#AASChat questions What is the status of didactic instruction at your institution for medical students and residents? What platforms are you using to deliver didactic instruction? How have you adapted clinical education and skills training for your medical students and surgical residents? What lessons have you learned in your transition to remote learning? What aspects […]
Finding the Good in Establishing a New Normal
OK, so I realize I already quoted this Doors song in my first blog post in 2016. No,…I’m not a Doors fanatic. But I ask you, are there more apt words to describe the times we are currently living in than those from ‘Strange Days’?: “Strange days have found us. Strange days have tracked us […]
AAS on Instagram: A Day in the Life of an Academic Surgeon
Instagram Users! Be sure to follow academic_surgery today! AAS joins the world of Instagram, offering “A Day in the Life of an Academic Surgeon” – presented by our AAS President Eugene Kim, Associate Professor of Surgery, and Clinical Scholar, in the Division of Pediatric Surgery at University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Join Dr. […]
To Specialize or To Generalize – What is the Future of Pediatric Surgery?
Besides the love of children and the secret desire to never grow up, one of the draws of pediatric surgery was to forever be a “true general surgeon”. However, during residency, it became clear that “true general surgeons” were becoming extinct. For example, one of the general surgeons at my residency institution did a majority […]
AAS Member Spotlight – Feibi Zheng, MD MBA
The AAS Membership Committee’s “Membership Spotlight” series – each month in The Academic Surgeon and on the AAS homepage we will introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Feibi Zheng is an endocrine surgeon at Houston Methodist Hospital and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. She attended medical school at […]
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