American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery Report to: The Association of Program Directors for Colon and Rectal Surgery Activity Update as of April 2018 Bruce G. Wolff, MD, Executive Director
PAST AND FUTURE MEETINGS The American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery held its most recent Interim Meeting on March 18, 2018 and its Annual Meeting on September 17, 2017 in Chicago at the Omni Hotel. Future meetings through 2018 will be held at the Omni Hotel. The schedule is: ABCRS FUTURE EXAM DATES (2018 - 2019) ORAL EXAMINATION WRITTEN INTERIM BOARD ANNUAL BOARD MOC EXAMINATION MEETING MEETING EXAMINATION Friday-Saturday-Sunday 2018 Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Sunday, March 18, 2018 September 21-22-23, 2018 Wednesday, May 9, 2018 National Testing Centers* Omni Chicago Hotel Omni Chicago Hotel National Testing Centers* Friday-Saturday-Sunday 2019 Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Sunday, March 24, 2019 September 20-21-22, 2019 Thursday, May 9, 2019 National Testing Centers* Omni Chicago Hotel Omni Chicago Hotel National Testing Centers* *Pearson Vue Oral Exam Date (Red) *Pearson Vue
Board Membership The Board has 16 members in the following categories: (6) ABCRS – American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (1) ABCRS – Executive Director (4) ASCRS – American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (2) ACS – American College of Surgeons (1) ABS – American Board of Surgery (2) APDCRS – Association of Program Directors for Colon & Rectal Surgery
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Board members normally serve two four-year terms. Current officers/members are: Sponsoring Term Term OFFICERS Organization Serving Expires President: Jan Rakinic, MD APDCRS Second 2018 President Elect: Judith L. Trudel, MD ABCRS Second 2019 Executive Director: Bruce Wolff, MD ABCRS First 2020 MEMBERS Glenn T. Ault, MD, Los Angeles, CA APDCRS Second 2021 David E. Beck, MD, New Orleans , LA ASCRS First 2019 Elisa H. Birnbaum, MD, St. Louis, MO ACS Second 2018 Eric J. Dozois, MD, Rochester, MN ACS Second 2021 Tracy L. Hull, MD, Cleveland, OH ABCRS Second 2018 Neil Hyman, MD, Burlington, VT ASCRS First 2018 Tyler Hughes, MD, McPherson, KS ABS First 2019 Ann Lowry, St. Paul, MN ASCRS First 2021 Najjia N. Mahmoud, MD, Philadelphia, PA ABCRS Second 2020 M. Shane McNevin, MD, Spokane, WA ABCRS First 2020 Harry Papaconstantinou, MD, Temple, TX ASCRS First 2021 Scott R. Steele, MD, Cleveland, OH ABCRS First 2018 Mark L. Welton, MD, Minneapolis, MN ABCRS Second 2019
The Board’s Examination Committee is now divided into three working groups consisting of the Written, Oral, and MOC Committees. The table below shows the Committee composition. Examination Committee Tracy Hull, MD, Chair Bruce Wolff, MD, Ex-Officio Written Examination Oral Examination Maintenance of Certification Committee Committee Committee (MOC) Tracy Hull, MD, Chair Eric Dozois, MD, Chair Najjia Mahmoud, MD, Chair Glenn Ault, MD, Co-Chair Members Members Members David Beck, MD Scott Steele, MD Elisa Birnbaum, MD Neil Hyman, MD Judith Trudel, MD M. Shane McNevin, MD Ann Lowry, MD Mark Welton, MD Jan Rakinic, MD M. Shane McNevin, MD Harry Papaconstantinou, MD Non-Members Non-Members Non-Members Kelli Bullard Dunn, MD Bradley Davis, MD James McCormick, DO W. Brian Perry, MD Eric Weiss, MD
Written Examination Committee The Written Examination was given on March 21, 2018. There were 102 test takers; 97 passed and 5 failed. The Written Examination will be given March 12, 2019. Pearson Vue Testing Centers /Written Examination Performance The Written Examination has been conducted at Pearson Vue Centers. The table below shows the failure rate for those examinations Failure Rate Pearson Vue Test Date # Candidates Overall First–Time Takers Repeaters March 23, 2012 104 11/104 (11%) 9/91 (10%) 2/13 (15%) March 22, 2013 92 8/92 (9%) 5/92 (5%) 3/11 (27%) March 21, 2014 100 6/100 (6%) 5/94 (5%) 1/6 (17%) March 19, 2015 95 9/95 (9%) 6/83 (7%) 3/9 (33%) March 16, 2016 95 1/95 (1%) 1/84 (1%) 0/10 ( 100%) March 16, 2017 98 4/98 (4%) 2/98 (2%) 2/4 (50%) March 21, 2018 *102 5/102 (4%) *5/100(5%) 0/2(100%) *2 candidates in the re-entry process (1 failed and 1 passed)
Oral Examination Committee The Oral Exam was given on September 16, 2017 to 104 Candidates. The pass rate was 86/104 and the failure percentage was 17%. The next Oral Examination is scheduled for Saturday, September 22, 2018. Standards and Credentials Committee The Standards and Credentials Committee received 97 new applications for the 2018 Written Examination. The application were reviewed at our September 2017 meeting and all new applicants were approved. Continuing Certification The ABCRS will begin their soft launch of CertLink™ on April 2, 2018. The first Cohorts will be new certified diplomates, ABCRS Committee Members and Board Members which is a total of 106 diplomates. The soft launch will run from April 2 nd to July 2 nd . The MOC Exam will be given on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 to diplomates who expire in 2018. The final and last MOC Exam will be offered in 2019, after that all diplomates will be enrolled in CertLink™.
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