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Clinical Congress News

The official annual meeting newspaper, the Clinical Congress News, will be distributed at McCormick Place each morning during the Clinical Congress.

Sunday October 11 and Monday October 12 Issue (2300K PDF)

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 (1990K PDF)

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (2545K PDF)

Thursday, October 15, 2009 (2675K PDF)

 

Saturday, October 10

Bernard Fisher, MD,FACS, is Recipient of the 2009 Jacobson Innovation Award

 

Monday, October 12

Honorary Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons Is Awarded To Five Prominent Surgeons

Lamar S. Mcginnis, Jr., MD, FACS, Installed as 90th President of American College of Surgeons

American College of Surgeons to Host Local Minority High School Students

American College of Surgeons Calls Press Briefing to Examine Current Status of US Trauma Care System

Surgeons Discover a Visceral Fat Hormone That Could Protect Against Life-Threatening Sepsis
Subodh Verma, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FAHA

 

Tuesday, October 13

Anticancer Drug Improves Survival and Treatment for Patients with Advanced Bladder Cancer
Angela B. Smith, MD

Evolution of Trauma Care in the U.S. Should Focus on Inclusive Systems

Telemedicine May Help Rural Trauma Surgeons Avoid Medical Errors and Unnecessary Patient Transfer
Rafael Grossman, MD, FACS

Genetic Analysis May Help Physicians Individualize Treatment of Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Derron E. Allen, MD
Andrey Frolov, PhD

Increasing Severity of Bicycle Injuries Leads to Concerns About Cycling Infrastructure
Jeffry Kashuk, MD, FACS

Surgical Volunteerism Awards Honor Seven Members of the American College of Surgeons, for Service to the Medically Underserved

 

Wednesday, October 14

Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery Lessens the Pain of Reconstructing a Dysfunctional Bladder in Children with Spina Bifida
Mohan Gundeti, MBBS

Bioengineered Nerve-Muscle Interface Could Improve Prosthetic Use for Wounded Soldiers
Paul S. Cederna, MD, FACS

Bioengineered Stem Cells May Offer New Hope for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Claudius Conrad, MD, PhD

Operation Without Incisions for Patching Stomach Ulcers May Soon Move Into Human Trials
Juliane Bingener, MD, FACS
Erica Anne Moran, MD

Quicker Referral for Gallbladder Operation Could Save 50 Percent of Preoperative Treatment Charges
Lindsee E. McPhail, MD

ACS Board of Regents Honors F. Dean Griffen, MD, FACS, with 2009 Distinguished Service Award

Surgeons Identify a Panel of Genes that May Determine if Some Patients Can Avoid Surgical Treatment for Rectal Cancer
Isabelle Bedrosian, MD, FACS

Higher Rates of Perforated Appendix in Rural Areas May be Linked to Shortage of General Surgeons
Ian Paquette, MD

Common Genetic Mutation in Breast Cancer May Point to New Treatments for Heart Disease
Subodh Verma, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FAHA

 

Thursday, October 15

Surgeons Find that Statin Drugs Lower Costs in Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Michael Morgan McNally, MD

Two New Strategies Help Women Consider Breast Reconstruction After Cancer Surgery
Bernard T. Lee, MD, FACS
Beth Aviva Preminger, MD, MPH

Surgeons Discover that Common Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Problems for Some Trauma Patients
Lesly A. Dossett, MD, MPH

Surgeons Find Readmission Mortality Rates are Surprisingly Higher than Expected in Elderly Patients After Colectomy
David Yu Greenblatt, MD, MSPH