American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons


The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, formerly the American Proctologic Society, is a professional society for surgeons specializing in colorectal surgery. It is one of the oldest surgical societies, having been established in 1899.

History

The organization was established as the American Proctologic Society in 1899, at a meeting held in Columbus, Ohio:
The name of the organization was changed to American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons in 1973 "to indicate more clearly the scope of its specialty".

Activities

The ASCRS has described its activities as follows:
The ASCRS offers continuing medical education courses. For this provision, it is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
The ASCRS holds an annual conference "to provide participants with in-depth and up-to-date knowledge relative to surgery for diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus", with an emphasis on patient care, teaching, and research. The ASCRS is a participant in the American Joint Committee on Cancer. In 2016, the American College of Surgeons reported on its partnership with the ASCRS in developing technical skill assessments in the colorectal surgery field.
The ASCRS was one of the contributors in the formation of the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.

Past Presidents

The following list of surgeons served as President of the ASCRS:
YearName
2019Tracy L. Hull
2018David A. Margolin
2017Guy R. Orangio
2016Patricia L. Roberts
2015Charles E. Littlejohn
2014Terry C. Hicks
2013Michael J. Stamos
2012Alan G. Thorson
2011Steven D. Wexner
2010David Beck
2009James W. Fleshman
2008Anthony Senagore
2007W. Douglas Wong
2006Lester Rosen
2005Ann C. Lowry
2004Bruce G. Wolff
2003David J.Schoetz, Jr.
2002Richard P. Billingham
2001Robert D. Fry
2000John M. MacKeigan
1999H. Randolph Bailey
1998Lee E. Smith
1997Ira J. Kodner
1996David A. Rothenberger
1995Victor W. Fazio
1994Philip H. Gordon
1993Samuel B. Labow
1992W. Patrick Mazier
1991Robert W. Beart, Jr.
1990Peter A. Volpe
1989J. Byron Gathright, Jr.
1988Herand Abcarian
1987Frank J. Theuerkauf
1986H. Whitney Boggs, Jr.
1985Eugene P. Salvati
1984A.W. Martin Marino, Jr.
1983Stanley M. Goldberg
1982Eugene S. Sullivan
1981Bertram A. Portin
1980Malcolm C. Veidenheimer
1979Stuart H.Q. Quan
1978Donald M. Gallagher
1977Alejandro F. Castro
1976John R. Hill
1975Patrick H. Hanley
1974Rupert B. Turnball
1973John H. Remington
1972John E. Ray
1971Andrew Jack McAdams
1970Walter Birnbaum
1969James A. Ferguson
1968Neil W. Swinton
1967Raymond J. Jackman
1966Maus W. Stearns, Jr.
1965Norman D. Nigro
1964Garnet W. Ault
1963Robert A. Scarborough
1962Robert J. Rowe
1961Merrill O. Hines
1960Walter A. Fansler
1959Hyrum R. Reichman
1958Karl Zimmerman
1957Julius E. Linn
1956Rufus C. Alley
1955Stuart T. Ross
1954A.W. Martin Marino, Sr.
1953W. Wendell Green
1952Newton D. Smith
1951Robert A. Scarborough
1950Hoyt R. Allen
1949Louis E. Moon
1948Harry E. Bacon
1947George H. Thiele
1946Joseph W. Ricketts
1944, 1945William H. Daniel
1942, 1943Homer I. Silvers
1941Frederick B. Campbell
1940Clement J. De Bere
1939Martin S. Kleckner
1938Dudley Smith
1937Harry Z. Hibshman
1936Marion C. Pruitt
1935Frank G. Runyeon
1934Louis A. Buie
1933Curtis C. Mechling
1932Curtice Rosser
1931W. Oakley Hermance
1930Dudley Smith
1929Walter A. Fansler
1928Edward G. Martin
1927Louis A. Buie
1926William H. Kiger
1925Descum C. McKenney
1924Frank C. Yeomans
1923Ralph W. Jackson
1922Emmett H. Terrell
1921Granville S. Hanes
1920Alois B. Graham
1919Collier F. Martin
1917, 1918Jerome M. Lynch
1916Alfred J. Zobel
1915T. Chittenden Hill
1914Louis J. Krause
1913Joseph M. Mathews
1912Louis J. Hirschman
1911John L. Jelks
1910George J. Cook
1909Dwight H. Murray
1908George B. Evans
1907A. Bennett Cooke
1906Samuel G. Gant
1905Lewis H. Adler, Jr.
1904J. Rawson Pennington
1903William M. Beach
1902Samuel T. Earle
1901Thomas C. Martin
1900James P. Tuttle
1899Joseph M. Mathews