American College of Surgeons. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 2008: Vol 93 Index

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Bulletin index: Volume 93, numbers 1-12
Author index
BOTHE, ALBERT, Jr., Current Procedural Terminol-
A ogy: Changes for 2008, 93, 1:18
-and MARIANI, DEBRA, Socioeconomic tips: ACS
ANDERSON, BENJAMIN, and EL-TAMER, Coding Hotline: Hernia coding hotline questions,
MAHMOUD, and KURTZMAN, SCOTT H., and 93, 2:26
MASOOD, SHAHLA, and KIM, PAULA, and WIN- -and MARIANI, DEBRA, and BARNEY, LINDA,
CHESTER, DAVID P., and KAUFMAN, CARY, Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding Hotline: Breast
The National Accreditation Program for Breast Cen- surgery coding questions, 93, 6:22
ters: Quality improvement through interdisciplinary —Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding Hotline: Cholecys-
evaluation and management, 93, 10:13 tectomy questions, 93, 11:31
BRITT, L. D., Citation for Prof. Russell W. Strong,
93, 11:40
B BROWN, CYNTHIA A., The College’s Division of
Advocacy and Health Policy: An overview, 93, 4:8
BAKER, MELINDA, 2008 state legislative activity, —What surgeons should know about...The 2008 Medi-
93, 11:26 care fee schedule, 93, 1:8
-Risk management programs: A means to lower pre- BROWN, ELISABETH CHERRY, and BASS, BAR-
miums, 93, 3:24 BARA L., and SACHDEVA, AJIT K., and NIES-
—What surgeons should know about... A surgeon’s role PODZIEWANSKI, FELIX, and TRIBE, JULIE
in state advocacy: Interview with Hugh A. Gamble AIKINS, Clinical Congress redesigned to address
II, MD, FACS, 93, 6:8 current and future needs of participants, 93, 7:58
-and MORSE, SARA, Advocacy advisor: How a bill BURLEY, CAITLIN, What surgeons should know
becomes a law, 93, 12:26 about...2008 PQRI alternative reporting options,
BALCH, CHARLES M., and RUSSELL, THOMAS 93, 7:8
R., ACS Practice Patterns Survey, Part II: Prescribing —What surgeons should know about...Chartered value
habits among surgical specialties, 93, 11:11 exchanges, 93, 3:8
—Contemporary surgeons bring technical and cognitive BURRIS, DAVID G., and RICH, NORMAN M., and
skills to patient care: A patterns of care survey, 93, WHERRY, DAVID C., A humanitarian effort by
6:17 the department of surgery of the USUHS to a third-
BARIE, PHILIP, and MAIER, RONALD V,, and world country: The Philippines, 93, 4:26
PERRY, MALCOLM O., and TRUNKEY, DONALD BUTCHER, LOLA, Building a successful residency
D., and YURT, ROGER W.,, and FLINT, LEWIS, In program: Insights from an award-winning program
memoriam: G. Tom Shires, MD, FACS, 1926-2007, director, 93, 5:17
93, 2:28 —Hospice and palliative medicine: Surgeons effectively
BARNEY, LINDA, and BOTHE, ALBERT, Jr., and push for new specialty, 93, 2:8
MARIANI, DEBRA, Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding —Surgeon leads pediatric disaster planning initiative,
Hotline: Breast surgery coding questions, 93, 6:22 93, 9:8
-and BOTHE, ALBERT, Jr., and MARIANI, DEBRA,
Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding Hotline: Cholecys-
tectomy questions, 93, 11:31
BASS, BARBARA L., and SACHDEVA, AJIT K.,
and NIESPODZIEWANSKI, FELIX, and TRIBE, CAMPBELL, SYLVIA D., Fahad’s journey, 93, 11:8
JULIE AIKINS, and BROWN, ELISABETH CASEY, KATHLEEN, and STEIN, KAREN, Project
CHERRY, Clinical Congress redesigned to address New Orleans, 93, 1:32
current and future needs of participants, 93, 7:58 CHEN, PAULINE W.,, The art of medicine at the end
BEACHAM, SUSAN, Mommy, Daddy, are we rich?, of life: The challenges ahead, 93, 2:19
93, 9:27 CHOKSHI, NIKUNJ, and KAAFARANI, HAY-
VOLUME 93, NUMBER 12, BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
Bulletin index: Volume 93, numbers 1-12
Author index
BOTHE, ALBERT, Jr., Current Procedural Terminol-
A ogy: Changes for 2008, 93, 1:18
-and MARIANI, DEBRA, Socioeconomic tips: ACS
ANDERSON, BENJAMIN, and EL-TAMER, Coding Hotline: Hernia coding hotline questions,
MAHMOUD, and KURTZMAN, SCOTT H., and 93, 2:26
MASOOD, SHAHLA, and KIM, PAULA, and WIN- -and MARIANI, DEBRA, and BARNEY, LINDA,
CHESTER, DAVID P., and KAUFMAN, CARY, Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding Hotline: Breast
The National Accreditation Program for Breast Cen- surgery coding questions, 93, 6:22
ters: Quality improvement through interdisciplinary —Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding Hotline: Cholecys-
evaluation and management, 93, 10:13 tectomy questions, 93, 11:31
BRITT, L. D., Citation for Prof. Russell W. Strong,
93, 11:40
