The following individuals
are second-year ACS Clinical
Scholars in Residence:
•Elizabeth Berger, MD, is a
general surgery resident at
Loyola University, Chicago.
Dr. Berger has a continued
interest in breast care and surgical
outcomes, as well as bariatric
surgery and its outcomes.
•Julia Berian, MD, is a general
surgery resident at the
University of Chicago Medical
Center. She is the ACS/John A.
Hartford Foundation ( JAHF)
James C. Thompson Geriatric
Surgery Clinical Scholar for
the 2015–2016 academic year.
•Michael Wandling, MD, is a
general surgery resident at
Northwestern University, Chicago.
He has a particular interest in
trauma and emergency surgery,
surgical outcomes, and improving
the delivery of operative and
nonoperative surgical care.
First-year ACS Clinical Scholars
in Residence are as follows:
•Kristen Ban, MD, is a resident
in the department of surgery at
the Loyola University Medical
Center, Chicago. Her interests
include health services and
quality improvement research.
•Jason Liu, MD, is a general
surgery resident at the University
of Chicago Medical Center. He
received his medical degree
from the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center,
Dallas, and his bachelor’s degree
in biomedical engineering from
Duke University, Durham, NC.
The new ACS/JAHF James C.
Thompson Geriatrics Surgical
Fellow, Melissa Hornor, MD, will
join the ACS Clinical Scholars in
July 2016. Dr. Hornor is a general
surgery resident at the Ohio
State University Wexner Medical
Center, Columbus. Her fellowship
training centers on minimally
invasive surgery, colorectal
surgery, and surgical oncology.
ACS Division of Integrated
Communications
The Division of Integrated
Communications focuses on
two important purposes:
•Effectively communicating the
mission of the College to its
multiple audiences, including
members, potential members,
the public, and policymakers
•Supporting the College’s
programs (Pillars—
Advocacy, Education,
Quality, Member Services)
by communicating their
specific and varied messages
to their respective audiences
JACS
The editorial office of the Journal
of the American College of Surgeons
( JACS) annually receives more
than 1,600 manuscripts. In
2015, the impact factor for JACS
(reflecting citations of JACS
articles published in 2012 and
2013) was 5.122—an increase of
15 percent from the previous
year. Along with this increase,
the number of original scientific
manuscripts submitted to JACS
increased 14 percent from 2014
to 2015. These data indicate that
JACS is widely recognized as one
of the top surgical journals.
Over the last year, JACS
Twitter followers have increased
by more than 400 percent, and in
2015, the International General
Surgery Journal Club featured
two JACS articles in their popular
monthly Twitter discussions—one
on resident duty hours and the
other on leadership style and team
behavior in the operating room.
Also in 2015, JACS began
collaboration with the Resident
and Associate Society of the
ACS (RAS-ACS) with a quarterly
literature appraisal forum
discussing JACS articles. This
project exposes young surgeons to
JACS content while encouraging
68 |
