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01-09-2011 | Healthcare Policy and Outcomes
American Board of Surgery Certificate in Complex General Surgical Oncology: A Reality
Author:
Fabrizio Michelassi, MD
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Issue 9/2011
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Excerpt
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) unanimously approved the application for a subspecialty certificate in Complex General Surgical Oncology at their meeting in Chicago on March 22, 2011. The Assembly ratified this vote on the following day. The 2011 presidential address to the Society of Surgical Oncology chronicled the events that led to the decision of the American Board of Surgery (ABS) to send an application to the ABMS for a new certificate recognizing special training in surgical oncology.
1 It is now appropriate to review the events that occurred between the submission of this application and its approval, examine the implications of this certificate, and evaluate the meaning of this milestone for the discipline of surgical oncology. …
