The AAS offers two travel awards to attend the 2019 Academic Surgical Congress, held February 5-7, 2019 in Houston, Texas: Senior Medical Student Travel Awards Deadline extended: August 6, 2018 Complimentary registration for the Academic Surgical Congress held in Houston, Texas, February 5-7, 2019, plus a $500 travel stipend – Click HERE to read more […]
Progress on National Planning for Access to Essential Surgery in Developing Countries
Many developing countries have strategic plans to address major public health issues such as vaccinations, tuberculosis or HIV, but only four have formal plans specific to surgical conditions. To address this problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health Delivery, hosted its first technical workshop in […]
The Surgeon Stereotype
“What’s the difference between God and a surgeon? God doesn’t think He’s a surgeon.”1 Jokes like these are very commonplace; they poke fun at the notion that surgeons are arrogant, overconfident, and mean. As a fourth year medical student going into general surgery, I have been told by my classmates, residents, and attendings that I […]
2018 Young Investigators Award
Attention Early Career Vascular and Orthopedic Surgeons Funding Available for Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Courses & Meeting Apply to receive free registration to the: AAS Fall Courses – “29 th Annual Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course & 14th Annual Early Career Development Course” October 20, 2018 in Boston, MA and 2019 Academic Surgical Congress February 5-7, 2019 in […]
Upcoming ACS Research Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards
The American College of Surgeons announces the following research awards for U.S. and Canadian members: George H.A. Clowes, Jr., MD, FACS Memorial Research Career Development Award Five-year scholarship providing $45,000 per year in support of the research of a promising young general surgeon. K08 or K23 NIH track candidates preferred. http://www.facs.org/memberservices/acsclowes.html Application deadline 1 August […]
Diversity & Inclusion in Surgery
Join in our upcoming Tweetchat in partnership with Association of Academic Surgery (AAS) on Monday, April 23, 8 pm ET. To participate, be sure to follow the moderators for this chat, Drs. Christian Jones (@jonessurgery) of AAS (@AcademicSurgery) and Michaela West (@MichaelaWst) of the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS). Please tag all of your tweets with the hashtag #AASAWSChat. DIVERSITY Diversity […]
Attention Early Career Vascular and Orthopedic Surgeons Funding Available for Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Courses & Meeting
Apply to receive free registration to the: AAS Fall Courses – “29th Annual Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course & 14th Annual Early Career Development Course” October 20, 2018, in Boston, MA and 2019 Academic Surgical Congress – Feb 5-7, 2019, in Houston, TX Two early-career academic surgeons from each discipline will be selected. Note that […]
From Research to Innovation: A Call to Arms for Young Surgeons
As I read through the current issues of the surgical literature, familiar themes continue to permeate the pages. Two themes represent much of the research we as academic surgeons devote a significant amount of time to designing, conducting, and publishing. The first goes something like this: “A study of ABC clinical problem in the LMNOP […]
AAS Elects New Officers!
During the 13th Annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in Jacksonville, new AAS officers were elected to lead the society. Congratulations to Dr. Karl Bilimoria, who was elected President-Elect and Dr. Amir Ghaferi, who was elected our next Secretary. Both are outstanding candidates and we look forward to their future leadership. The full list of officers […]
New Voting Process for AAS Officers
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 […]