Many surgical residents take dedicated time to pursue a research fellowship during training, and one of the most crucial decisions when preparing for this time “in the lab” is choosing the right mentor. The mentor and mentee make a commitment to work together, but mentors have their own personal and professional needs and obligations too, […]
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/
Essay Submission from the 2023 Art & Essay Festival
The AAS Ethics Committee continues our 2023 blog series, presenting member’s submissions from this year’s essay contest. We are also delighted to promote the 2024 Art and Essay Festival. Click HERE to learn more about this year’s event and submit your work. I was tired. Not simply sleepy, but bone-tired. My body hurt and ached […]
Transitioning the Surgery Clerkship from Third-Year to Second-Year Medical Students: Lessons Learned
Authors: Carlos Theodore Huerta, Alex Hernandez, Brianna Cohen, Chad M. Thorson, Neha Goel, Steven Rodgers, Vanessa W. Hui, and Laurence Sands Medical education has undergone sweeping pedagogical changes over the past few decades with over one-third of US allopathic medical schools having redesigned their curricula as of 2015 [1–3]. Historically, medical institutions utilized the Flexnerian […]
Multilevel LGBTQ+ Surgical Mentorship: Fostering Interest and Inclusivity in Medical School
Introduction There is a growing community of individuals nationally and within medicine who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, or any other sexual or gender diverse identity (LGBTQ+). However, queer and trans representation in the field of surgery does not yet reflect this growth. As a queer fourth-year medical student applying into general […]
Moving Forward, Going Faster, Scaling Impact: Strategies to Develop Early Career Surgeon Scientists
Being an academic surgeon is incredibly rewarding. While many may aspire to become a surgeon-scientist, the process to succeed early in one’s career may not be straightforward. Each year the Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy (CHOP) at the University of Michigan welcomes fellows for a dedicated two years of research. These two years serve […]
Congratulations to the Newly Elected Councilors!
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Member Spotlight for September 2023 – Lily Gutnik, MD, MPH
The AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Gutnik is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery at The University of Alabama, Birmingham. She also serves as the Associate Vice Chair for Global Surgery and the […]
It isn’t okay, but maybe it can be?
Presenting the 2023 Essay Series and the launch of the 2024 Ethics Committee Art & Essay Festival The AAS Ethics Committee announces our 2024 Art and Essay Festival. Click HERE to learn more about this year’s event. And to celebrate its launch, we’re pleased to also begin a series of blogs showcasing our 2023 essay […]
How Inclusive are Referrals to Cancer Clinical Trials?
There is a disparity in the survival of minority patients diagnosed with cancer. Although there is a higher incidence of cancer among Caucasians, there is higher mortality of these same diseases in African Americans (1). Access to cancer screening and treatment may be at fault for this discrepancy in survival, but what about access to […]
Demystifying the Fall Courses: You Should Definitely Go!
If you are anything like me, you tend to let unfamiliar acronyms scoot by your ears without internalizing what they mean until they directly affect you. When I was going through training, as somebody with career goals that were “more heavily clinical than research-oriented,” I let letters like K, R, NIDDK, AHRQ, DoD, and NCI […]