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A Vital Measure: Your Surgeon’s Skill

To those of us in training, the hospital was cursed. At least when it came to a certain operation. We dreaded being asked to scrub in at these operations because we knew we would be forced to hold patient parts until our fingers went numb and arms quivered.

The surgeons hunted, stabbed and slashed their way through the procedure; and whenever their knife would go a little too far, or their knot would slip, or their stitch pull, we braced ourselves for their fury…and for the inevitable extra time it would take for them to correct their errors. The patients, many of whom had come in to the hospital walking and talking, ended up lingering for weeks afterward with infections,…

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Academy of Surgical Research

Founded in 1982, the Academy of Surgical Research promotes the advancement of professional and academic standards, education and research in the arts and sciences of experimental surgery. The Academy interfaces with medical and scientific organizations, and governmental agencies in establishing and reviewing ethics, theories, practices and research pertaining to surgery and promotion of the results for clinical application.

AO Foundation

The AO Foundation is a medically guided nonprofit organization led by an international group of surgeons specialized in the treatment of trauma and disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Founded in 1958 by 13 visionary surgeons, AO today fosters one of the most extensive networks of currently more than 12,000 surgeons, operating room personnel, and scientists in over 100 countries.

Association of Surgeons in Training

The Association of Surgeons in Training is a registered charity established in 1976 as a forum for registrars to meet socially and discuss training.

Association of Women Surgeons

The Association of Women Surgeons is committed to supporting the professional and personal needs of female surgeons at various stages in their career - from residency through retirement. Since our founding in 1981, AWS has set up many programs with the specific objective of promoting the professional growth and advancement of our members.

Foundation for Surgical Technology

Our mission is to enhance surgical technology by funding educational, professional, and community programs.

International College of Surgeons

The International College of Surgeons is a world federation of general surgeons and surgical specialists. The ICS was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1935 by Dr. Max Thorek and has over 70 organized national Sections around the world with more than 8,000 members in over 110 countries.

International Society of Surgery

Welcome to the web-site of the International Society of Surgery (ISS). By representing now 5 integrated Societies and surgeons from more than 100 countries, the ISS has a goal to work for international teaching in surgery, both specialized and general surgery, in developed and developing countries.

SurgeonGeneral.gov

The Surgeon General serves as America's Doctor by providing Americans the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of illness and injury. The Surgeon General is appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate for a 4-year term of office.

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) is the national membership association that represents ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and provides advocacy and resources to assist ASCs in delivering high quality, cost-effective ambulatory surgery to all the patients they serve.

American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. was established in 1980 to develop an accreditation program to standardize and improve the quality of medical and surgical care in ambulatory surgery facilities while assuring the public of high standards for patient care and safety in an accredited facility.

American Association of Surgical Physician Assistants

ASPA is the premier support organization for surgical PAs in all operative settings and specialties who seek to better their careers, their professions and the quality of patient care. AASPA was formed for surgical PAs, by surgical PAs. AASPA supports the surgical PA profession by addressing the needs of its membership, by marketing the profession, offering quality cost-effective CME, assisting with professional issues and providing a forum for networking and the exchange of ideas.

Association for Academic Surgery

The object of this Association shall be to stimulate young surgeons and surgical scientists to pursue careers in academic surgery and support them in establishing themselves as investigators and educators. The Association shall provide a forum for senior surgical residents, fellows and junior faculty members to present papers on subjects of clinical, laboratory or educational research.

Association for Surgical Education

The Association for Surgical Education, formed in 1980, represents medical schools and institutions throughout the United States and Canada. The mission of the Association for Surgical Education is to promote, recognize, and reward excellence, innovation and scholarship in surgical education.

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons - AAPS - is a non-partisan professional association of physicians in all types of practices and specialties across the country. Since 1943, AAPS has been dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private medicine.

Association of Program Directors in Surgery

The Association of Program Directors in Surgery was founded in 1977 with the purposes of: â—¾To provide a forum for the exchange of information and for discussion on a wide range of subjects related to post-graduate surgical education. â—¾To maintain high standards of surgical residency training by improving graduate surgical education and patient care...

