PHILADELPHIA (December 17, 2021)—Jeffrey M. Farma, MD, FACS, chief of the Division of General Surgery and co-director of the Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been elected a member-at-large for the Society of University Surgeons (SUS). According to the SUS, the member-at-large position is an important part of its nominating committee.
“I am very grateful to be have been elected to this position by my peers,” said Farma, who is also program director of the Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Fox Chase. “It’s very humbling to be acknowledged by fellow professionals in this way.”
Membership in the SUS is bestowed upon surgeons who are well-established and who have demonstrated scholarly or creative ability that positively impacts their field. Members must be a faculty member in a university department of surgery and its affiliated teaching hospital and have completed a graduate university residency training in surgery. Their work as a surgeon, teacher, and investigator must demonstrate promise of a successful career in academic surgery.
The benefits of being an SUS member include having access to research grant opportunities such as the American Surgical Association Surgical Leaders Fellowship Grant, the opportunity to mentor a resident for the SUS Resident Research Scholar Award, and the opportunity to sponsor those currently within their first three years of a full-time faculty appointment for the Junior Faculty Award.
Farma has been awarded many accolades throughout his career, including Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2018-2020; the Society of Surgical Oncology European Society of Surgical Oncology Observership in 2019; and the Castle Connelly national list of Top Doctors, Regional Top Doctor 2014-17. He is also a member of multiple prestigious societies, including the American College of Surgeons, the Metropolitan Philadelphia American College of Surgeons, and the Pennsylvania Medical Society.
The mission of the SUS is to support and advance leaders in academic surgery. The SUS Foundation partners with the SUS to further promote academic surgery through the support of surgical science and education.