The American College of Surgeons (ACS) 2025 Nominating Committee of the Fellows (NCF) and the Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors (NCBG) will be accepting nominations for leadership positions in the College as follows:
The 2025 NCF will select nominees for three Officer-Elect positions of the ACS:
The deadline for submitting nominations was February 14, 2025.
The NCF will use the following guidelines when considering potential candidates:
All nominations must include:
In addition, nominations for President-Elect must include:
Entities such as surgical specialty societies, ACS Advisory Councils, ACS Committees, and ACS Chapters who wish to provide a letter of nomination must provide a description of their selection process and the total list of applicants reviewed.
Any attempt to contact or influence members of the NCF by a candidate or on behalf of a candidate will be viewed in a negative manner and may possibly result in disqualification. Applications submitted without the requested information will not be considered.
Learn more about the roles, duties, and time commitment involved for these Officer positions.
The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, February 14, 2025. Nominations must be submitted to officerandbrnominations@facs.org.
If you have any questions, please contact Emily Kalata, staff liaison for the Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors, at 312-202-5360 or ekalata@facs.org.
The 2025 NCBG will select nominees for three pending vacancies on the Board of Regents to be filled at Clinical Congress 2025.
For information only, the current members of the Board of Regents who will be considered for re-election to their second or third terms are (all MD, FACS): Diana L. Farmer, Sarwat Salim, and Steven C. Stain.
The following guidelines are used by the NCBG when reviewing the names of candidates for potential nomination to the Board of Regents.
The NCBG recognizes the importance of the Board of Regents representing all who practice surgery in both academic and community practice, regardless of practice location or configuration. Consideration will be given in this nomination cycle to the following disciplines:
Nominations not meeting these criteria will be accepted for review by the NCBG in the event of an unexpected vacancy.
All nominations must include:
Entities such as surgical specialty societies, ACS Advisory Councils, ACS Committees, and ACS Chapters who wish to provide a letter of nomination must provide at least two nominees, and a description of their selection process, along with the total list of applicants reviewed.
Any attempt to contact or influence members of the NCBG by a candidate or on behalf of a candidate will be viewed in a negative manner and may possibly result in disqualification. Applications submitted without the requested information will not be considered.
Learn more about the roles, duties, and time commitment involved for Regent positions.
The deadline for submitting nominations was Friday, February 14, 2025. Nominations may be submitted to officerandbrnominations@facs.org. If you have any questions, please contact Emily Kalata, staff liaison for the Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors, at 312-202-5360 or ekalata@facs.org.