The spring of 2020 has brought forth unprecedented changes in the way we both live and work.  The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our daily lives and for most of us, upended our daily workflow.  As a clinically busy endocrine surgeon with an academic focus on global surgery, all aspects of my work have been affected.  […]

#AASChat questions What is the status of didactic instruction at your institution for medical students and residents? What platforms are you using to deliver didactic instruction? How have you adapted clinical education and skills training for your medical students and surgical residents? What lessons have you learned in your transition to remote learning? What aspects […]

OK, so I realize I already quoted this Doors song in my first blog post in 2016.  No,…I’m not a Doors fanatic.  But I ask you, are there more apt words to describe the times we are currently living in than those from ‘Strange Days’?: “Strange days have found us. Strange days have tracked us […]

Besides the love of children and the secret desire to never grow up, one of the draws of pediatric surgery was to forever be a “true general surgeon”. However, during residency, it became clear that “true general surgeons” were becoming extinct. For example, one of the general surgeons at my residency institution did a majority […]