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12/02/2021

The 69th ANNUAL CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM IS HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY DECEMBER 4, 2021

General Registration: 7:30 am
Clinical Sessions: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Delta Hotel by Marriott
515 Route One South Iselin, NJ
(732) 634-3600
See link in Bio

Virtual option available for some clinical sessions*

*Transplant and HPB Session is both in person and virtual (hybrid) via Zoom | email: NewJerseyChapterAcs@gmail.com for details

11/28/2021

The 69th ANNUAL CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM IS HAPPENING DECEMBER 4, 2021

General Registration: 7:30 am
Clinical Sessions: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Delta Hotel by Marriott
515 Route One South Iselin, NJ
(732) 634-3600
njsurgeons@aol.com

Register now !

CDC COVID-19 Recommendations will be followed

Sessions:
Colon/Rectal Surgery
Bariatric Surgery
Global Surgery
Resident and Medical Student Session
Pediatric Surgery
Transplant and HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Register now !
email njsurgeons@aol.com

Virtual option available for portions of the program*

69th Annual Clinical Meeting Brochure (pdf) :https://www.nj-acs.org/documents/2021brouchure%20final.pdf

Note changes to the speakers may have occurred

11/28/2021

The 69th ANNUAL CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM IS HAPPENING DECEMBER 4, 2021

General Registration: 7:30 am
Clinical Sessions: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Delta Hotel by Marriott
515 Route One South Iselin, NJ
(732) 634-3600
njsurgeons@aol.com

Register now:

CDC COVID-19 Recommendation
Virtual option available for portions of the program*

Sessions:
Colon/Rectal Surgery
Bariatric Surgery
Global Surgery
Resident and Medical Student Session
Pediatric Surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Transplant and HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgery*

Register now:

69th Annual Clinical Meeting Brochure

09/27/2021

Important! Grassroots Action needed Medicare cuts

The American College of Surgeons is encouraging you to urge lawmakers to sign a letter in support of preventing cuts to Medicare physician payment (see below for more information and a current list of signers). The deadline for U.S. House of Representatives members to sign the letter to House leadership has been extended to October 8, 2021. If you haven’t already, please take a minute to contact your representative via the following link.

Grassroots Action Needed to Promote Congressional Sign-On Letter to Stop Medicare Payment Cuts
Reps. Ami Bera, MD (D-CA), and Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN), are leading a sign-on letter to U.S. House of Representatives leadership urging congressional action on imminent Medicare payment cuts before the end of the year. The letter, which is addressed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), highlights growing financial uncertainty within the Medicare payment system and the need for systemic reforms to the payment system to speed the transition to value-based care. Additionally, it urges Congress to provide stability to health care professionals by averting imminent payment cuts, including extending the expiring 3.75 percent payment adjustment Congress provided last year.

Last year, record-breaking participation from surgeon advocates across the country played a key role in delaying the proposed cuts to Medicare physician payment. It is once again imperative to activate our strong grassroots network as without congressional action, these cuts will take effect January 1, 2022.

Act now! It will only take a minute of your time to send a pre-drafted letter to your representative urging them to sign the letter to House leadership prior to the October 8 deadline. For more information, contact ACS DAHP staff at ahp@facs.org.

House of Representative members that have signed the letter

Here in NJ
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ-4)
Rep. Jefferson "Jeff" Van Drew (R-NJ-2)

Rest of the nation:

Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA-3)
Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA-7)
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA-2)
Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8)
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN-2)
Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24)
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA-1)
Rep. Ed Case (D-HI-1)
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK-4)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11)
Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA-46)
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL-13)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28)
Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS-3)
Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL-13)
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4)
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO-1)
Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19)
Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL-2)
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN-6)
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-3)
Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1)
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15)
Commish. Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR-1)
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX-5)
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)
Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)
Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)
Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS-3)
Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD-1)
Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5)
Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY-26)
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6)
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD-1)
Rep. John Joyce (R-PA-13)
Rep. John Katko (R-NY-24)
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA-16)
Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6)
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2)
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8)
Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA-17)
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5)
Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI-2)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA-13)
Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV-3)
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA-33)
Rep. Billy Long (R-MO-7)
Rep. Kathy Manning (D-NC-6)
Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-6)
Rep. David McKinley (R-WV-1)
Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA-9)
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2)
Rep. Joseph "Joe" Morelle (D-NY-25)
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2)
Rep. Gregory "Greg" Murphy (R-NC-3)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA-32)
Del. Eleanor Norton (D-DC-1)
Rep. Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ-1)
Rep. Greg Pence (R-IN-6)
Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA-52)
Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL-8)
Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC-2)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40)
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2)
Rep. Mary Scanlon (D-PA-5)
Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA-8)
Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA-8)
Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ-8)
Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL-9)
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7)
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15)
Rep. David Trone (D-MD-6)
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI-6)
Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA-7)
Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA-5)


