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ANNUAL CLINICAL ASSEMBLY OF OSTEOPATHIC SPECIALISTS 2007

October 18, 2007

This is the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, neurosurgical section:                                    

Meeting is called to order by Mike Moncman, D.O., MSc, FACOS

Recognition of Alison A. Clarey, D.O., FACOS the current ACOS president

1. Dr. Clarey discussed strategic planning for the upcoming year. There has been a lot of work on the strategic planning for the ACOS. A letter will be forthcoming in the mail. Please fill it out, which will be important for the future of our college.

• She also discussed the leadership program March 28-30, 2008 opened to thirty individuals at the Westin in Alexandria, Virginia. The members will include AOBS board, committee chairs, president and directors. This will be open to the public at the college. If interested please sign up.

• Bylaws were discussed. By Friday December 14, 2007 there will be an amendment to have all the colleges approved bylaws with utilizing a new format. This committee will include Joe Queeney, D.O., FACOS, John Marouk, D.O. FACOS, and Rodney Routsong, D.O., FACOS as chairman. We will get together to comply with the ACOS standards.

• An AOBS task force will be sent out in November. This is very important to fill out and send back. There are three credits associated with this letter. It is important that each individual fill this out and send it back as soon as possible. The information will be used to help guide training programs.

• Dr. Clarey invited us to the annual ACOS Conclave. There is a new format with conclave similar to last year’s format there will be no dinner provided however we will still have the new member’s induction and fellow inductions. The conclave is set for 4:00pm ballroom number nine. At the conclave a speaker will be brought by the Theodore Classen Memorial Foundation. Everyone please attend.

RESIDENTS REPORT

·         Introduction of Dr. Hammond. She is a resident in charge of the resident business meeting. She has encouraged all resident trainers to have the residents attend the annual resident business meeting. This has been voluntary in the past however over the last couple of years this has not been very well attended. The program directors are encouraged to have their residents show up to the annual resident meeting at the ACOS yearly.

MINUTES

• Minutes, copies were not provided. They were e-mailed to each individual surgeon. Apparently some surgeons did not get their e-mail. After some discussion second was made by Dan Miulli, D.O., FACOS and the minutes from last year were approved.

FINANCIAL REPORTS BY JOHN S. MAROUK, D.O., FACOS

·         Financial summary will be in the back of the minutes. There was some discussion in regards to making guidelines for payment for guest lecturers. Traditionally guest lecturers have been given a stipend and typically it is up to the program chair to find lecturers in the community or minimal distance away from the annual ACOS meeting due to the limited funds available. Unfortunately the ACOS is in charge of reimbursement and even if we get a lecturer sponsored not all the money from the sponsorship will be used for payment of the lecturer and or room and board.

• We also discussed switching the account. Instead of the secretary treasure having access to the account in his local community we feel that centralizing this to a nationwide account would be in the best interest since the secretary treasurer does change from location to location on a biannual basis. A recommendation has been made and approved to centralize all the finances to one particular bank like Vanguard and to have one of the ACOS administrator to be a signer on this account along with the new president and secretary treasurer as well as the president elect.

A motion was made and seconded and this was approved.

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT FROM MIKE MONCMAN, D.O., FACOS

• A presentation was made in regards to a Dr. Raymond Ruberg award for outstanding teaching excellence for the department of neurosurgery. 
• The first recipient of this award went to Armen Marouk, D.O., FACOS in 2004. The second recipient of this award goes to Louis Jacobs D.O., FACOS.
• Dr. Jacobs has been instrumental in legitimizing board questions for students and was the first neurosurgeon on the AOBS committee. He has also been a resident trainer and he has been on the Board of Governors and has been instrumental in helping to administer and write board questions for both the oral and practical portions of the exam. Unfortunately Dr. Jacobs was not here to accept his award and Dr. Moncman will forward this to him.
• In regards to new business, the opening cocktail party is traditionally held the night before the program does start. This year’s cocktail party had very little attendance and many members of the group stated that they did not know about the event and did not get the e-mail notification. The cost of the cocktail party has ranged from $3000.00 to $ 10000.00. Last year 49 people did attend although the exact cost is not known. After discussion the committee did feel that the cocktail party is an important part of the neurosurgical section and would like to have a party committee to help with the party on a yearly basis. In 2010 the meeting will be back in San Francisco and Don Kreiff, D.O., FACOS, Greg Smith, D.O., FACOS, Stephen Eichert, D.O., FACOS and Keith Kattner, D.O., FACOS have been nominated to lead the party committee. There was some discussion in regards to a working breakfast or lunch although we will have the board meeting on the first day of the ACOS next year.

