surgical topics submitted by surgeons from multiple military health care facilities across the country.
• Panel discussions on training and sustainment for surgeons in the military.
Election of Officers
At the business meeting, the following Excelsior Surgical Society Officers were elected:
• President: CAPT Eric Elster, MD, FACS, U.S. Navy, professor and chairman, department of surgery at USUHS and WRNMMC.
• Vice-President: COL Stacy Shackelford, MD, FACS, U.S. Air Force, deputy commander for clinical services/chief of the medical staff 455th Expeditionary Medical Dental Group, Craig Joint Theater Hospital Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
• Secretary: COL Robert B. Lim, MD, FACS, U.S. Army, chief, metabolic and advanced laparoscopic surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Treasurer: COL Kirby R. Gross, MD, FACS, U.S. Army, director, Army Trauma Training Center, University of Miami, Fla.
• Councilperson at Large, U.S. Army: COL Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBS, trauma medical director, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.
• Councilperson at Large, U.S. Navy: CPT Gordon Wisbach, MD, FACS, staff surgeon, department of general surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Calif.
• Councilperson at Large, U.S. Air Force: Col Joe DuBose, MD, FACS, vascular and trauma surgeon, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
• Councilperson at Large, Reserve/National Guard: COL Jay A. Johannigman, MD, FACS, director of the division of trauma and surgical critical care and professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Honorary Member: Dr. Rich, Leonard Heaton & David Packard Professor, founding chairman, department of surgery, USUHS and WRNMMC.
At the end of World War II, surgeons who had served during the conflict gathered at the Excelsior Hotel in Rome, Italy, to discuss their experiences. This meeting was the first of what would be called the Excelsior Surgical Society. These meetings continued annually until the death of the last World War II member, Michael E. DeBakey, MD, FACS.
Visit the society’s web page for more information and to apply for membership.
Day-long meeting
In conjunction with Clinical Congress 2016, the Excelsior Surgical Society held a day-long meeting, with nearly 200 active and retired military surgeons, residents, and students in attendance. The meeting included discussion of the following topics:
• State of the Service addresses by the three General Surgery Consultants to the Army, Navy, and Air Force Surgeon Generals:
o COL Mary Edwards, MD, FACS (Army).
o CAPT Craig Shepps, MD, FACS (Navy).
o COL Gregory York, MD, FACS (Air Force).
• The John Pryor Annual Lectureship, delivered by retired Army COL Norman M. Rich, MD, FACS, department of surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Bethesda, Md.
• The Committee on Trauma Region 13 (Military Region) annual resident paper competition.
• Abstracts on various surgical topics submitted by surgeons from multiple military health care facilities across the country.
• Panel discussions on training and sustainment for surgeons in the military.
Election of Officers
At the business meeting, the following Excelsior Surgical Society Officers were elected:
• President: CAPT Eric Elster, MD, FACS, U.S. Navy, professor and chairman, department of surgery at USUHS and WRNMMC.
• Vice-President: COL Stacy Shackelford, MD, FACS, U.S. Air Force, deputy commander for clinical services/chief of the medical staff 455th Expeditionary Medical Dental Group, Craig Joint Theater Hospital Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
• Secretary: COL Robert B. Lim, MD, FACS, U.S. Army, chief, metabolic and advanced laparoscopic surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Treasurer: COL Kirby R. Gross, MD, FACS, U.S. Army, director, Army Trauma Training Center, University of Miami, Fla.
• Councilperson at Large, U.S. Army: COL Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, FASMBS, trauma medical director, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.
• Councilperson at Large, U.S. Navy: CPT Gordon Wisbach, MD, FACS, staff surgeon, department of general surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Calif.
• Councilperson at Large, U.S. Air Force: Col Joe DuBose, MD, FACS, vascular and trauma surgeon, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
• Councilperson at Large, Reserve/National Guard: COL Jay A. Johannigman, MD, FACS, director of the division of trauma and surgical critical care and professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Honorary Member: Dr. Rich, Leonard Heaton & David Packard Professor, founding chairman, department of surgery, USUHS and WRNMMC.
ACS extends invitation to join online military community
At Clinical Congress 2014, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) announced the formation of a strategic partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense and the establishment of the Military Health System Strategic Partnership American College of Surgeons (MHSSPACS). This collaboration of military and civilian surgeons helps to contribute to the participants’ shared culture of treating patients with an emphasis on education, research, humanitarian and disaster response, and systems-based health care.
The ACS Communities invites surgeons to join the new online Military Community. As a member of this community, you will assist the College in strengthening the military health system and the joint trauma system, as well as promoting education and training for military surgeons. Surgeons also may use the site to seek advice on surgical problems they are facing in remote areas where they are deployed. Users also may find the site serves as a valuable forum for connecting with surgeons with whom they trained or were deployed.
