Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)
Inspiring and Developing Young Academic Surgeons
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/
The AAS and AAS Foundation sponsor several travel, research, and presentation awards in conjunction with the Annual Academic Surgical Congress. We are delighted to present the 2022 Winners! Joel J. Roslyn Faculty Research Award This award provides early-career research support to junior faculty members of the AAS. The award is a one-year $50,000 research grant: …
Research is an integral part of an academic surgical residency. Participation in research during residency increases a resident’s comfort with evidence-based medicine, enhances analytical thinking, and provides time for reflection and creativity1-3. Some residency programs allow 1 to 3 years for the trainee to engage in formal research training. The quality of mentorship is arguably …
Wolf: Little pig, little pig, let me in! Pig 2: Not by the hair on my chinny chinny chin! Wolf: Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down. ~The three little pigs. My first contact with surgery was at 5, when I had a scalp abscess drained crudely under local anesthesia …
Department of Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center It wasn’t long ago when diversity and inclusion were distantly affiliated with the field of medicine. These days, the concept is incorporated into the mission of residencies, departments, and universities across the nation that train medical professionals. Recent data supports such a move. In fact, diversity within groups …
Join us on Wednesday, February 16th at 9 PM ET on Twitter @AcademicSurgery. Our popular #AASChat series will be led by Drs. Karl Bilimoria (@KBilimoria) and Anthony Yang (@TonyYangMD). The topic of discussion will be Aligning Projects with Institutional Priorities, and the chat questions that will direct the conversation will include: Question 1: When you …
The mission of the AAS is “to Inspire and develop young academic surgeons.” There is no greater exemplification of this mission than the Academic Surgical Congress. As in the military where the mantra, “One Team. One Fight. One Family.” is often drilled into our collective consciousness, I could see this everywhere at ASC22, and often …
Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Rachel Morris is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. She is originally from Evanston, IL and studied …
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) #AASChat Questions – Here’s what we’ll chat about: Question 1: Good leadership takes on many forms. What do you think are important qualities of …
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 …
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 …
