American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

American professional society for colorectal surgeons

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), formerly the American Proctologic Society, is a professional society for surgeons specializing in colorectal surgery. It is one of the oldest surgical societies, having been established in 1899.

## History

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The organization was established as the American Proctologic Society in 1899,[1] at a meeting held in Columbus, Ohio:[2]

> The meeting was called by Dr. J. Rawson Pennington of Chicago, Illinois. Dr. James P. Tuttle of New York, New York, was chosen temporary chairman and Joseph M. Mathews of Louisville, Kentucky, elected the first President. The object of the Society as stated in the Constitution is the cultivation and promotion of knowledge in whatever relates to diseases of the rectum and colon.[2]

The name of the organization was changed to American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons in 1973 "to indicate more clearly the scope of its specialty".[3]

## Activities

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The ASCRS has described its activities as follows:

> Since its inception in 1899, the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) has been actively providing support for the education of its members specializing in colon and rectal surgery, general surgeons, surgical residents, and medical students. With new developments in surgical education, the ASCRS continues to offer educational tools and activities tailored to meet acquisition of medical knowledge and technical skills in an ongoing fashion throughout surgeons' careers, foster high-quality patient care, and promote the integration of the core competencies of communication skills, professionalism, system-based practice and practice-based learning, and improvement in daily practice. These tools and activities are presented in this article.[1]

The ASCRS offers continuing medical education courses. For this provision, it is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.[1]

The ASCRS holds an annual conference "to provide participants with in-depth and up-to-date knowledge relative to surgery for diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus", with an emphasis on patient care, teaching, and research.[1] The ASCRS is a participant in the American Joint Committee on Cancer. In 2016, the American College of Surgeons reported on its partnership with the ASCRS in developing technical skill assessments in the colorectal surgery field.

The ASCRS was one of the contributors in the formation of the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.

## Past Presidents

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The following list of surgeons have served as President of the ASCRS:

Year  | Name

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2022  | Conor P. Delaney
2021  | Thomas E. Read
2020  | Neil H. Hyman
2019  | Tracy L. Hull
2018  | David A. Margolin
2017  | Guy R. Orangio
2016  | Patricia L. Roberts
2015  | Charles E. Littlejohn
2014  | Terry C. Hicks
2013  | Michael J. Stamos
2012  | Alan G. Thorson
2011  | Steven D. Wexner
2010  | David Beck
2009  | James W. Fleshman
2008  | Anthony Senagore
2007  | W. Douglas Wong
2006  | Lester Rosen
2005  | Ann C. Lowry
2004  | Bruce G. Wolff
2003  | David J.Schoetz, Jr.
2002  | Richard P. Billingham
2001  | Robert D. Fry
2000  | John M. MacKeigan
1999  | H. Randolph Bailey
1998  | Lee E. Smith
1997  | Ira J. Kodner
1996  | David A. Rothenberger
1995  | Victor W. Fazio
1994  | Philip H. Gordon
1993  | Samuel B. Labow
1992  | W. Patrick Mazier
1991  | Robert W. Beart, Jr.
1990  | Peter A. Volpe
1989  | J. Byron Gathright, Jr.
1988  | Herand Abcarian
1987  | Frank J. Theuerkauf
1986  | H. Whitney Boggs, Jr.
1985  | Eugene P. Salvati
1984  | A.W. Martin Marino, Jr.
1983  | Stanley M. Goldberg
1982  | Eugene S. Sullivan
1981  | Bertram A. Portin
1980  | Malcolm C. Veidenheimer
1979  | Stuart H.Q. Quan
1978  | Donald M. Gallagher
1977  | Alejandro F. Castro
1976  | John R. Hill
1975  | Patrick H. Hanley
1974  | Rupert B. Turnball
1973  | John H. Remington
1972  | John E. Ray
1971  | Andrew Jack McAdams
1970  | Walter Birnbaum
1969  | James A. Ferguson
1968  | Neil W. Swinton
1967  | Raymond J. Jackman
1966  | Maus W. Stearns, Jr.
1965  | Norman D. Nigro
1964  | Garnet W. Ault
1963  | Robert A. Scarborough
1962  | Robert J. Rowe
1961  | Merrill O. Hines
1960  | Walter A. Fansler
1959  | Hyrum R. Reichman
1958  | Karl Zimmerman
1957  | Julius E. Linn
1956  | Rufus C. Alley
1955  | Stuart T. Ross
1954  | A.W. Martin Marino, Sr.
1953  | W. Wendell Green
1952  | Newton D. Smith
1951  | Robert A. Scarborough
1950  | Hoyt R. Allen
1949  | Louis E. Moon
1948  | Harry E. Bacon
1947  | George H. Thiele
1946  | Joseph W. Ricketts
1944, 1945  | William H. Daniel
1942, 1943  | Homer I. Silvers
1941  | Frederick B. Campbell
1940  | Clement J. De Bere
1939  | Martin S. Kleckner
1938  | Dudley Smith
1937  | Harry Z. Hibshman
1936  | Marion C. Pruitt
1935  | Frank G. Runyeon
1934  | Louis A. Buie
1933  | Curtis C. Mechling
1932  | Curtice Rosser
1931  | W. Oakley Hermance
1930  | Dudley Smith
1929  | Walter A. Fansler
1928  | Edward G. Martin
1927  | Louis A. Buie
1926  | William H. Kiger
1925  | Descum C. McKenney
1924  | Frank C. Yeomans
1923  | Ralph W. Jackson
1922  | Emmett H. Terrell
1921  | Granville S. Hanes
1920  | Alois B. Graham
1919  | Collier F. Martin
1917, 1918  | Jerome M. Lynch
1916  | Alfred J. Zobel
1915  | T. Chittenden Hill
1914  | Louis J. Krause
1913  | Joseph M. Mathews
1912  | Louis J. Hirschman
1911  | John L. Jelks
1910  | George J. Cook
1909  | Dwight H. Murray
1908  | George B. Evans
1907  | A. Bennett Cooke
1906  | Samuel G. Gant
1905  | Lewis H. Adler, Jr.
1904  | J. Rawson Pennington
1903  | William M. Beach
1902  | Samuel T. Earle
1901  | Thomas C. Martin
1900  | James P. Tuttle
1899  | Joseph M. Mathews

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Judith L. Trudel, M.D., The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and Surgical Education: What Does Your Society Do for You?, Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2012 Sep; 25(3): 181–184. doi:10.1055/s-0032-1322548 PMC 3577576.
2. ^ a b Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the American Protologic Society (1940), p. 12.
3. ^ Roslyn G. Nitzberg, Choosing a Medical Specialty (1990), Vol. 7, p. 9.

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* American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

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