The time has arrived to renew (or begin) your membership in the San Diego Chapter of the American College of Surgeons for the year 2010. We would like to list for you just a few of the benefits that you will enjoy as a member:
1. Two excellent meetings and dinners annually (at a greatly discounted cost to
members):
         a) Our Spring 2009 Chapter Dinner Meeting, on Tuesday, May 19,
      featured David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS - Professor and Chairman,
      Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine who presented,
      "Blood and War: The History of Resuscitation."
         b) Our Fall 2009 Chapter Dinner Meeting featured a town hall style
      forum on Health Care Reform moderated by A. Brent Eastman, MD FACS,
      Chair, of the Board of Regents, American College of Surgeons
         c) For our Spring 2010 Chapter Meeting we will be partnering with
      UCSD for their 33rd Annual San Diego Postgraduate Assembly in Surgery
      held February 18-20, 2010. The afternoon of February 18 is dedicated
      to the ACS. A link to program information and discounted registration
      is available on the chapter web site.
2. An interactive Web-Site (http://www.sdcacs.org) which provides members with
current Chapter and National ACS events, reviews current issues of importance
to surgeons, provides an E-mail forum for members and interested parties
world-wide, to other and contains links Web-Sites of importance to surgeons.
3. Monthly Council meetings, where your Council representatives discuss the
many issues affecting our surgical practices. These meetings are also open
for any interested Chapter member to attend.
4. Chapter representation to the American College of Surgeons Leadership
Conference in Washington, DC and to the young physicians section and the
specialty society delegation of the California Medical Association.
5. The Council / Cancer Liaison meetings where representatives from
local cancer committees and the American Cancer Society, through
sponsorship of the ACS COC and Chapter Council, meet twice yearly to discuss issues of concern.
6. An amazingly low membership fee of $150.00.

We hope that you will choose to take advantages of these and more opportunities by (re)joining the San Diego Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.

Thank you for your support,

Cheryl L. Olson, MD, FACS
Chapter President

To register as a member of the San Diego Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, please fill out the information requested below and return this form along with a check for $150.00 payable to “San Diego Chapter ACS” for annual membership dues to:

San Diego Chapter ACS
P.O. Box 33116
San Diego, CA 92163-2116

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