Tag Archive for ‘David B. Hoyt’
Looking forward – October 2019
The College’s role in ACS THRIVE, a collaborative effort to enhance value-based health care, is the focus of this month’s column.
Looking forward – September 2019
The Surgical Metrics Project—a new opportunity available at Clinical Congress 2019 in San Francisco, CA—will allow participants to use wearable technology to measure surgical decision making and technique.
Looking forward – August 2019
The educational programming and networking opportunities available at this year’s Clinical Congress in San Francisco, CA, are described.
Looking forward – July 2019
The College’s role in educating legislators about the causes and effects of unanticipated medical bills is described.
Looking forward – June 2019
The benefits of attending Clinical Congress 2019 in San Francisco, CA, are identified, including new public safety measures developed by city leaders.
Looking forward – May 2019
This month’s column outlines findings from a recent ACS member survey and describes College initiatives to address marketplace challenges, particularly those in private practice.
Looking forward – April 2019
Lessons learned and next steps regarding implementing standards drawn from the principles outlined in Optimal Resources for Surgical Quality and Safety are the focus of this month’s column.
Looking forward – March 2019
The importance of a value-based system of care is the focus of this month’s column—not only reduce health care spending but to improve patient outcomes
Looking forward – February 2019
In this month’s column, Dr. Hoyt underscores the College’s commitment to firearm injury prevention and safety and outlines the findings from a recent survey that assessed members’ experience with and attitudes toward firearm ownership.
Looking forward – January 2019
Dr. Hoyt introduces the presentation by Selman Uranues, MD, Dr(hc),FACS, FACS(Hon), which was given at Clinical Congress 2018 and underscores the meaning of membership in surgical societies, particularly the ACS.
Looking forward – December 2018
In this month’s column, Dr. Hoyt summarizes key ACS achievements in 2018.
2018 Executive Director’s annual report
ACS Executive Director David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS, provides a detailed summary of the College’s activities and notable accomplishments in 2018.
Looking forward – November 2018
Dr. Hoyt outlines the development and evolution of the ACS-COSECSA Surgical Training Collaborative at Hawassa University, Awassa, Ethiopia, which is scheduled to start in January 2019.
Looking forward – October 2018
In this month’s column, Dr. Hoyt highlights the College’s commitment to be responsive to the concerns of all surgeons, regardless of where they practice or their specialty.
Looking forward – September 2018
Dr. Hoyt’s column highlights the Scientific Program of Clinical Congress 2018, as well as other educational and member engagement opportunities offered during the annual meeting.
Looking forward – August 2018
Dr. Hoyt introduces the theme of this year’s RAS-ACS issue—resident autonomy as a stepping stone to independent surgical practice—and describes solutions that were discussed at the third Annual ACS Summit on Surgical Training.
Looking forward – July 2018
Dr. Hoyt provides his perspective on the status of ACS Quality Programs and where they are headed in the future.
Looking forward – June 2018
Establishing a patient-surgeon relationship that is built on trust is the focus of this month’s column.
Looking forward – April 2018
Dr. Hoyt identifies nine new action steps developed by the ACS Board of Regents, the COT, and the ACS COT Firearm Strategy Team (COT-FAST) that are intended to reduce the burden of firearm violence while balancing personal freedom with responsibility.
Looking forward – March 2018
Dr. Hoyt outlines how the ATLS course has become a foundation of care for the injured patient by providing physicians around the world with a common language and a common approach to trauma care.
