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Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)

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Inspiring and Developing Young Academic Surgeons

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AAS Past Presidents

Callisia Clarke, MD, MS
2025
Hidden Figures – They are All Around Us
Fabian Johnston, MD, MHS
2024
Invisible Realities: Unmasking Injustice in Medical Education and Training
Carrie Cunningham, MD, MPH
2023
Removing the Mask
Amir Ghaferi, MD
2022
Rethinking Challenges
Eugene S. Kim, MD, FACS, FAPP
2021
Baby on Board: Safeguarding the Next Generation of Academic Surgeons
Karl Bilimoria, MD
2020
Fanning the Burnout Fire: How Our Misconceptions and Good Intentions Could Fail Tomorrow’s Surgeon
Adil Haider, MD, MBBS, MPH
2019
Equality is the Cornerstone of Medicine
Rebecca S. Sippel, MD
2018
Re-defining Success in Academic Surgery
Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH
2017
Sticky Floors and Glass Ceilings
Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH
2016
The Rookie Advantage
Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, PhD
2015
Defining Success in Academic Surgery: What is Your Impact Factor?
Lillian S. Kao, MD, MS
2014
Real World vs. Ivory Tower: The Challenge for Academic Surgery
Melina R. Kibbe, MD, RVT
2013
A Beacon of Hope
Scott A. LeMaire, MD
2012
Toward Self-actualization in Academic Surgery
Daniel Albo, MD, PhD
2011
Diversification of the Academic Portfolio
Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll, MD, PhD
2010
One World: The International Society of Academic Surgery
Herbert Chen, MD
2009
Episode VI: The Return of the Surgeon
Fiemu Nwariaku, MD
2008
Mind the Gap: Workforce Disparities and Global Health
Siobhan A. Corbett, MD
2007
The Association for Academic Surgery and the Butterfly Effect
Matthias G. Stelzner, MD
2005/6
Loud and Clear Now – Advocacy and Academic Surgery
J. Perren Cobb, MD
2004
Uniting the Voices for Academic Surgery: The Role of the Young Voice
Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA
2003
Mentorship, Diversity and Academic Surgery
Tien C. Ko, MD
2002
Excellence in Academic Surgery
David H. Berger, MD, MHCM
2001
From Led to Leader
David I. Soybel, MD
2000
The Education of an Academic Surgeon
V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD, PhD
1999
An Attitude of Gratitude
F. Charles Brunicardi, MD
1998
Academic Program Development
Robert L. Conter, MD
1997
Death of Academic Surgery?
David W. McFadden, MD, MBA
1996
Patients
David L. Dunn, MD, PhD
1995
Projections
Wiley W. Souba, MD, ScD
1994
Sand, Sandstorms and Sandcastles
Karen S. Guice, MD, MPP
1993
Power
Joel J. Roslyn, MD
1992
The Realities of Idealism
R. Neal Garrison, MD
1991
The Association for Academic Surgery: What a Concept!
Dana K. Andersen, MD
1990
Taking the Lead: Challenges of Supply and Demand in Academic Surgery
Richard Bell, Jr., MD
1989
Surgical Research and other Oxymorons
Kirby I. Bland, MD
1988
The Academic Surgeon in an Era of Socioeconomic and Litigious Restraint
Richard E. Ward, MD, MBA
1987
Extrinsic Factors Aff ecting Surgical Training
Michael J. Zinner, MD
1986
Surgical Research – Our Perspective
Charles M. Balch, MD, PhD
1985
The Academic Surgeon as a Clinical Investigator
James W. Holcroft, MD
1984
The Frankenstein Principle
Alden H. Harken, MD
1983
Surgery as an Applied Physiology
Laurence Y. Cheung, MD
1982
The Association for Academic Surgery: Its Past, Present and Future
Robert W. Hobson, II, MD
1981
Why Academic Surgery?
Creighton B. Wright, MD, MBA
1980
Academic Surgery: Past and Prologue
Edward M. Copeland, MD
1979
The Role of the Young Academic Surgeon in American Surgery
Bernard M. Jaffe, MD
1978
Bakke, Biko and the Hippocratic Oath
Wallace P. Ritchie, Jr., MD, PhD
1977
The Association: A Look Back A Look Ahead
Gerald S. Moss, MD
1976
House Staff Unions – Good or Bad
Hiram C. Polk, Jr., MD
1975
Unity of Surgery
Thomas L. Marchioro, MD
1974
Youth
Paul A. Ebert, MD
1973
Quality in the Era of Change
Eric W. Fonkalsrud, MD
1972
Winds of Change in Academic Surgery
Ward O. Griffen, Jr., MD, PhD
1971
The Care and Feeding of the Association for Academic Surgery
W. Gerald Austen, MD
1970
Black Clouds and Silver Linings
John S. Najarian, MD
1969
Transplantation Surgery
George D. Zuidema, MD
1968
Academic Surgery and the Era of Dissent

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