Prepare On a warm spring evening in a New York City public hospital, the slow pace of a Sunday call shift was interrupted when the in-hospital trauma notification system chirped out the details of a patient in transit, “This is a Level 1 notification, 28 year old male multiple GSW to the chest en route […]

Surgeons are by nature investigators. Even those who do not actively seek research opportunities find that they often need to explore new methods in the operating room based on a patient’s individual circumstances. They make a scientific question, hypothesize (that their proposed solution in the operating room will benefit the patient), implement their hypothesis, make […]

I was on my way to work on Friday June 8th, had just closed and locked the front door to my house, and was walking to my car when a notification from one of my phone’s news apps stopped me in my tracks.  Anthony Bourdain was dead at the age of 61 and had committed […]

The AAS is pleased to announce the recipients of the 3rd Annual AAS Young Investigator Award. The award is designed to engage various specialties with the AAS and this year the focus was on Orthopaedic and Vascular specialties. The award includes complimentary registration to both the Fall Courses taking place on October 20, 2018 in […]