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Oct. 13, 2009
Oct. 14, 2009
Oct. 15, 2009

Contents:
• LaMar S. McGinnis, Jr., to be installed as 90th ACS President at Sunday Convocation
• F. Dean Griffen, MD, FACS, to receive 2009 Distinguished Service
• Honorary Fellowship to be awarded to five prominent surgeons
• Dr. and Mrs. Reiling to receive Distinguished Philanthropist Award at FLS luncheon
• Martin Memorial Lecture to showcase re-engineering success
• Inaugural meeting of the Young Fellows Association to convene Monday
• Panel discussion, new curriculum examine surgical palliative care
• SESAP: An excellent tool for Maintenance of Certification
• National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers celebrates first year

Honorary Fellowship to be awarded to five prominent surgeons

Dr. Kitajima

Honorary Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons will be awarded to five prominent surgeons from Japan, United Kingdom, Sweden, Argentina, and Nigeria during Convocation ceremonies, which will take place beginning at 6:00 pm Sunday in McCormick Convention Center, West Building, W375DE. The granting of Honorary Fellowship is one of the highlights of the Clinical Congress. The recipients are as follows:

Dr. Keogh

• Masaki Kitajima, MD, FACS, FRCS(Hon), FASA (Hon). Dr. Kitajima is president of International University of Health and Welfare’s Mita Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

• Sir Bruce Edward Keogh, KBE, BSc, MD, FRCS, FESC, FETCS. Professor Sir Keogh is medical director of the National Health Service, London; professor of cardiac surgery, University College, London; and director of surgery, The Heart Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

Dr. Ihse

• Ingemar Ihse, MD, PhD, FRCS. Dr. Ihse is emeritus professor of surgery, Lund University, and director of practicum, Lund Clinical Skills Centre, Lund, Sweden.

• Vicente P. Gutierrez, MD, MAAC, FACS. Dr. Gutierrez is a consultant for Hospital de Clínicas, Buenos Aires, and Professor Emérito, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Adelola Adeloye, MB, MS, FRCP (Edin), FRCS (Eng), FACS, FICS, FWACS, FMCS (Nig), FAS, FCOSECA. Professor Adeloye is professor of neurological surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Dr. Gutierrez

Presenting the Honorary Fellowships on behalf of the College will be Thomas R. Russell, MD, FACS, Chicago, IL; Timothy J. Gardner, MD, FACS, Newark, DE; Richard A. Prinz, MD, FACS, Chicago, IL; Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, FACS, Seattle, WA; and Edward R. Laws, MD, FACS, Boston, MA.

Dr. Adeloye

Sir Rickman Godlee, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, was awarded the first Honorary Fellowship in the College during the College’s first Convocation in 1913. Since then, 418 internationally prominent surgeons, including the five chosen this year, have been named Honorary Fellows of the American College of Surgeons.