Association of Surgical Assistants

The Association of Surgical Assistants represents a broad coalition of surgical assistant practitioners, who share several common goals, including optimizing surgical patient care, promoting the recognition of all surgical assistants, advancing legislative strategies and providing relevant continuing education experiences.

Association of Surgical Technologists

The Association of Surgical Technologists was established in 1969 by members of the American College of Surgeons, the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).

Endourological Society

The Endourological Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1983 by a group of international urologists. The society was established in an effort to facilitate scientific dialogue among endourologists worldwide in the form of annual meetings, circulation of scientific literature, and surgical skill training courses/hands on laboratory sessions.

International Association of Endocrine Surgeons

The International Association of Endocrine Surgeons was founded in 1979 in San Francisco as an organization of surgeons with a particular interest in endocrine surgery. The mission of the organization is to work for endocrine surgery world wide, and to provide a forum for exchange of views by those who are involved in expanding the frontiers of endocrine surgery, rather than for the surgeon who occasionally operates on the thyroid or adrenal gland.

International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists

The IASGO is an active organization. We are active in terms of the promotion of multi-disciplinary co-operation in dealing with the diagnosis and management of GI diseases. We are active in terms of state-of-the-art postgraduate training. We are active in terms of groundbreaking research. And last, but not the least, through the Annual IASGO congresses, the CME Post graduate training courses, the journal Hepato-Gastroenterology and the IASGO website, we are active in terms of the worldwide provision of the latest medical knowledge and expertise.

International Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons

The purpose of the Federation is to enhance and promote Endoscopic Surgery and minimal access techniques by serving as an International forum for the disevaluation, and dissemination of information pertaining to Endoscopic Surgery access techniques. Minimal Access Surgery...M.A.S. is so encompassing in its spread, so varying in its complexity and instrumentation, the spectrum of surgical care in the world so disparate, from the opulent to the deprived, that to state that the IFSES mission through the activities of its Member Societies and Corporate Members is the growth and spread of M.A.S., all over the world may appear idealistic and futuristic. IFSES is aware of the magnitude of the problems, but is evolving a strategy to try, as best, to achieve its mission.

International Pediatric Endosurgery Group

When IPEG was founded in 1991, our goals were simple: To assure that all pediatric surgeons, pediatric urologists and general surgeons who treat children have access to current information defining the best, least invasive surgical treatment. To encourage development and evaluation of those treatments through peer-to-peer communication, education and research.

International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy

The International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy was formed in 1989 by a group committed endoscopists from Europe and North America. They recognized the need for a scientific group who would meet at regular intervals to share their knowledge and expertise in gynecologic endoscopy.

National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project

The NSABP was one of the first organizations to undertake large-scale studies in the prevention of breast cancer, and our Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT), which included more than 13,000 women at increased risk for breast cancer, demonstrated the value of the drug tamoxifen in reducing the incidence of the disease in this population. The second prevention trial, the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) entered more than 19,000 women to compare the effects of these two drugs in reducing the incidence of breast cancer.

Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

The objectives of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract are to stimulate, foster, and provide surgical leadership in the art and science of patient care, to teach and research the diseases and functions of the alimentary tract, to provide a forum for the presentation of such knowledge and to encourage training opportunities, funding, and scientific publications supporting the foregoing activities.

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

SLS is the largest Minimally Invasive or Laparoscopic Society in North America and perhaps worldwide with over 6000 active members. Many Laparoscopic and MIS specialties are represented; the main three are Surgical Endoscopy, Gyn Laparoscopy, and Endourology. SLS focus is multispecialty providing a multidisciplinary education by giving a comprehensive view that is more inline with better physician orientation and patient outcome.

Society of Reproductive Surgeons

The Society of Reproductive Surgeons was founded in 1984 to serve as a forum for members of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine with special interest and competency in reproductive surgery. The Society of Reproductive Surgeons strives to promote excellence in gynecologic and urologic reproductive surgery by providing and encouraging professional education, lay education, and by fostering research. By achieving these goals, it is the belief that this Society will assure the highest quality of patient care.

