Hyderabad: Hyderabad based KIMS-Ushalakshmi Centre for Breast Diseases Director Dr Raghu Ram has got rare opportunity to deliver the distinguished lecture of the US Chapter of International Society of Surgery. He is the first surgeon from South Asia to deliver the lecture on Disrupting Breast Healthcare in India at the 107^th Annual Congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

He was the only surgeon from outside the US, alongside Dr Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the US President and nine other world renowned surgeons from the US to deliver the prestigious lecture at the Annual Scientific Congress in 2021, which held on a virtual platform from October 23 to 27 with the theme Resilience in the Pursuit of Excellence.

The American College of Surgeons is founded in 1913 and is the largest organisation of surgeons in the world. With over 84,000 members from the US and 140 countries worldwide, ACS is the single strongest voice for surgeons across all surgical specialties across the globe.
Hundreds of scientific presentations highlighting research in progress in all surgical specialties and 105 panel discussions on relevant and timely topics, the 107^th Annual 2021 ACS Congress offer 11 Named Lectures on a variety of surgical and medical topics given by world renowned experts.