Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)

Inspiring and Developing Young Academic Surgeons

The 2014 AAS Fall Courses are quickly approaching!

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An academic surgical career demands excellence in the areas of clinical practice, research and education. Piloting this challenge can be intimidating and stressful; it requires preparation along with a certain degree of compromise and balance. It is also exhilarating and rewarding. Both the Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course and the Career Development Course have annually aimed to provide a foundation for young surgeons navigating their early academic career.

The Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course specifically targets residents, fellows and junior faculty. Guest speakers and panel discussions will address topics that include mentorship, time management, ethical issues in surgical research, the written and oral presentation of academic work, funding, and the conduct of basic science, translational, clinical/health services and educational research. By identifying crucial keys to academic success and corresponding pitfalls, our hope is to enthusiastically prepare and motivate rising academic surgeons for their own pursuits.

This year we are very excited to announce several changes to the course curriculum. To start, while the afternoon sessions have previously offered concomitant sessions focused on basic science/translational research and clinical/health-services research, this year a third panel will offer topics specific to education and simulation-based research. Additionally, there will be panel of dynamic and diverse young academic surgeons describing their pathway to success.

For more information, please reference the following link: https://www.aasurg.org/meetings/documents/AAS_fallCourse2014_SavetheDate.pdf.

On behalf of the entire AAS Educational Committee and leadership, I hope to see you in San Francisco October 24th at the AAS Fall Courses!

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Dawn Coleman

Dr. Coleman is an Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Section of Vascular Surgery at the University of Michigan, Program Director for the Integrated Vascular Residency Program and Fellowship, and Major in the US Army Reserve. She graduated with honors from the University of Cincinnati in 1999 and earned her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine in 2003. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Michigan in 2010 and then went on to complete a two-year vascular surgery fellowship at the same institution in 2012. Her clinical interests include the surgical and endovascular management of aneurysmal and occlusive aortic and mesenteric vascular disease and the surgical revascularization of pediatric coarctation and renovascular hypertension. Her longstanding interest in the management and pathology of young patients with fibromuscular dysplasia and children with developmental aortic coarctation and renovascular hypertension have fueled ongoing translational research interests that focus on the genetic basis of pediatric renovascular hypertension resulting from developmental arterial dysplasia.

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Dr. Coleman is an Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Section of Vascular Surgery at the University of Michigan, Program Director for the Integrated Vascular Residency Program and Fellowship, and Major in the US Army Reserve. She graduated with honors from the University of Cincinnati in 1999 and earned her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine in 2003. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Michigan in 2010 and then went on to complete a two-year vascular surgery fellowship at the same institution in 2012. Her clinical interests include the surgical and endovascular management of aneurysmal and occlusive aortic and mesenteric vascular disease and the surgical revascularization of pediatric coarctation and renovascular hypertension. Her longstanding interest in the management and pathology of young patients with fibromuscular dysplasia and children with developmental aortic coarctation and renovascular hypertension have fueled ongoing translational research interests that focus on the genetic basis of pediatric renovascular hypertension resulting from developmental arterial dysplasia.