American College of Surgeons

[umean2tellme]

I just attended my first conference. The ACS is an awesome organization and I enjoyed meeting various surgeons and learning about issues that affect surgery and surgical patients. I was curious do you automatically join the ACS upon completing a surgical residency? Also, is there a lot of non-surgical practitioners in surgical societies and/or surgeons in medical organizations?

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[Winged Scapula]

I just attended my first conference. The ACS is an awesome organization and I enjoyed meeting various surgeons and learning about issues that affect surgery and surgical patients. I was curious do you automatically join the ACS upon completing a surgical residency?

Membership or being a Fellow of the College is not a requirement, nor is it automatic. You can read the requirements for admission to the College here.

Also, is there a lot of non-surgical practitioners in surgical societies and/or surgeons in medical organizations?

Not generally. There are some societies which cross specialties and occasionally non-surgeons in surgical societies (although not ACS, which requires you, to be a Fellow or Associate Member, to be in surgical training or a surgical practice) and vice versa (ie, I belong to ASCO and there are around 5% of members of the SSO and ASBS which are not surgeons).