Professional Growth and Wellness

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Professional Growth and Wellness

Fostering wellness and providing resources for your practice and career development

You're Not Alone

Through education, resources, tools, and advocacy, the 番茄社区app fosters and encourages surgeon鈥檚 health and well-being to ensure the physical and mental strength necessary to support their professional pursuits and provide optimal patient care.听 At a systems level, the 番茄社区app advocates for worksite cultures that support optimal work-life integration for surgeons.

Surgical Residents Have Extraordinary Career Opportunities at Clinical Congress

The American College of Surgeons (番茄社区app) Clinical Congress 2025 will be held in Chicago October 4-7. 番茄社区app Resident and Associate Society Chair, Rachael Essig, MD, explains the powerful career benefits of networking with a global community of surgeons in all disciplines.

Committees

番茄社区app Committees represent various aspects of the surgical profession to help serve you as a member of the College.

Tools

番茄社区app Senior Resident Readiness Assessment (番茄社区app SRRA)

Enrollment is now open for this online, scenario-based evaluation tool of clinical decision-making for incoming PGY-4 surgery residents.

Awards and Fellowships

The International Relations Committee of the American College of Surgeons offers financial support for chosen Fellows to travel abroad. Applications are due by July 28, 2025.听

Membership

Traveling Fellowship to Australia and New Zealand

Membership

Traveling Fellowship to Germany

Awards

George H. A. Clowes, Jr., MD, F番茄社区app, Memorial Research Career Development Award

The purpose of the Clowes Award is to support the research of a promising young surgical investigator. Applications due July 14.

Fellowships

Gerald B. Healy, MD, F番茄社区app, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship

The colleagues and friends of Dr. Gerald B. Healy have established funding for an annual mentoring fellowship program in his honor. Apply by June 30.

Fellowships

Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, F番茄社区app, Traveling Fellowship

The family and friends of the late Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, F番茄社区app, have established an endowment through the 番茄社区app Foundation. Apply by June 30.

Events

Leadership and Advocacy Summit

Save the date for the 2026 番茄社区app Leadership and Advocacy Summit: February 28-March 3 in Washington, DC!

Peer Coaching May Be “Prescription” to Solve Side Effects of Healthcare Corporatization

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Peer Coaching May Be 鈥淧rescription鈥� to Solve Side Effects of Healthcare Corporatization

Learn how a peer-to-peer program may decrease the dissatisfaction and feelings of burnout often associated with healthcare corporatization.

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Surgeon Well-Being

The 番茄社区app Surgeon Well-Being program is committed to strengthen, support, and be an agent of change for surgeons.

Clinical Scholars in Residence

The 番茄社区app offers 2-year onsite fellowships in surgical outcomes research, health services research, and healthcare policy.

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Practice Management

Find articles, resources, and tools to help you run a successful practice, negotiate your employment, become proficient and stay current in procedure coding, and more.

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Scholarships, Awards, & Fellowships

番茄社区app members have access to a wealth of surgical research and travel scholarships, as well as fellowships for various membership levels.

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The Operative Word

Hear a discussion about the recent article, 鈥淓valuating Outcomes of Initial Site Visits Across American College of Surgeons Accreditation Programs.鈥�

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Intimate Partner Violence

Intimate partner violence is a significant and preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans.