Privilege Viewer - Privilege Detail - CORE PRIVILEGES CRITERIA All physicians initially applying for General Surgery privileges must have successfully completed an accredited postgraduate General Surgery residency training program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). Required Board Certification Physicians applying for INITIAL APPOINTMENT of clinical privileges must be board certified by a specialty board approved by the American Board Surgery or by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery or be an active candidate for board certification. Those Physicians who are active candidates for board certification at the time of initial appointment but are not board certified must successfully achieve board certification within five (5) years of eligibility to take the board examination. Failure to achieve board certification within five (5) years of eligibility to take the board examination shall be deemed a voluntary resignation from the Medical Staff. Physicians who fail to obtain board certification or recertification will be given five (5) years to retest. Failure to obtain recertification will result in ineligibility to hold clinical privileges. Required Previous Experience Recent clinical experience is required of all applicants for initial appointment and reappointment. Recent clinical experience is defined as having performed at least twenty-four (24) procedures and/or consultations in an accredited hospital or ambulatory surgery setting in the past two (2) years. The variety and type of procedures must be sufficient to cover the scope of privileges requested. Core privileges include the procedures listed and such other procedures that are extensions of the same techniques and skills

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Mark Allen Birdsong, MD