100 Years of Quality: ACS COT and CoC Celebrate Centennial Anniversaries

At the the 100th anniversary celebration of the COT: A panel of current and past COT Chairs discuss the history of the COT. From left: Outgoing Chair Eileen M. Bulger, MD, FACS, Incoming Chair Jeffrey D. Kerby, MD, PhD, FACS, David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS, John Fildes, MD, FACS, FCCM, Michael Rotondo, MD, FACS, and Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS

Ice sculpture celebrating the CoC 100th anniversary

Timothy Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS, CoC Chair

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The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) kicked off its 100-year anniversary at the March ACS COT Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. Throughout the year, the ACS COT will further raise public awareness of traumatic injury as a major public health issue and advocate for investment in the development of a national trauma and emergency preparedness system and sustainable research funding proportionate to the public health burden of injury. The ACS launched a special website (cot100.facs.org) to provide information on and celebrate the milestone. The May Bulletin will feature a writeup of some of the meeting’s biggest events.

The COT centennial coincides with the 100-year anniversary celebration of the ACS Commission on Cancer (CoC), which launched last year at Clinical Congress 2021. The ACS has recognized the achievements of its CoC-accredited cancer programs, member organizations, and leadership in helping to improve the quality of care for cancer patients through an anniversary website (coc100.facs.org), a special January 2022 issue of the Bulletin, and more. Be sure to look in the May Bulletin for additional coverage of the CoC centennial meeting March 22−23 in Chicago, IL.