Congratulations to the 2025 AAS/AASF Faculty Awards Winners!

Isibor Arhuidese, MD, MPH, RPVI is a vascular and endovascular surgeon, epidemiologist, biomedical Informatics and data scientist at Yale University. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Benin. He subsequently underwent master’s in public health training with a focus on epidemiology and biostatistics as well as a research fellowship in vascular surgery from Johns Hopkins University. He received clinical training in vascular surgery from the University of South Florida prior to transitioning to his current faculty position. Dr Arhuidese’s clinical practice spans the spectrum of vascular disease. His research focuses on improving understanding of the understudied biologic mechanisms that contribute to the differences in outcomes of vascular and endovascular treatments in the US.

Jessica McMullin is an Endocrine Surgeon and health services and outcomes researcher at the University of Utah. She received her medical degree from Emory University and completed her general surgery training at Emory University as well. During her residency, she was a post-doctoral research fellow at the American College of Surgeons as a Clinical Scholar in Residence and was also a research fellow at the Surgical Outcomes & Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC). Following her general surgery residency, she completed her Endocrine Surgery fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her research focuses on improving care for patients with incidental adrenal lesions. She will use this award to perform decision analysis modeling on patients with incidental adrenal lesions and determine the cost-effectiveness and utility of protocolized intervention to detect primary aldosteronism earlier and create a risk stratification tool to identify patients who would benefit most from earlier intervention.

Katherine Hill, MD, MS, FACS is a fellowship-trained and board-certified general surgeon and palliative care physician, currently practicing clinically in both disciplines at West Virginia University. She has a master’s degree in medical education and a background in curriculum development, adult learning, communication training, and surgical education research. She is honored to receive this inaugural award to support her work on the train-the-trainer (TTT) component for The Fundamentals of Communication in Surgery (FCS) curriculum. FCS is a novel curriculum based on foundational palliative care communication skills for surgical residents, developed by a unique team of experts, which is being implemented at programs across the country. Dr. Hill’s work will consist of training attending surgeons in these core palliative communication skills so they are equipped to teach the FCS content. By having surgeons teach residents these skills locally, she hopes to change how surgical residents see their role and the skills they need to provide excellent care.