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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Member Spotlight for September – Jennifer Rickard, MD MPH

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Jennifer Rickard is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery at the University of Minnesota.  She also serves as an Honorary Associate Professor of Surgery at […]

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Having it All and “Leaning in”: Infertility, Pregnancy, and Obstetric Complications in US Surgeons

I became pregnant during my fourth year of surgery residency.  There were no overtly negative comments, but reactions to the news were generally of shock, followed by murmured congratulations, followed by incredulity.  How were we going to swing childcare as a dual-surgeon couple without family close by?  Wasn’t I worried about doing long cases?  Surely […]

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Application Period Open for the 2021 AAS-SUS BTR Mentoring Program

The Association for Academic Surgery and the Society of University Surgeons are pleased to again open up the application process for the 2021 AAS-SUS Basic/Translational Research Mentoring Program. Made possible through the strong support of AAS, SUS, and the Surgical Biology Club, this highly competitive mentoring program offers a unique opportunity for junior faculty surgeon-scientists in BTR […]

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Redefining Global Surgery

My research interests have focused largely on my international work.  With projects in Latin American, Ethiopia and Madagascar I became accustomed during my training and early career to traveling abroad, meeting new people, operating in different environments while trying to facilitate educational programs with a goal of building capacity.  In 2020, I was lucky to […]

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Military Surgery is Alive and Well

Through a constellation of circumstances, I left the active-duty Navy last year. I was sad to leave but it was the best decision for my family at that time. I did not want to cut ties with the Navy and so I transitioned to the Reserves while taking on life as a civilian surgeon. This […]

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Honoring Our Surgeon’s Oath During A Pandemic

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 […]

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Being Present

There has been a lot of discussion, rightfully so, on physicians and in particular, surgeons, delaying the start of their own families and childbirth. This phenomenon is not unique to the medical community as young professionals in many career paths are delaying or omitting these once seemingly requisite life events for a variety of reasons […]

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AAS Member Spotlight for August – Jason Bingham, MD

Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Membership Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. (Major) Jason Bingham is a general and bariatric surgeon at Madigan Army Medical Center, where he also serves as the Director of Surgical Research and Associate Program Director for the General Surgery […]