[6] The ACS was founded in 1913 as an outgrowth of the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America that had existed since 1910 as an outgrowth of the journal Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, an initiative of ACS Founder Dr. Franklin H.

The Board of Regents formulates policy and directs the affairs of the college.

The local ACS Chapters exert the college's influence at the community level.

She is currently on the faculty in the department of surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine.

[8] Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (or FACS) is a professional certification for a medical professional who has passed a set of criteria for education, qualification, and ethics required to join the ACS.