Eberlein named president-elect of American College of Surgeons
Siteman Cancer Center director served as chair of the ACS Board of Regents
Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, director of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, has been elected president-elect of the American College of Surgeons.
Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, director of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, has been elected president-elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The three-year commitment includes one-year terms each as president-elect, president and immediate past-president.
Eberlein began his term as president-elect after ACS’s annual meeting this month in Chicago. The organization’s mission is to improve surgical care and safeguard standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.
“It is an honor to be elected to the leadership of the ACS by my national peers,” said Eberlein, who also is the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor and senior associate dean for cancer programs at WashU Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. “In this position, I will continue to work tirelessly to help the College and its Fellows in our shared mission to care for patients and advance surgical care.”
Eberlein has been active within the ACS for many years, including as an ACS Fellow since 1988 and a member of the Board of Regents from 2015-2024. He served as chair of the board from 2022-2023. Since 1995, Eberlein has been a member of the Commission on Cancer, an ACS-founded consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for patients with cancer. He also served as editor-in-chief for the Journal of the American College of Surgeons from 2004-2024.
For his numerous achievements, Eberlein received the Rodney E. and Thomas G. Sheen Award from the New Jersey Chapter of the ACS and the ACS Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum Award.
Eberlein also has held leadership positions at the American Board of Surgery, Advisory Committee to the Board for Surgical Oncology, Board of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Society of Surgical Oncology, American Surgical Association and the National Cancer Institute.
