patricia turner. she is good morning and we're back of doctor patricia turner. she is the executive director in ceo of the american college of surgeons. good morning >> good morning. >> thank you for joining us, we're going to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and other issues that are affecting the u.s. health care system. let's start off by talking about the american college of surgeons. what is this mission and what does your work involve? >> thank you for having me. so, the american college of surgeons is a large organization, about 87,000 members around the world. we represent surgeons and we enhance the care of the surgical patient by supporting the surgeons. so we have educational component, so teaching surgeons what is on the cutting edge. we have quality programs to enhance the quality improvement process of hospitals around the world, and we communicate outwardly so that patients and hospitals and our members can know what is the right thing to do about surgical cases. >> how is it funded? >> we are a membership organization, so we have members, you

patricia turner. she is the executive director and ceo of the american college of surgeonss. guest: good morning. host: thank you for joining us. we will talk about the coronavirus pandemic and other issues affecting the u.s. health care system. let's start off by talking about the american college of surgeons. what is this mission and what does your book involve? guest: the american college of surgeons has 87,000 members around the world. we represent surgeons and we enhance care of surgical patients. we teach surgeons what is on the cutting edge. we improves the quality of hospitals around the world, and we communicate outwardly so patients, hospitals, and our members can know what is the right thing to do about surgical cases. host: how is it funded? guest: we are a membership organization. we have members. you may have seen acs after a surgeon's name. that means they are a fellow of the american college of surgeons. host: you were talking about the quality movement. the american college of surgeons, i have this report from earlier -- well, from last month. it says you are

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