Advisory Council for Pediatric Surgery

The Advisory Council for Pediatric Surgery is a committee of the Board of Regents and has been assigned the following functions:

• Serve as a liaison in the communication of information to and from pediatric surgery societies and the Board of Regents.
• Advise the Board of Regents on policy matters and policy formations relating to pediatric surgery.
• Discuss matters the Advisory Council wishes to present to the Board of Regents or other appropriate American College of Surgeons (ACS) departments or committees.
• Nominate Fellows from pediatric surgery to serve on College committees and other committees and organizations.
• Provide pediatric surgery input into the development of general and specialty sessions, including postgraduate courses, for the College’s Clinical Congress.

Within the past several years, with the support of the College’s Board of Regents, the Advisory Council has begun to serve an expanded role within the College. The responsibility of serving as a conduit of communication between the College and Pediatric Surgery has been targeted as crucial, particularly as the practice of surgery is facing changes and uncertainty under the managed care environment.

Advisory Council for Pediatric Surgery Roster