B BROWN, CYNTHIA A., The College’s Division of
Advocacy and Health Policy: An overview, 93, 4:8
BAKER, MELINDA, 2008 state legislative activity, —What surgeons should know about...The 2008 Medi-
93, 11:26 care fee schedule, 93, 1:8
-Risk management programs: A means to lower pre- BROWN, ELISABETH CHERRY, and BASS, BAR-
miums, 93, 3:24 BARA L., and SACHDEVA, AJIT K., and NIES-
—What surgeons should know about... A surgeon’s role PODZIEWANSKI, FELIX, and TRIBE, JULIE
in state advocacy: Interview with Hugh A. Gamble AIKINS, Clinical Congress redesigned to address
II, MD, FACS, 93, 6:8 current and future needs of participants, 93, 7:58
-and MORSE, SARA, Advocacy advisor: How a bill BURLEY, CAITLIN, What surgeons should know
becomes a law, 93, 12:26 about...2008 PQRI alternative reporting options,
BALCH, CHARLES M., and RUSSELL, THOMAS 93, 7:8
R., ACS Practice Patterns Survey, Part II: Prescribing —What surgeons should know about...Chartered value
habits among surgical specialties, 93, 11:11 exchanges, 93, 3:8
—Contemporary surgeons bring technical and cognitive BURRIS, DAVID G., and RICH, NORMAN M., and
skills to patient care: A patterns of care survey, 93, WHERRY, DAVID C., A humanitarian effort by
6:17 the department of surgery of the USUHS to a third-
BARIE, PHILIP, and MAIER, RONALD V,, and world country: The Philippines, 93, 4:26
PERRY, MALCOLM O., and TRUNKEY, DONALD BUTCHER, LOLA, Building a successful residency
D., and YURT, ROGER W.,, and FLINT, LEWIS, In program: Insights from an award-winning program
memoriam: G. Tom Shires, MD, FACS, 1926-2007, director, 93, 5:17
93, 2:28 —Hospice and palliative medicine: Surgeons effectively
BARNEY, LINDA, and BOTHE, ALBERT, Jr., and push for new specialty, 93, 2:8
MARIANI, DEBRA, Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding —Surgeon leads pediatric disaster planning initiative,
Hotline: Breast surgery coding questions, 93, 6:22 93, 9:8
-and BOTHE, ALBERT, Jr., and MARIANI, DEBRA,
Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding Hotline: Cholecys-
tectomy questions, 93, 11:31
BASS, BARBARA L., and SACHDEVA, AJIT K.,
and NIESPODZIEWANSKI, FELIX, and TRIBE, CAMPBELL, SYLVIA D., Fahad’s journey, 93, 11:8
JULIE AIKINS, and BROWN, ELISABETH CASEY, KATHLEEN, and STEIN, KAREN, Project
CHERRY, Clinical Congress redesigned to address New Orleans, 93, 1:32
current and future needs of participants, 93, 7:58 CHEN, PAULINE W.,, The art of medicine at the end
BEACHAM, SUSAN, Mommy, Daddy, are we rich?, of life: The challenges ahead, 93, 2:19
93, 9:27 CHOKSHI, NIKUNJ, and KAAFARANI, HAY-
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THAM, and SANTRY, HEENA P, and MOLLER, DIAZ, FERNANDO G., Citation for Prof. Jacques
MECKER G., and KARAMICHALIS, JOHN, Brotchi, 93, 11:35
Mentoring the modern surgeon, 93, 7:19 DONAHOE, PATRICIA K., In memoriam: Moses
-and DATRICE, NICOLE, and GUITRON, JU- Judah Folkman, MD, FACS: 1933-2008, 93, 10:31
LIAN, and MOLLER, MECKER G., and SANTRY,
HEENA P, General surgery training and the demise
of the general surgeon, 93, 7:32 E
CLARK, DAVID E., and FANTUS, RICHARD J.,
NTDB* data points: Annual report 2007: More than EDWARDS, CHRISTAL, Final phase of the Stark
2.7 in 2007, 98, 1:62 regulations take effect: How we got here, 92, 2:22
COFER, JOSEPH B., Project Access: Giving back EL-TAMER, MAHMOUD, and KURTZMAN, SCOTT
at home, 93, 1:13 H., and MASOOD, SHAHLA, and KIM, PAULA,
COLLICOTT, PAUL E., Highlights of the ACSPA and WINCHESTER, DAVID P, and KAUFMAN,
Board of Directors and the ACS Board of Regents CARY, and ANDERSON, BENJAMIN, The Na-
meetings, October 6-11, 2007, 93, 1:54 tional Accreditation Program for Breast Centers:
-Highlights of the ACSPA Board of Directors and Quality improvement through interdisciplinary
the ACS Board of Regents meetings, February 8-9, evaluation and management, 93, 10:13
2008, 93, 5:27
COOKE, DAVID T., and JAMSHIDI, RAMIN, and
GUITRON, JULIAN, and KARAMICHALIS, F
JOHN, The virtual surgeon: Using medical simu-
lation to train the modern surgical resident, 93, FANTUS, RICHARD J., NTDB® data points: 60-
7:26 something, 93, 3:43
COOKE, DAVID T., and FULLER, LYNN “TUT,” -NTDB* data points: ATVs: “All-terrain victims,” 93,
and LIN, GIANT, and MATSUI, JUN Y., and 11:59
SOBOTKA, SARAH A., Teaching surgery to -NTDB* data points: Dark side of the moon, 93,
medical students: Perspectives from our mentees, 10:52
93, 7:48 -NTDB® data points: Hasta la vista, bad data, 93,
COOPER, ARTHUR, and FANTUS, RICHARD 9:59
J., NTDB* data points: Pediatric Report 2007: Too -NTDB°* data points: Pedal to the metal, 93, 5:43
