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 […]
Top 10 Reasons to Submit your BEST Surgical Science to the Academic Surgical Congress
Dear Colleagues, With 2 weeks to go before the ASC submission deadline…Here are 10 reasons to submit your BEST work to the Academic Surgical Congress 2017: #10 – The largest gathering of academic surgeons in the world. #9 – Engaged audience members ranging from high school students and undergraduates through senior surgical chairs evaluating your […]
Spring has Sprung!
At this year’s ASC meeting, the Education Committee presented an informative session entitled “Academic Success in Surgery: What Does It Really Take?” During that session, Allan Goldstein, MD, posited that one of the key challenges to growing or maintaining a successful basic science effort is obtaining extramural funding. Well, spring has sprung! For residents and […]