Top 30 Surgical Organizations

Below is a list of the most highly respected professional organizations in the field of surgery.  While the great majority of them are reserved for MDs or medical students, there are also societies dedicated to non-doctoral professionals in the field.  Surgical technologists, medical-surgical nurses and pediatric surgical nurses are all represented here.  The organization for female surgeons offers mentoring opportunities for students and residents.

1. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
2. American College of Surgeons
3. American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
4. American Society for Surgery of the Hand
5. American Society of Breast Surgeons
6. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
7. American Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
8. American Society of Plastic Surgeons
9. American Society of Transplant Surgeons

10.  Association of Surgical Technologists

11.  Association of Women Surgeons

12.  Burnsurgery.org

13.  International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery

14.  Society for Vascular Surgery

15.  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

16.  Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

17.  Society of Thoracic Surgeons

18.  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

19.  American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

20.  American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

21.  American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

22.  American Society of Orthopaedic Physicians Assistants

23.  American Head and Neck Society

24.  Society of Surgical Oncology

25.  Congenital Heart Surgeons Society

26.  American Association for Thoracic Surgery

27.  Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses

28.  American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association

29.  American Society of Anesthesiologists

30.  American Association for Neurological Surgeons