Alabama Chapter hosts
Resident Meeting
The Alabama Chapter of the
American College of Surgeons
(ACS) hosted a Resident
Meeting March 4 at the
Renaissance Birmingham Ross
Bridge Golf Resort & Spa in
Birmingham. Residents from
the University of Alabama
at Birmingham; Brookwood
Baptist Health, Birmingham;
and the University of
South Alabama, Mobile,
residency training programs
attended the event. Sessions
included the following:
• Tips & Trends: Cybersecurity
& HIPAA (Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability
Act) Security for the
Healthcare Provider
•Physician Contracts: What Should
Be Included, Compensation and
Benefits, and Negotiating Tips
•Financial Planning and
Investment Management
• Impact of MACRA (Medicare
Access and CHIP [Children’s
Health Insurance Program]
Reauthorization Act): Essential
Strategies in Economic Reform
•Keys to Success for the
Young Surgeon
Connecticut Chapter
awards scholarships to
graduating physicians
Honoring its longstanding
commitment to medical
education, the Connecticut
Chapter of the ACS recently
awarded scholarships to physicians
graduating from medical schools
in Connecticut. The awards were
created to stimulate student
interest in the surgical disciplines
and to recognize outstanding
achievement in these areas.
Awards were presented to
Parwiz Abrahami, MD, Yale
School of Medicine, New Haven;
Dardan Beqiri, MD, University of
Connecticut School of Medicine,
Farmington; and Timothy
Kirk O’Rourke, MD, Frank H.
Netter MD School of Medicine,
Quinnipiac University, Hamden.
The Connecticut Chapter has
presented awards to graduating
physicians from Yale and the
University of Connecticut for
decades and was pleased to
sponsor a new award for the
inaugural graduating class of
the Netter School of Medicine.
by Luke Moreau and Brian Frankel
Alabama Chapter: Emily Cannon, MD, Wiregrass Surgical Associates (far left, hidden in background); Mark
A. Parker, MD, FACS, Alabama Colon & Rectal Institute (second from left, facing away); and E. Shields Frey,
MD, FACS, Brookwood Baptist Health, third from left, lead an “Ask the Experts” session for Residents.
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