The American College of Surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

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• Evolution of trauma care in the U.S. should focus on inclusive systems
• Surgeon shortage one area that health care reform should address
• National Safety Council Surgeons’ Award for Service to Safety
• Distinguished Philanthropist Award
• Award-winning geneticist to participate in Surgical Forum
• Young Fellows Association debuts
• Bernard Fisher, MD, FACS, is recipient of 2009 Jacobson Innovation Award
• No easy answers to medical industry support for CME
• Commission on Cancer Paper Competition winners announced
• ACS-Emerson Scholar-in-Residence in Medical Ethics established

ACS-Emerson Scholar-in-Residence in Medical Ethics established

The American College of Surgeons Foundation is proud to announce a grant from the Emerson Charitable Trust to establish the ACS-Emerson Scholar-in-Residence in Medical Ethics in collaboration with the Saint Louis (MO) University Emerson Ethics Center. The program provides a promising surgical resident with a two-year immersion in the study of the ethical issues facing surgeons today.

Under the mentorship of C. Rollins Hanlon, MD, FACS, the first Emerson Scholar, Jason Keune, MD, a surgical resident at Washington University, began the fellowship in June of this year.

Left to right: William F. Sasser, MD, FACS; Walter Galvin, Senior Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director, Emerson; Jason Keune, MD; Thomas R. Russell, MD, FACS; and Tim Keane, PhD, Director, Emerson Ethics Center, John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University.