Resources

The ABS has a plethora of materials available for both surgeons and non-surgeons, including examination guides and content outlines, policies related to ABS certification, published journal articles about certification, information for patients, and more.

The ABS policies listed on this website are the current ones in effect and supersede all previous versions. The ABS reserves the right to make changes to all policies at any time.

Surgical Critical Care Exam Admissibility Policy

Policy outlining exam admissibility time limits for initial certification in surgical critical care.

The Blue Ribbon Committee II Report and Recommendations on Surgical Education and Training in the United States: 2024

Stain SC, Ellison EC, Farmer DL, Flynn TC, Freischlag JA, Matthews JB, Newman RW, Chen X, Stefanidis D, Britt LD, Buyske J, Fisher...

Revised Statement on the Importance of Workplace Support for Pregnancy, Parental Leave, and Lactation for Surgical Trainees

The ABS supports the recent statement by the ACS on the importance of pregnancy-related workplace support for surgical trainees.

Revised Statement on the Importance of Workplace Support for Pregnancy, Parental Leave, and Lactation for Practicing Surgeons

The ABS supports the recent statement by the ACS on the importance of pregnancy-related workplace support for practicing surgeons.

ABS Welcomes Three New Directors

The ABS is pleased to welcome three new directors to the ABS Board of Directors, with three-year terms beginning on July 1, 2024.

Scaled performance on the Vascular Qualifying Examination does not correlate with Vascular Certifying Examination first attempt pass in a national cohort of residents and fellows

Weaver, ML; Park, YS; Jones, AT; Sheahan, MG; Brown, KR; Chaer, RA; Huber, TS; Smith, BK. Scaled performance on the Vascular Qualifying Examination...

Faculty and Resident Perspectives on the Implementation of Entrustable Professional Activities in General Surgery Residency

Greenberg J, Karnesky-Williams R, White E, Holmstrom A, Garcia N, Johnson J, Cook M, Nickel B, Sarosi G, Buyske J, Mellinger J. Faculty...

Surgical critical care: Is work-life expectancy increasing? An analysis of American Board of Surgery recertification rates across subspecialties

Brigmon EP, Ciaraglia A, Scherer EP, Schwartz DL, Nicholson S, Dent DL. Surgical critical care: Is work-life expectancy increasing? An analysis of American...

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 director nominees to serve a six-year term beginning September 16, 2024.