Thanks to everyone who participated in the “Tell Us What You Want To Wear!” Campaign. We’re looking into creating AAS-logo’ed swag such as OR Hats Coffee Mugs/Water Bottles Ties T-Shirts Cool stuff for sure, but maybe you want more than just the AAS logo… Maybe you want to set academic surgery aside for a moment […]
Reflections from YGSS 2019
For some who pursue it, Global Surgery is a manifestation of the core motivations that drive people into the medical profession: a profound commitment to reducing the suffering of all (especially the most vulnerable) and an eagerness to effectively bring quality care to reality, in any context. The Yale Global Surgery Symposium holds an essential […]
AAS Committees-Phase 2 Nominations Open & Phase 1 Selections Announced
AAS Committees – Phase 2 Self-Nominations Open We are currently accepting self-nominations for the Ethics, Global Affairs, Committee on Technology and Communications, Leadership and Membership Committees. If you are interested in serving, please visit http://www.aasurg.org/nominations for more information, including descriptions of committees. To self-nominate, please log into your account. Self-nominations must be submitted online by 11:59 PM CST on November […]
Open Source in Academic Surgery
“Open source” has become nothing less than a revolutionary intellectual movement, arising from the software development community. All software is provided as traditional “binary” programs that run on computers, mobile devices and on web sites, but open source software also distributes the source code that makes the programs work. Other programmers are then free to […]
International Visiting Professorship Award Winners
We take great honor in announcing the winners of the 2020 International Visiting Professorship (IVP) Awards. The award winners will be continuing the ongoing relationship among AAS and the international community. Vikas Dudeja, MD received the Taiwan Surgical Association IVP Vikas Dudeja is Associate Professor of Surgery and Surgeon-Scientist at University of Miami. His clinical practice […]
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