American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), formerly the American Proctologic Society, is a professional society for surgeons specializing in colorectal surgery. It is one of the oldest surgical societies, having been established in 1899.

History

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The organization was established as the American Proctologic Society in 1899,[1] at a meeting held in Columbus, Ohio:[2]

The meeting was called by Dr. J. Rawson Pennington of Chicago, Illinois. Dr. James P. Tuttle of New York, New York, was chosen temporary chairman and Joseph M. Mathews of Louisville, Kentucky, elected the first President. The object of the Society as stated in the Constitution is the cultivation and promotion of knowledge in whatever relates to diseases of the rectum and colon.[2]

The name of the organization was changed to American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons in 1973 "to indicate more clearly the scope of its specialty".[3]

Activities

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The ASCRS has described its activities as follows:

Since its inception in 1899, the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) has been actively providing support for the education of its members specializing in colon and rectal surgery, general surgeons, surgical residents, and medical students. With new developments in surgical education, the ASCRS continues to offer educational tools and activities tailored to meet acquisition of medical knowledge and technical skills in an ongoing fashion throughout surgeons' careers, foster high-quality patient care, and promote the integration of the core competencies of communication skills, professionalism, system-based practice and practice-based learning, and improvement in daily practice. These tools and activities are presented in this article.[1]

The ASCRS offers continuing medical education courses. For this provision, it is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.[1]

The ASCRS holds an annual conference "to provide participants with in-depth and up-to-date knowledge relative to surgery for diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus", with an emphasis on patient care, teaching, and research.[1] The ASCRS is a participant in the American Joint Committee on Cancer. In 2016, the American College of Surgeons reported on its partnership with the ASCRS in developing technical skill assessments in the colorectal surgery field.

The ASCRS was one of the contributors in the formation of the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.

Past Presidents

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The following list of surgeons have served as President of the ASCRS:

Year Name
2022 Conor P. Delaney
2021 Thomas E. Read
2020 Neil H. Hyman
2019 Tracy L. Hull
2018 David A. Margolin
2017 Guy R. Orangio
2016 Patricia L. Roberts
2015 Charles E. Littlejohn
2014 Terry C. Hicks
2013 Michael J. Stamos
2012 Alan G. Thorson
2011 Steven D. Wexner
2010 David Beck
2009 James W. Fleshman
2008 Anthony Senagore
2007 W. Douglas Wong
2006 Lester Rosen
2005 Ann C. Lowry
2004 Bruce G. Wolff
2003 David J.Schoetz, Jr.
2002 Richard P. Billingham
2001 Robert D. Fry
2000 John M. MacKeigan
1999 H. Randolph Bailey
1998 Lee E. Smith
1997 Ira J. Kodner
1996 David A. Rothenberger
1995 Victor W. Fazio
1994 Philip H. Gordon
1993 Samuel B. Labow
1992 W. Patrick Mazier
1991 Robert W. Beart, Jr.
1990 Peter A. Volpe
1989 J. Byron Gathright, Jr.
1988 Herand Abcarian
1987 Frank J. Theuerkauf
1986 H. Whitney Boggs, Jr.
1985 Eugene P. Salvati
1984 A.W. Martin Marino, Jr.
1983 Stanley M. Goldberg
1982 Eugene S. Sullivan
1981 Bertram A. Portin
1980 Malcolm C. Veidenheimer
1979 Stuart H.Q. Quan
1978 Donald M. Gallagher
1977 Alejandro F. Castro
1976 John R. Hill
1975 Patrick H. Hanley
1974 Rupert B. Turnball
1973 John H. Remington
1972 John E. Ray
1971 Andrew Jack McAdams
1970 Walter Birnbaum
1969 James A. Ferguson
1968 Neil W. Swinton
1967 Raymond J. Jackman
1966 Maus W. Stearns, Jr.
1965 Norman D. Nigro
1964 Garnet W. Ault
1963 Robert A. Scarborough
1962 Robert J. Rowe
1961 Merrill O. Hines
1960 Walter A. Fansler
1959 Hyrum R. Reichman
1958 Karl Zimmerman
1957 Julius E. Linn
1956 Rufus C. Alley
1955 Stuart T. Ross
1954 A.W. Martin Marino, Sr.
1953 W. Wendell Green
1952 Newton D. Smith
1951 Robert A. Scarborough
1950 Hoyt R. Allen
1949 Louis E. Moon
1948 Harry E. Bacon
1947 George H. Thiele
1946 Joseph W. Ricketts
1944, 1945 William H. Daniel
1942, 1943 Homer I. Silvers
1941 Frederick B. Campbell
1940 Clement J. De Bere
1939 Martin S. Kleckner
1938 Dudley Smith
1937 Harry Z. Hibshman
1936 Marion C. Pruitt
1935 Frank G. Runyeon
1934 Louis A. Buie
1933 Curtis C. Mechling
1932 Curtice Rosser
1931 W. Oakley Hermance
1930 Dudley Smith
1929 Walter A. Fansler
1928 Edward G. Martin
1927 Louis A. Buie
1926 William H. Kiger
1925 Descum C. McKenney
1924 Frank C. Yeomans
1923 Ralph W. Jackson
1922 Emmett H. Terrell
1921 Granville S. Hanes
1920 Alois B. Graham
1919 Collier F. Martin
1917, 1918 Jerome M. Lynch
1916 Alfred J. Zobel
1915 T. Chittenden Hill
1914 Louis J. Krause
1913 Joseph M. Mathews
1912 Louis J. Hirschman
1911 John L. Jelks
1910 George J. Cook
1909 Dwight H. Murray
1908 George B. Evans
1907 A. Bennett Cooke
1906 Samuel G. Gant
1905 Lewis H. Adler, Jr.
1904 J. Rawson Pennington
1903 William M. Beach
1902 Samuel T. Earle
1901 Thomas C. Martin
1900 James P. Tuttle
1899 Joseph M. Mathews

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Judith L. Trudel, M.D., The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and Surgical Education: What Does Your Society Do for You?, Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2012 Sep; 25(3): 181–184. doi:10.1055/s-0032-1322548 PMC 3577576.
  2. ^ a b Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the American Protologic Society (1940), p. 12.
  3. ^ Roslyn G. Nitzberg, Choosing a Medical Specialty (1990), Vol. 7, p. 9.

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