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The Academic Surgeon – Official Blog of the AAS

The Academic Surgeon is the official blog of the AAS. We post anywhere from one to three times a week and our contributors will focus on issues relevant to young academic surgeons, residents, fellows, and even medical students.

If you would like to contribute, please submit your post here: https://www.aasurg.org/the-academic-surgeon-blog-submission/ 

Many Hands for Minimally-Invasive Surgery

Briana Burris
June 23, 2025

Finding My Place as a Medical Student in Academic Surgery

Reagan Collins
June 19, 2025

The Power of Vision in an Academic Surgical Career

Jason Samuels
June 17, 2025

Surgical Endurance

William Crannell
June 6, 2025

Congratulations to the 2025 AAS/AASF Faculty Awards Winners!

AAS Office
June 4, 2025

Congratulations to the 2025 Best AAS Manuscript Award Recipients!

AAS Office
June 2, 2025

My Father’s Hands

I believe without a doubt that we all have a path in life. In that respect, my career as a surgeon was inevitable. But as far as this worldly life is concerned, it’s fair to say that I chose the field of surgery in large part because of my father’s hands. My father’s hands. Big, …

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Many Hands for Minimally-Invasive Surgery

Ethics Committee Cover Art Entry – Clinical photo from 2021 that illustrates the thankless aspects of surgery, the gifted hands that contribute to surgery through retraction and positioning. Photo captured during a minimally-invasive open arthroplasty of a temporomandibular joint prosthesis.

Read moreMany Hands for Minimally-Invasive Surgery

Finding My Place as a Medical Student in Academic Surgery

TL;DR: What I Wish I’d Known (if you don’t have time to read the whole thing…) You don’t need to have it all figured out. I started medical school thinking I’d be a neurosurgeon. Now, I find myself drawn to endocrine and pediatric surgery. Interests evolve, and that’s okay. The skills you gain matter more …

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The Power of Vision in an Academic Surgical Career

A career as an academic surgeon offers unparalleled rewards: the privilege of transforming patient lives in the operating room, the thrill of pioneering research discoveries, and the satisfaction of mentoring the next generation of surgical leaders. Yet the journey rarely follows a straight line. Funding climates shift, clinical landscapes evolve, and external pressures—from institutional priorities …

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Surgical Endurance

Mid-sentence I grabbed the Thompson retractor as my body instinctively protected itself from falling as my subconsciousness hit the off button and I fell asleep standing. It was a living donor liver transplant that I had scrubbed into to assist. I quickly brought myself to attention, naively thinking no one had noticed. I was thankfully …

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Congratulations to the 2025 AAS/AASF Faculty Awards Winners!

We are delighted to announce the 2025 Faculty Award Winners! The AAS and AAS Foundation sponsor several travel, research, and presentation awards to support our members. Congratulations to you all!

Read moreCongratulations to the 2025 AAS/AASF Faculty Awards Winners!

Congratulations to the 2025 Best AAS Manuscript Award Recipients!

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Best Overall Manuscript by an AAS Member and Best Manuscript by an AAS Resident or Fellow. Congratulations to you both!

Read moreCongratulations to the 2025 Best AAS Manuscript Award Recipients!

Connection, not exception: a subspecialist’s case for the AAS

It’s easy to assume that once you choose a subspecialty, you’ve chosen your academic identity too. But for me, as a transplant surgeon, it’s been just the opposite. The more specific my clinical and research work became, the more I needed a broader academic home. I’ve been part of the AAS since medical school, and …

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Legendary Translational Surgeon Scientists Part I: Transplantation

Basic and translational surgeon scientists are a rare breed. We are frequently arguing for our relevance and place in the fast-paced world of cutting-edge clinical care and laboratory biomedical research. As we think about the merits of the pathway, what better way to seek inspiration then to look to our predecessors, the legends of translational …

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Running Through It All

Saucony Ride 17: As she pulls me over her foot, I wonder, “how fast are we going today?” I am hoping to pick up the pace and feel that sense of flying. However, after hastily slipping me on, we are out the door without even so much as a dynamic stretch. From the moment she …

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