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France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Portugal,
Spain, and Switzerland,
who lectured on several
topics, including The Value
of Membership for the ACS
European Surgeons; Strategies
to Enlarge the Recruitment
for FACS, RAS, and Students
Among European Chapters;
ACS Quality Programs and
Fellowship Opportunities;
[Continuing Medical Education]
for Senior Trainees: What
Can the European Chapters
Do?; Research Fellowship
in the USA: Implications
for the European Surgical
Trainee and the ACS; and
Leaping Forward: A Network
among European Chapters.
The European chapter
leaders also discussed their
vision to consolidate and
to move their common
organizational structure
forward. This inaugural
regional meeting of the
European ACS chapters
will open up a new trend of
regional meetings and will
strengthen networking among
the ACS European chapters.
Dr. Townsend speaks at ACS
Korea Chapter meeting
ACS President Courtney M.
Townsend Jr., MD, FACS, was
the guest speaker at the Annual
Meeting of the Korean Surgical
Society, November 3–5, in Seoul,
South Korea. Dr. Townsend,
who gave a presentation on
Education and the Quality
Programs of the ACS, also
attended the ACS Korea
Chapter Meeting November
3. He offered an update on
ACS activities in a session
moderated by Choong Bai
Kim, MD, FACS, President of
the ACS Korea Chapter. Other
topics presented at the meeting
included Impressions of a New
FACS by H.S. Chang, MD,
PhD, FACS, Chapter Secretary
General; Quality Improvement
Projects by Sun Whe Kim, MD,
FACS, Governor; Academic-
Society Based Surgical
Quality Improvement Project
Cholecystectomy and Surgical
Quality Improvement Project
Thyroidectomy by H.K. Lee,
MD, FACS; and a course on
off-the-job training in trauma
during general surgery residency
by C. Y. Park, MD, FACS.
Dr. Richardson participates in
Saudi Arabia Chapter’s 25th
anniversary celebration
The Saudi Arabia Chapter
of the ACS held its annual
meeting September 28 and
celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Dr. Richardson attended
the meeting, which took
place at the Amwaj Rotana
Hotel, Dubai, UAE. A total
of 60 surgeons representing
a variety of specialties
and nations attended.
The meeting was divided
into a scientific program,
during which several surgeons
presented their research and
scientific projects, followed
by a special business session
that included presentations
of chapter member
activities, including College
programs such as the ACS
National Surgical Quality
Improvement Program, as
well as quality programs
in bariatric surgery, organ
transplantation, and trauma.
Italy Chapter: Prof. Alberto Montori, MD, FACS(Hon) (left), presents the Best
Resident Presentation Award Certificate to Serena Elisa Tempera, MD
Italy Chapter: From left: Drs. Smink, Nigri, and Feghali