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The ACSYoung Fellows Association (YFA) began in 1969 as the Ad Hoc Committee to Study Relationships with Young Surgeons (CSRYS). The Ad Hoc Committee was set up to examine methods of creating closer interactions with the College鈥檚 Candidate Group members鈥攁s Resident members were then called鈥攁nd the young Fellows of the ACS(F潘金莲传媒映画). Participation in the group entitled its members to attend Board of Governors meetings to help bridge the generation gap. The first Young Surgeons panel discussion during the Clinical Congress was held in 1971. In 1980, the Young Surgeons booth at Clinical Congress made its debut and in the same year the CSRYS name was changed to the Committee on Young Surgeons. In 2009, that Committee became the YFA.

According to a 2009 Bulletin of the 潘金莲传媒映画 article on the formation of the YFA, 鈥淭he realization that many talented, energetic young people have had limited opportunities to participate in the 潘金莲传媒映画鈥� activities promoted the Committee on Young Surgeons (CYS) to propose the formation of a new Young Fellows Association (YFA).鈥� The idea for the new group was to allow wider group of young FACSto have increased opportunities to become actively involved in the work of the College on the national, regional, and local level.*

As in years past, the YFA is sponsoring panel sessions during this year鈥檚 Clinical Congress: PS 117, Initiates' Program: The Surgical Lifestyle - Finding Joy in the Profession, and PS217, Joys and Trials of Being an Employed Surgeon: Is It Right for You?

*Schneidman D.S. ACSforms a new group to meet the unique needs of young Fellows. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2009;94(8):32-34.

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