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5 unusual facts about American College of Surgeons


Detroit Receiving Hospital

DRH was the first American College of Surgeons verified Level I Trauma Center in Michigan, and one of the first in the nation.

Field triage

In 1976, American College of Surgeons (ACS) ACS-COT began publishing resource documents to provide guidance for designation of facilities as trauma centers and appropriate care of acutely injured patients.

Joel T. Johnson

He is currently a member of the American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association and First Lutheran Church of Kearney and a former member of the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce.

Randolph Chitwood

He is a member of 25 professional societies which include the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, the Society of University Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Cardiac Surgery Biology Club.

University of Iowa Children's Hospital

The first pediatrics hospital in Iowa designation as a Level 1 Trauma Center for pediatrics from the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.


Don E. Detmer

Don Detmer is a former trustee of the Nuffield Trust, a member of the Institute of Medicine as well as a lifetime Associate of the US National Academies, a fellow of AAAS, and the American Colleges of Medical Informatics, Sports Medicine, and Surgeons.

Stanley M. Truhlsen

Stanley M. Truhlsen (in full: Stanley Marshall Truhlsen, Sr., born November 13, 1920 in Herman, Nebraska) is an American ophthalmologist, university professor and philanthropist in Omaha who has served as president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, as a governor of the American College of Surgeons and led a number of distinguished Nebraska organizations.


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