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SUS Foundation

University-Based Surgical Education and Research

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About SUS

The mission of the Society of University Surgeons Foundation (SUSF) is to promote academic surgery through the support of surgical science and education. By fostering the activities of the SUSF, enhanced quality and advancements in surgical care will be realized for all

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URM Award

The Underrepresented Minority (URM) Award is named in honor of past President, George P. Yang, MD, PhD. Dr. Yang raised awareness of the inequities in academic surgery for minorities and Asians in surgery who commonly hit a “bamboo ceiling” in the ascent to leadership. Dr. Yang founded the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons and worked closely to support the Society of Black Academic Surgeons and the Latino Surgical Society.

His final act, after 15 years of leadership within the Society of University Surgeons (SUS), was to initiate the development of this Junior Faculty Award for underrepresented academic surgeons as President of the SUSF. 

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Help Us Make a Difference

By supporting the SUSF, your generous gifts will assure that only the best is good enough – whether you are on the receiving end as a patient or as a surgeon providing patient care. The SUSF wants to look back retrospectively in 20, 30, or 50 years with pride and say, “we maintained our preeminence as the world surgical leaders because we enabled research and provided educational opportunities that kept us in the forefront.”

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Society of University Surgeons
11300 W. Olympic Blvd. Ste 600
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 310-986-6443 ext. 114

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SUSF Executive Director:
Samah Yasin, ext. 130

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