Mission Statement History of the Society Become a member today! 2012 SIS New members Apply for research fellowship Congratulations on being elected Regent at the ACS Henri R. Ford Pediatric surgery Vice-president and surgeon-in-chief, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles; Vice-chairman and vice-dean for medical education, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Meet this month's featured SIS Fellowship Recipient Each month we will focus on a different past winner of a SIS Fellowship to highlight their research and the role of SIS in their career development. Jeff Claridge Links • SIS Foundation:     Support surgical infections research • Other upcoming conferences • Guidelines: SIS Position Papers

SIS 2013 Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada April 12-15, 2013 MODIFIED DATES AND MEETING FORMAT Please plan on joining us April 12-15, 2013 in exciting Las Vegas for the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Surgical Infection Society. Scientific sessions will commence at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13 with a plenary symposium in which the highest-ranked abstracts are presented, and conclude at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 15 with a new, expanded poster session. The Annual Banquet and Awards Program that evening will bring the program to an inspiring conclusion. The new meeting format is designed to facilitate interaction between presenters and SIS members, as well as provide a broad-based educational opportunity within a concentrated period of time. Self-assessment CME credits (meeting requirements for American Board of Surgery MOC Part 2) will be available to attendees. Program & Abstracts Meeting Registration Hotel Reservations Donate to the SIS Foundation! Official journal of SIS and SIS-E Table of Contents Join our LinkedIn Group

New Practice Guidelines Published February 1, 2013 33rd Annual Meeting Registration for the annual meeting is open! SIS Presidential Welcome Address The SIS is a relatively small but dedicated family of incredibly talented researchers and surgeons. It is unique in the fluidity with which these diverse groups can interact to advance both basic and clinical science. My goals for the year include achieving a better definition of the field of surgical infections through the Curriculum Project headed by Jeffrey Upperman and the Education Committee and developing a rational paradigm for the evaluation of diverse forms of effectiveness research in the fields of surgery and surgical infections, a job given to Marc Jeschke and the Scientific Studies Committee. I look forward to an exciting year and the next annual meeting in Las Vegas. Rob Sawyer See real-time posts from the meeting on Twitter and Facebook ACS Surgery News Results presented at the annual SIS meeting held recently in Dallas were reported in the ACS Surgery News. Lt. Col Debra Malone's work on fungal infections in intra-abdominal wounds of returning soldiers was reported on the front page. The results from the ongoing work by Dr. Heather Evans on the correlation between CXR findings and BAL results was also reported.