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Contents:
• Opening Ceremony kicks off Clinical Congress
• Professionalism and the 21st century
• Board of Regents and ACS Officers annual luncheon
• Fellows honored for volunteerism in care of underserved
• Health system reforms are needed, regardless of what government does
• Association of Women Surgeons presents awards
• Medical Student Program provides education, networking opportunities
• Improving education in general surgery
• Surgery: Then and now

Board of Regents, ACS Officers annual luncheon

Members of the Board of Regents (B/R), the Board of Governors (B/G) Executive Committee, and ACS Officers met Saturday for their annual luncheon. Pictured (with their titles as of Saturday) front row, left to right: Thomas R. Russell, MD, FACS, Executive Director; Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, Boston, MA, Treasurer; Julie A. Freischlag, MD, FACS, Baltimore, MD; A. Brent Eastman, MD, FACS, San Diego, CA, B/R Vice-Chair; L. D. Britt, MD, FACS, Norfolk,VA, B/R Chair; John L. Cameron, MD, FACS, Baltimore, MD, President; Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, New York, NY; LaMar S. McGinnis, Jr., MD, FACS, Atlanta, GA, President-Elect; and James K. Elsey, MD, FACS, Atlanta, GA, B/G Secretary. Middle row: Michael J. Zinner, MD, FACS, Boston, MA, B/G Chair; Barbara L. Bass, MD, FACS, Houston, TX; John T. Preskitt, MD, FACS, Dallas, TX; Charles D. Mabry, MD, FACS, Pine Bluff, AR; Martin B. Camins, MD, FACS, New York, NY; Robin S. McLeod, MD, FACS, Toronto, ON; Richard J. Finley, MD, FACS, Vancouver, BC; Mark A. Malangoni, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH; Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, FACS, Seattle, WA; Richard B. Reiling, MD, FACS, Charlotte, NC, Second Vice-President; and Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA, First Vice-President. Back row: Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., MD, FACS, Galveston, TX, Secretary; Thomas V. Whalen, MD, FACS, Allentown, PA; H. Randolph Bailey, MD, FACS, Houston, TX; J. David Richardson, MD, FACS, Louisville, KY; Howard M. Snyder III, MD, FACS, Philadelphia, PA; Karl C. Podratz, MD, FACS, Rochester, MN; Raymond F. Morgan, MD, FACS, Charlottesville, VA; Mark C. Weissler, MD, FACS, Chapel Hill, NC; Bruce D. Browner, MD, FACS, Farmington, CT; and Lenworth M. Jacobs, Jr., MD, FACS, Hartford, CT, B/G Vice-Chair.