APSA STATEMENTS

Approved Statements

• Statement on Equity and Social Justice (6/3/20; PDF; 158 KB)
• The Right Child/Right Surgeon Initiative: A Position Statement on Pediatric Surgical Training, Sub-specialization, and Continuous Certification from the American Pediatric Surgical Association (approved 5/12/20; PDF; 741 KB)
• Child Abuse and the Pediatric Surgeon: a position statement from the Trauma Committee, the Board of Governors and the Membership of the American Pediatric Surgical Association.
• Statement on Firearm Injuries and Children (2/15/2019; PDF; 856 KB)
• Survey on Firearms (2/15/2019; PDF; 1.3 MB)
• Ethics Position Statement (10/23/11; PDF, 118 KB)
• Position Statement on Maintenance of Certification in Support of the American Board of Surgery Standards (2/20/18; PDF, 216 KB)​
• All Terrain Vehicle Position Paper (3/20/18; PDF, 344 KB)

View APSA Approved Guidelines.

Stakeholder Letters

• Health Professional Asssociation Sign-On Defining Gender (11/5/18; 285 KB)
• APSA ECMO Letter (11/27/18, 243 KB)
• Title VII PSLRP Coalition Sign-On (2/1/19; 64 KB)
• Position on Continuing Board Certification (1/15/2019; 263 KB)
• Vaccine Awareness Campaign to Champion Immunization Nationally and Enhance Safety (VACCINES) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2852) (6/7/19; 113KB)