Society of Robotic Surgery

The Society of Robotic Surgery will encompass robotics, minimally invasive, NOTES and single port access surgery. This will provide the diversity to allow us to adapt to changes in technology and will provide an innovative forum in which to expand our horizons and improve our clinical and academic potential.

Society of Surgical Oncology

The Society of Surgical Oncology is the premier organization for surgeons and healthcare providers dedicated to advancing and promoting the science and treatment of cancer.

American Board of Surgery

The American Board of Surgery is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1937 to provide board certification to individuals who have met a defined standard of education, training and knowledge in the field of surgery. Surgeons certified by the ABS, known as diplomates, have completed at least five years of residency training following medical school, met all ABS training requirements, and successfully completed the ABS' written and oral examinations.

American College of Surgeons

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.

American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery

The vision of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery is to be the world's preeminent resource for biomedical laser and other related technologies research, education and clinical knowledge.

American Society of Breast Surgeons

The American Society of Breast Surgeons was formed to encourage the study of breast surgery, to promote research and development of advanced surgical techniques, to improve standards of practice for breast surgery and serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas.

American Society of General Surgeons

The ASGS represents the socioeconomic, political, scientific, ethical, and professional interests of General Surgeon Specialists.

Australian College of Operating Room Nurses

ACORN's Vision is to develop the spirit of perioperative nursing in Australia by: Standards utilising evidence based practice. Professional growth and development. Innovation to achieve best patient care outcomes. Representation of all States and Territories. Influential in health policy. Teamwork development locally, nationally and internationally.

British Association of Day Surgery

We aim to provide information about Day Surgery and the British Association of Day Surgery for Patients, Relatives, Carers and Health Care Professionals.

Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology

The objectives of the society: -To facilitate communication between surgeons whose primary interest lies in the field of oncology. -To encourage the formation of surgical oncology training programs in surgical departments in Canadian universities. -To promote the optimum treatment of the patient with cancer through a multi-disciplinary treatment approach...

European Association for Endoscopic Surgery

The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) was founded in 1990 and since then has become a growing and dynamic organization that continues to play a leading role in Endoscopic Surgery and Allied Interventional Techniques.

Aside from organizing annual Top Level European Congresses in different European countries, the EAES activities in education, training, research, development, and publication are effected through its various Committees.

European Board of Surgery

The main activities of the Board are summarised under 4 headings: -Surgical training -Standard of the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) -Continuing Medical Education in Surgery (Continuing Professional Development) -Surgical Quality Control.

European Society of Surgical Oncology

ESSO’s mission is to support its members in advancing the science and practice of surgical oncology for the benefit of cancer patients through a range of activities including education, research and leadership in multidisciplinary care.

Philippine College of Surgeons

The Philippine College of Surgeons was organized by a small group of thirty-five distinguished pioneering surgeons led by Dr. Gregorio T. Singian on September 12, 1936. Upon the approval of its by-laws on October 10, 1936, the organization embarked on its avowed mission of elevating the standards of surgical practice in the country.

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, formed in 1927, is a non-profit organisation training surgeons and maintaining surgical standards in Australia and New Zealand. Approximately 90 per cent of all surgeons practising in Australia and New Zealand are Fellows of the RACS.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

The Royal College is the national professional association that oversees the medical education of specialists in Canada. We accredit the university programs that train resident physicians for their specialty practices, and we write and administer the demanding examinations that residents must pass to become certified as specialists. We protect the health of Canadians by helping physicians build skills, knowledge and expertise in their specialties. Our Maintenance of Certification Program supports specialist physicians along their paths of lifelong learning and professional development and ensures their continued competence in a constantly evolving medical environment.

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is dedicated to improving human health through education, research and service. Established under Royal Charter in 1784 ,originally to train surgeons, today it provides extensive education and training in the healthcare professions at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an organisation dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and advancement in surgical practice, through its interest in education, training and examinations, its liaison with external medical bodies and representation of the modern surgical workforce.

Royal College of Surgeons of England

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is committed to enabling surgeons to achieve and maintain the highest standards of surgical practice and patient care.

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

The mission of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons is to improve quality patient care through education, research, innovation and leadership, principally in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery.