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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#AASChat Twitter Topic for Jan 27th “Defining Your Inner Leader”

Join us on Thursday, January 27th at 8 PM ET on Twitter @AcademicSurgery, #AASChat to discuss! Moderated by Dr. Anthony Villano (@AMVillanoMD), Dr. Lesly Dossett (@Leslydossett) and Dr. Luke Funk (@lmfunk2) I chose the topic for this blog post months in advance, very purposefully, to give myself a mental exercise. We often acknowledge when individuals […]

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What Lies Beneath: When a Grant Is Rejected, Seek Inspiration

After 12 months of reading, writing, experiments, revisions, and grant panels, I had to control myself from refreshing the page hourly on the eRA Commons site. All I was hoping for was to receive a score on my NIH K08 submission. Some who had reviewed my grant had said, “You have a good chance of […]

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From the AAS Treasurer: Announcing the AAS Job Board

Hello AAS members, I’m very pleased to present to you the new AAS Job Board! Working with members of the Finance Committee and our Webmaster, we created this board for our members, colleagues and constituent institutions to post open job positions within their programs. Postings are in 30-day increments, listings can be identified and organized […]

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ASC 2021 – Best Manuscript Award Recipients

As we prepare for  ASC 2022, we recently realized that we neglected to celebrate our winners from the 2021 Academic Surgical Congress: Hope Elizabeth Werenski – Her manuscript, “Outcomes Following Cholecystectomy on a Service Designed to Maximize Chief Resident Entrustment” received the 2021 award for Best AAS Overall Manuscript Submission by an AAS Member. Hope […]

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Member Spotlight for January – Ashley Vavra, MD

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Ashley Vavra is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Northwestern Medicine, in Chicago, IL. Originally from Texas, she studied English Literature at Rice University, and then […]

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Educating Our Preoperative Surgical Patients with Respect to COVID-19 Vaccination

Virtually all major medical centers in the United States strongly encourage or require COVID-19 vaccination for health care providers.  Additionally, COVID-19 vaccination is approved and encouraged for all Americans 5 years or older.  According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), as of this blog post, approximately 60% of the US population are fully vaccinated […]

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“Do you want me to?”

The AAS Ethics Committee held its first annual Artwork and Essay Contest in 2021 – the topic for the essay contest was “What is the most challenging ethical issue, personal or professional, you have encountered in the COVID era?” The winning essay and artwork were selected by the Ethics Committee and will be published in […]