Tag Archive for ‘surgeon-advocate’

You are your own best advocate: A how-to guide
Strategies for enhancing the role of surgeons in health policy advocacy are highlighted.

RAS-ACS Symposium essays: Residents debate the future of leadership in surgery
The topic of this year’s Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons Symposium was Reframing Surgical Leadership in 2017: Surgeon-Scientist or Surgeon-Advocate? The following are the second place essays submitted on both sides of the debate.

Reframing surgical leadership in 2017: Surgeon-scientist or surgeon-advocate? Surgeon-advocate
The second-place essay for the Surgeon-Advocate. The topic of this year’s Resident and Associate Society Symposium was Reframing Surgical Leadership in 2017: Surgeon-Scientist or Surgeon-Advocate?

ACS Chapter Lobby Days Program: Surgeons work the halls of state capitols to advocate for the profession
The advocacy-related activities of several ACS chapters this year—many supported by the ACS Chapter Lobby Day Grant program—are summarized.

Reframing surgical leadership in 2017: Surgeon-scientist or surgeon-advocate?
The subject of this article—the benefits and challenges associated with the surgeon-scientist and the surgeon-advocate roles—will be debated at this year’s RAS-ACS Symposium at Clinical Congress 2017 in San Diego, CA.