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. Kristin L. Long is a fellowship-trained endocrine surgeon at the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health with a special interest in […]
AAS Town Hall Webinar – Racial Discrimination in Academic Surgery
When: Today, June 24, 2020 Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7015925914473/WN_WrnXZAPMRIuqsdtIY11A0Q The Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) recognizes its obligation to address the lack of diversity within the academic surgical workforce. We believe tackling this problem is essential to attaining health equities as we strive to deliver care to an increasingly diverse […]
A Different Kind of Pride Month
For members of the LGBTQIA community, June is usually a month of parties, parades, and rainbow flags (OK, rainbow everything) all celebrating our culture and the important strides we have made towards societal acceptance. Pride Month has practically become a nationwide party enthusiastically embraced not only by queer people but by our straight friends and […]
Do Something
I wrote a different essay for this blog several weeks ago. But after the events of the past few weeks, that essay now seems irrelevant. In the midst of a national public healthcare crisis, a new crisis has emerged, one that is as much a threat -if not more so- to the wellbeing of our […]
Cancer Care Turned Upside Down
As a surgical oncologist, I have developed principles that helped me build a successful practice; provide excellent care to my patients; work and lead multidisciplinary teams; mentor medical students, residents, and fellows; expedite patient visits, and perform research and clinical trials. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned my world upside down. Every instinct I follow […]
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