During the Clinical Congress Convocation, available to view online, Honorary Fellowship in the ACS was awarded to seven prominent surgeons. Individuals selected for Honorary Fellowship generally practice outside of the US, possess an international reputation in the field of surgery or medicine, and have provided distinguished humanitarian service in the field of medical science.
This year’s recipients were:
Luigi Bonavina, MD, FACS
Milan, Italy
Professor of surgery at the University of Milan and the director of the department of general and foregut surgery at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato in Milan, Italy, where he also is the director of the Foregut Research Center and the Institutional Multidisciplinary Surgical Oncology Board
Christopher Chapple, BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCS(Urol), FEBU, FCSHK(Hon)
Fulwood, UK
Reconstructive urologist in the Royal Hallamshire Hospital at the Sheffield National Trust Hospital
Nicola Fearnhead, BM BCh, FRCS, DM, FASCRS
Cambridge, UK
Consultant colorectal surgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation National Health Services Trust and an associate lecturer at the University of Cambridge
Anna Martling, MD, PhD
Stockholm, Sweden
Senior consultant surgeon on the cancer team in the division of coloproctology at Karolinska University Hospital, a professor of surgery at Karolinska Institutet, and the dean of Karolinska Institutet North
Deborah McNamara, MB(Hons), FRCSI, MD, FRCSI(Gen)
Dublin, Ireland
Consultant general and colorectal surgeon at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, co-lead of the National Clinical Program for Surgery, and clinical professor in surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI), where she also currently serves as vice-president
Masaki Mori, MD, PhD, FACS
Isehara, Japan
Vice-president of Tokai University and dean of Tokai University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan and an internationally recognized leader in cancer stem-cell research in gastrointestinal cancers, Isehara
Richard David Rosin, MS, MB BS, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Ed), FICS, FCCS, DHMSA
Cave Hill, St. Michael, Barbados
Professor of surgery and honor senior lecturer at the University of the West Indiesin Cavehill, Barbados, where he leads the Department of Surgery