many kids, 93, 2:43 -NTDB° data points: Repeal Prohibition, 93, 6:47
COOPER, RICHARD A., The coming era of too few -NTDB* data points: School’s out, 93, 7:99
physicians, 93, 3:11 -NTDB* data points: Uncovered and underpaid, 93,
COPELAND, EDWARD M. III, The art of medicine 8:43
at the end of life: A surgeon’s point of view, 98, —and CLARK, DAVID E., NTDB"® data points: Annual
2:17 report 2007: More than 2.7 in 2007, 93, 1:62
—Professionalism and ethics in the current resident -and COOPER, ARTHUR, NTDB* data points: Pedi-
training paradigm, 93, 10:8 atric Report 2007: Too many kids, 93, 2:43
—and TRUNKEY, DONALD D., Medicine in a vortex: —~and FOLEY, TOM, NTDB° data points: How rural
Quantity versus quality, 93, 6:10 is it?, 93, 4:47
CORVO, PHILIP R., Surgeon takes JSAC lessons —and STONE, JAMES L., NTDB® data points: Watch
home to Connecticut, 93, 6:30 your head, 93, 12:47
CUTTER, C. SUZANNE, and SANTIN, BRIAN FISCHER, JOSEF E., Report of the Chair of the
J., The economics of health care: Is it threatening Board of Regents, 93, 1:36
surgical education?, 93, 7:12 FLINT, LEWIS, and BARIE, PHILIP, and MAIER,
RONALD V., and PERRY, MALCOLM O., and
TRUNKEY, DONALD D., and YURT, ROGER W.,
D In memoriam: G. Tom Shires, MD, FACS, 1926-2007,
93, 2:28
DATRICE, NICOLE, and GUITRON, JULIAN, and FOLEY, TOM, and FANTUS, RICHARD J., NTDB”®
MOLLER, MECKER G., and SANTRY, HEENA P, data points: How rural is it?, 93, 4:47
and CHOKSHI, NIKUNJ, General surgery training FRIED, GERALD M., and SOPER, NATHANIEL
and the demise of the general surgeon, 93, 7:32 J., The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery: Its
DeMEESTER, TOM R., Citation for Prof. Gerald C. time has come, 93, 9:30
O’Sullivan, 93, 11:37 FRIESEN, SHAWN, Lessons from victory and pos-
DECEMBER 2008 BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
sibilities for reform: A recent history of Medicare T., The virtual surgeon: Using medical simulation to
advocacy efforts, 93, 12:12 train the modern surgical resident, 93, 7:26
FULLER, LYNN “TUT,” and LIN, GIANT, and
MATSUI, JUN Y., and SOBOTKA, SARAH A.,
and COOKE, DAVID T., Teaching surgery to K
medical students: Perspectives from our mentees,
93, 7:48 KAAFARANI, HAYTHAM, and SANTRY, HEENA
P, and MOLLER, MECKER G., and KARAMICH-
ALIS, JOHN, and CHOKSHI, NIKUNUJ, Mentor-
ing the modern surgeon, 93, 7:19
KARAMICHALIS, JOHN, and CHOKSHI, NI-
GREENBERG, JACOB A., and PATEL, ASH, and KUNJ, and KAAFARANI, HAYTHAM, and
JAIK, NIKHIL P, and MERY, CARLOS, Teaching SANTRY, HEENA P.,, and MOLLER, MECKER
and assessing the ACGME competencies in surgical G., Mentoring the modern surgeon, 93, 7:19
residency, 93, 7:39 -and COOKE, DAVID T., and JAMSHIDI, RAMIN,
GRIFFEN, F. DEAN, The impact of transparency on and GUITRON, JULIAN, The virtual surgeon: Us-
patient safety and liability, 93, 3:19 ing medical simulation to train the modern surgical
GUITRON, JULIAN, and KARAMICHALIS, resident, 93, 7:26
JOHN, and COOKE, DAVID T., and JAMSHIDI, KAUFMAN, CARY, and ANDERSON, BENJAMIN,
RAMIN, The virtual surgeon: Using medical and EL-TAMER, MAHMOUD, and KURTZMAN,
simulation to train the modern surgical resident, SCOTT H., and MASOOD, SHAHLA, and KIM,
93, 7:26 PAULA, and WINCHESTER, DAVID P., The Na-
-and MOLLER, MECKER G., and SANTRY, tional Accreditation Program for Breast Centers:
HEENA P.,, and CHOKSHI, NIKUNJ, and DA- Quality improvement through interdisciplinary
TRICE, NICOLE, General surgery training and evaluation and management, 93, 10:13
the demise of the general surgeon, 93, 7:32 KIM, ANTHONY W., From residency to clinical
GYNN, MICHAEL C., From Dublin to New Orleans: ownership: Reflections of ay oung thoracic surgeon,
Oweida Scholarship report, 93, 4:31 93, 6:20
KIM, PAULA, and WINCHESTER, DAVID P, and
KAUFMAN, CARY, and ANDERSON, BENJA-
H MIN, and EL-TAMER, MAHMOUD, and KURTZ-
MAN, SCOTT H., and MASOOD, SHAHLA, The
HANLON, C. ROLLINS, In memoriam: Michael National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers:
Ellis DeBakey, MD, FACS: September 7, 1908-—July Quality improvement through interdisciplinary
11, 2008, 93, 10:27 evaluation and management, 93, 10:13
HOY, ELIZABETH, Measuring patient experiences KNUDSON, M. MARGARET, Into the theater:
of care, 93, 5:13 Perspectives from a civilian trauma surgeon’s visit
to the Combat Support Hospital in Balad, Iraq, 93,
11:16
KO, CLIFFORD Y., ACS Clinical Scholars in Resi-
dence Program comes full circle, 93, 7:93
ISAACS, ANDY, In memoriam: Remembering John KURTZMAN, SCOTT H., and MASOOD, SHAHLA,
