Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)
Inspiring and Developing Young Academic Surgeons
The Academic Surgeon is the official blog of the AAS. We post anywhere from one to three times a week and our contributors will focus on issues relevant to young academic surgeons, residents, fellows, and even medical students.
If you would like to contribute, please submit your post here: https://www.aasurg.org/the-academic-surgeon-blog-submission/
When applying to general surgery residency, I remember the most common question posed at residency Q&A sessions: “Are dedicated research years required?”. More often than not, academic programs answered with some variation of, “Usually… but not always”. The concern among medical students entering the field of surgery is valid; 5 years at a resident’s salary …
Simulation has come so far! Today, almost every industry including sports and flying uses simulation, where athletes and pilots train in the necessary skills and become proficient so as to execute skill, reduce error, and better understand optimal body position and aerodynamics for critical decision-making during competition and flights. Over the last 2-3 decades, the …
The Association of Academic Surgery is gearing up for the Fundamentals of Surgical Research (FSRC) and the Early Career Development Courses (ECDC). This year, the Fall Courses will be held on October 15th the Saturday before the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress at the Manchester Grand Hyatt-San Diego. The two courses will be held …
As academic surgeons, we all pride ourselves on our active role in generating, critically appraising, and disseminating evidence; yet this evidence has limited utility until it is adopted into practice. It has been traditionally described that there is a 17-year gap between the generation of new evidence and its incorporation into routine clinical practice.1 Although …
Join us Tuesday, September 27th at 9 PM ET on Twitter @AcademicSurgery. You won’t want to miss this month’s #AASChat led by Drs. Ryan Merkow (@rpmerkow) and Kimberly (Brooke) Golisch (@BrookeTheOstomy). The topic of discussion will be Research Fellowships, and the chat questions that will direct the conversation will include: Question 1: How do you …
The surgeon-scientist has a long track record of advancing medicine, from discovering insulin to successful cellular and organ transplantation.(1, 2) Yet, with growing pressures and responsibilities in medicine (3), including balancing clinical productivity, administrative and regulatory burdens, clinical work hour expectations, and other environmental pressures, there has been an overall decline in the number surgeon-scientists …
The Journal of Surgical Research (JSR) is currently accepting applications for Associate Editor (AE) for the Cardiac Surgery section of the journal. The Cardiac Surgery AE typically handles approximately seven articles per month, performing the primary assessment of manuscripts submitted to the journal and making the determination as to whether manuscripts meet the standard for …
Sad news yesterday of the passing of a true giant in the surgical profession, and the third president of the AAS (1970), Dr. Gerald Austen, who was 92. AAS leadership was very fortunate to be able to spend some time with Jerry at our July Council Retreat. An appreciation from Drs. David F.M. Brown and …
Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Katherine Hekman is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Emory University and Staff Surgeon and Scientist at the Atlanta VA Healthcare System, in Atlanta, GA. Originally …
Introduction Dr. Gisele Juru Bunogerane is a general surgeon in Kigali, Rwanda and COSECSA Fellowship trainee in Paediatric Surgery. She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate surgical education completely in Rwanda. As part of an ongoing educational collaborative with the University of Florida, she was invited for a one-month observership to the University of Florida. The …
