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L. D. Britt, MD, MPH

Arch Surg. 2005;140:1034.

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INTRODUCTION

In a few years, the Residency Review Committee (RRC) for Surgery (Chicago, Ill) will be celebrating its 60th anniversary. Established in 1950, the RRC for Surgery was the first of the review committees for graduate medical education. With the oversight organization now being the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) (Chicago), there are now 27 RRCs, which encompass 26 core specialties and 115 subspecialties (Figure). The programmatic responsibilities of the RRC for Surgery are highlighted in Table 1.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure. Overview of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and its Residency Review Committees (RRCs).

Table appears in full text version. Table 1. Residency Review Committee for Surgery Program Accreditation Statistics

Although Dr Organ was 1 of more than 100 surgeons to serve on the RRC for Surgery since its inception (Table 2), the impact of his substantial contributions to the committee and graduate medical . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Author Affiliations: Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Va.