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/
I vividly remember the first time I attended the Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in San Antonio in 2010. I was a lab resident at the meeting to present my research and I felt completely overwhelmed by the size and breadth of the meeting. I had not been involved with the Association for Academic Surgery as …
The Association of Academic Surgery is gearing up for 2021 Fall Courses. Again, this year the courses will take place virtually in October and November. This year’s courses will include the Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course and the Early Career Development Course. The first virtual course, the Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course, taking place Friday, …
We are all busy, so how can some academic surgeons balance their clinical work and remain academically productive? While I don’t have all of the answers, I have some suggestions on building a productivity framework and tools that I find helpful. In full disclosure, I am a Mac user, and several of the programs that …
Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Jennifer Rickard is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery at the University of Minnesota. She also serves as an Honorary Associate Professor of Surgery at …
The AAS Ethics Committee held its first annual Artwork and Essay Contest in 2021 – the topic for the essay contest was “What is the most challenging ethical issue, personal or professional, you have encountered in the COVID era?” The winning essay and artwork were selected by the Ethics Committee and will be published in …
We are pleased to announce the following JSR editorial appointments! Alicia Mohr, MD, and Mayur Patel, MD, MPH, have been selected to serve as new Associate Editors for the Acute Care Surgery section. Abbey Fingeret, MD, MHPE, and Romeo Ignacio, Jr., MD, have been selected to serve as the new Associate Editors for the Education …
I became pregnant during my fourth year of surgery residency. There were no overtly negative comments, but reactions to the news were generally of shock, followed by murmured congratulations, followed by incredulity. How were we going to swing childcare as a dual-surgeon couple without family close by? Wasn’t I worried about doing long cases? Surely …
The Association for Academic Surgery and the Society of University Surgeons are pleased to again open up the application process for the 2021 AAS-SUS Basic/Translational Research Mentoring Program. Made possible through the strong support of AAS, SUS, and the Surgical Biology Club, this highly competitive mentoring program offers a unique opportunity for junior faculty surgeon-scientists in BTR …
My research interests have focused largely on my international work. With projects in Latin American, Ethiopia and Madagascar I became accustomed during my training and early career to traveling abroad, meeting new people, operating in different environments while trying to facilitate educational programs with a goal of building capacity. In 2020, I was lucky to …
Through a constellation of circumstances, I left the active-duty Navy last year. I was sad to leave but it was the best decision for my family at that time. I did not want to cut ties with the Navy and so I transitioned to the Reserves while taking on life as a civilian surgeon. This …
