Surgery News - September 2008 - (Page 8) S U R G E R Y NEWS • S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 8 NEWS FROM THE COLLEGE rently the recorder/program chair for the organization. He is the immediate past president of the Southeastern Surgical Congress, president of the Halsted Society, and director of the American Board of Surgery, and he was appointed to the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Program National Advisory Committee. Dr. Britt is well known as an outstanding educator and role model. He has been recognized with many national and institutional awards for his excellence in teaching. He has also been recognized for his dedicated community service and for his work related to combat trauma care. As chair of the Board of Regents, Dr. Britt will work closely with Thomas R. Russell, M.D., FACS, Executive Director of the College, in conducting ACS business. ■ Dr. Britt Becomes Chair of ACS Board of Regents O n August 5, 2008, L.D. Britt, M.D., MPH, FACS, assumed the position of chair of the ACS Board of Regents following the resignation of Josef E. Fischer, M.D., FACS, who stepped down because of time constraints and numerous personal commitments. Dr. Britt, who was previously vicechair of the board, will serve as chair until the Adjourned Meeting of the Board of Regents following the Clinical Congress in San Francisco, when the regents will elect officials for the 20082009 calendar year. A Fellow of the College since 1989, Dr. Britt is the Brickhouse Professor and chairman, Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk. He is the first African-American in the country to have an endowed chair in surgery. executive director of the Society of Dr. Britt is a graduate of Harvard Black Academic Surgeons. Medical School and Harvard School of A member of the Executive and FiPublic Health, and a member of severnance Committees of the al national and international ACS Board of Regents, Dr. organizations, including AlBritt also sits on the execupha Omega Alpha Honor tive board of the National Society, Society of UniversiBoard of Medical Examiners ty Surgeons, Southern Surand is a former member of gical Association, Société Inthe Examination Committernationale de Chirurgie, tee of the American Board Halsted Society, and the of Surgery. He was also a American Surgical Associamember of the Executive tion. He has served on the Council of the ACS NationNational Institutes of L.D. BRITT, M.D., al Committee on Trauma Health SOH Study Review MPH, FACS and was chair of all of the Panel and has had many naCOT’s regional committees, which intional and international leadership positions, including president of the Soci- clude all 50 states and the international community. ety of Surgical Chairs, past chairman Previously, Dr. Britt was vice-presiof the ACGME Residency Review dent of the American Association for Committee for Surgery, secretary of the Southern Surgical Association, and the Surgery of Trauma, and he is cur- wards will be presented to the 2008 recipients of the ACS/Pfizer, Inc. Surgical Volunteerism Awards and the newly established Surgical Humanitarian Award at the Clinical Congress in October. The Governors’ Committee on Socioeconomic Issues received nominations for many exceptional individuals, which demonstrates the substantial commitment of ACS Fellows to the care of the underserved. Joseph A. Gurri, M.D., FACS, of Melbourne Beach, Fla., will be awarded the Surgical Volunteerism Award for domestic outreach in recognition of extensive work in his local community. Upon arriving in Brevard County, Fla., in 1981 as a young surgeon, Dr. Gurri, who is fluent in Spanish, began helping migrant workers with their health care needs. In 1992, when the local hospital launched a system of free clinics, Dr. Gurri stepped up as a surgical volunteer. Assessing gaps in available care, Dr. Gurri created a program at the Brevard Health Alliance Breast Cancer Clinic for the identification, education, treatment, and follow-up of women with breast cancer, providing complete access to breast health services. Through this and similar programs over nearly three decades, Dr. Gurri Fellows To Be Honored for Volunteerism A has proved to be a champion in providing surgical care to the uninsured and the less fortunate. Bradley D. Wong, M.D., FACS, of Honolulu, Hawaii, will be awarded the Surgical Volunteerism Award for international outreach in recognition of his participation in numerous medical missions to the Philippines, Viet Nam, China, American Samoa, and Nepal. As a medical student, Dr. Wong volunteered at an outreach clinic in Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Since 1988, he has been involved with the Honolulubased Aloha Medical Mission’s annual trips and has served on the mission’s board of directors, helping to expand its services and acquire a clinic in Honolulu. By immersing himself in everything from patient care to education, Dr. Wong demonstrates a strong commitment to international surgical care. Guy Theodore, M.D., FACS, of Pignon, Haiti, is the inaugural recipient of the 2008 American College of Surgeons/Pfizer, Inc. Surgical Humanitarian Award, which recognizes surgeons who have dedicated a substantial portion of their career to ensuring surgical care for underserved populations without expectation of commensurate reimbursement. A native of Haiti, Dr. Theodore received his graduate medical training in the United States and later joined the U.S. Air Force. While away from his homeland, he developed a strategy to build the Hôpital de Bienfaisance de Pignon when he returned in 1983. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Theodore has also built public health services encompassing human immunodeficiency virus care, dental and eye clinics, midwifery, clean water and sanitation initiatives, and microfinance programs in Pignon and the surrounding communities. With the assistance of expatriate surgeons who volunteer with the Christian Mission of Pignon, Community Coalition of Haiti, and Project Haiti, Dr. Theodore regularly holds courses for physicians from all areas of Haiti. His efforts have resulted in a modern hospital facility with a broad complement of medical and surgical services. Dr. Gurri, Dr. Wong, and Dr. Theodore will speak at the plenary session on volunteerism (GS08) on Monday, Oct. 13, 9:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m., and will attend a volunteer networking reception that evening. Their exceptional contributions will be formally recognized at the annual Board of Governors dinner on Tuesday, Oct. 14. For details, go to the ACS Web site at www.operationgivingback.facs.org or check the Clinical Congress News. ■ ACS Web Portal Logs Thousands Of Visitors sage statistics indicate that approximately 7,500 unique visitors visit e-FACS.org, the College’s members-only Web portal, each quarter. Recently, the portal surpassed 1 million page views. Below are some of the functions you can perform in the portal. To begin, go to http://www.efacs.org and log in with your ACS membership ID. For each function listed below, go to http://efacs.org/portal/page/ portal/ACS_Content and then to the specific areas indicated for each. Track CME credits. (Go to MYPAGE/myCME.) Update your College profile. (Go to MYPAGE/MYPROFILE.) Log your cases. (Go to MYPAGE/MYCASES.) List all of your favorite Web sites in one place. (Go to MYPAGE/myBookmarks.) Check out the newly redesigned Women Surgeons community. (Go to ACSCOMMUNITIESSPECIALITIES/WomenSurgeons.) View the Minimally Invasive Surgery “Image of the Month.” (Go to ACSCOMMUNITIESSPECIALITIES/GenSurg_SpA/ MinInvCmty.) A work in progress, the ACS Web Portal continues to grow and develop daily. Come and see for yourself why more and more members are taking advantage of this free tool. The portal is being directed by George F. Sheldon, M.D., FACS, who is Editor-in-Chief, and Lazar J. Greenfield, M.D., FACS, the portal’s Associate Editor. ■ U Dr. Gurri studying films. Dr. Theodore (right) with patient. Dr. Wong examining a skin graft. http://e-FACS.org http://www.efacs.org http://efacs.org/portal/page/portal/ACS_Content http://efacs.org/portal/page/portal/ACS_Content http://www.operationgivingback.facs.org
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