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AWS Foundation honors 2020 award recipients(0)
The Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Foundation honored several surgeons and trainees who are supportive of the AWS mission to inspire, encourage, and enable women surgeons to meet their professional and personal goals at its Virtual Awards Ceremony December 6, 2020. Nina Starr Braunwald Award The 2020 Nina Starr Braunwald Award, which recognizes a lifetime […]

Applications for Jacobson Promising Investigator Award accepted through February 28
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is accepting applications for the 2021 Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award (JPIA) through February 28, 2021. The JPIA was established to recognize outstanding surgeons who are engaging in research, advancing the art and science of surgery, and demonstrating early promise of significant contribution to […]

Call for nominations for ACS Officers-Elect and ACS Board of Regents
The 2021 Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors will select nominees for pending vacancies on the Board of Regents, and the 2021 Nominating Committee of the Fellows will select candidates for Officer-Elect positions.

Report on ACSPA/ACS activities, October 2020
This report describes the recent activities, initiatives, and business matters of both the ACSPA and the College as of October 2020.

Chapter news
ACS domestic and international chapter meetings, events, and award presentations are summarized.
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- Citation for S. Raja Sabapathy, MS(Gen), MCh, DNB(Plastic), DSc(Hon), FAMS, FRCSEd(Hon), FRCSGlas(Hon)
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