The American College of Surgeons (ACS) 2018 Nominating Committee of the Fellows (NCF) and the Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors (NCBG) will be selecting nominees for leadership positions in the College as follows.
Call for nominations for Officers-Elect
The 2018 NCF will select nominees for the three Officer-Elect positions of the ACS: President-Elect, First Vice-President-Elect, and Second Vice-President-Elect. The deadline for submitting nominations is February 23, 2018.
Criteria for consideration
The NCF will use the following guidelines when considering potential candidates:
- Nominees must be loyal members of the College who have demonstrated outstanding integrity and an unquestioned devotion to the highest principles of surgical practice.
- Nominees must have demonstrated leadership qualities, such as service and active participation on ACS committees or in other components of the College.
- The ACS encourages consideration of women and underrepresented minorities for all leadership positions.
All nominations must include the following:
- A letter/letters of nomination
- A personal statement from the candidate detailing his or her ACS service and interest in the position (for President-Elect position only)
- A current curriculum vitae (CV)
- The name of one individual who can serve as a reference
Further details
Entities such as surgical specialty societies, ACS Advisory Councils, ACS committees, and ACS chapters that would like to provide a letter of nomination must provide a description of their selection process and the total list of applicants reviewed.
Any attempt to contact members of the NCF by a candidate or on behalf of a candidate will be viewed negatively, and may result in disqualification. Applications submitted without the requested information will not be considered.
Nominations must be submitted to officerandbrnominations@facs.org. If you have any questions, contact Emily Kalata at 312-202-5360 or ekalata@facs.org.
Call for nominations for Board of Regents
The 2018 NCBG will select nominees for pending vacancies on the Board of Regents to be filled at Clinical Congress 2018. The deadline for submitting nominations is February 23, 2018.
Criteria
The NCBG will use the following guidelines when considering potential candidates:
- Nominees must be loyal members of the College who have demonstrated outstanding integrity along with an unquestioned devotion to the highest principles of surgical practice.
- Nominees must have demonstrated leadership qualities, such as service and active participation on ACS committees or in other components of the College.
- The ACS encourages consideration of women and underrepresented minorities for all leadership positions.
- The NCBG recognizes the importance of the Board of Regents representing all who practice surgery in both academic and community practice, regardless of practice location or configuration.
- Nominations are open to surgeons of all specialties, but particular consideration will be given this nomination cycle to those in the following specialties:
- Burn and critical care surgery
- Gastrointestinal surgery
- General surgery
- Surgical oncology
- Transplantation
- Trauma
- Vascular surgery
- Only individuals who are currently and are expected to remain in active surgical practice for their entire term may be nominated for election or reelection to the Board of Regents.
All nominations must include the following:
- A letter of nomination
- A personal statement from the candidate detailing his or her ACS service and interest in the position
- A current CV
- The name of one individual who can serve as a reference
Further details
Entities such as surgical specialty societies, ACS Advisory Councils, ACS Committees, and ACS chapters that would like to provide a letter of nomination must provide at least two nominees and a description of their selection process, along with the total list of applicants reviewed.
Any attempt to contact members of the NCBG by a candidate or on behalf of a candidate will be viewed negatively, and may result in disqualification. Applications submitted without the requested information will not be considered.
Nominations may be submitted to officerandbrnominations@facs.org. If you have any questions, contact Emily Kalata at 312-202-5360 or ekalata@facs.org.
For information only, the current members of the Board of Regents who will be considered for re-election are (all MD, FACS): John L. D. Atkinson, James C. Denneny III, Timothy J. Eberlein, Henri R. Ford, Enrique Hernandez, L. Scott Levin, Linda Phillips, Anton N. Sidawy, Beth H. Sutton, and Steven D. Wexner.
