Tag Archive for ‘awards’

Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS, receives ACS Lifetime Achievement Award
Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS, received the ACS Lifetime Achievement Award at Clinical Congress 2019, San Francisco, CA.

Colonel Norman M. Rich, MD, FACS, receives inaugural Distinguished Military Lifetime Achievement Award
The inaugural recipient of the ACS Distinguished Military Lifetime Achievement Award is retired U.S. Army Colonel Norman M. Rich, MD, FACS, DMCC, MC.

Dr. Sachdeva receives honors for surgical education
Dr. Sachdeva, Director of the ACS Division of Education, is recognized for his work in surgical education.

Applications for 2017 Nizar N. Oweida, MD, FACS, Scholarship due March 1
The ACS Board of Governors is accepting applications for the 2017 Nizar N. Oweida, MD, FACS, Scholarship.

Drs. Pellegrini and Sachdeva receive prestigious surgical awards
Two ACS leaders were recognized recently with notable surgical awards.

ACS awards Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS, Traveling Fellowship to Dr. Joseph
Kathie-Ann Joseph, MD, MPH, FACS, chief, breast surgery, and associate professor of surgery, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, NY, was selected to receive the ACS 2015 Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS, Traveling Fellowship.

Eisenberg Award presented to ACS NSQIP for quality improvement efforts
The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum recognized ACS NSQIP with the Eisenberg Award for the quality improvement benefits it provides to hospitals by evaluating surgical outcomes and identifying areas for improvement.
Submit 2015 ACS Surgical Volunteerism and Humanitarian Award nominations, January 1–February 28
The ACS, in association with Pfizer, Inc., is accepting nominations for the 2015 Surgical Volunteerism Award and Surgical Humanitarian Award.

ACS presents Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously to Dr. Russell
The ACS Lifetime Achievement Award was presented posthumously to Thomas R. Russell, MD, FACS, former Executive Director of the College, during the Convocation ceremonies at the 2014 Clinical Congress.
College accepting nominations for 2015 Jacobson Promising Investigator Award
The ACS is accepting nominations for the 11th Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award to be conferred in 2015.
ACS accepting applications for Oweida Scholarship
The ACS Board of Governors is accepting applications for the 2015 Nizar N. Oweida, MD, FACS, Scholarship.
New award available for hand surgery research
The American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand, in partnership with the ACS, is offering a shared award to support mentored development and research training.

2014 Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS, Traveling Fellow announced
Catherine J. Hunter, MD, a pediatric general surgeon from Chicago, IL, was recently selected to receive the 2014 Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS, Traveling Fellowship of the ACS.

Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS, Traveling Fellow reports on experience in India
Anees B. Chagpar, MD, MPH, FACS, director of the Breast Center-Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale University, New Haven, CT, reports on her experiences as the 2013 Claude H. Organ, Jr., Traveling Fellow of the ACS.

Robin T. Cotton, MD, FACS, FRCSC, receives 2014 ACS Jacobson Innovation Award
Robin T. Cotton, MD, FACS, FRCSC, a pediatric otolaryngologist from Cincinnati, OH, is the recipient of the ACS 2014 Jacobson Innovation Award.
Nominations for Jacobson Promising Investigator Award accepted through February 28
The ACS is accepting nominations for the 10th Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award to be conferred in 2014. Award criteria and nominating procedures are detailed in this news brief.

College accepting nominations for 2014 Jacobson Promising Investigator Award
The ACS is accepting nominations for the 10th Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award to be conferred in 2014. Award criteria and nominating procedures are detailed in this news brief.