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/
Surgeons are often on the front-line of innovation because our clinical background and hands-on use of medical devices allows us to clearly see the shortcomings of existing technology. Whether it is a stapler misfire, an awkward laparoscopic instrument, or a suboptimal bioprosthesis, as the “end-user,” the surgeon is often the first to recognize emerging problems …
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. John Birkmeyer, Director of the University of Michigan‘s Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, and lead author of a landmark study of surgical skill and outcomes recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Among other things, we discussed the motivation of the study, …
Sure, you’re a medical student who is interested in a career in surgery. You hear people talk about “academic surgery,” but you’re not entirely certain what that means. More importantly, why should you consider academic surgery as a career? Historical Academic Surgery vs. Academic Surgery Today The historic academic surgeon shows little similarity to the …
As technology and social media have become an ever-important method for networking and dissemination of science, we as a society must leverage digital media in order to best serve our community. The digital world represents a tremendous opportunity to improve the AAS membership’s ability to network but in order to do so we must keep a dynamic presence outside the confines of our national meeting.
