Statement on principles of
patient education 36
Looking forward 8
David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS
What surgeons should know about...
Medicaid program expansion 37
Matthew Coffron, MA, and
Jon H. Sutton, MBA
Coding and practice management
corner: Coding and reimbursement
for colonoscopy 40
Mark T. Savarise, MD, FACS
From residency to retirement:
Surgical skills competitions at ACS
chapter meetings can increase
resident engagement 44
Ali Ardestani, MD, MSc; Eric
G. Sheu, MD, PhD; Dmitry
Nepomnayshy, MD, FACS; Marc
S. Rubin, MD, FACS; Terry L.
Buchmiller, MD, FACS; Michael
T. Jaklitsch, MD, FACS; and Ali
Tavakkoli, MD, FACS, FRCS
MHS: Supporting the future:
Yeu-Tsu Margaret Lee, MD, FACS:
A life of service 46
Sarah B. Klein, MPA
ACS Clinical Research Program:
Studies address metabolic image-directed oncologic therapy for
gastric cancer 48
Flavio G. Rocha, MD, FACS, and
Judy C. Boughey, MD, FACS
A look at The Joint Commission:
Total hip and total knee
replacement certification focuses
on continuum of care 51
Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, FACS,
FRCSI(Hon), FRCS(Hon),
FRCSEd(Hon)
NTDB data points:
Cold-blooded killer 53
Richard J. Fantus, MD, FACS, and
Obinna Ezeamuzie, MD
First year of Future Trauma
Leaders program a success 56
Eileen Metzger Bulger, MD, FACS
ACS Comprehensive General Surgery
Review Course starts July 28 57
Survey: Civilians support wider
access to education on how to help
victims of mass casualty events 58
JAMA Surgery publishes research
agenda developed at NIH-ACS
symposium on disparities 61
Report on ACSPA/ACS activities,
February 2016 64
Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS
ACS in the news 70
Watch your inbox for redesigned,
interactive ACS e-newsletters 71
Five Faculty Research Fellowships
awarded 72
ACS awards six Resident Research
Scholars for 2016–2018 74
Calendar of events 76
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