The Southwestern Surgical Congress
401 N. Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60611-4267
Tel: +1 312-527-6667
Fax: +1 312-245-1084
E-mail: swsc@sba.com
The Southwestern Surgical Congress is a non-profit organization comprised of approximately 2000 general surgeons and associated specialty surgeons organized to stimulate and promote the progress of surgery. Fellows of The Southwestern Surgical Congress are reputable, board certified surgeons residing in states comprising The Congress, and other areas as approved by The Congress. The Southwestern Surgical Congress' membership consists of Fellows in the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Congress works to promote and advance surgery through educational offerings, support and publication of research, and being an active advocate for the advancement of general surgery.
The Association for Surgical Education
Department of Surgery
SIU School of Medicine
PO Box 19655
Springfield, IL 62794-9655
Tel: +1 217-785-3835
E-mail: membership@surgicaleducation.com
The Association for Surgical Education was formed in 1980 and its members represent over 190 medical schools and institutions throughout the United States and Canada. Its primary goal is to promote the art and science of education in surgery.
Specific objectives include: Developing innovative teaching aids and programs and effective educational interventions; Designing effective faculty development programs for surgical educators; Promoting and supporting research in the surgical education field; and maintaining an educational clearinghouse which offers a variety of materials to be used by faculty and students in surgical education.
The Association of Women Surgeons
414 Plaza Drive, # Suite 209
Westmont, IL 60559
Tel: +1 630-655-0392
Fax: +1 630-655-0391
E-mail: info@womensurgeons.org
AWS's mission is to inspire, encourage, and enable women surgeons to realize their professional and personal goals.
Specific objectives include: Developing innovative teaching aids and programs and effective educational interventions; Designing effective faculty development programs for surgical educators; Promoting and supporting research in the surgical education field; and maintaining an educational clearinghouse which offers a variety of materials to be used by faculty and students in surgical education.
Executive Director
Jane Schuster
The American Society of Breast Surgeons
585 Main Street, # Suite 243
Laurel, MD 20707
Tel: +1 301-362-1722 or (toll free) +1 877-362-1722
Fax: +1 301-362-1723
E-mail: jschuster@breastsurgeons.org
The American Society of Breast Surgeons was formed to encourage the study of breast surgery, to promote research and development of advanced surgery techniques, to improve standards of practice for breast surgery in the United States, and serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas.
The Midwest Surgical Association
1101 24th Street
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Phone: 515.274.4339
E-mail: info@midwestsurg.org
The Midwest Surgical Association is a surgical organization made up of surgeons who have established reputations as practitioners, authors, teachers, and/or original investigators. The objective of this society is to exemplify and promote the highest standards of surgical practice, especially among young surgeons in the Midwest. The annual meeting is held in August each year in different locations throughout the Midwest and consists of a stimulating scientific program of the highest quality and a social program planned with children and families in mind.
Administrator
Susan Lentz
Association of VA Surgeons
PO Box 2459
Lynnwood, WA 98036
Phone: 425-953-4757
Fax: 206-319-4601
E-Mail: suelentz@comcast.net
The Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) was founded in 1967. Its stated purpose is simply to "improve patient care, medical education and research in surgery in the Veterans Administration". Since 1977 annual surgical symposia are hosted by university-affiliated VA Medical Centers. The AVAS is a non-profit, non-political educational organization. It refrains from lobbying Congress, but its opinions on managing the VA are communicated to Central Office or Headquarters by its members of the surgical field advisory group.
Chief of Surgery
Edward Barksdale, Jr., M.D.
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
OR
Informatics Officer
Selwyn Rogers, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
E-mail: srogers@partners.org
The Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) was founded in 1989 against the backdrop of a paucity of African-American surgeons in academic medicine and the absence of an organized network of African-American surgeons to stimulate, mentor and inspire young surgeons and medical students to pursue academic careers. The Society's annual meeting is designed to stimulate academic excellence among its members by providing a forum of scholarship in collaboration with the leading Departments of Surgery in the United States.
