Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)

The Academic Surgeon - Official Blog of the AAS

The Academic Surgeon is the official blog of the AAS. We post anywhere from one to three times a week and our contributors will focus on issues relevant to young academic surgeons, residents, fellows, and even medical students.

If you would like to contribute, please submit your post here: https://www.aasurg.org/the-academic-surgeon-blog-submission/ 

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Reciprocity: Reflections From an African Trainee in America

Introduction Dr. Gisele Juru Bunogerane is a general surgeon in Kigali, Rwanda and COSECSA Fellowship trainee in Paediatric Surgery. She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate surgical education completely in Rwanda. As part of an ongoing educational collaborative with the University of Florida, she was invited for a one-month observership to the University of Florida. The […]

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#AASChat Twitter Topic for Aug. 24th “Global Surgery”

Join us Wednesday, August 24th at 8 PM ET on Twitter @AcademicSurgery. #AASChat series is back again this month, led by Drs. Catherine Juillard (@cjuillard), Jordan Rook (@jrookmd), and Christie Sabrinah (@SArianeChristie). The topic of discussion will be Global Surgery, and the chat questions that will direct the conversation will include: Question 1: How do […]

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AAS Ethics Committee Online Auction – Artist Pranali Kamat

  From the AAS Ethics Committee’s 2021 Artwork and Essay Contest, five artists donated their work to our Online Auction, raising funds for the Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award. This week we showcase the artists and their work.   About the Art: This painting illustrates the many emotions patient’s experience when they have COVID. […]

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AAS Ethics Committee Online Auction – Artist Madhuri Nagaraj

  From the AAS Ethics Committee’s 2021 Artwork and Essay Contest, five artists donated their work to our Online Auction, raising funds for the Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award. This week we showcase the artists and their work.   About the Art: Do No Harm – A central tenet of medicine is “Do No […]

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AAS Ethics Committee Online Auction – Artist I.E. McElroy

  From the AAS Ethics Committee’s 2021 Artwork and Essay Contest, five artists donated their work to our Online Auction, raising funds for the Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award.  This week we showcase the artists and their work.   About the Art: Two Americas – We live in two Americas. One where, when I […]

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AAS Ethics Committee Online Auction – Artist Scarlett Hao

  From the AAS Ethics Committee’s 2021 Artwork and Essay Contest, five artists donated their work to our Online Auction, raising funds for the Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award. This week we showcase the artists and their work.   About the Art: Angel of Death – I was pregnant during the COVID pandemic and […]

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Get in the Habit of Having Good Habits

Following suit after an AAS blog post from another former Vanderbilt General Surgery Residency graduate,1 I decided to base this post on what we call a “Tarpism.” Tarpisms are phrases stated (and often repeated) by former Vanderbilt General Surgery program director and poignant advice giver, Dr. John Tarpley. This one, in particular, has been on […]

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For Her

I can hear her giggling on the other side of the living room door as I turn my key. I open the door and she smiles as big as she can and runs over to me at full speed. I pick her up, hold her close and spin her in circles. Then I shower my […]

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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 […]