Early detection of cancer can significantly improve patient outcomes, and immediate and continual attention to screening access is critical to make up for the lost ground during the pandemic. Today, we will go to the Hill on behalf of patients. #ACSLAS24

Today at #ACSLAS24 , surgeons are attending meetings on Capitol Hill to speak about issues that are critical to surgical practices and patients. In the April Executive Director's Update, Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS shares ACS advocacy highlights from the last 50 years. brnw.ch/21wIRTc

Team Washington is getting ready to meet with Senator Senator Patty Murray's office. #ACSLAS24

Very happy to spend some time with ACS Regents Gary Timmerman and Douglas E Wood before our afternoon visits! #ACSLAS24

Thanks so much to Senator Senator Patty Murray's office for a great discussion on the importance of access to healthcare! #ACSLAS24

University of Washington team in the other Washington, advocating for access and equitable care for our patients ⁦UW Department of Surgery⁩ ⁦UW Vascular⁩ ⁦UW General Surgery Residents⁩ ⁦Blake Elizabeth Murphy, M.D.⁩ ⁦Annie Yang⁩ #ACSLAS24

The Washington State surgeons are on Capitol Hill to assure access and equitable care for our patients ⁦UW Department of Surgery⁩ ⁦UW Vascular⁩ ⁦UW General Surgery Residents⁩ ⁦American College of Surgeons⁩ #ACSLAS24 ⁦Senator Patty Murray⁩ ⁦Maria Cantwell⁩

The American College of Surgeons is on Capitol Hill today, advocating for equitable health care for our patients. And a good morning for a monument run! ⁦American College of Surgeons⁩ ⁦UW Department of Surgery⁩ #ACSLAS24

Baylor is incredibly fortunate to recruit an outstanding surgeon and inspiring leader in Dr. Shanda Blackmon. A great institution just got even better! Congratulations! BCM_Surgery Shanda Blackmon, MD

Our surgeons are grouped by their home states. Tomorrow, they'll go to the Hill in teams and talk to their reps and senators 🤝 teamwork makes the dream work #ACSLAS24

Tulane Surgery could not be in better hands; recruiting Dr. Jamil Borgi as the new Chief of cardiothoracic surgery will elevate Tulane to even greater heights. Congratulations! Jamil borgi Tulane - Department of Surgery

The ACS Leadership & Advocacy Summit focuses this morning on sustainability in healthcare, quality and safety, and leaders as advocates for the profession and their patients. #ACSLAS24

An extraordinary panel of surgeon CEOs at today’s American College of Surgeons #ACSLAS24 . Drs. Julie Freischlag, MD Robert Higgins, MD, MSHA Selwyn M. Vickers Glenn Steele & Bert O’Malley, moderated by Dr. Tim Babineau

Inflation and a lack of updates to account for increased expenses means that it costs more to deliver care. We are going to the Hill on Tuesday to ask Congress to address these issues. #ACSLAS24

American Board of Thoracic Surgery 75th Anniversary in Chicago and great weather for a run along the Lake Michigan waterfront ⁦The Society of Thoracic Surgeons⁩ #ABTS

ACS Executive Director Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on fixing the broken Medicare physician payment system to help ensure high-quality care for surgical patients.

For more information and to watch Dr. Turner’s testimony: facs.org/for-medical-pr…

We work together to help patients overcome this disease, finding lung cancer early when it can be cured, and assuring that everyone has access to comprehensive cancer care, turning lung cancer victims into lung cancer survivors UW Department of Surgery Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ACS National Lung Cancer Roundtable The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Dr. Benjamin Starnes kicking off the last scientific session of #AmerSurg24 with 'Physician Modified Endografts for the Treatment of Elective, Symptomatic and Ruptured Juxtarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms' UW Vascular

Congratulations to Dr Niten Singh, elected to Fellowship of the American Surgical Association !!! #AmerSurg24 UW Department of Surgery

Dr. Ben Starnes presenting his innovative and ground-breaking clinical experience with physician modified endografts at the annual meeting of the American Surgical Association ⁦American Surgical⁩ ⁦UW Department of Surgery⁩ ⁦UW Vascular⁩ ⁦Benjamin Starnes⁩ ⁦Vascular SVS⁩