AOBS REPORT

• Stephen Eichert, D.O., FACOS is the outgoing chairman who will serve until April of 2008 at which time Don Kreiff, D.O., FACOS  will become the senior neurosurgical member for the AOBS committee. Dr. Eichert mentioned that in part three of the examination they are increasing the oral section to make the clinical a stronger more objective study. Work is still underway for the board questions to become more challenging and a more valid test. The neurosurgical section does meet the standards. There has been a lot of work over the last several years by Dr. Louis Jacobs, Dr. Stephen Eichert, and Dr. Kreiff in regards to making the board test meet the validity criteria in the neurosurgical board questions are leading the way in the ACOS in this matter.

• Steve Dutcher, D.O. who trained at Wayne State has applied for associate membership

• This is the conclusion of the AOBS report. Dr. Moncman did recognize all the hard work that Dr. Eichert did put in to the AOBS and wanted to congratulate him on becoming the chairman.

This is the first time a neurosurgeon has become chairman of the AOBS committee. He is owed a debt of service for his hard work on this committee.

• Dan Miulli, D.O., FACOS did bring up the In-Service Exam award and we would like to congratulate first prize winner Boyd Richards, D.O. and second prize winner William Beringer, D.O.  There was no third place this year. The In-Service Exam award for the highest score on the annual in-service exam was won by Dennis Cramer, D.O., Boyd Richards, D.O., and William Beringer, D.O.

• Program Training Directors meeting by Dr. Dan Miulli. There has been some discussion that the RESC committee that the first year physician traditionally internship will now be changed to option # 1. This means that the first year which is traditionally a rotating internship curriculum will be more directed to surgery and the neurosurgery program will be six years total instead of the traditional five years plus an internship. The option # 1 will allow the first year resident to participate in two months of internal medicine, a month of ICU, four months of general surgery, and two months of other surgery. No decision was made at this point in time. There is much discussion in regards to the reason for this change and whether or not this was confirmed by the AOA or the RESC committee however it was proposed by the ACOS and approved. There will be more about this in the future.

• In-service examinations report was given and this will also be included with the minutes.

• The web site for the neurosurgical section is now under the AOA neurosurgery.org.

• AOS has brought up the End of Life Committee. This is mainly composed of primary care physicians due to medical schools as well as Life Gift an American Society of palliative care and Hospice. There was some discussion in regards to brain death criteria. If a member does want to be on this committee this is open. After much discussion in regards to the End of Life Committee no actions were taken and it did not appear that anyone wanted to be on this committee.

Additional discussion in regards to the ACOS and AOA

• The budget for the ACOS a motion has been made for program directors that are not members of the AOS and ACOS however are program directors for neurosurgeons should not be reimbursed for a speaker honorarium. To give them an honorarium students and residents will not receive this honorarium. A motion was made for this however it was not seconded and no action will be taken.

• Board of Governors report by Rodney Routsong, D.O., FACOS. He also discussed the strategic planning and bylaws and a new format for the bylaws. Joe Queeney, D.O. FACOS, Rodney Routsong, D.O., FACOS, and John Marouk, D.O., FACOS have been nominated to redo the bylaws. Now there is a new member of the board of governors to make the board represent the entire ACOS and this will be a resident member. We would like to congratulate the board of governors on being so open to having residents involved.

Also a discussion in regards to the annual ACOS meeting

• This is an educational meeting and cost has become a huge issue and the strategic planning along with the board of Governors is attempting to understand the best way to improve educational progress. Rodney Routsong, D.O., FACOS wished to recognize the work of Don Kreiff, D.O. FACOS, Stephen Eichert, D.O., FACOS Keith Kattner, D.O., FACOS and Greg Smith, D.O., FACOS for the years of Service for the educational process during the ACOS.

RESC COMMITTEE BY KEITH KATTNER, D.O., FACOS

Dr. Kattner attended and mentioned that there were eight inspections, which will need to occur this year. Over the last several years they have had to catch up on inspections and hopefully this will be the last year of the major catch up. Eight programs will be inspected this year and he is looking for volunteers.

FUTURE ACOS PROGRAMS

• 2008 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists
  September 11 – September 14, 2008

Boca Raton Resort and Club, Boca Raton, FL

• 2009 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons

October 31 – November 3, 2009

      Chicago Marriott Magnificent Mile, Chicago IL

• 2010 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons

October 23 – October 26, 2010

Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, CA