The American College of Surgeons (ACS), in association with Pfizer, Inc., is accepting nominations for the 2017 Surgical Volunteerism Award(s) and Surgical Humanitarian Award. All nominations must be received by February 28, 2017.
Volunteerism Awards
The ACS/Pfizer Surgical Volunteerism Award—offered in four potential categories annually— recognizes surgeons who are committed to giving back to society by making significant contributions to surgical care through organized volunteer activities. The Resident Awards is intended resident members and associate fellows of the College who have been involved in significant surgical volunteer activities during their postgraduate surgical training.
For the purposes of these awards, “volunteerism” is defined as professional work in which one’s time or talents are donated for charitable clinical, educational, or other worthwhile activities related to surgery. Volunteerism in this case does not refer to uncompensated care provided as a matter of necessity in most clinical practices. Instead, volunteerism should be characterized by prospective, planned surgical care to underserved patients with no anticipation of reimbursement or economic gain.
Nomination Information
Nominations will be evaluated by the ACS Board of Governors Surgical Volunteerism and Humanitarian
Awards Workgroup and their selections will be forwarded to the Board of Governors Executive Committee for final approval.
The nomination website will open January 3, 2017 for electronic submission and can be accessed through the Operation Giving Back section of the ACS website at https://www.facs.org/ogb. For more information, contact OGB at ogb@facs.org.