Nominating Organizations - Directors

• The following organizations provide representatives for positions on the ABS board of directors. When a vacancy occurs, the organization nominates three candidates for the position and the ABS board of directors elects one of them by closed ballot for a single six-year term. There are also three directors elected at large through an open nomination process. Directors receive no remuneration for their service. Additional organizations nominate representatives to our component boards and advisory councils - refer to this page.

National Organizations

• American College of Surgeons (ACS)
  American Medical Association (AMA)
  American Surgical Association (ASA)

Regional Surgical Organizations

• Central Surgical Association (CSA)
  New England Surgical Society (NESS)
  Pacific Coast Surgical Association (PCSA)
  Southeastern Surgical Congress (SESC)
  Southern Surgical Association (SSA)
  Southwestern Surgical Congress (SWSC)
  Western Surgical Association (WSA)

Academic/Research Organizations

• Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)
  Society of University Surgeons (SUS)

Specialty Surgical Organizations

• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)
  American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA)
  American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
  Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)
  Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)
  Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)

Program Director Associations

• Association of Pediatric Surgery Training Program Directors (APSTPD)
  Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS)
  Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS)
  Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society (SCCPDS)

Other ABMS Surgical Boards

• American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (ABCRS)
  American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS)
  American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS)