Dr. Ackroyd has served as an Instructor of Surgery at Boston City Hospital, Chairman of the Departments of Surgery at Mount Auburn Hospital and later at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. He has served on the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons. At the Massachusetts General Hospital, he practiced at the Surgical Unit of the Ambulatory Care Center, the Trauma/Burn Service and the Surgical Endoscopy Unit.