Health Policy Scholarships Are Available for 2024

The ACS and the 15 cosponsoring surgery organizations offer annual Health Policy Scholarships to subsidize attendance and participation in the Executive Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management at Brandeis University.

This intensive 1-week program, June 3–8, 2024, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, equips health leaders with the knowledge and skills essential for creating innovative and sustainable solutions to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency of health care service delivery, as well as for participating in health care policy and reform.

The ACS itself is offering two Health Policy Scholarships for General Surgeons.  In addition, one award each is available in partnership with other surgical societies in 2024:

• ACS and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• ACS and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• ACS and the American Pediatric Surgical Association
• ACS and the American Society of Breast Surgeons
• ACS and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• ACS and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• ACS and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
• ACS and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
• ACS and the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
• ACS and the American Surgical Association
• ACS and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• ACS and the American Urogynecologic Society
• ACS and the New England Surgical Society
• ACS and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• ACS and the Society of Vascular Surgeons

Applications are due Friday, March 1. Visit the Health Policy Scholarships web page for application requirements, and contact the Scholarships Administrator at scholarships@facs.org for more information.