The New Mexico Chapter of the American College of Surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment. Chapter membership is open to all New Mexico Surgeons, Fellows, and Associate Fellows of the College, as well as to Resident and Medical Student Members. The Chapter provides for a close association of their common effort to improve the quality of surgical care. They also offer a medium through which surgical experiences may be presented and discussed and constitute a common ground for specialties in various branches of surgery to communicate with each other. The Chapter meets every year in September for their annual meeting, which includes a Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program. Members from all over the state come together to learn the latest ACS surgical advocacy updates, new state requirements and how they impact surgical practices and learning and apply the most up-to-date surgical practices as presented by UNM Residents and Fellow for the annual abstract competition.
Membership in the American College of Surgeons does not include automatic enrollment in the local chapter.
Officers
Derek Johnson, MD, FACS
President
Santa Fe, NM
Richard Miskimins, MD, FACS
President-Elect
Albuquerque, NM
Albert Kwan, MD, FACS
Secretary/Treasurer
Clovis, NM
Council
Derek Johnson, MD, FACS
President
Santa Fe, NM
Richard Miskimins, MD, FACS
President-Elect
Albuquerque, NM
Susan Snow, MD, FACS
Vice President
Grants, NM
Albert Kwan, MD, FACS
Secretary/Treasurer
Clovis, NM
Edward Auyang, MD, FACS
Immediate Past President
Albuquerque, NM
Bridget Noel Fahy, MD, FACS
Governor, New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Councilors
Rachel Danczyk, MD, FACS
Ming-Li Wang, MD, FACS
Sara Saad El-Dein, MD, FACS
Abdul Qureshi, MD
Ex-Officio Members
Ross Clark, MD, FACS
Scientific Program Chair
Albuquerque, NM
Richard Miskimins, MD, FACS
NM Chair, Committee on Trauma
Albuquerque, NM
Sangeetha Prabhakaran, MD, FACS
NM Chair, Committee on Cancer