•Presented a Chapter
Officer Leadership
Program in conjunction
with the 2017 Leadership
& Advocacy Summit
Chapter Activities
International Workgroup
Jamal Hoballah, MD, FACS, Chair
(Jorge) Esteban Foianini, MD, FACS,
Vice-Chair
The Chapter Activities
International Workgroup has
established communities for
four international regions to
increase communication and
as a first step toward creating
individual International
Chapter Communities.
The international chapters
conducted valuable educational
events at regional meetings
in Munich, Germany; Lima,
Peru; and Beirut, Lebanon,
with College leadership
participation. In addition, data
collected from international
chapters in the Annual
Report/Survey was reviewed
to identify next steps to
strengthen and grow chapters.
•A list of interested International
Governors has been provided
to the Program Committee to
increase their participation as
moderators and/or speakers
at Clinical Congress.
•A new process was implemented
this year to get Governor
feedback on applicants
for Fellowship from their
respective countries. Plans
are under way for Governors
to begin participating in
interviews of applicants for
Fellowship beginning in 2018.
• Work is in progress to increase
collaboration between the
international chapters and
their respective regional
Committees on Trauma.
•Regional meetings are
planned for 2018 in Rome,
Italy, and Sydney, Australia.
Surgical Volunteerism and
Humanitarian Awards Workgroup
Frank Sellke, MD, FACS, Chair
David Spain, MD, FACS, Vice-Chair
The members of the
Surgical Volunteerism and
Humanitarian Awards
Workgroup released a new
nominations website in January
2016 and have fine-tuned the
nomination fields and criteria.
Outreach through the ACS
Communities, the Bulletin,
military Governors, and
Advisory Councils was aimed
at increasing awareness
of these awards, which
resulted in a historically high
number of nominations: 54
in 2017 versus 44 in 2016.
• The workgroup has selected
five recipients, which
were presented to the B/G
Executive Committee at the
June retreat. The awardees
will be honored at the Board
of Governors Dinner at
Clinical Congress 2017.
• The workgroup will continue
to collaborate with the military
Governors and the Military
Health Services Strategic
Partnership ACS to better
define the criteria for the
military award and to reach
out to the Excelsior Surgical
Society for nominations.
•Board of Governors
Committee seats:
Ȗ ACS Committee on
Diversity Issues: Kenneth
Simon, MD, FACS
Ȗ ACS Women in Surgery
Committee: Annesley
Copeland, MD, FACS
Ȗ YFA: Shoaib Sheikh,
MB, BS, FACS
Ȗ RAS: Glen Franklin,
MD, FACS
Ȗ International Relations
Committee: Katsuhiko
Yanaga, MD, PhD, FACS
Quality, Research, and
Optimal Patient Care Pillar
Steven Stain, MD, FACS, Pillar Lead
The Quality Pillar has three
workgroups that have worked
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