Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)

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Introducing the AAS Aspiring Leaders Development Program

The Association for Academic Surgery is pleased to present the Aspiring Leaders Development Program. This 12-month mentorship program is designed to engage high-potential academic surgeons to develop and implement leadership competencies, supported with associated high quality mentorship, in order to impact personal, team and organizational goals.

For our inaugural 2018 program, we’ve assembled a fantastic roster of potential mentors:

Adam Berger, MD
Herbert Chen, MD
Clifford Cho, MD
Justin Dimick, MD
Adil Haider, MD MPH
Lillian Kao, MD
Melina Kibbe, MD
Scott Lemaire, MD
Tim Pawlik, MD MPH PhD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The program runs for 12 months, beginning at the 2018 American College of Surgeons 2018 Clinical Congress, and ending at the 2019 ACS a year later; it creates a formalized mentorship relationship with a senior-level US surgeon, giving the recipients the opportunity for regular interaction, both in person and by phone, with their appointed mentor, and can also attend the AAS Early Career Development Course, held the Saturday October 20, one day prior to the 2018 ACS.

Applications are being accepted now through April 1, 2018 – for more information and to apply online, please visit www.aasurg.org/aspiringleaders/

Rajesh Aggarwal, MBBS MA PhD FRCS FRCSC FACS

Rajesh Aggarwal is a Professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and the Senior Vice President for Strategic Business Development at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health. His clinical and research interests involve the use of patient-based, procedural and team-based simulation platforms, together with inter-professional learning, underpinned by evidence-based care pathways, to develop strategies for the adoption and implementation of simulation to enhance patient safety, at a systems level. Further work intends to drive the research into policy and practice, through national and international collaborations, with the aim to deliver best patient care.

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