Surgery News - December 2008 - (Page 10) S U R G E R Y NEWS • D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 8 NEWS FROM THE COLLEGE he 2009 Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors (NCBG) has the task of selecting three nominees for pending vacancies on the Board of Regents that will need to be filled during the 2009 Clinical Congress. One of these pending vacancies is a Canadian seat that, in accordance with ACS Bylaws, must be filled by a Canadian surgeon. The following guidelines are used by the NCBG when reviewing the names of candidates for potential nomination to the Board of Regents. Loyal members of the College who have demonstrated outstanding integrity and medical statesmanship along with an unquestioned devotion to the highest principles of surgical practice. Demonstrated leadership qualities that might be reflected by service and active participation on ACS committees or in other components of the College. Recognition of the importance of their representing all who practice surgery. Also to be taken into consideration are geography, surgical specialty balance, and academic or community practice. The College encourages consid- Nominations Sought for Board of Regents T ACS Foundation Names New Executive Director eration of women and other underrepresented minorities. Individuals who are no longer in active surgical practice should not be nominated for election or reelection to the Board of Regents. The surgical specialty that should be given priority consideration is General Surgery. Consideration of the surgical specialty does not apply to the Canadian seat. Nominations should be submitted to memberservices@facs.org by Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, and should include a paragraph or two on the potential contributions each candidate can offer in terms of what he or she can do for the members of the College. For more information, contact Patricia Sprecksel, NCGB staff liaison, at psprecksel@facs.org. For information only, the current members of the Board of Regents who will be considered for re-election are as follows: Dr. H. Randolph Bailey, Dr. Bruce D. Browner, Dr. Martin B. Camins, Dr. Julie A. Freischlag, Dr. Raymond F. Morgan, Dr. Karl C. Podratz, Dr. J. David Richardson, Dr. Mark C. Weissler, and Dr. Thomas V. Whalen. ■ Children’s Hospital Foundation in Milean A. Rein, a fund-raising and waukee, where his work contributed to an philanthropic gift support execuincrease of more than 300% in the hospitive, became Executive Director tal’s philanthropic gifts and the creation of of the American College of Surgeons a $30 million fund-raising campaign. Foundation on September 15. Mr. Rein’s advancement experience inMr. Rein, former senior vice-president cludes positions at Northwestof Carroll University in ern University, Northern IlliWaukesha, Wisc., received his nois University, and the bachelor’s degree in journalChicago-Kent Law School. He ism and public relations from has served in several volunteer Northern Illinois University, capacities and has presented at Dekalb. He also earned a proconferences of the Council for fessional certificate in managthe Advancement and Support ing institutional advancement of Education, the Association from the University of Chicaof Healthcare Philanthropy, go and a professional certifiand the Association of cate in not-for-profit manageDEAN A. REIN Fundraising Executives (AFP). ment from Northwestern In 2001, he was awarded the AFP MilUniversity’s Kellogg School of Managewaukee Chapter’s Scott Cutlip Award, ment, Chicago. the organization’s highest honor for proDuring his 15-year tenure at Carroll University, which began in 1993, Mr. Rein fessionals in the not-for-profit sector. Established by the College’s Board of was a senior staff member who led adRegents in February 2005, the ACS Founvancements efforts and provided admindation officially began its activities in July istrative oversight to the intercollegiate 2005. Its sole mission is to raise funds to athletic program. Under his leadership, support the ACS mission: to improve the Carroll completed three capital camcare of the surgical patient and safeguard paigns, all surpassing their original goals standards of care in an optimal and ethiahead of schedule, and in the process secal practice environment. The Foundacured over $100 million in philanthropic tion serves as the College’s philanthropic gift support. arm for reaching out to both its memBefore joining the Carroll University bers and its public constituencies. staff, Mr. Rein was vice-president for the ■ Apply Now for Leadership Program Scholarship wo scholarships are being offered to subsidize attendance and participation in the Executive Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management (http://heller.brandeis.edu/ academic/elp.html) at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. The course takes place June 14-19, 2009. The two $8,000 scholarships, which are reserved for general surgeons and are fully funded by the College, are to be used toward tuition, travel, housing, and subsistence. Several surgical specialty societies have partnered with the ACS to cosponsor a scholarship for a member in good standing of both the College and his or her surgical society. The American Urological Association (AUA) will also cosponsor a health policy scholarship with the College, via the mechanism of the AUA’s Gallagher Scholars program. General policies covering T the granting of the scholarships are as follows: The award is open to surgeons who are general surgeons or members in good standing of one of the listed societies and of the ACS. Applicants must be at least 30 years of age, but younger than 55 on the date that the completed application is filed. The award is to be used to support the recipient during the period of the course and the period of service following. Indirect costs are not paid to the recipient or to the recipient’s institution. Applications consist of one copy each of the applicant’s current curriculum vitae and a one-page essay describing why the applicant wishes to receive the scholarship. Application for this award may be submitted even if comparable application to other organizations has been made. If the recipient accepts a similar scholarship from another agency or organization, the scholarship will be with- drawn. The recipient must notify the Scholarships Section of the ACS, which administers this program, of competing awards. The scholarship must be used in the year for which it is designated. The selected scholar is required to provide one year’s health policy–related assistance to the ACS and the cosponsoring society, attending meetings, reviewing applications, and so forth, as requested. A brief report of the scholar’s experiences and activities is due at the conclusion of the course and again at the end of scholarship period. A simple accounting is also required. The closing date for receipt of applications is Feb. 1, 2009. All applicants will be notified of the outcome by March 31, 2009. For more information, call 312-202-5281. Requirements may be viewed at www.facs.org/memberservices/research.html. Send applications for this scholarship to Scholarships Section, American College of Surgeons, 633 N. Saint Clair St., Chicago, IL 60611-3211. ■ Call for Nominations: ACS Officers-Elect he 2009 Nominating Committee of the Fellows (NCF) has the task of selecting nominees for the three Officer-elect positions of the College: President-elect, First VicePresident-elect, and Second Vice-Presidentelect. In reviewing potential candidates for nomination, the NCF uses the following guidelines: Loyal members of the College who have demonstrated outstanding integrity and medical statesmanship along with an unquestioned devotion to the highest principles of surgical practice. Demonstrated leadership qualities that might be reflected by service and active par- T ticipation on ACS committees or in other components of the College. Recognition of the importance of their representing all who practice surgery. The College encourages consideration of women and other underrepresented minorities. Send nominations by Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, to memberservices@facs.org. Nominations should include a paragraph or two on the potential contributions each candidate can offer in terms of what he or she can do for members of the College. For more information, contact Patricia Sprecksel, staff liaison for the NCF, at psprecksel@facs.org. http://www.facs.org/memberservices/research.html http://heller.brandeis.edu/academic/elp.html http://heller.brandeis.edu/academic/elp.html
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