La ACS | Louisiana Chapter, American College of Surgeons

05/04/2021

The state of Louisiana deserves physician-led, team-based care. We urge you all to protect your patients and oppose scope of practice expansions by allied health professionals.

SCOPE BILLS TO OPPOSE:

➡️HB 495 - HB 495 which would allow APRNs to independently practice made it out of House Health and Welfare Committee and will be voted on on the House floor TODAY.

➡️HB 442 - HB 442 which would allow full practice authority for physician assistants made it out of House Health and Welfare Committee.

We encourage you all to contact your legislators to make your voice heard and OPPOSE HB 495 and HB 442!

04/23/2021

OPPOSE HB 495: Medical School MATTERS!

The curriculum and training for physicians is substantially broader and more intense to ensure patient safety. The collaborative practice agreement provides patients with the comfort of knowing a physician is available should the need for more acute care become evident. There is nothing in the current structure of the collaborative practice agreement that prevents any nurse practitioner from providing care or providing care in a rural setting.

HB 495 gives to APRNs by legislation what they did not earn by education. We encourage everyone to take action and make sure your legislators know that MEDICAL SCHOOL MATTERS!

Support physician-led healthcare teams and join the Physician Coalition of Louisiana in opposing HB 495!

04/20/2021

HB 495 gives to advanced practice registered nurses by
legislation what they did not earn by education - MEDICAL
SCHOOL MATTERS!

Since 2010, the Louisiana Legislature has debated 16
pieces of legislation regarding the nursing community and
their efforts to carve out ways to practice medicine – not
nursing. The physician community appreciates that the
legislature has continued to recognize the distinct
difference in education and training that sets the physician
apart from other healthcare providers.

Support physician-led healthcare teams and OPPOSE HB 495.

02/03/2021

Today we celebrate the life, work, and contributions of women physicians. Across the country, women are making incredible scientific strides in all areas of medicine.

Visit Changing the Face of Medicine, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), here: https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/

09/23/2020

We need you! These cuts will go into effect in January 2021 if Congress doesn’t stop them. Tell your legislator today to preserve your patients’ access to surgical care before it’s too late. SurgicalCare.org/take-action

08/04/2020

New dates released! The ACS 2020 Quality and Safety Conference VIRTUAL has been rescheduled for August 21–24. Learn more and view the agenda: bit.ly/2PmIkP5

06/30/2020

The American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2020 will be an all-VIRTUAL conference! Save the dates — Sunday, October 4 - Wednesday, October 7 — and check https://bit.ly/2ZgV3re for the latest updates!

01/02/2020

08/26/2015

New study shows 3-D–printed tracheal implants mitigate pediatric tracheobronchomalacia http://bit.ly/1fFUdLC

Immediate and continued life-sustaining improvement was seen in three pediatric patients implanted with 3-D–printed tracheobronchial splints as a treatment for terminal tracheobronchomalacia (TBM), a condition of excessive collapse of the airways during respiration leading to cardiopulmonary arrest.…

08/24/2015

CTS Innovation: The promise of tissue engineering for heart valve replacement and repair http://bit.ly/1PuMbkR

Bioengineered tissues are showing promise in the treatment of valvular heart disease, according to the results of several early clinical and preclinical studies demonstrating the benefits of using heterologous substrates as scaffolding capable of promoting in vivo cell infiltration and remodeling. U…

08/17/2015

Intestinal obstruction risk increased in some childhood cancer survivors & should be considered in their long-term follow-up http://bit.ly/1NAK8uX

Childhood cancer survivors are at an increased risk for developing an intestinal obstruction requiring surgery (IOS) 5 or more years after the initial cancer diagnosis, according to a study based on data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. The risk was greater among those who had a pelvic or a…

08/13/2015

For diabetic patients, Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is as safe as other common procedures- via http://bit.ly/1WlUo0b

CHICAGO – Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) in diabetic patients has comparable short-term morbidity and mortality with other common surgical procedures and may circumvent the need for many of them, a NSQIP database analysis shows. Thirty-day mortality for LRYGB was 3 per 1,000 patients,…

08/12/2015

Latest from ACS News: New Cushing’s guidelines emphasize team approach http://bit.ly/1L5NmGI

New clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of Cushing’s syndrome stress coordinated care and patient involvement, and solidify an evidence-based treatment path for surgical and medical treatment options. The Endocrine Society released the guidelines, which were developed in conjunction with…

08/10/2015

ACS News: Limited resection was found to be inferior to lobectomy for elderly with early NSCLC http://bit.ly/1P1b6fC

Limited resection is inferior to lobectomy for older patients with early-stage invasive NSCLC, yielding lower overall survival and cancer-specific survival, according to a study published online Aug. 3 in Journal of Clinical Oncology. Limited resection – wedge resection or segmentectomy – is increas…