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Oct. 13, 2009
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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

SESAP: An excellent tool for Maintenance of Certification

There is still time to enroll in the current edition of the Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program (SESAP 13) on display all week in the ACS Program Center, McCormick Place West, Level 3. Take advantage of this opportunity to examine the program materials, which are furnished in both print and CD-ROM formats, and to enroll.

SESAP consists of 650 multiple choice questions, with discussions and references to the current literature, organized into content areas corresponding to the

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American Board of Surgery’s topic areas for its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) examination. Several new features are worthy of note in the new SESAP 13 CD. You can now print any part of the material, or export as a custom PDF. The program allows for adjustments in text size, screen size and layout to personalize your experience.

“SESAP continues to be an excellent self-assessment tool for surgeons who are preparing for the qualifying or MOC examination,” said John A. Weigelt, MD, DVM, FACS, SESAP Course Director. “ACS Fellows participating as SESAP authors try their best to provide general surgeons with a broad-based educational experience using current evidence-based literature and practical experience.”