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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACSmember benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACScolleagues. It's all here.

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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACSmember benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACScolleagues. It's all here.

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Women in Surgery Committee Mentorship Program for Women Surgeons

Mentoring Program
Mentoring Program

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Application Deadline: May 1, 2026

Applications for the 2026-2027 cohort are now open. Applicants for the mentorship program must be an ACSFellow or Associate Fellow, or currently in the process of applying for ACSFellowship, with fewer than 5 years of practice experience. 

Mentor applicants must be a female Fellow of the College with 10+ years in practice, experience, and knowledge in various areas of mentorship, and committed to meeting 1:1 with a mentee for 1 year.

The ACS(Å˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­) Women in Surgery Committee offers a year-long Mentorship Program for women surgeons with less than 5 years in practice. The program focuses on offering mentorship in a variety of areas including career development, research goals, work-life balance, practice development, transition to practice, and leadership development. Mentees are paired with the best possible mentor who is an established female Fellow of the College. The mentorship program is 1-year in duration, beginning in September/October each year.

The Program requires a commitment to the following:

  • Meet on a regular basis for 1:1 mentorship sessions (as agreed upon between mentor-mentee)
  • Attend the Program kickoff event
  • Attend 2 virtual gatherings with entire cohort (4 offered throughout the year)

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If you have questions, please contact Jessie von Kuster at jvonkuster@facs.org.