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Member Spotlight

November 1, 2022 by Christopher LaRocca

Member Spotlight – Erin Burke, MD

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Erin Burke is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Kentucky. She received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame, where […]

September 1, 2022 by Neel Mansukhani

Member Spotlight for October 2022 – Katherine Hekman, MD, PhD

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Katherine Hekman is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Emory University and Staff Surgeon and Scientist at the Atlanta VA Healthcare System, in Atlanta, GA. Originally […]

August 1, 2022 by Jordan Broekhuis MD MPH

Member Spotlight for August 2022 – Benjamin James, MD MS

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Ben James is the Chief of the Section of Endocrine Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.  He also […]

July 1, 2022 by David Milek, MD

Member Spotlight for July 2022 – Jonathan Leckenby, MBBS PhD

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Jonathan Leckenby is assistant professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Rochester and director of the University of Rochester Plastic Surgery Laboratory. Dr. Leckenby was born in Pontefract, […]

June 1, 2022 by Antoine Ribieras

Member Spotlight for June 2022 – Chad Thorson, MD

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Chad Thorson is an Associate Professor at the University of Miami in the Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery. He currently serves as an Associate Program Director for the general surgery residency. […]

May 5, 2022 by Alexander Hawkins, MD

Member Spotlight for May 2022 – Geoffrey Anderson, MD MPH

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Geoffrey Anderson is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and a trauma surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and spent most of his […]

February 1, 2022 by Colleen Trevino

Member Spotlight – Rachel Morris, MD

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Rachel Morris is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. She is originally from Evanston, IL and studied […]

January 1, 2022 by Neel Mansukhani

Member Spotlight for January – Ashley Vavra, MD

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Ashley Vavra is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Northwestern Medicine, in Chicago, IL. Originally from Texas, she studied English Literature at Rice University, and then […]

December 1, 2021 by Christopher Davis

Member Spotlight for January – Kyle Van Arendonk, MD PhD

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Kyle Van Arendonk, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Pediatric Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Originally from Iowa, he completed […]

November 1, 2021 by Maria Altieri

Member Spotlight for November – Rebecca Snyder, MD

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Rebecca Snyder MD, MPH, FACS, FSSO, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Public Health at Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Dr. Snyder graduated from medical school […]

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