In addition, the College is developing a new ACS Military Chapter, the Excelsior Chapter, which will hold its inaugural meeting at Clinical Congress 2015. The goal is to encourage the participation of individuals interested in military surgery, including surgeons who are on active duty, deployed, retired, separated, or in training.
By logging onto this community, military surgeons will be able to contribute to the work being done through the ACS related to military surgical care, share advice on treatment of injured patients (in military or civilian settings), and assist in identifying areas where research might benefit military and civilian trauma care. Involvement in the Military Community may facilitate identification of military surgeons who might consider joining the ACS and assist those who are returning from deployment or considering separation in connecting with positions in academic or community practices.
To join the communities, log in to ACS Communities (if you have not specified otherwise in the College’s records, the default username is your eight-digit member ID, and the default password is your last name), go to “Browse All Communities” near the top of any page, and click the blue “Join” button next to the Military Community. For more information, contact M. Margaret “Peggy” Knudson, MD, FACS, Medical Director, MHSSPACS, at pknudson@facs.org.
At Clinical Congress 2014, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) announced the formation of a strategic partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense and the establishment of the Military Health System Strategic Partnership American College of Surgeons (MHSSPACS). This collaboration of military and civilian surgeons helps to contribute to the participants’ shared culture of treating patients with an emphasis on education, research, humanitarian and disaster response, and systems-based health care.
The ACS Communities invites surgeons to join the new online Military Community. As a member of this community, you will assist the College in strengthening the military health system and the joint trauma system, as well as promoting education and training for military surgeons. Surgeons also may use the site to seek advice on surgical problems they are facing in remote areas where they are deployed. Users also may find the site serves as a valuable forum for connecting with surgeons with whom they trained or were deployed.
In addition, the College is developing a new ACS Military Chapter, the Excelsior Chapter, which will hold its inaugural meeting at Clinical Congress 2015. The goal is to encourage the participation of individuals interested in military surgery, including surgeons who are on active duty, deployed, retired, separated, or in training.
By logging onto this community, military surgeons will be able to contribute to the work being done through the ACS related to military surgical care, share advice on treatment of injured patients (in military or civilian settings), and assist in identifying areas where research might benefit military and civilian trauma care. Involvement in the Military Community may facilitate identification of military surgeons who might consider joining the ACS and assist those who are returning from deployment or considering separation in connecting with positions in academic or community practices.
To join the communities, log in to ACS Communities (if you have not specified otherwise in the College’s records, the default username is your eight-digit member ID, and the default password is your last name), go to “Browse All Communities” near the top of any page, and click the blue “Join” button next to the Military Community. For more information, contact M. Margaret “Peggy” Knudson, MD, FACS, Medical Director, MHSSPACS, at pknudson@facs.org.
At Clinical Congress 2014, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) announced the formation of a strategic partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense and the establishment of the Military Health System Strategic Partnership American College of Surgeons (MHSSPACS). This collaboration of military and civilian surgeons helps to contribute to the participants’ shared culture of treating patients with an emphasis on education, research, humanitarian and disaster response, and systems-based health care.
The ACS Communities invites surgeons to join the new online Military Community. As a member of this community, you will assist the College in strengthening the military health system and the joint trauma system, as well as promoting education and training for military surgeons. Surgeons also may use the site to seek advice on surgical problems they are facing in remote areas where they are deployed. Users also may find the site serves as a valuable forum for connecting with surgeons with whom they trained or were deployed.
In addition, the College is developing a new ACS Military Chapter, the Excelsior Chapter, which will hold its inaugural meeting at Clinical Congress 2015. The goal is to encourage the participation of individuals interested in military surgery, including surgeons who are on active duty, deployed, retired, separated, or in training.
By logging onto this community, military surgeons will be able to contribute to the work being done through the ACS related to military surgical care, share advice on treatment of injured patients (in military or civilian settings), and assist in identifying areas where research might benefit military and civilian trauma care. Involvement in the Military Community may facilitate identification of military surgeons who might consider joining the ACS and assist those who are returning from deployment or considering separation in connecting with positions in academic or community practices.
To join the communities, log in to ACS Communities (if you have not specified otherwise in the College’s records, the default username is your eight-digit member ID, and the default password is your last name), go to “Browse All Communities” near the top of any page, and click the blue “Join” button next to the Military Community. For more information, contact M. Margaret “Peggy” Knudson, MD, FACS, Medical Director, MHSSPACS, at pknudson@facs.org.