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Members of the Hong Kong
Chapter and surgeons from
HKU, from left: John H. Boey,
MD, FACS, honorary clinical
professor, department of
surgery, HKU; Y. C. Chan,
MB, BS, clinical associate
professor, department
of surgery, HKU; Dr. Lo;
Dr. Warshaw; Prof. Richard
K. Y. Lo, vice-president, ACS
China-Hong Kong Chapter and
honorary clinical professor,
department of surgery,
HKU; Tiffany Cho Lam
Wong, MB, BCh, FRCSEdin,
clinical assistant professor,
department of surgery,
HKU; and Clarence Nicholas
Kotewall, MB, BS, department
of surgery, HKU.
Indiana Chapter advocates
at “Day at the Capitol”
The Indiana Chapter of the ACS
held its Day at the Capitol event
January 26 in Indianapolis. The
one-day meeting, coordinated
by the Chair of the ACS
Legislative Committee, Don J.
Selzer, MD, FACS, consisted of
a half-day of didactics followed
by a half-day at the Indiana
Statehouse, advocating on
behalf of Indiana’s patients
and College Fellows. This
was the fifth annual advocacy
event for the Indiana Chapter,
which again benefited from the
support of the ACS Chapter
Lobby Day Grant Program.
The morning session included
a summary of the Indiana
legislative process, current
medical legislative issues in
the Indiana General Assembly,
health care financing, an update
on value-based purchasing and
the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services’ Physician
Quality Reporting System, and
a discussion of the importance
of surgeon advocacy. Tara
Leystra Ackerman, MPH, State
Affairs Associate, ACS Division
of Advocacy and Health Policy,
provided a summary of recent
advocacy efforts at the state
level and emphasized areas of
importance in the 2015–2016
Attendees of the Annual
Indiana Chapter “Day at the
Capitol,” from left, front
row: Heather Adkins, MD;
Alan P. Ladd, MD, FACS; Drs.
Thomas and Canal; Michael
J. Buckmaster, MD, FACS; and
Anne E. Mattingly, MD.
Back row: Suzanne
Inchauste, MD, member,
Resident Associate Society
of the American College of
Surgeons (RAS-ACS); Ray K.
Chihara, MD; Benjamin D.
Brewster, MD; Luis Velazco,
MD, member, RAS-ACS;
Steven Groene, MD, member,
RAS-ACS; Stephen A. Bodney,
MD, FACS; and Margaret M.
Inman, MD, FACS.
