(Text updated May, 2010)

Membership Bylaws

Membership Types and General Requirements

Active Membership is limited to surgeons who are Fellows of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) or its international equivalent and of good professional standing, who have a major interest and devote significant portions of their practice or research to endocrine surgery, who are certified by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) or its equivalent in Canada (FRCSC), Central America, Mexico and South America.   

Corresponding Membership is limited to surgeons with similar interests and qualifications with the equivalent of ABS certification and Fellowship in ACS in other countries.

Allied Specialist Membership is limited to physicians with similar interests and qualifications with board certification in their respective field and to non-physician scientists, who have demonstrated interest and excellence in the field of endocrine surgery.

Candidate Membership is limited to surgeons who have completed their surgical training and who are awaiting qualifications of Active members.  Candidate membership is limited to a period of no more than three years following all continuous training to include residency and fellowship(s). 

A letter of sponsorship from an Active or Senior AAES member will be sufficient to be considered as a Candidate member.  Candidate members are strongly urged to attend the annual meeting but need not have attended a prior meeting. To apply, please complete all sections of the online application, with the exception of the Literature Contributions (although if you have a publication, you are welcome to submit it), Endocrine Surgical Procedures, AAES Annual Attendance and FACS sections. 

Resident/Fellow Membership is limited to individuals who are currently training, either as surgical residents or fellows.  Resident/Fellow membership is limited to the time that an individual is in a residency, research, or clinical fellowship training program.  A letter of sponsorship from an Active or Senior AAES member will be sufficient to be considered as a Resident/Fellow member.  Attendance at a prior meeting of the AAES is not required.  Resident/Fellow members will become Candidate members upon completion of their training and upon request.  To apply, please complete all sections of the online application, with the exception of the Literature Contributions (although if you have a publication, you are welcome to submit it, Endocrine Surgical Procedures, AAES Annual Attendance and FACS sections. 

To Apply for AAES Membership:

1.)  Review the current AAES Bylaws on this website to ensure that you meet the criteria.

2.)  Identify and contact a Sponsor who is currently an Active, Senior or Allied AAES member.

3.)  Complete the Online Membership Application and upload all required documentation.

Residents/Fellows and Candidates are encouraged to apply online for membership at anytime!  Applications for these categories are reviewed and processed on an ongoing basis. 

ACTIVE, CORRESPONDING and ALLIED SPECIALIST membership applications are due by January 31, 2011. All required documentation must be submitted by this date.  Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.     

Required documentation should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format and includes:   

-- Bibliography / Curriculum Vitae (please limit your CV to no more than 10 pages)

 

-- Literature Contribution - Reprint of your best contribution to endocrine surgery literature (note that an actual copy of your article is required)

 

-- Brief summarized list of Endocrine Surgical Procedures performed during prior 24 months

 

(Note that this list should not include assisted cases as a resident or fellow.  Please list FNA biopsies separately, if included).  NOTE: This list must comply with patient privacy laws and should NOT include patient names or reference numbers. 

 

-- Sponsor Letter addressed to Secretary-Treasurer

 

-- Letters from (2) additional Endorsers

Complete applications received by January 31, 2011 will be reviewed by the Membership Committee and by AAES Council, and the names of applicants recommended for election to membership will be voted upon at the AAES 2011 Annual Business Meeting in Houston, TX.  Applicants thusly elected to membership will be presented with certificates of AAES membership at the 2012 AAES Annual Meeting in Iowa City, IA.

All membership applications must be submitted using the online application.  Please upload all required documentation at the time of the submission.  In order to ensure that your application is complete prior to the deadline, any additional materials not included in the online submission (ie: letters of endorsement, sponsor letter, etc) must be postmarked no later than January 31, 2011 to:
 

Peter Angelos, MD, PhD

Secretary-Treasurer

c/o American Association of Endocrine Surgeons

5810 W. 140^th Terrace

Overland Park, KS 66223

Telephone: 773-702-4429

Email: pangelos@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Questions? 

American Association of Endocrine Surgeons

Telephone: 913-402-7102

Fax:  913-273-9940

Email: information@endocrinesurgery.org