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Surgical Assocations
General Medical Associations
Pennsylvania Health Organizations
Federal Health Agencies
News & Publications
Miscellaneous


Surgical Associations
American College of Surgeons
www.facs.org
www.efacs.org (ACS Web Portal)

Pennsylvania Physicians for the Protection of Specialty Care
www.3psc.org

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons
www.neurosurgery.org

The American Society for Bariatric Surgery
www.asbs.org

The American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons
www.fascrs.org

The American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
www.plasticsurgery.org

The American Society of Transplant Surgeons
www.asts.org

The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
www.sages.org

The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
www.sls.org

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
www.sts.org


General Medical Associations
American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org
Information on policy and advocacy, medical ethics and new discoveries. Publications such as JAMA, Archives and AMNews.

Pennsylvania Medical Society
www.pamedsoc.org
Information on policy and advocacy and patient information. PA Medicine on-line patient newsletter. Links to county medical societies.


Pennsylvania Health Organizations
Pennsylvania Public Health Association
www.ppha.org
Health resources focusing on Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Department of Health
www.health.state.pa.us
State agency with divisions in Health Planning and Assessment, Public Health Programs and Quality Assurance.


Federal Health Agencies
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
www.cdc.gov
Includes FASTATS by topic and/or state.


News and Publications
Reuters Health News
www.reutershealth.com
Medical news and information.

MEDLINE Journals
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/fulltext.html
Listing of journals for which publishers have provided links to their journal web sites.


Miscellaneous
Online Atlas of Surgery
www.bgsm.edu/surg-sci/atlas/atlas.html

This atlas can serve as a procedural reference for students, nurses, hospital personnel and physicians.

If we have missed any sites you would like to see here, please email us at dfaesel@pamedsoc.org.

 
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