H. Isaacs, MD, FACS, 93, 1:51 and KIM, PAULA, and WINCHESTER, DAVID
P., and KAUFMAN, CARY, and ANDERSON,
BENJAMIN, and EL-TAMER, MAHMOUD, The
J National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers:
Quality improvement through interdisciplinary
JAIK, NIKHIL P., and MERY, CARLOS, and evaluation and management, 93, 10:13
GREENBERG, JACOB A., and PATEL, ASH, KUY, SREYRAM, Stand up for patients, 93, 8:23
Teaching and assessing the ACGME competencies
in surgical residency, 93, 7:39
JAMES, TED A., From the Chair of RAS-ACS: Train- L
ing in essential nonclinical skills, 93, 7:10
JAMSHIDI, RAMIN, and GUITRON, JULIAN, and LEDGERWOOD, ANNA M., and LUCAS, CHARLES
KARAMICHALIS, JOHN, and COOKE, DAVID E., Profiles in surgery: The beautification of a hos-
VOLUME 93, NUMBER 12, BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
pital and a medical center, 93, 12:31 and assessing the ACGME competencies in surgical
LEWIS, JULIE, Emphasis on public reporting of residency, 93, 7:39
health care data intensifies, 93, 4:22 MOLLER, MECKER G., and KARAMICHALIS,
‘Socioeconomic tips: Medicare pay-for-reporting pro- JOHN, and CHOKSHI, NIKUNJ, and KAAFA-
gram to continue in 2008, 93, 1:48 RANI, HAYTHAM, and SANTRY, HEENA P,
~Three decades of service in public health: An inter- Mentoring the modern surgeon, 93, 7:19
view with C. Everett Koop, 93, 7:54 and DATRICE, NICOLE, and GUITRON, JU-
-and OPELKA, FRANK, Transformational change LIAN, and SANTRY, HEENA P, and CHOKSHI,
in health care: Identifying the current state and NIKUNJ, General surgery training and the demise
future state, 93, 9:15 of the general surgeon, 93, 7:32
LIN, GIANT, and MATSUI, JUN Y., and SOBOTKA, MORSE, SARA, and BAKER, MELINDA, Advocacy
SARAH A., and COOKE, DAVID T., and FULL- advisor: How a bill becomes a law, 93, 12:26
ER, LYNN “TUT,” Teaching surgery to medical and WARSHAW, ANDREW L., Paging all doctors:
students: Perspectives from our mentees, 93, 7:48 Surgery needed in Congress, 93, 8:20
LIN, PAUL H., From my perspective: Guest column: MURRAY, CAROLE, Reduce your risk by managing
The practice of general surgery today requires patient expectations, 93, 8:17
growth and adaptability, 93, 3:4
LINGER, LAURA M., Financial checkup: Tips fo
evaluating net worth, 93, 10:45 N
LUCAS, CHARLES E., and LEDGERWOOD,
ANNA M., Profiles in surgery: The beautification NELSON, HEIDI, and OTA, DAVID M., ACOSOG
of a hospital and a medical center, 93, 12:31 news: In situ ablation of breast cancers, 93, 10:41
ACOSOG news: Measuring national surgical and
medical opinions of a clinical trial idea, 93, 3:41
M ACOSOG news: Passion is fleeting, but money sus-
tains, 93, 1:59
MAIER, RONALD V., and PERRY, MALCOLM O., ACOSOG news: A phase II trial for minimally inva
and TRUNKEY, DONALD D., and YURT, ROGER sive esophagectomy, 93, 2:41
W., and FLINT, LEWIS, and BARIE, PHILIP, In ACOSOG news: A stronger surgeon-pathologist team
memoriam: G. Tom Shires, MD, FACS, 1926-2007, in cancer surgery, 93, 8:38
93, 2:28 ACOSOG news: “Such stuff as dreams are made on’
MARIANI, DEBRA, In compliance...with Medicare Laparoscopic rectal cancer trial, 93, 11:56
recovery audit contractors: Who are they and what NIESPODZIEWANSKI, FELIX, and TRIBE, JU-
do they do?, 93, 9:37 LIE AIKINS, and BROWN, ELISABETH CHER-
—and BARNEY, LINDA, and BOTHE, ALBERT, Jr., RY, and BASS, BARBARA L., and SACHDEVA,
Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding Hotline: Breast AJIT K., Clinical Congress redesigned to address
surgery coding questions, 93, 6:22 current and future needs of participants, 93, 7:58
—Socioeconomic tips: ACS Coding Hotline: Cholecys- NWARIAKU, FIEMU, Report of the 2008 Australia
tectomy questions, 93, 11:31 New Zealand Travelling Fellow, 93, 9:50
-and BOTHE, ALBERT, Jr., Socioeconomic tips:
ACS Coding Hotline: Hernia coding hotline ques-
tions, 93, 2:26 O
MASOOD, SHAHLA, and KIM, PAULA, and WIN-
CHESTER, DAVID P, and KAUFMAN, CARY, OLLAPALLY, VINITA M., CMS announces quality
and ANDERSON, BENJAMIN, and EL-TAMER, and regulatory changes in the final 2069 Inpatient
MAHMOUD, and KURTZMAN, SCOTT H., The Prospective Payment System rule, 93, 10:18
National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers: OPELKA, FRANK, and LEWIS, JULIE, Trans-
Quality improvement through interdisciplinary formational change in health care: Identifying the
evaluation and management, 93, 10:13 current state and future state, 93, 9:15
MATSUI, JUN Y., and SOBOTKA, SARAH A., and ORLOFF, MARSHALL J., In memoriam: James C.
