Join in our upcoming Tweetchat in partnership with Association of Academic Surgery (AAS) on Monday, April 23, 8 pm ET. To participate, be sure to follow the moderators for this chat, Drs. Christian Jones (@jonessurgery) of AAS (@AcademicSurgery) and Michaela West (@MichaelaWst) of the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS). Please tag all of your tweets with the hashtag #AASAWSChat. DIVERSITY Diversity […]
Attention Early Career Vascular and Orthopedic Surgeons:
Funding Available for Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Courses & Meeting Apply to receive free registration to the: AAS Fall Courses – “29th Annual Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course & 14th Annual Early Career Development Course” October 20, 2018, in Boston, MA and 2019 Academic Surgical Congress – Feb 5-7, 2019, in Houston, TX Two […]
Perspective
With apologies to those of you who dislike sports analogies, this past week in college basketball provided an excellent parallel for what we do every day—and critical lessons to keep our emotional and mental health in a place where we can continue to try to help patients. As many know, for the first time in […]
Parenthood and surgical residency. Can they coexist?
Just before starting residency, I watched the birth of my first son. On the cusp of starting a surgical internship my life was filled with excitement, chaos and a little bit of fear. Confident and naïve, I did not spend much time considering the role my career choice was going to play on the father […]
From Research to Innovation: A Call to Arms for Young Surgeons
As I read through the current issues of the surgical literature, familiar themes continue to permeate the pages. Two themes represent much of the research we as academic surgeons devote a significant amount of time to designing, conducting, and publishing. The first goes something like this: “A study of ABC clinical problem in the LMNOP […]
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