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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Industry Sponsored Studies: Friend or Foe?

I was often intrigued by the number of conflict of interests listed on the disclosure slides at the beginning of the talks back in the days when I was a medical student and surgery resident. It gives the audience, or perhaps only me, an impression that the speakers must be influential figures in their respective […]

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Highlighting the Ethiopian Surgical Society: COSECSA Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course 2023

I recently returned from my first in-person College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA) annual meeting, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. For COSECSA members and trainees, the first week of December is notable each year for surgeons and residents from more than 14 African countries gathering for the annual fellowship-level exams, general […]

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Learning From My (Ergonomic) Mistakes

I had not been an attending and operating for more than a few months before the insidious onset of pesky pains in the shoulder, elbow, and wrist of my dominant arm. Initially, I figured out “workarounds” to minimize or avoid painful movements and positions when possible, and pushed through the pain when unavoidable. I acquired […]

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Global Perspectives on the Role of Medical Students in International Rotations

Garrett Masey MD, Sindhu Dwarapumdi BS, Ayesiga Herman MBBS, Lily Gutnik MD MPH The demand for global surgery has been on the rise in medical schools across the United States. International electives during medical school and residency training encourage personal growth, deepen medical knowledge, and develop cultural competence of our future medical care providers. Although […]

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Academic Global Pediatric Surgery: Outside the Box

Academic global surgery has gained significant traction over the last decade, in part due to the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery’s seminal report in 2015 (Meara et al., 2015). This increase in interest has led to many initiatives, and subsequent publications, focusing on providing much-needed surgical care to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Pediatric surgery, […]

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Running The World

During my dedicated research time in residency, I started running. I had never run for fun before. I had played sports before—growing up I loved basketball, tennis, and lacrosse—but running was just the annoying and difficult thing you had to do in order to play, and I liked playing on a team. When I finally […]

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2024 “Get Off Your AAS” Fitness & Wellness Challenge: A Holistic Approach to Surgeon Well-Being

The AAS Foundation’s fourth annual “Get Off Your AAS” Fitness & Wellness Challenge is just around the corner! This year, the challenge is expanding beyond physical fitness to include wellness, emphasizing mindful activities and social connection. This will be a four-day fitness campaign that will be held from January 12-16, 2024, to help support various […]