COOKE, DAVID T., and FULLER, LYNN “TUT,” Thompson, MD, FACS, 1928-2008, 93, 11:42
and LIN, GIANT, Teaching surgery to medical stu- OTA, DAVID M., and NELSON, HEIDI, ACOSOG
dents: Perspectives from our mentees, 93, 7:48 news: In situ ablation of breast cancers, 93, 10:41
MERY, CARLOS, and GREENBERG, JACOB A., ACOSOG news: Measuring national surgical and
and PATEL, ASH, and JAIK, NIKHIL P, Teaching medical opinions of a clinical trial idea, 93, 3:41
DECEMBER 2008 BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
-ACOSOG news: Passion is fleeting, but money sus- RUSCH, VALERIE W., Report of the Chair of the
tains, 93, 1:59 Board of Governors, 93, 1:40
-ACOSOG news: A phase II trial for minimally inva- RUSSELL, THOMAS R., From my perspective,
sive esophagectomy, 93, 2:41 93, 1:4 (College partnerships); 2:4 (improving the
-ACOSOG news: A stronger surgeon-pathologist team College’s image and visibility); 3:3 (exploring issues
in cancer surgery, 93, 8:38 with guest columnists); 4:4 (new Washington DC of-
-ACOSOG news: “Such stuff as dreams are made on”: fice); 5:4 (transparency and insurance companies);
Laparoscopic rectal cancer trial, 93, 11:56 6:4 (Physician Quality Reporting Initiative); 7:4
OZGEDIZ, DORUK, and RIVIELLO, ROBERT, and (mid-year progress report); 8:4 (surgeons in Iraq
ROGERS, SELWYN 0O., The surgical workforce and Afghanistan); 9:4 (bearing the brunt of health
crisis in Africa: A call to action, 93, 8:10 care spending); 10:4 (redirecting medical students
to generalist specialties); 11:4 (ACS Health Policy
and Research Institute); 12:4 (ACS Statement on
P Health Care Reform)
—Report of the Executive Director, 93, 1:41
PAI, SAVITRI, Surgeons Diversified Investment —and BALCH, CHARLES M, ACS Practice Patterns
Fund: Two years later, 93, 9:22 Survey, Part II: Prescribing habits among surgical
PATEL, ASH, and JAIK, NIKHIL P, and MERY, specialties, 93, 11:11
CARLOS, and GREENBERG, JACOB A., Teach- —Contemporary surgeons bring technical and cogni-
ing and assessing the ACGME competencies in tive skills to patient care: A patterns of care survey,
surgical residency, 93, 7:39 93, 6:17
PEEBLES, RHONDA, Chapter news, 98, 2:45, 4:49,
6:50, 8:45, 10:54, 12:50
PELLEGRINI, CARLOS A., Citation for Prof. Joa-
quim Gama-Rodrigues, 93, 11:36
PERRY, MALCOLM O., and TRUNKEY, DONALD SACHDEVA, AJIT K., and NIESPODZIEWAN-
D., and YURT, ROGER W., and FLINT, LEWIS, SKI, FELIX, and TRIBE, JULIE AIKINS, and
and BARIE, PHILIP and MAIER, RONALD V,, In BROWN, ELISABETH CHERRY, and BASS,
memoriam: G. Tom Shires, MD, FACS, 1926-2007, BARBARA L., Clinical Congress redesigned to
93, 2:28 address current and future needs of participants,
PRESKITT, JOHN T., In compliance...with docu- 93, 7:58
menting consultations, 93, 10:24 SANTIN, BRIAN J., and CUTTER, C. SUZANNE,
The economics of health care: Is it threatening sur-
gical education?, 93, 7:12
R SANTRY, HEENA P, and CHOKSHI, NIKUNJ, and
DATRICE, NICOLE, and GUITRON, JULIAN,
RADER, MELISSA, Developing leadership skills: A and MOLLER, MECKER G., General surgery
resident’s perspective, 93, 10:21 training and the demise of the general surgeon,
REGNIER, STEPHEN J., Symposium considers the 93, 7:32
art of medicine at the end of life, 93, 2:13 -and MOLLER, MECKER G., and KARAMICH-
REYNOLDS, STUART A., The practice of locum ALIS, JOHN, and CHOKSHI, NIKUNJ, and
tenens: Commentary, 93, 5:11 KAAFARANI, HAYTHAM, Mentoring the modern
RICH, NORMAN M., and WHERRY, DAVID C., surgeon, 93, 7:19
and BURRIS, DAVID G., A humanitarian effort SCHNEIDMAN, DIANE S., Leadership conference
by the department of surgery of the USUHS to a prepares surgeons for the future, 93, 6:33
third-world country: The Philippines, 93, 4:26 —Surgeons unite at joint advocacy conference in Wash-
RISHWORTH, SUSAN, From the Archives: Photos ington, 93, 6:26
shed light on history of surgery in Mexico, 93, 5:25 SHELDON, GEORGE FE. Citation for Mr. Bernard
—Historical films needed for Archives, 93, 10:33 Ribeiro, 93, 11:38
RIVIELLO, ROBERT, and ROGERS, SELWYN O., SOBOTKA, SARAH A., and COOKE, DAVID T.,
and OZGEDIZ, DORUK, The surgical workforce and FULLER, LYNN “TUT,” and LIN, GIANT,
crisis in Africa: A call to action, 93, 8:10 and MATSUI, JUN Y., Teaching surgery to medical
ROGERS, SELWYN O., and OZGEDIZ, DORUK, students: Perspectives from our mentees, 93, 7:48
and RIVIELLO, ROBERT, The surgical workforce SOPER, NATHANIEL J., and FRIED, GERALD
crisis in Africa: A call to action, 93, 8:10 M., The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery: Its
VOLUME 93, NUMBER 12, BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
time has come, 93, 9:30 WISEMAN, SAM M., Report of the 2008 American
