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Surgery Medical Associations 
American College of Surgeons(ACS) has as its mission to improve
the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical
education and practice. The college has position papers
on topics such as emerging surgical technologies and managed care. 
Laparoscopy.com offers laparoscopic surgeons highlights of the history
of laparoscopy and features pictures (and in some cases videos) of procedures
for endoscopy, abdomen, thorax, urology, neurosurgery, vascular and gynecology.
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
represents more than 3000 board certified surgeons who use endoscopy and laparoscopy
as an integral part of their treatment of patients.
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons provides conference data, a
directory of laparoendoscopic surgeons, information for laparoendoscopic surgical
residents and selected articles from the SLS Report.
University of Maryland Medicine, Department of Surgery Information
is a statewide resource offering the full range of hospital surgical services.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
American
Association of Thoracic Surgery offers a "What's New" section
and links to the full text of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Society for Thoracic Surgery (STS). features selected articles from
the The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, online discussions for surgeons and data analyses
from the STS National Cardiac Surgery Database.
Ear, Nose & Throat
American Academy of Otolaryngology- Ear Nose and Throat and Related Head
and Neck offers articles on clinical indicators, patient information and
links to Web sources in Otolaryngology.
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons offers information
for members, patients, residents and a directory for finding an AAOMS surgeon.
Links are provided to related journals, associations and dental resources.
Neurosurgery
American Association of Neurological Surgeons features Neurosurgical
Focus, an online journal produced by the editorial board of the Journal of Neurosurgery.
Articles are also previewed from the Journal of Neurosurgery. Education, resident
information and a member's only section is also available.
Neurosurgery://On Call sponsored by the American Association of
Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons offers professional
pages reporting on association events and public pages containing resources in
neurosurgical information.
Plastic Surgery
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery provides information
on plastic surgery procedures, a plastic surgery directory and statistics on plastic
surgery by procedure, geography, demographics.
National Clearinghouse of Plastic Surgery Statistics contains statistics
on a variety of topics in plastic surgery, including both cosmetic and reconstructive
surgery.
Plastic Surgery Information Service (American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgeons and the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation) provides background on
the wide variety of cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery procedures and
offers a plastic surgeon referral service. Information on endoscopic
plastic surgery is also provided.
Vascular Surgery
AORN (The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses) provides
periOperative nurses with information on government/legislation, clinical practice
research and issues, certification, training and education. Under a section entitled
periOperative Nursing Today, AORN follows current trends in health care and perioperative
nursing.
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery provides information
on plastic surgery procedures, a plastic surgery directory and statistics on plastic
surgery by procedure, geography, demographics.
Plastic Surgery Information Service (American Society of Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgeons and the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation) provides
background on the wide variety of cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery
procedures and offers a plastic surgeon referral service. Information on endoscopic
plastic surgery is also provided.
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