Colorectal surgery.

T R r a c 9 he American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons ASCRS) was founded in 1899. Initially known as the merican Proctologic Society, the name was changed to the merican Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons in 1973 to ndicate the scope of its members’ interest. Currently, of he 1,281 board-certified colorectal surgeons in the United tates and Canada, 102 are women. The spectrum of disease reated by colon and rectal surgeons is broad, including, but ot limited to, inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal caner, and benign anorectal diseases. Colorectal surgical pracices vary from institution and practice, with a large perentage of board-certified colorectal surgeons limiting their ractice to only colon and rectal surgery.