News & Announcements
May 23, 2023
ABS Welcomes Four New Councilors
The ABS is pleased to welcome four new councilors to the ABS Council.
May 17, 2023
ABMS Officially Recognizes Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management As a Subspecialty
ABS diplomates will be eligible to apply for this subspecialty certificate through ABEM.
April 18, 2023
Nominations to the Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care Board of the American Board of Surgery
The Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care Board of the ABS is seeking nominees to serve a six-year term. Nominations will be accepted until May 31, 2023.
March 27, 2023
Nominations to the Complex General Surgical Oncology Board of the American Board of Surgery
The Complex General Surgical Oncology Board of the ABS is seeking nominees to serve a six-year term. Nominations will be accepted until May 1, 2023.
March 16, 2023
Nominations to the Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery
The Vascular Surgery Board of the ABS is seeking nominees to serve a six-year term. Nominations will be accepted until April 14, 2023.
February 9, 2023
ABS to Further Simplify and Digitize CME Data Reporting
As part of this improvement, the manual CME reporting feature in the ABS portal will no longer be necessary and will be retired on July 1, 2023.
January 27, 2023
The ABS Honors International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The ABS remembers the victims of the Holocaust and honors the survivors on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
January 16, 2023
The ABS Observes the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service
In observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday on Monday, January 16, the ABS office is closed.
October 19, 2022
Public Comment on Complex General Surgical Oncology Test Blueprint
The ABS is seeking feedback by November 4, 2022, on a revised test blueprint for all Complex General Surgical Oncology exams.
October 13, 2022
Ada Okafor, Esq., Sets the Standard for Organizational DEI Efforts
Please join the ABS in congratulating our General Counsel and Chief Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer Ada Okafor, Esq., on her recent professional accomplishments.
October 11, 2022
Nominations to the Transplantation Advisory Council of the American Board of Surgery
The Transplantation Advisory Council (TAC) of the ABS is seeking nominees to serve a six-year term, beginning on Jan. 1, 2023. Nominations will be accepted until Nov. 18, 2022.
October 7, 2022
General Surgery Program Director Update
With the 2022-2023 academic year underway, the ABS would like to remind general surgery programs of our policies and alert them to several changes to procedures for this year.
October 7, 2022
ABS Welcomes Nine New Directors to its Specialty Boards
The ABS is pleased to have welcomed nine new directors to its specialty boards over the past several months.
October 5, 2022
Nominations to the Council of the American Board of Surgery
The Council of the ABS is seeking nominees to serve a six-year term beginning Jul. 1, 2023. Nominations will be accepted until Nov. 30, 2022.
September 1, 2022
The ABS has selected the Society for Improving Medical Professional Learning (SIMPL Collaborative) to develop a mobile platform for trainee assessment as part of its EPA project.
July 21, 2022
The frequency and scale of mass shootings requires immediate action in order to prevent avoidable deaths and injuries, and the ABS supports measures that could prevent future gun violence.
July 13, 2022
ABS Welcomes Five New Councilors
The ABS is pleased to welcome five new councilors to the ABS Council, with terms that began on July 1, 2022. All councilors will serve a six-year term, and will also serve on a Council Committee and an ABS specialty board.
July 01, 2022
ABS Statement on Reproductive Health Rights and Access to Care
The ABS is committed to ensuring safe and effective healthcare for all Americans, which includes reproductive health rights and access to care.
July 01, 2022
ABS Welcomes Drs. Hawn and Mansour as Chair and Vice Chair of Board of Directors
The ABS is pleased to welcome Dr. Mary T. Hawn and Dr. M. Ashraf Mansour as chair and vice chair, respectively, for 2022-2023.
June 23, 2022
ABS Announces More Flexible Family Leave Policy for Fellowship-Based Trainees
The ABS is pleased to announce a more flexible family leave policy for vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, complex general surgical oncology, and surgical critical care trainees.
May 13, 2022
ABS Celebrates Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
This May, the ABS commemorates and celebrates Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.
April 21, 2022
Nominations to the Complex General Surgical Oncology Board of the American Board of Surgery
The Complex General Surgical Oncology Board of the ABS is seeking nominees to serve a six-year term. Nominations will be accepted until June 3, 2022.
The American Board of Surgery is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1937 to provide board certification to individuals who have met a defined standard of education, training and knowledge in the field of surgery.
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