Briefing: Addressing the Physician Shortage Post Health Care Reform

Please join us as the AAMC, ACS and N.A.C.H. unveil new physician shortage estimates from the AAMC Center for Workforce Studies and learn about the physician shortage and what we must do to address it.

Thursday, September 30
3:30 PM Capitol Visitors Center
Congressional Meeting Room North

Hosted by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the
National Association of Children’s Hospitals (N.A.C.H.).

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Decline in International Medical Graduates Exacerbates Shortage of General Surgeons

July 07, 2010

CHICAGO (July 7, 2010) – A decline in the number of international medical graduates (IMGs) is threatening patient access to quality surgical care, according to a new study in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. For years, a flat supply of new U.S.-educated...

Trauma Care Fragmented, Study Finds

HealthLeaders
By John Commins
August 23, 2010

Trauma care in the United States is so fragmented and underfunded that the survival of people who suffer major injuries often depends on where they are when they're hurt, says Brent Eastman, MD, chairman of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons ...

Operation Patient Access organized a panel discussion to help bring into focus the increasing surgical access challenges in the United States.