STEIN, KAREN, “The best and worst week of my College of Surgeons Japan Traveling Fellow, 93,
life”: A surgeon at war, 93, 4:15 11:49
-Surgical stapler’s 100th anniversary celebrated by
Covidien at SAGES, 93, 10:39
-and CASEY, KATHLEEN, Project New Orleans,
93, 1:32
STONE, JAMES L., and FANTUS, RICHARD J., YURT, ROGER W., and FLINT, LEWIS, and BARIE,
NTDB? data points: Watch your head, 93, 12:47 PHILIP, and MAIER, RONALD V,, and PERRY,
SUTTON, JON, AMA HOD adopts health policy, 93, MALCOLM O., and TRUNKEY, DONALD D., In
2:37 memoriam: G. Tom Shires, MD, FACS, 1926-2007,
—Georgia on our minds: General surgery wins fight for 93, 2:28
recognition, 93, 6:14
-Shortened AMA HOD meeting gets the job done,
93, 9:44
-What surgeons should know about...Fairness and
transparency in contracts, 93, 8:8 ZELEM, JOHN, Navigating the perfect storm, 93,
12:21
T
TRIBE, JULIE AIKINS, and BROWN, ELISA-
BETH CHERRY, and BASS, BARBARA L.,
and SACHDEVA, AJIT K., and NIESPODZIE-
WANSKI, FELIX, Clinical Congress redesigned to
address current and future needs of participants,
93, 7:58
TRUNKEY, DONALD D., and YURT, ROGER W.,
and FLINT, LEWIS, and BARIE, PHILIP, and
MAIER, RONALD V,, and PERRY, MALCOLM
O., In memoriam: G. Tom Shires, MD, FACS,
1926-2007, 93, 2:28
TRUNKEY, DONALD D., and COPELAND, ED-
WARD M. III, Medicine in a vortex: Quantity versus
quality, 93, 6:10
TOLLS, RONALD M., The practice of locum tenens:
Views of a senior surgeon, 93, 5:8
WwW
WARSHAW, ANDREW L., and MORSE, SARA,
Paging all doctors: Surgery needed in Congress,
93, 8:20
WHERRY, DAVID C., and RICH, NORMAN M.,
and BURRIS, DAVID G., A humanitarian effort
by the department of surgery of the USUHS to a
third-world country: The Philippines, 93, 4:26
WINCHESTER, DAVID P,, and KAUFMAN, CARY,
and ANDERSON, BENJAMIN, and EL-TAMER,
MAHMOUD, and KURTZMAN, SCOTT H., and
MASOOD, SHAHLA, and KIM, PAULA, The
National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers:
Quality improvement through interdisciplinary
evaluation and management, 93, 10:13
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Subject index
—-Dateline: Washington: College launches advocacy
A newsletter, 93, 3:6
—From my perspective (Russell), 93, 11:4
ACCREDITATION (see THE JOINT COMMIS- -Surgeon takes JSAC lessons home to Connecticut
SION) (Corvo), 93, 6:30
ADVISORY COUNCILS —Surgeons unite at joint advocacy conference in Wash-
ACGS seeks nominations for Members-at-Large, 93, ington (Schneidman), 93, 6:26
2:33 American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
ADVOCACY AND HEALTH POLICY (see also (ACOSOG) (see also CLINICAL TRIALS)
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS: AD- -ACOSOG news: In situ ablation of breast cancers
VOCACY AND HEALTH POLICY) (Ota and Nelson), 93, 10:41
Advocacy advisor: How a bill becomes a law (Baker -ACOSOG news: Measuring national surgical and
and Morse), 98, 12:26 medical opinions of a clinical trial idea (Ota and
Paging all doctors: Surgery needed in Congress (War- Nelson), 93, 3:41
shaw and Morse), 98, 8:20 -ACOSOG news: Passion is fleeting, but money sus-
Three decades of service in public health: An interview tains (Ota and Nelson), 93, 1:59
with C. Everett Koop (Lewis), 93, 7:54 -ACOSOG news: A phase II trial for minimally inva-
What surgeons should know about...A surgeon’s role sive esophagectomy (Ota and Nelson), 93, 2:41
in state advocacy: Interview with Hugh A. Gamble -ACOSOG news: A stronger surgeon-pathologist team
II, MD, FACS (Baker), 93, 6:8 in cancer surgery (Ota and Nelson), 93, 8:38
AMBULATORY SURGERY -ACOSOG news: “Such stuff as dreams are made on”:
Dateline: Washington: Georgia hospitals sue surgeons, Laparoscopic rectal cancer trial (Ota and Nelson),
93, 3:6 93, 11:56
Dateline: Washington: New York requires accredita- American College of Surgeons Professional
tion for OBS , 93, 6:7 Association
Dateline: Washington: Public hearing on general —-Highlights of the ACSPA Board of Directors and the
surgery in Georgia, 93, 2:6 ACS Board of Regents meetings, October 6-11, 2007
Georgia on our minds: General surgery wins fight for (Collicott), 98, 1:54
recognition (Sutton), 98, 6:14 -Highlights of the ACSPA Board of Directors and the
A look at The Joint Commission: Joint Commission ACS Board of Regents meetings, February 8-9, 2008
designated to improve safety of office-based surgery, (Collicott), 93, 5:27
93, 5:41 Annual meeting (see AMERICAN COLLEGE OF
A look at The Joint Commission: Study examines pre- SURGEONS: Clinical Congress)
operative nursing assessments for ASCs, 93, 3:39 Awards
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS -COT honored with CDC injury prevention award,
