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Maintenance of Certification and Continuing Medical Education: Are They Still Required?

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Acknowledgment

This article is a publication of the CME committee from the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO). It was written and reviewed by the CME committee members and reviewed by members of the Executive Council of the SSO. The authors acknowledge Alanna Kaiser and Patti Stella of the SSO for their input.

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  1. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of General Surgery, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Marissa Howard-McNatt MD

  2. University of Michigan Health System-Cancer Center, Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Michael Sabel MD

  3. Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Doreen Agnese MD

  4. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Farin Amersi MD & Armando Guiliano MD

  5. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Surgery, Cleveland, OH, USA

    John Ammori MD

  6. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Cletus Arciero MD

  7. NYU Langone Health, Surgery, New York, NY, USA

    Russell Berman MD

  8. Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Laura Dominici MD

  9. University of Texas at Austin, Surgery, Austin, TX, USA

    R. Y. Fleming MD

  10. Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Dale Han MD

  11. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Jennifer LaFemina MD

  12. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Surgical Oncology, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Michael Meyers MD

  13. Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Louisville, Surgery, Louisville, KY, USA

    Prejesh Philips MD

  14. University of Cincinnati, Surgery, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Janice Rafferty MD

  15. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Surgery-Women’s Oncology, Tampa, FL, USA

    Chantal Reyna MD

  16. University of Pittsburgh, Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    J. T. Rubin MD

  17. Duke University Medical Center, Surgery, Durham, NC, USA

    Randall Scheri MD

  18. SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA

    Ranjna Sharma MD

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Howard-McNatt, M., Sabel, M., Agnese, D. et al. Maintenance of Certification and Continuing Medical Education: Are They Still Required?. Ann Surg Oncol 26, 3820–3823 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07702-3

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