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8 S U R G E R Y NEWS • J U N E 2 0 0 8 NEWS FROM THE COLLEGE College Breaks Ground for Office Building on Capitol Hill T he ACS broke ground on May 9 for a Washington, D.C., office that will serve as the College’s centerpiece presence on Capitol Hill. The 10-story, class A office building, located at 20 F Street, NW, will be completed in the first quarter of 2010. ACS headquarters will remain in its current location in Chicago. The College’s Board of Regents believes that the proximity of the building to Capitol Hill will provide a more visible presence for the College and the surgeons it represents. “It is becoming increasingly important for all of surgery to speak with one Helping to break ground were (L to R) J. David Richardson, voice,” Thomas R. Russell, M.D., FACS, M.D., FACS; Josef E. Fischer, M.D., FACS; William A. ACS executive director, said during the Liggins from Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s office; John L. groundbreaking ceremony. “The new Cameron, M.D., FACS; and Thomas R. Russell, M.D., FACS. Washington office will be a physical repAdvocacy and Health Policy, which is currently loresentation of the College as the ‘house of cated in Georgetown, the new office will be home surgery’ and will present a united front to lawmakers on Capitol Hill on behalf of surgeons and to the ACS’s new Health Policy and Research Intheir patients. This building represents the Ameri- stitute, currently located in North Carolina, and several surgical specialty societies. can College of Surgeons’ commitment to workThe new building will allow the College to add ing with policymakers to improve patient care, measure outcomes of that care, and work collabo- more experts in congressional and regulatory affairs to its staff without physical restriction, and ratively with all other organizations and groups representing the overall health care team to create will include meeting areas large enough to host conferences sponsored by building tenants and a better health care system.” other interested groups. In addition to housing the College’s Division of he results of a comprehensive multispecialty survey of America’s physician practices will be used to educate national decision makers about the importance of ensuring accurate and fair representation of all physicians and patients in the development of health policy. Data from the 2008 Physician Information and Practice Expense Survey, which is being conducted by the ACS, the American Medical Association, and more than 70 other organizations, also will be used to articulate the challenges of running a practice that provides expert patient care and is financially sustainable. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has indicated it will use the results of this study to help determine physician payment. The survey firm, dmrkynetec, has been contacting randomly selected physicians and practice managers over the past several months to collect responses. As of April 25, only 30% of the general surgery practices sought for participation had completed the study, whereas a much higher response rate is desirable. Surgeons are encouraged to alert their staff regarding their willingness to participate in this confidential survey and to accept incoming calls, faxes, or e-mails from the survey firm. If your practice has been selected to participate in this important effort and you have questions about it, please call toll-free 877-816-8940, and ask to speak with one of dmrkynetec’s executive interviewers about the survey. All responses will remain confidential. Physician Practice Survey Seeks Input From Surgeons T ACS Cosponsors K08/K23 NIH Supplement Awards he ACS has announced a program that will supplement funding for up to five individuals who receive a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08/K23). This award is directed at surgeonscientists who are working in the early stages of their research careers. The award requires cosponsorship with an approved surgical society of a period of supervised research experience for 3, 4, or 5 years that may integrate didactic studies with laboratory or clinically based research. Participating surgical societies include the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, American Head and Neck Society, American Dr. Camins Selected as AANS Vice President microscopy at the department of neuartin B. Camins, M.D., FACS, was rosurgery, New York University–Bellenamed vice president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons vue Medical Center. In 1994 he received the Distinguished at its annual meeting in Chicago in April. Alumnus Award from Chicago Medical Dr. Camins, a clinical professor of School. neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Hospital, Dr. Camins served on the executive an attending neurosurgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital, and an ACS Regent, has been a committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons from 1985 to member of the AANS since 1991 and was the organiza1980 and is a member of the tion’s vice president in 1988. bylaws, executive, finance, He is past president of the long-range planning, and proAmerican Academy of Neufessional conduct committees rological Surgeons and of the and the NeurosurgeryPAC New York City Society of Board of Directors. Neurosurgeons. Dr. Camins After receiving his medical is also a member of the addegree from Chicago Medical ministrative committee of School/University of the the World Federation of NeuHealth Sciences in 1969, he did MARTIN B. rological Surgeons and a an internship in general CAMINS, M.D., FACS member of the Neurosurgical surgery at New York UniversiSociety of America and the Society of ty–Bellevue Medical Center in 1970. He Neurological Surgeons. completed his residency in neurosurgery He served on the ACS Executive Comat The Neurological Institute of New mittee of the Board of Governors from York, Columbia–Presbyterian Medical 1992 to 1997 and as the chair for the AdCenter in 1975. visory Council of Neurological Surgery During his residency, Dr. Camins from 1998 to 2001. was an International College of SurThe AANS, which is dedicated to adgeons Fellow at the National Hospital vancing the highest-quality neurosurgifor Nervous Diseases, Queens Square, cal care for the public, has more than London, England. After his residency, 7,200 members worldwide. he undertook a fellowship in electron T Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Vascular Association, Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, Society of University Surgeons, and Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education. The program helps facilitate research careers by enhancing salary support over and above that offered by the K08/K23 mechanism. Awardees must be members in good standing of the College and the cosponsoring surgical society. Applications are due June 12, 2008; funding begins July 1, 2009. Interested individuals should submit a copy of the NIH application to the College. For more details, contact Kate Early at kearly@facs.org. M Acute Care CME Program Offered he ACS Eastern States Committees on Trauma will host Point/Counterpoint XXVII— Acute Care Surgery June 8-11, 2008, in Baltimore. This continuing medical education program, to be chaired by L.D. Britt, M.D., MPH, FACS, will provide informa- T tion and continuing education in the area of trauma/critical care and non-trauma surgical emergencies. A maximum of 25 CME credits are offered. Details about the program can be viewed at www.facs.org/trauma/cme/ pointcp.html. http://www.facs.org/trauma/cme/pointcp.html http://www.facs.org/trauma/cme/pointcp.html

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