Activities 93, 3:31
-College breaks ground for new Washington Office, —College seeks nominations for 2008 Jacobson Promis-
93, 7:86 ing Investigator Award, 93, 2:36
—Nora Institute for Surgical Patient Safety dedicated —-College seeks nominations for volunteerism and
at College headquarters, 93, 8:27 humanitarian awards, 93, 1:53
Advocacy and Health Policy -Dr. Collicott selected to receive 2008 Distinguished
-ACS establishes Health Policy and Research Insti- Service Award, 93, 9:40
tute, 93, 5:21 -Dr. Puder honored with 2007 Jacobson Promising
—College breaks ground for new Washington Office, Investigator Award, 93, 2:34
93, 7:86 —Fellows honored for volunteerism, 93, 9:42
-The College’s Division of Advocacy and Health Policy: —Jacobson Award recipient honored, 93, 8:29
An overview (Brown), 93, 4:8 -RCSI awards highest honor to Presidents of ACS and
-Dateline: Washington: ACS cosponsors advocacy RCSEng, 93, 7:87
conference, 93, 5:7 Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons
—Dateline: Washington: ACS launches strategic re- —Corrections, 93, 8:37
sponse, 93, 2:6 —Letters, 93, 3:36, 12:43
VOLUME 93, NUMBER 12, BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
Chapters —Fellows in the news, 93, 1:63, 4:43, 8:28
-Arthur Ellenberger honored with meritorious -RCSI awards highest honor to Presidents of ACS and
achievement award, 93, 2:33 RCSEng, 93, 7:87
—Chapter news (Peebles), 93, 2:45, 4:49, 6:50, 8:45, Governors, Board of
10:54, 12:50 -Report of the Chair of the Board of Governors
-Dateline: Washington: AMA honors New Jersey (Rusch), 93, 1:40
Chapter administrator, 93, 1:6 Honorary Fellowships
-Leadership conference prepares surgeons for the —Citation for Prof. Jacques Brotchi (Diaz), 93, 11:35
future (Schneidman), 93, 6:33 —Citation for Prof. Joaquim Gama-Rodrigez (Pel-
Clinical Congress legrini), 93, 11:36
-2008 ACS Clinical Congress preliminary program, —Citation for Prof. Gerald C. O’Sullivan (DeMeester),
93, 7:66 93, 11:37
—Clinical Congress redesigned to address current and -Citation for Mr. Bernard Ribeiro (Sheldon), 93,
future needs of participants (Bass, Sachdeva, Nie- 11:38
spodziewanski, Tribe, and Brown), 93, 7:58 —Citation for Prof. Russell W. Strong (Britt), 93,
-Highlights of the 93rd annual Clinical Congress, 11:40
9a, 1:22 —Honorary Fellowships presented to five prominent
-Improve your financial health: Sessions of special surgeons, 93, 11:34
interest at the 2008 Clinical Congress, 93, 9:29 Informatics
—Official notice: Annual Business Meeting of Mem- —ACS Web portal hits milestone, 93, 10:56
bers, American College of Surgeons, 93, 9:40 -EVMS and ACS launch medical simulation site, 93,
-RAS symposium at Clinical Congress to examine 6:43
medical economics, 93, 9:49 Officers and staff
Commission on Cancer (see also CANCER) -ACS Officers and Regents, 93, 1:44
—Call for abstracts: CoC Paper Competition, 93, 1:64, —Dean A. Rein named Executive Director of ACS
2:38 Foundation, 93, 12:28
-COC announces Paper Competition winners, 93, —Dr. Cameron installed as 89th ACS President, 93,
10:35 11:33
-—COC conference scheduled for July, 93, 3:34 Operation Giving Back (see VOLUNTEERISM)
Development Properties
—Dean A. Rein named Executive Director of ACS —College breaks ground for new Washington Office,
Foundation, 93, 12:28 93, 7:86
Disciplinary actions —From my perspective (Russell), 93, 4:4
-Disciplinary actions taken, 93, 3:33, 5:39, 10:46 Publications
Executive Director —College publishes consumer book on the surgical
—From my perspective (Russell), 93, 1:4 (College experience, 93, 3:27
partnerships); 2:4 (improving the College’s image —Selected Readings becomes a College publication,
and visibility); 3:3 (exploring issues with guest 93, 4:35
columnists); 4:4 (new Washington DC office); Regents, Board of
5:4 (transparency and insurance companies); 6:4 ~—Highlights of the ACSPA Board of Directors and the
(Physician Quality Reporting Initiative); 7:4 (mid- ACS Board of Regents meetings, October 6-11, 2007
year progress report); 8:4 (surgeons in Iraq and (Collicott), 93, 1:54
Afghanistan); 9:4 (bearing the brunt of health -Highlights of the ACSPA Board of Directors and the
care spending); 10:4 (redirecting medical students ACS Board of Regents meetings, February 8-9, 2008
to generalist specialties); 11:4 (ACS Health Policy (Collicott), 93, 5:27
and Research Institute); 12:4 (ACS Statement on —Report of the Chair of the Board of Regents (Fischer),
Health Care Reform) 93, 1:36
—Report of the Executive Director (Russell), 93, 1:41 Resident and Associate Society of the Ameri-