For NJ surgeons who want more information please contact:

Andrea Donelan
Executive Director
New Jersey Chapter, American College of Surgeons
36 Elm Street, Suite 5
Morristown, NJ 07960
(973) 539-4000 or (973) 539-8888
FAX: (973) 539-9493
Email: njsurgeons@aol.com

The official page of the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons

09/14/2021

We need your immediate assistance to increase the number of House lawmakers willing to support legislative action to stop the cuts to Medicare physician payment. Currently, only 7 percent of U.S. House members have signed the letter. To make an impact and urge legislative action, we must grow the list of signatories to demonstrate widespread support for this issue.

It will only take a minute of your time to click here to send a pre-drafted letter to your elected officials via SurgeonsVoice asking them to sign a letter supporting congressional intervention to stop the cuts. With the September 17 sign-on deadline looming, inundating Hill offices with requests to sign the letter between now and Thursday is essential.

Please share this information with your chapter members.

06/24/2021

The deadline for the annual CoC annual Research Paper Competition for physicians-in-training is fast approaching – submission are being accepted through June 30, 2021. This year, papers can be submitted under one of two categories: clinical research or basic science. Judging is based on originality, scientific merit, and clinical relevance to oncology and the mission of the CoC. The first-place winners from each category will receive a $1,000 honorarium plus an opportunity to present the research at the CoC’s Plenary Session in October 2021. Second- and third-place winners will each receive $500 cash.



More information on eligibility, requirements, and awards is available on the CoC website.

06/24/2021

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Meeting New Jersey Cancer Liaison Physicians
June 25, 2021 – 9am-Noon
Hosted by New Jersey CoC State Lead
Nell Maloney Patel, MD

9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introduction
Nell Maloney Patel, MD, FACS, FASCRS
New Jersey CoC State CLP Lead
RWJ University Hospital – New Brunswick

9:30 - 10:15 Highlighting New Jersey 4.8 Survivorship Program Successes and Q&A
• Kathryn Singer MS, RN, APN-BC, AOCNP
Advanced Practice Nurse
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Title of presentation: Survivorship Program
• Waina Cheng, MD
Medical Director of Oncology Newton Medical Center
Atlantic Medical Oncology
Title of Presentation: Atlantic Health System Survivorship Program

10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30– 11:30 Keynote address and Q&A - The Revised Survivorship Standard: Making it Meaningful
Susan Hedlund, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., OSW-C
Director Patient/Family Support Services at Knight Cancer Institute
Oregon Health Science University
linkedin.com/in/susan-hedlund-1a7b3866

11:30 – 12:00
Break out room discussions, 20 minutes each

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October 22, 2021
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06/15/2021

Register for Hepatobiliary Surgery II
Tuesday, June 22, 6:00–7:00 pm CT
American College of Surgeons

Join the latest webinar in a monthly series highlighting selected Video-Based Education Sessions from Clinical Congress 2020.

This month, we are sharing presentations from Hepatobiliary Surgery II. Attendees will gain familiarity with various surgical operations and conditions to help them identify areas where they might explore further training to improve skills and patient outcomes. Don’t miss the highlights from these important presentations on hepatobiliary surgery:

Application of ICG-Fluorescence Adjuvant to Laparoscopic Ultrasound in Minimally Invasive Liver Resection
Large Hepatic Hydatid Cysts - Laparoscopic Management
Robotic Management of Necrotizing Gallstone Pancreatitis: A Surgical Disease - Treated with Surgery
Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Bile Duct Resection and Reconstruction with Roux-en-Y Hepaticojejunostomy for Choledochal Cyst Type 1
Indocyanine Green (ICG) Guided Robotic Assisted Left Hemihepatectomy
Liver Hydatid Cyst. Laparoscopic Approach
Robotic Subtotal Cholecystectomy with Drainage of Liver Abscess and ICG Guided Debridement of Segment 4 of the Liver
Robotic Partial Pancreatectomy for Insulinoma at the Uncinate Process of the Pancreas

Register today for this FREE webinar! https://facs-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XYMghZCZS_SpJyqDuaH4hA