Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)

Inspiring and Developing Young Academic Surgeons

2019 Young Investigators Award

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The AAS is pleased to announce the recipients of the 3rd Annual AAS Young Investigator Award. The award is designed to engage various specialties with the AAS and this year the focus was on Orthopaedic and Vascular specialties. The award includes complimentary registration to both the Fall Courses taking place on October 20, 2018 in Boston and the Academic Surgical Congress taking place February 5-7, 2019, in Houston.

Congratulations to the following four receipients:

Orthopaedic Specialists:
Yale Fillingham, MD – Thomas Jefferson University
Carmen Quatman, MD, PhD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Vascular Specialists:
Andrea Obi, MD – University of Michigan
Elsie Ross, MD – Stanford Hospital

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The Association for Academic Surgery was founded in 1967 and has grown significantly over the years being widely recognized as an inclusive surgical organization with over 2,500 member surgeons.

Active members have traditionally held faculty appointments at a recognized academic center. Active membership is also available to senior/chief residents and fellows in approved training programs in general surgery and the surgical specialties. The impetus of the membership remains research-based academic surgery.