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/
First there were competencies, the fairly abstract and theoretical “big buckets” of skills the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) defined in 2003 that graduates of residency training should be proficient in. Partially in response to faculty members’ concerns that they weren’t sure how to adequately assess their residents’ “systems-based practice” or “practice-based learning …
There is much excitement surrounding the upcoming Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in Jacksonville! Thank you to the Program Chairs, Dr. Becke White and Dr. Eugene Kim, and ASC Core Committee for their amazing work in putting together such an engaging program! As we approach the final days leading up to the ASC, I wanted to …
The 2018 Academic Surgical Congress is two weeks away! In preparation for this meeting, Dr. Eugene Kim, Recorder for the AAS and Program Co-Chair for the 2018 Congress has created a great video for session moderators, full of tips on how best to moderate and facilitate your sessions. Click the image below to access this …
The Association for Academic Surgery recently presented the 13th Annual Early Career Development Course (ECDC) in La Jolla, CA, on October 21, 2017. This course occurs every year on the Saturday before the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. I have been fortunate to attend this outstanding course as a resident, again as a fellow, …
It was a beautiful sunny morning (as most mornings are in San Diego, I assume) when 161 faculty and attendees gathered for the 28th Annual Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course at the University of California, San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery. One noticeable advantage of hosting the course in SoCal was apparent immediately, …
Every spring, the Surgical Research Committee of the American College of Surgeons is tasked with selecting the recipient of the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award (JPIA). The JPIA was established to recognize outstanding surgeons engaging in research, advancing the art and science of surgery, and demonstrating early promise of significant contribution …
Associate Editor for Endocrine Surgery We are pleased to announce that Rebecca S. Sippel, MD, has been selected to serve as the new Associate Editor for the Endocrine Surgery section of the Journal of Surgical Research. Dr. Sippel is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Endocrine Surgery, and Director of the …
The 87th Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons will be held in Sydney from Monday 7 May 2018 through Friday 11 May 2018. It provides an excellent excuse to make the journey to Australia. This is a particularly important Annual Scientific Congress as it will be held in conjunction with the …
I fondly remember holidays when I was young. The chill in the air, the department store Santa, the excitement, merriment and festivities that filled the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. No matter what holiday you celebrate in the upcoming months, it seems the whole world is still celebrating like we …
On Sunday, Oct 29, 2017, the new wing of Operating Rooms at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, VA was open to friends and family of OR staff. The event was “VCU OR Family Day” and employees brought their families to see the highly specialized and technical environment they work in every day. …
