Meet Ruth L. Bush, MD, JD, MPH, FACS
For Dr. Ruth Bush, giving back is a way of life. Despite her busy career as a vascular surgeon and medical program director, Dr. Bush also gives her time for missionary medical trips, provides mentorship to medical students, and is an ACS Foundation board officer.
Dr. Bush and her husband, Mr. William A. Fife, IV, also donate generously to ACS and will continue this generosity into the future as members of the ACS Foundation's legacy society. By simply including the ACS as one of the beneficiaries of their estate, they will ensure their values as reflected through the work of ACS. Their legacy gift will help support key philanthropic initiatives like Operation Giving Back, which connects ACS Fellows to global surgical volunteerism.
Dr. Bush explained her enthusiasm to give back, stating, "We all are given many gifts, including our ability to operate and change our patients' lives as surgeons. We need to give back on many levels. I have been impressed with the outreach and the projects to which the Foundation contribute. I wanted to a part of this inspiring process."
As an ACS Fellow, you may wish to include the ACS as a beneficiary in your own legacy planning. Get started through a confidential conversation with Beth White Carona, CFRE at 312-202-5506 or bcarona@facs.org.