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The American College of
Surgeons (ACS) Board of
Regents, at its June meeting
in Chicago, IL, approved the
addition of two new seats on the
Board. These new seats ensure
that the Regents represent all
specialty members that are
certified under the auspices of
the American Board of Surgery
(ABS), such as trauma and
vascular surgery. As a result
of the change, the number of
Regents increases to 14 from 12,
with five members from the ABS
community and one from each
of the nine specialty boards. The
Nominating Committee of the
Board of Governors (NCBG) will
be accepting nominations for
surgeons to fill the new positions
through September 10, 2015.
Nomination criteria
The subspecialties that fall
under the purview of the ABS
and from which Regents may be
nominated include the following:
•Burn and critical care surgery
•Gastrointestinal surgery
•General surgery
•Pediatric surgery
•Surgical oncology
• Transplantation
• Trauma
•Vascular surgery
One new position will be
filled in 2015, and the other will
be filled in 2016. The NCBG
will convene in fall 2015 to
select the nominee for this year’s
pending vacancy. The NCBG
uses the following guidelines
when reviewing nominees
to the Board of Regents:
•Nominees must be loyal
members of the College
who have demonstrated
outstanding integrity and
medical statesmanship, along
with an unquestioned devotion
to the highest principles
of surgical practice.
•Nominees must have
demonstrated leadership qualities
that might be reflected by
service and active participation
on ACS committees or in other
components of the College.
• The NCBG recognizes
the importance of Board
members representing all
health care professionals
who practice surgery.
• The NCBG also considers
geography, surgical specialty
balance, and academic or
community practice.
• The College encourages
consideration of women
and other underrepresented
minorities.
•Individuals who are no longer
in active surgical practice
should not be nominated
for election or reelection
to the Board of Regents.
All nominations must include:
•A letter of recommendation
• A personal statement from the
candidates detailing their ACS
service and passion for the position
• The name of one reference
In addition, entities such
as surgical specialty societies,
ACS advisory councils, and ACS
chapters that are submitting
nominations must provide a
description of their selection
process and the total list of
applicants reviewed. Any attempt
to contact members of the NCBG
by a candidate or on behalf
of a candidate will be viewed
negatively and may result in
disqualification of the candidate.
Applications submitted without
the requested information
will not be considered.
If you have nominated or
been nominated this year for
2015 already, you do not need to
resubmit for this year’s position.
Please submit nominations to
officerandbrnominations@
facs.org. For more
information, contact Betty
Sanders, Staff Liaison for
the NCBG, at 312-202-5360
or bsanders@facs.org. ♦
Board of Regents approves new seats;
nominations due September 10
