From the Washington Office: A guide to in-district meetings with your representatives and senators

Lastly, I would respectfully request that when surgeons meet with their legislators they inform the ACS Division of Advocacy and Health Policy. Having basic information about the outcome of the meeting, whether knowing that the legislator committed to taking a specific action or knowing that the legislator has requested additional information, is incredibly valuable to us in our ongoing advocacy efforts on behalf of surgeons and their patients here in Washington, DC.

Until next month ….

Dr. Patrick V. Bailey is an ACS Fellow, a pediatric surgeon, and Medical Director, Advocacy, for the Division of Advocacy and Health Policy, in the ACS offices in Washington, D.C.