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M E M O R A N D U M

TO:

Plastic Surgery Program Directors

Designated Institutional Officials

Review Committee Chairs

James D. Bentley, PhD, Senior Vice President Policy Development
American Hospital Association

Darrell G. Kirch, MD, President
Association of American Medical Colleges

Michael Maves, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President & CEO
American Medical Association

Walter J. McDonald, MD, Executive Vice President
Council of Medical Specialty Societies

Stephen H. Miller, MD, MPH, President
American Board of Medical Specialties

Patrice Blair, MPH (pblair@facs.org)
American College of Surgeons

R. Barrett Noone MD
American Board of Plastic Surgery

FROM:

Larry Sulton, PhD, Senior Executive Director
Review Committees

SUBJECT: Program Requirements for Resident Education in Plastic Surgery
DATE: September 17, 2007

In accordance with ACGME policy, the proposed major revisions to the Program Requirements for Resident Education in Plastic Surgery and Impact Statement are now available for review and comment.

The documents can be found on the ACGME website at www.acgme.org. Please reference "Review and Comment."

If you encounter difficulties with the website or e-mail systems, please contact the ACGME Help Desk at 312-755-7464.

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Impact Statement Program Requirements

To streamline the response and review process, all responses should be submitted via e-mail, fax, or regular mail by November 2, 2007 to:

Larry Sulton , PhD
Senior Executive Director
Review Committees
515 N. State Street, Suite 2000
Chicago , IL 60610
pscomments@acgme.org
Fax: 312-755-7498

The Residency Review Committee will review all written responses and determine whether additional changes to the program requirements are needed before the final draft revision is submitted to the ACGME for approval. If a response is not received by the above date, the ACGME will assume that the addressee has no objection to the proposed revisions.

cc:

Carol Aschenbrener, AAMC
Sunny Yoder, AAMC
Sheldon Horowitz , MD , ABMS
Susan Statkiewicz, ABMS
Fred Lenhoff, AMA
Paul H. Rockey, MD, AMA/GME Division Office
Bruce E. Spivey, MD, CMSS
Sandy Trusky, CMSS
David C. Leach, MD, ACGME
Jeanne K. Heard, MD, PhD, ACGME
ACGME Review Committee Executive Directors
Jim Cichon , MSW, ACGME

 

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