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SURGERY NEWS • N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 8 NEWS FROM THE COLLEGE Dr. Cameron resides in Ruxton, Md., with his wife Doris Mae. They have two daughters, Heather and Shannon, and two sons, Duncan and Andrew. ■ Dr. Cameron Installed as 89th ACS President J Southern Surgical Association, the Soohn L. Cameron, M.D., FACS, a ciety of Surgical Chairs, the Society for general and thoracic surgeon who specializes in treatment of alimenta- Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, the Society of Clinical Surgery, and the ry diseases, was installed as the 89th Baltimore Academy of Surgery. He President of the ACS during Convocaalso was a director of the tion ceremonies that preAmerican Board of Surgery. ceded the annual Clinical A leader in alimentary Congress in October. tract surgery, Dr. Cameron Dr. Cameron is the Alhas operated on more pafred Blalock Distinguished tients with pancreatic cancer Service Professor of and done more Whipple reSurgery at The Johns Hopsections than any other surkins University School of geon in the world. His reMedicine, Baltimore. search interests have included He received a bachelor randomized clinical trials and of arts degree from HarJOHN L. CAMERON, clinical outcomes of pancreas vard University, CamM.D., FACS surgery as well as basic labobridge, Mass., and earned a ratory research on pancreatic diseases, medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Af- for which he has received grant support from the National Institutes of ter a surgical internship at Johns HopHealth. kins, he served in the U.S. Army as a Throughout his distinguished career, research surgeon in the department of Dr. Cameron has exemplified a strong surgical metabolism at Walter Reed commitment to the dissemination of Army Institute of Research. He then completed a surgical residency at Johns surgical knowledge. He is the author of several internationally recognized surHopkins, followed by a clinical and research fellowship at the Johns Hopkins gical textbooks, including Atlas of Surgery I and II, Atlas of Biliary Tract Hospital. A Fellow of the American College of Surgery, Atlas of Clinical Oncology, and nine editions of Current Surgical Surgeons since 1975, Dr. Cameron has Therapy. He also is the coauthor of Evbeen actively involved in the governance of the College. He was treasurer idence Based Surgery, written with Toby A. Gordon, Sc.D. Moreover, Dr. from 1998 to 2007 and has served as a Cameron has served as the author or member of the Executive Committee (2006–2007), Board of Regents Honors coauthor of 99 chapters in surgical Committee (2005–present), Investment textbooks and 384 clinical and research articles published in the medical literaSubcommittee of the Finance Comture. mittee (2002–present), and Finance He has also contributed to the surgiCommittee (1998 to present). Dr. cal profession through his work as a Cameron also served as a senior memmember of the editorial boards of the ber of the College’s Committee on following journals: Journal of the Video-Based Education (1980–1990). American College of Surgeons, Dr. Cameron has held many leadership positions in organized surgery. He Surgery, Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Panwas president of the American Surgical creatic Surgery, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Asian Journal of Surgery, and Association, the Halsted Society, the The American Surgeon. He currently is the editor in chief of the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Advances in Surgery. Others Take on Leadership Roles S everal other individuals in addition to Dr. Cameron assumed leadership positions at the Clinical Congress. Installed during the Convocation Ceremony were Jack W. McAninch, M.D., FACS, of San Francisco, as First Vice-President, and Richard B. Reiling, M.D., FACS, of Charlotte, N.C., as Second Vice-President. Dr. McAninch, who became a Fellow in 1973, is professor of urology at the University of California–San Francisco and the chief of urology at San Francisco General Hospital. He concluded his tenure as a member of the Board of Regents in 2007, and is currently serving as Chair of the Public Profile and Communications Steering Committee, and Co-Chair of the Patient Education Committee. Dr. Reiling is medical director of the Presbyterian Cancer Center, Charlotte, N.C. A Fellow since 1977, he is Chair of the ACS representatives to the American Medical Association House of Delegates and Secretary of the ACS Foundation. Dr. Reiling is also a past recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, the College’s highest honor. Named President-Elect during the Annual Business Meeting was LaMar S. McGinnis, M.D., FACS, a general and oncologic surgeon who is clinical professor of surgery at Emory University, Atlanta. Chosen as First VicePresident-Elect was Kirby I. Bland, M.D., FACS, chair of the department of surgery at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Karen E. Deveney, M.D., FACS, a general surgeon in practice at the VA Medical Center and Oregon Health & Sciences University Hospital in Portland, became Second Vice-President-Elect. In addition, L.D. Britt, M.D., MPH, FACS, the Brickhouse Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, was elected Chair of the Board of Regents by his colleagues. Dr. Britt is the first African American to become chair of the College’s board and the first to have an endowed chair in surgery. Elected as Vice-Chair was A. Brent Eastman, M.D., FACS, chief medical officer, Scripps Health; N. Paul Whittier Chair of Trauma, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, Calif.; and clinical professor of surgery, University of California, San Diego. New Regents elected to the board for a first term were Mark A. Malangoni, M.D., FACS, chair and surgeonin-chief, department of surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, and professor of surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; and Valerie W. Rusch, M.D., FACS, chief, thoracic service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and professor of surgery, Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Eastman Appointed to Injury Prevention Board also performs second-level peer review he Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Preven- of applications for grants-in-aid for research and research training tion and Control, has apactivities, cooperative agreepointed A. Brent Eastman, ments, and research conM.D., FACS, to serve on the tract proposals related to 13-member board that advisthe broad areas within the es the secretary of the U.S. national center. Department of Health and A Fellow of the College Human Services and the disince 1976, Dr. Eastman has rector of the Centers for served on the Board of ReDisease Control and Prevengents since 2001 and has tion. been an active participant in The board will examine A. BRENT EASTMAN, its trauma programs and acstrategies and goals for proM.D., FACS tivities. He is currently the grams and research within chief medical officer at Scripps Health, the national center, conduct peer review of scientific programs, and moni- and N. Paul Whittier Chair of Trauma, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, tor the overall strategic direction and focus of the national center. The board Calif. ■ New Web Site, Design Enhance Utility of SRGS T S elected Readings in General Surgery (SRGS) has launched a new Web site (www.facs.org/srgs), and a redesign of the print version debuted in October with Volume 35, Number 1, Vascular Surgery, Part I. The goal of the redesign is to increase awareness and improve the relevance, readability, accessibility, and value of the publication. The changes in appearance signal the fact that the publication is dedicated to the acquisition of surgical knowledge. Surgeons must master a medical literature that grows in size and complexity on a daily basis. SRGS provides useful, topic-oriented analyses of the medical literature featuring interpretation and comment from an expert editorial board. Selected Readings in General Surgery offers an optional pretest that permits the reader to assess her or his current state of knowledge about the topic to be discussed. Readers who use this resource to earn continuing medical education (CME) credits can then complete the post-test. Both tests can be accessed on the new SRGS Web site. Upcoming SRGS topics through January 2009 include vascular surgery, part II and III; and renal: physiology, renal failure, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), access, and transplantation. For subscription and CME information, visit www.facs.org/srgs/. ■ http://www.facs.org/srgs http://www.facs.org/srgs/

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