The physician suicide rate is among the highest of any profession and over double the general population rate. During training, suicide is the second most common cause of death overall and the leading cause of death among male trainees. Poor physician wellness and reports of high physician suicide rates are not new, studies have reported […]
The AAS Aspiring Leaders Development Program – 2018 Inaugural Class
We are pleased to present the members of the 2018 AAS Aspiring Leaders Development Program. These individuals will, over the course of their program year, engage with high-potential academic surgeons to develop and implement leadership competencies, supported with associated high quality mentorship, in order to impact personal, team and organizational goals. Our 2018 class and […]
AAS Elects New Councilors!
Congratulations to the five new Councilors who will be representing the classes of 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. We look forward to their future leadership! Thank you to all the outstanding candidates who self nominated. There are many opportunities to get involved in the AAS, including the committee self nomination process that is currently […]
Reflections from a “Token Female” Surgeon
It is undeniable that the #MeToo movement has forever altered how we think about gender. The medical field, and particularly male-dominated specialties like surgery, has found itself in the spotlight with eye catching headlines such as “#MeToo in medicine: Women, harassed in hospitals and operating rooms, await reckoning”.1 Prior to the #MeToo movement, I had […]
The Devotion Behind the Data: Local Partners in Research
Although Uganda’s yearly mango season will come to an end this month, its legacy will last even longer. Hospital wards across the country will remain packed with injured patients even after the towering trees no longer yield fruit. Residents of the eastern town of Soroti, for instance, are all too familiar with a classic story: […]
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