The American College of Surgeons (ACS) elected Anton N. Sidawy, MD, as president-elect during the ACS annual business meeting on Oct. 22. He served as president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) in 2010.
Sidawy is currently the Lewis B. Saltz chair and professor of surgery at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Sidawy’s career spans several decades and includes 180 peer-reviewed articles, 60 book chapters, and numerous national and international presentations.
He served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS), launching two additional titles: the Journal of Vascular Surgery-Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS-VL) in 2013 and the Journal of Vascular Surgery-Cases, Innovations and Techniques (JVS-CIT) in 2015.
In addition to his editorial work, Sidawy has authored three influential textbooks, including Basic Science of Vascular Disease (1997), Diabetic Foot, Lower Extremity Arterial Disease, and Limb Salvage (2006), and the 9th and 10th editions of Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, released in 2018 and 2022, respectively.
Sidawy has been an ACS fellow since 1987 and has played a key role in shaping the future of surgery. He has served on both the ACS Board of Governors (2001–2007) and the Board of Regents (2015–2024), including a term as chair of the Board of Regents from 2021–2022. Notably, he led a joint effort by the ACS and the SVS to establish the Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP).
In his upcoming term as president of the ACS, Sidawy envisions focusing on the well-being of fellows, the quality of surgical care, and improving the practice environment for surgeons. He remains deeply committed to the ACS’s mission to “heal all with skill and trust,” a vision he will continue to champion in his new role.
