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/
We are pleased to announce that Suresh K. Agarwal, Jr., M.D., has been selected to serve as the new Associate Editor for the Acute Care Surgery section of the Journal of Surgical Research. Dr. Agarwal is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, and Program Director for …
Although there have been many articles in the medical education literature about the qualities and aspects of a good mentor, the behaviors associated with being a good mentee are typically overlooked. I think mentorship should be seen as a “two-way” street where the quality of the mentorship is only as good as the effort put …
As outgoing President, I just want to say thank you one more time to the AAS leadership and members who entrusted me to lead such a forward thinking and productive society. The AAS is in such a terrific and exciting place and it was an honor to be President during the 2015-2016 year. For those …
You are approached by a mediocre student, asking for a letter of recommendation for residency. Or an outside institution asks for your opinion—in writing—about promoting one of their quite-average faculty members. How do you proceed? Few, if any, have taken classes about this seemingly simple feat—communicating evaluations of our peers. Whether the subject in question …
Thanks to everyone who made the trip to Jacksonville to join us for this amazing meeting! Our organization continues to grow and expand due to the outstanding support and volunteer efforts of AAS members. Our committees have been busy at work throughout this meeting and it is their efforts that have made this year’s conference …
As the Treasurer for the AAS, I would like to express our organization’s gratitude to our institutional sponsors. We have had a record breaking year with $206,000 raised as of this posting. The support provided allows the AAS and the ASC to continue to thrive in a time of decreasing support from industry. The sound …
I hope you all share my excitement for the approaching annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC)! It has been a great honor to serve as the President of the AAS—an organization that I love. As I’ve reflected on our society and our membership in preparing my presidential address, I am once again inspired by the high …
The Journal of Surgical Research (JSR) is accepting self-nominations for an Associate Editor (AE) with expertise in non-trauma acute care surgery, i.e. emergency general surgery and surgical critical care. The AE will perform the primary assessment of manuscripts submitted to the journal and make the determination as to whether manuscripts meet the standard for peer …
As I look at outside – I can see the remnants of the recent snowfall in the northeast. The temperature reads a cool 24 degrees but in Jacksonville, FL (or JAX) apparently its 85º. I can’t wait for the new year! By the time this blog is uploaded, it will be just about a month …
As AAS President-Elect, it has been my privilege to oversee the awards process as well as the Fall Courses this year. I wanted to take a minute to update the membership on these two important activities that are core to our mission. 2015 FALL COURSES The Fall Courses took place on Saturday, October 3, 2015 …
