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/
One hundred years after Flexner’s recommendations on medical school structure, many schools are re-examining their curricula, some of which is summarized in a recent Carnegie report [1]. Many are moving toward integrated curricula, which have been implemented in parts of various schools (e.g., Harvard, UCSF) and for all students at the University of South Dakota …
The AAS and AAS Foundation sponsor several travel, research and presentation awards in conjunction with the annual Academic Surgical Congress. For the 2015 ASC, the following awards were announced and presented during the awards ceremony: Global Surgery Research Fellowship Award – this award is designed for individuals who are interested in advancing the field of …
The Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in Las Vegas, Nevada in February 2015 was a fantastic conference that was attended by over 1000 members, with more than 85 international members. The growth and participation of both domestic Academic Global Surgeons and the AAS international membership has steadily increased and influenced the dynamics of the program and …
As the AAS Representatives to the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC), we would like to remind all AAS members of some of the resources provided through the AAMC. As many of you know, the AAMC represents all accredited medical schools (141 in US, 17 in Canada), major teaching hospitals and health systems, VA Medical …
The Academic Surgical Congress is right around the corner. Hopefully many of you are planning to join us February 3-5, 2015 at the Encore Las Vegas for what we hope will be the best ASC yet. The program has been condensed to allow for travel on Thursday evening with the program wrapping up by 3:30pm, …
Over the past year, the Membership committee has been busy evaluating our current membership trends and developing a strategic action plan to energize recruitment of new members and retention of current members. This year our total number of members increased again to 2855 members (a 3% increase from 2013), with a stable number of active …
Have you Googled yourself lately? Do you know what your current web presence looks like? Odds are, even if you haven’t, your patients have. They know what your research is about, where you trained, and they know if you’ve had happy or unsatisfied patients who have taken their voice to the internet. “I truly wish …
The Association of Academic Surgeons (AAS) and the Society of University Surgeons (SUS) are pleased to announce the launch of the Third Volume of the Disease Control Priorities (DCP3), the premier text on global health, at the Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in February 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This 90 minute session, on February 5th …
The AAS Blog “The Academic Surgeon” celebrates its first year of existence, and in that time has made available dozens of articles, ideas and opinions to the AAS community. Created to help AAS keep a dynamic presence outside of its national meeting, the blog is our online digital forum for news, insight and discussion, including …
The path to becoming an academic surgeon is long and arduous. Years of intense study during undergraduate and medical school, followed by a 5-7 year residency and frequently fellowship training lead to a path that sets our profession apart from most others. While the volume of knowledge and experience gained during these formative years is …
