Four Surgeons Honored by American College of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons (ACS, Chicago, IL, USA) awarded honorary fellowships to four prominent surgeons from England, Scotland, and Argentina during the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Clinical Congress in San Francisco, CA (USA). The recipients are as follows.

Alan C. Bird, M.D., B.S., M.R.C.S., D.O., F.R.C.S.; professor of clinical ophthalmology at the Institute of Ophthalmology of the Moorsfield Eye Hospital, London (UK).

Sir Magdi H. Yacoub, F.R.S., F.R.C.S, F.A.C.C.; founder and director of research at the Harefield Research Foundation and professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the British Heart Foundation, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Heart Science Center, Harefield, UK.

Graham M. Teasdale, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.P., Fmed.Sci, F.R.S.E.; professor and head of the department of neurosurgery and associate dean for medical research at the University of Glasgow, Scotland (UK).

Juan Carlos Parodi, M.D.; professor, director, and chief of the department of cardiovascular surgery at the Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Fellowship in the ACS is awarded to surgeons whose education and training, professional qualifications, surgical competence, and ethical conduct have passed a rigorous evaluation and have been found to be consistent with the high standards established by the ACS.




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