For surgeons, what we do isn’t a profession; it’s a calling.
Everything we study, practice and sacrifice is to serve our patients and communities. Surgeons work to keep one simple and powerful promise:
To Heal All With Skill and Trust.
A Message from Our Executive Director.
Now more than ever is the time for surgeons to recommit to the values that drive us. We are excited to announce a new effort to remind patients and our communities of the unique role of surgeons in society and, importantly, to remind ourselves of what it takes to earn it.
Click below to read a statement from ACS Executive Director David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS.
To Heal All …
As surgeons, we don’t discriminate about who we treat or who can join our ranks. Through outreach, scholarship programs and other efforts, we advocate fearlessly to improve the lives of every patient we treat, our field of practice and all our members.
Operation Giving Back
Resources to facilitate humanitarian outreach among ACS members of all specialties
Jacobson Promising Young Investigator Award
Recognizes outstanding surgeons demonstrating early promise of significant contribution to the practice of surgery and the safety of surgical patients
… With Skill …
Training, promoting excellence and expertise in surgery are core to what we do, and we work ceaselessly to improve our capabilities and skills in all facets of our lives.
Division of Education
National and international education and training programs to promote excellence and expertise in surgery
Surgical Education and Self-Assessment program (SESAP)
Premier educational resource for practicing surgeons
Clinical Congress
Best-in-class educational event focused on the latest advances in surgical science, practice and education
… and Trust.
Trust must be earned, and we have been working to earn and keep this trust over decades of hard endeavour. For nearly a century, ACS has implemented leading quality improvement programs that lead to greater access to high quality surgical care for patients.
ACS Quality Verification Program
Verifying quality across all surgical specialties
ACS THRIVE
Transforming health-care resources to increase value and efficiency
About ACS
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) was founded in 1913 to foster the highest ideals in the practice of surgery, including providing opportunities for the continuing education of surgeons, improving patient care and upholding the ethical practice of medicine.