February 29, 2008

In General

Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, MGH surgeon-in-chief, has been appointed treasurer of the American College of Surgeons, a more than 70,000-member organization dedicated to improving surgical patient care by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.

A paper by Elizabeth Sailhamer, MD, a resident in the MGH Department of Surgery, was selected as a winner in the American College of Surgeons'(ACS) Residents Trauma Papers Competition. Sailhamer will present the paper, "Acetylation: A novel method for modulation of the immune response following trauma/hemorrhage and inflammatory second hit in animals and humans," at the scientific session of the ACS Committee on Trauma annual meeting in March.