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A Fellow of the College since 1984, Dr. Maier
has played an active role on several key ACS
committees, particularly the COT.
Dr. Maier
Dr. Richardson has served
at the highest levels in the
following organizations:
American Board of Surgery
(director, 1987, and chairman,
1998–1999); American Board
of Emergency Medicine
(director, 1994); American
Association for Surgery of
Trauma (president, 1999);
Southeastern Surgical Congress
(president, 1999); Southern
Surgical Association (president,
2003); and Western Surgical
Association (secretary, 1995–
2000, and president, 2000–2001).
He served on the Association
of American Medical College’s
Medical College Admissions
Test content review committee
(1988) and the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical
Education’s Residency Review
Committee (2000–2007). He
was the founding president
of the Kentucky Vascular
Surgical Society (1989) and
president of the Kentucky
Surgical Society (1987).
A prolific author,
Dr. Richardson has published
more than 345 articles in peer-reviewed publications, 50 book
chapters, and has 10 publications
in press. He currently is the
editor of The American Surgeon,
serves on the Editorial Board
of the Journal of the American
College of Surgeons, is an editorial
consultant for The Journal of
Trauma Injury, Infection & Critical
Care, and is on the editorial
board of the International
Scholarly Research Network.
Vice-Presidents
Along with the President, the
Vice-Presidents of the ACS
were installed at Convocation.
The First Vice-President is
Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS,
FRCSEd(Hon), the Jane and
Donald D. Trunkey Professor
of Trauma Surgery, and vice-chair, department of surgery,
University of Washington
(UW) Medicine, Seattle. In
addition, he is the director of
the regional trauma center and
surgeon-in-chief, Harborview
Medical Center, the Level 1
trauma center in Seattle.
A Fellow of the College since
1984, Dr. Maier has played an
active role on several key ACS
committees, notably the COT.
He chaired the COT’s Ad Hoc
Committee on Prevention
(1992–2002) after serving as a
member of the subcommittee
for three years (1989–1992).
He also served on the COT
Performance Improvement
Committee (1994–2004),
Trauma System Committee
(1994–2004), Committee on
Emerging Surgical Technology
and Education (member, 2001,
and senior member, 2001–
2003), Regional Committee
Organization (1990–2000),
and Publications Committee
(1988–2004). He was State
Chair for the COT (1987–1990)
and Chair of Region X for the
COT (1990–1996). In addition,
he has been an active member
of the Program Committee,
serving as Consultant (2007–
present), Vice-Chair (2004–
2005), and member (2004–
2007). He served on the
Committee for the Forum
on Fundamental Surgical
Problems (1991–1994) as well.
Dr. Maier has held numerous
leadership positions in other
surgical organizations,
exemplified by having served
as president of the Society of
University Surgeons, Surgical
Infection Society, Shock
Society, American Association
for the Surgery of Trauma,
and the Halsted Society, in
addition to being chair of