Fellows (see also AMERICAN COLLEGE OF can College of Surgeons (RAS-ACS) (see also
SURGEONS: Awards) EDUCATION AND TRAINING and YOUNG
—“The best and worst week of my life”: A surgeon at SURGEONS)
war (Stein), 93, 4:15 ~From the Chair of the RAS-ACS: Training in essen-
-Dr. Camins named AANS vice-president, 93, 6:41 tial nonclinical skills (James), 93, 7:10
~—Dr. Eastman appointed to national injury prevention -RAS symposium at Clinical Congress to examine
advisory board, 93, 11:47 medical economics, 93, 9:49
DECEMBER 2008 BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
Scholarships/fellowships —Surgeons Diversified Investment Fund’s first quarter
~2008 Japan and Germany Exchange Travelers an- 2008 performance report, 93, 7:95
nounced, 93, 8:31 -Surgeons Diversified Investment Fund’s second quarter
~2009 ANZ Travelling Fellow selected, 93, 8:33 2008 performance report, 93, 10:43
-2009 Oweida Scholarship availability announced, Testimony and comment
93, 11:57 —Dateline: Washington: ACS alerts Senate to workforce
-2009-2011 ACS/NREF/AANS Faculty Career Devel- crisis, 93, 4:7
opment Award available, 93, 9:46 -Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on fee schedule,
-ACS cosponsors K08/K23 NIH Supplement Awards, 93, 11:7
93, 6:44 -Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on hospital pay-
-ACS Clinical Scholars in Residence Program comes ment rules, 93, 8:7
full circle (Ko), 93, 7:93 -Dateline: Washington: ACS comments on OPPS/ASC
-~ACS German Traveling Fellowship available for proposed rule, 93, 11:7
2009, 93, 2:39 -Dateline: Washington: ACS testifies on stereotactic
~ACS resident research scholarships available, 93, breast biopsy, 93, 1:6
8:35 -Dateline: Washington: College backs bill to stop pay
-ACS selects 2008 Oweida Scholar, 93, 5:22 cuts, 93, 6:7
-ACS Traveling Fellowship to Japan available, 93, —Dateline: Washington: College testifies on value-based
2:40 purchasing, 93, 5:7
-ACS/TRIO issue call for proposals for clinical scien- --Dateline: Washington: Dr. Mabry testifies on payment
tist development awards, 93, 8:36 policies, 93, 7:7
~The Clowes ACS/AAST/NIGMS Mentored Clinical -Dateline: Washington: Dr. Meredith testifies on trauma,
Scientist Development Award available, 93, 8:37 93, 7:7
—College offers new wound care management award, Trauma (see also TRAUMA)
93, 4:37 ~2008 COT Resident Trauma Papers Competition win-
-Faculty Research Fellowships awarded by College, ners announced, 93, 7:90
93, 6:40 —~ATLS® extends reach to Pakistan, 93, 3:29
-FLS program receives landmark grant, 93, 8:33 -Connecticut COT to host conference in April, 93, 3:31
—From Dublin to New Orleans: Oweida scholarship —COT accepting submissions for 2009 Resident Trauma
report (Gynn), 93, 4:31 Papers Competition, 93, 9:47
-Germany Traveling Fellow selected for 2009, 93, -COT honored with CDC injury prevention award,
11:47 93, 3:31
~Heller School Executive Leadership Program schol- First Lady of Georgia visits ATLS®, 93, 6:37
arships available, 93, 12:29 -NTDB?® data points: 60-something (Fantus), 93, 3:43
-Report of the 2008 American College of Surgeons -NTDB?” data points: ATVs: “All-terrain victims” (Fan-
Japan Traveling Fellow (Wiseman), 93, 11:49 tus), 93, 11:59
—Report of the 2008 Australia New Zealand Travelling -NTDB?® data points: Annual Report 2007: More than
Fellow (Nwariaku), 93, 9:50 2.7 in 2007 (Fantus and Clark), 93, 1:62
-Resident Research Scholarships for 2008 awarded, -NTDB* data points: Dark side of the moon (Fantus),
93, 6:39 93, 10:52
Statements -NTDB* data points: Hasta la vista, bad data (Fantus),
—Statement on health care reform, 93, 12:5 93, 9:59
—Statement on the physician acting as an expert wit- —~NTDB?° data points: How rural is it? (Fantus), 93, 4:47
ness, 93, 8:25 -NTDB?® data points: Pedal to the metal (Fantus), 93,
—Statement on recommendations for uniform use of 5:43
real-time ultrasound guidance for placement of -NTDB?® data points: Pediatric Report 2007: Too many
central venous catheters, 93, 9:35 kids (Fantus and Cooper), 93, 2:43
-Statement on use of cell phones in the operating -NTDB?® data points: Repeal Prohibition (Fantus), 93,
room, 93, 9:33 6:47
Surgeons Diversified Investment Fund (see also -NTDB?® data points: School’s out (Fantus), 93, 7:99
FINANCE) -NTDB° data points: Uncovered and underpaid (Fan-
—Surgeon’s Diversified Investment Fund: Two years tus), 93, 8:43
later (Pai), 93, 9:22 -NTDB?® data points: Watch your head (Fantus and
-Surgeons Diversified Investment Fund’s fourth Stone), 93, 12:47
quarter 2007 performance report, 93, 4:45 -Trauma meetings calendar, 93, 11:55
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