ACS Cancer Surgery Standards Program

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Science, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Education

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🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Behind the Knife – ACS Cancer Surgery Standards Program

Host:
Shreya Gupta, MD (@shreyaguptaMD)

Guests:
Mediget Teshome, MD, MPH, FACS (@drmediget) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Breast Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is the Chair of the Education Committee of the Cancer Surgery Standards Program (CSSP).

Timothy Vreeland, MD, FACS (@vreelant) is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Surgical Oncologist at Brooke Army Medical Center. He is the Vice Chair of the Education Committee of the CSSP.

Lexy (Alexandra) Adams, MD, MPH (@lexyadams16) is a PGY-4 General Surgery resident at Brooke Army Medical Center and a member of the Education Committee of the CSSP.

Description: The American College of Surgeons Cancer Surgery Standards Program is an initiative to improve the quality of cancer surgery by implementing evidence-based operative standards and its associated documentation. This episode discusses the CSSP’s role in not only enhancing the quality of care for patients, but also providing educational tools for trainees, resources for community surgeons caring for cancer patients, and a vehicle for research.

Learning Objectives

In this episode, we learn about the mission and vision of the American College of Surgeons Cancer Surgery Standards Program and the associated operative standards. We discuss the current rollout of standards 5.7 and 5.8, concerning synoptic pathology reporting of total mesorectal excision for mid/low rectal cancer and mediastinal and hilar lymph node sampling in lung cancer. In addition, we discuss future implementation of synoptic operative reporting standards for melanoma, breast cancer, and colon cancer. These standards are important not only for the sub-specialist, but also to surgical residents and any general surgeon that cares for cancer patients.

Resources Referenced in this Episode

The ACS CSSP homepage: facs.org/cssp

Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery – find it on Amazon!
Volume 1: Breast, Lung, Pancreas, Colon
Volume 2: Thyroid, Gastric, Rectum, Esophagus, Melanoma

Follow CSSP on Twitter at @AmColSurgCancer, with the hashtag #CSSP

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0:00.0	Behind the Knife, the Surgery Podcast,
0:03.2	where we take a behind-the-scenes intimate look
0:05.4	at surgery from leaders in the field.
0:07.6	Behind-the-knife listeners, this is Patrick George Off, and I wanted to let you know that
0:25.2	we are giving away FREE behind-the-knife app-site review books.
0:29.7	To be entered into our drawing, all you need to do is leave behind-the-knife a review
0:33.4	on Apple Podcasts, and include your Twitter or Instagram handle, or email us at
0:38.6	BTK Podcast at gmail.com to let us know that you showed BTK some love.
0:44.4	Simply scroll down to the ratings and review section on the Apple Podcast app to tell
0:48.8	the world how much you appreciate behind-the-knife.
0:52.0	Submit before September 1st for a chance to win one of five FREE app-site review books.
0:58.6	And don't forget, BTK is looking for enthusiastic surgery resins to join our team.
1:03.4	More information can be found by clicking on the fellowship application link in the show
1:07.0	notes.
1:08.0	Remember, applications are due August 22nd, so get to it.
1:12.2	Well, hello everyone, welcome to Behind-the-knife.
1:15.4	Today we are covering a very important topic, something that has not been covered on
1:20.7	Behind-the-knife in the past, and I am very elated to be joined by esteemed members of
1:28.6	the Commission on Cancer Surgery Standards Program, the CSSP.
1:34.8	The American College of Surgeons launched the CSSP in June of 2020, and this was a part
1:42.1	of the growing movement to implement the standardized operative techniques for cancer surgery.
1:48.6	Our guests include the CSSP Education Committee Chair and MD Anderson Brest Surgical and Collegist,
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