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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/ 

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

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

Joel Adler
May 21, 2025

Legendary Translational Surgeon Scientists Part I: Transplantation

Jeremie Lever
April 30, 2025

Running Through It All

Alexandra Cecile Chimento
April 22, 2025

Looming in Near the Future – The Uncertainty of Scientific Funding as a Young Investigator

Patrick Schwartz
March 10, 2025

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 …

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

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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Looming in Near the Future – The Uncertainty of Scientific Funding as a Young Investigator

It is an understatement to say that there has been substantial uncertainty for surgeon-scientists around the country regarding the future of scientific funding. As context, I am a PGY-5 general surgery resident, soon-to-be complex general surgical oncology fellow, and aspiring surgeon-scientist with an interest in running an independently funded basic and translational science lab. On …

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In Pursuit of Professional Authenticity

As we’ve trudged out of the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic and persisted in daily life, burnout has been at the forefront of many conversations in healthcare settings. If we are honest, the surgical community has likely been battling burnout long before COVID with its taxing training paradigm and work schedule that is constantly searching …

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Health Policy in Action – A Brief History of Hospital Desegregation in the United States

Unfortunately, racial disparities in health care outcomes have persisted over many decades in the United States, largely due to historical social and structural injustices leaving minoritized groups at long term disadvantage in health care access and high-quality care. My academic interest lies in the intersection of health care policy and health disparities, and I am …

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Beyond the Finochietto: The Role of Education in Injury Prevention

We’ve drilled this in the simulation lab, and we’ve seen our teams enter the chest with speed and grace. “Grab the Finochietto!” Learning the steps of a resuscitative thoracotomy ensures we’re prepared for this traumatic cardiac arrest and will undoubtedly save lives. But how else can we train surgeons to prevent violent injuries and save …

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