The Candidate and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons
The Candidate and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons
is comprised of surgical residents, surgeons who have completed residency
who are in subspecialty training, and surgeons who have completed residency
and are in practice, but have not yet completed requirements for Fellowship.
William Watson, MD, a surgical resident
at Indiana University School of Medicine, is our current Candidate
Representative. He is a member of the Council of the Indiana Chapter. Please email the webmaster if you would like to contact Dr. Watson.
Candidate Representatives
- 1999-2001 Andrew Isch, MD
- 2002-2003 William Watson, MD
The following report was made by Andy Isch, MD, a former surgical resident
at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Isch was the Candidate
Representative and a member of the Council of the Indiana Chapter.
He is one of three who attended the CAS-ACS meeting in Chicago at the annual
Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in October 2000.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL Of MEDICINE
Department of Surgery
Education Office
Dear Dr. Inlow
I just wanted to take a minute to fill you in on the
Candidate and Associates' meeting at the ACS last week in Chicago.
To begin, the meeting itself was very well attended - There were close
to 100 representatives from various College chapters form around the country.
The Chair of the Candidate group is a young surgeon from North Carolina
who just finished his Cardiac training. He informed us how well the
Candidate and Associate society is being received by the College as a whole.
Dr. Joe Fischer and several other individuals spoke on the status of medical
insurance, HMOs, reimbursement, etc. The Q&A session afterward
generated much discussion - overall, it was a very good session.
We then broke into subspecialty groups to elect members to an executive
council. These members will serve on the subspecialty committees
that represent the College. As a large group, we also discussed the
formation of recommendation proposals to the College regarding issues that
related to surgical residents. For example, resident work hours (which
has become a real problem in New York because of state laws) and family
leave policy. These discussions were productive as well. Overall,
I believe the Candidate and Associate group is a very good thing.
With the support that is currently building for the group, I see it as
a positive addition to the College. It should, in time, be able to
make some real contributions to the good of the College and surgeons as
a whole. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to
get in touch with me, Thanks much.
Sincerely,
Andy Isch
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