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PRESIDENT'S REPORT
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Members,
Welcome to the new "year" of our Seattle Surgical Society. I'd like to start by again thanking and congratulating Drs Perrin and Inaba on an incredible job with our annual meeting and of course, all of the wonderful Monday evening meetings they organized last year. Thank you Alison and Colette! I am very excited to be your new president. To begin, I'll introduce our 2023 Seattle Surgical Society board (some new, some continuing): Dr Andre Dick is our president-elect for 2024, Dr Alison Perrin (past president), Phillip Dean (secretary), Nicole White (treasurer), and Kaj Johansen (historian). Our continuing governors are: Samantha Quade and Elina Quiroga. And welcome to our new governors, Laila Rashidi, and Jared Brandenberger. I will also introduce our program chairman for 2023 and the annual meeting in 2024, Dr Val Simianu. For those who don't know him, he is the Director of our colorectal surgery program at Virginia Mason and I'm so pleased he's accepted this role. Together we will develop a great program of Monday night meetings for 2023 and our annual meeting in February 2024. In addition to developing a compelling program, our goal this year will be to grow the membership. This is a wonderful society fostering camaraderie and learning across our care sites. I hope you can all help me in identifying many existing and new surgical partners (both physicians and APPs) who would benefit from membership. Our first Monday meeting will be on April 24. Our pre-dinner speaker will be Dr. Chris Chen, the medical director of Washington State Medicaid and a proponent of environmental stewardship in healthcare. Our after dinner speaker will be our own US Congresswoman, Dr. Kim Schrier- a "Doctor in the House". I am really looking forward to learning from them and the discussion they will create. I hope you can make it. Finally, please feel free to contact me, Sue Lentz, or any board member with questions or suggestions. Sincerely, Your New President Tom Biehl |
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
In 2020, the Seattle Surgical Society created a “Lifetime Community Service Award” to recognize and honor a health care provider who has made substantial life-long contributions in service to the health and well-being of the citizens of the Pacific Northwest. While there are no specific qualifying criteria, the essence of the award is to recognize individuals who have spent the majority of their professional life in the State of Washington, have demonstrated excellence in clinical practice, education, research and / or administration, and have been recognized as an effective leader, educator, mentor or innovator.
Nominations will be solicited from the membership of the Seattle Surgical Society and presented to the Board of Directors for consideration and vote. The 2023 Seattle Surgical Society Lifetime Service Award will be presented at the Annual Meeting Dinner on February 10, 2023.
Nominations close on November 30, 2022.
PREVIOUS AWARDEES
Nominations will be solicited from the membership of the Seattle Surgical Society and presented to the Board of Directors for consideration and vote. The 2023 Seattle Surgical Society Lifetime Service Award will be presented at the Annual Meeting Dinner on February 10, 2023.
Nominations close on November 30, 2022.
PREVIOUS AWARDEES
- 2021 Michael Copass, MD
- 2022 Lorrie Langdale, MD
- 2023 John Ryan, MD
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