Southern California Chapter

American College of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is a not-for-profit scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to improve the care of the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice. The American College of Surgeons Professional Association (ACSPA) is an affiliated not-for-profit corporation founded by the ACS Board of Regents in 2002 to develop new products and services to benefit surgeons and their patients. An initial and major component of ACSPA's efforts is the formation of a political action committee (PAC) that will work to improve the legislative and regulatory climate in which surgeons practice.

The ACSPA publishes periodic reports on activities. When those updates are released, the Southern California Chapter of ACS will post them here:

Report on ACSPA/ACS Activities

October 2010

Click here to read updates on any of these topics:

• Board of Governors
• ACS Scholarships
• ACS Statement
• ACS Membership Dues
• Advocacy
• ACS Health Policy Research Institute (ACS HPRI)
• National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP)
• Trauma
• Education
• Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS)
• Operation Giving Back (OGB)
• American College of Surgeons Foundation
• HealtheCareers (a.k.a. Job Bank)
• Resident-Associate Society (RAS)
• Young Fellows Association (YFA)
• New Chapter
• Communications Update
• ACS Centennial Event

Questions and comments can be directed to the National Governors-at-Large:

Marianne E. Cinat, MD -- mecinat@uci.edu
J. Craig Collins, MD -- j.craig.collins@kp.org
H. Gill Cryer, MD -- hcryer@mednet.ucla.edu

Christian de Virgilio -- cdevirgilio@rei.edu

Joshua D I Ellenhorn, MD -- jellenhorn@coh.org
Henri Ford, MD -- hford@chla.usc.edu
Gregory Greaney, MD -- drgcg@cox.net
Daniel R. Margulies, MD -- daniel.margulies@cshs.org
James A. Recabaren, MD -- recabare@usc.edu
Fred A. Weaver, MD -- fweaver@surgery.usc.edu

From now on, these ACSPA reports will be archived here.