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Oct. 11, 2009
Oct. 13, 2009
Oct. 14, 2009

Contents:
• Dr. Britt chosen as next President-Elect
• ACS Regents and Governors named
• Innovative model for solving organ shortage involves elective surgery patients
• Past-Presidents
• Distinguished Service Award
• Best Scientific Exhibit
• International Guest Scholars
• Surgical Humanitarian and Volunteerism Awards
• Clinical Congress candids
• Nation’s capital to serve as host to 2010 Clinical Congress

International Guest Scholars

The International Guest Scholars for 2009, International Relations Committee members, and guests gathered for a luncheon on Tuesday. Pictured front row, left to right: Lohfa B. Chirdan, MBBS, FWACS, Jos, Nigeria; Paisarn Vejchapipat, MD, Bangkok, Thailand; Jaqueline Cruz Vargas, MD, Lima, Peru; and Giuseppe R. Nigri, MD, PhD, FACS, Rome, Italy. Back row: Kelvin K. Ng, MBBS, MS, PhD,  FRCS(Ed), Hong Kong, China; Sanjeev Misra, MBBS, MChir, Lucknow, India; Andrew P Barbour, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia; Fernando Burdio, MD, Barcelona, Spain; Grant R Christey, BSc, MBChB, FRACS, Hamilton, New Zealand; Patricio R. Andrades, MD, FACS, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile; and Germany Exchange Fellow Bjorn Bruecher, MD, PhD, FACS, Tübingen, Germany.