During the 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in Houston, new AAS officers were elected to lead the society. Congratulations to Dr. Eugene Kim, who was elected President-Elect, Dr. Carrie Lubitz, who was elected Recorder, and Dr. Hari Nathan, who was elected Treasurer. All are outstanding candidates and we look forward to their future leadership. […]
Congratulations to the New Journal of Surgical Research Associate Editors
Associate Editor for Methodology, Informatics, and Topical Reviews We are pleased to announce that David Schneider, MD, MS, has been selected to serve as the new Associate Editor for the Methodology, Informatics, and Topical Reviews submissions to the Journal of Surgical Research. Dr. Schneider is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin […]
Personal “Total” Leadership
In the fall of 2013, during my two-year research fellowship in the middle of my clinical training, I went back to school. I had been accepted to the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where I would join the prestigious Health Care Management program. Pretty much everyone – my soon-to-be husband, my […]
New Year’s Resolutions, Wellness, and Surgery: How to Have a Life Outside of the OR
[Join us for this #AASChat on Tuesday evening, January 29th at 8:00pm Eastern] An estimated 40% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions; the most common focus on diet and exercise, sleep, and other health-related behaviors. In the setting of many demands and little time, surgeons may be particularly challenged to stick to their resolutions. Based […]
Surgeon Subspecialty Diversity in the AAS: We Need More of It
Let me start out by saying that I am not a blogger. I don’t usually read blogs (except for the Academic Surgeon, of course), and I have never written a blog post. When I was preparing this one, I wondered how I would know what to do. So, I reverted back to my surgical training […]
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