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The Academic Surgeon - Official Blog of the AAS

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/ 

Announcing New AAS Councilors for 2025!

AAS is pleased to announce the new Councilors who will be representing the classes of 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023. Councilors are elected to a 2-year term and serve on the AAS Executive Council. Please welcome these new leaders in the Association! Councilor for the AAS Class of 2015 Councilor for the AAS Class …

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The Importance of Data Stewardship and a Safe Data Culture in Surgery

Our ability to generate, store, and analyze data is increasing at an exponential speed – we create over 400 million terabytes of data each day, and approximately 30% of that is from the healthcare industry. With this flood of information, hospitals and healthcare providers are increasingly leaning on data and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance …

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From the Outside Looking In: The Prehospital System of Lima, Peru

Beginning as young children in the United States, we are taught that the universal number to call for help during an emergency is 911 – and this number is the same nationwide. Now imagine if the emergency number was different in each state… in each county… in each neighborhood, and there was a distinct number …

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Breaking Down the Abstract: Steps to Success

  We’ve all been there—writing your first abstract can feel like climbing a mountain. Or even working on your second or tenth abstract may feel this way. Even with great mentors to guide you, sitting down to sum up months (or years) of research into 3000 characters (yes, including spaces!) can feel like an impossible …

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Using Geographic Information Systems in Surgical Research

Geography is a critical component of surgical care delivery that affects access to care, burdens of treatment, and spatially-related determinants of health such as environmental risk factors for disease. Its widespread applicability and importance has led to a rise in popularity of geographic information systems (GIS) as a tool for surgical research. GIS is technology …

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Strangers in a Familiar Land: Allyship and The Role of International Medical Graduates in Academic Surgery

Authors: Arnav Mahajan1, Prerna Ladha1 1 MetroHealth Medical Center As an international medical graduate (IMG) arriving in the United States, I find myself at the intersection of immense opportunity and profound responsibility. My journey to the United States isn’t just a personal milestone – it is a plunge into a crucible where the practice of …

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Achieving Flow: Mastering Attention in Surgical Training and Beyond

Like so many, I enjoy listening to Podcasts. My go-tos are Freakonomics, Radiolab, This American Life, and Planet Money. As a big fan of the latter, I even own the Planet Money coffee mug and t-shirt with a cute squirrel holding a martini tee shirt and coffee mug – a reference to John Maynard Keynes’ …

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Breaking Down Language Barriers in Medicine

Working in a diverse hospital system, I often encounter patients with low English proficiency (LEP). I find that many of us are ill-equipped to handle the unique challenges of caring for this population, and I frequently observe differences in healthcare delivery to LEP patients. With almost 1 in 5 people in the U.S. speaking a …

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Celebrating the Newest JSR Associate Editors:

Associate Editors of Endocrine Surgery of Journal of Surgical Research (JSR). Social Media Editor of the Journal of Surgical Research (JSR). Associate Statistics Editors for the Journal of Surgical Research (JSR) They will be joining our current Statistics Editor, Mazen Zenati, MD, MPH, PhD, and Associate Statistics Editor, Molly Jarman, PhD, MPH. Associate Editor for the Abdominal …

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The Modern-Day Dance of Becoming a Surgeon

Formal dance and surgery, Two art forms that may seem, Divergent in their nature, But hold a common theme. From dance to surgery, a journey unfolds, A path of discipline and artistry it holds. As a dancer and surgeon, I have found, A connection between the two, so profound. Dance retrains the brain to move …

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