This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Brian Gavitt during the SAGES Advocacy Program Summit on April 11 2018
Keyword(s): ACS, advocacy, Air Force, AMA, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, budget, chairman, clinical, Congress, congressional offices, congressional staff, constituents, critical surgeon, Department of Defense, DoD, experience, health policy advisor, healthcare, House of Representatives, legislative staff, Medicaid, Medicare, op-ed, osteogenesis imperfecta, press office, program coordinator, quid pro quo, residency interview, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, surgeons voice, tax, trauma surgeon