Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)

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We Want To Hear From You

Dear colleagues,

We recognize that the crippling pandemic and social injustices we have witnessed in 2020-21 have caused significant challenges for the surgical community. As part of the healing process and re-building of our surgical community, we are seeking surgical trainees and surgeons at various points in their career to tell us your stories.

The goal is to document and share our collective experiences and identify how we can better support the surgical community moving forward. We hope to share with you what we learn at the 2022 Academic Surgical Congress (Feb 1-3, 2022, in Orlando, FL).

We are particularly interested in hearing from members of the surgical community who have been disproportionately impacted (e.g., women bearing the undue burden of a society still fraught with gender inequity; minorities struggling with the realities of systemic racism; young faculty seeking to establish their academic careers; fellows graduating into a healthcare system where jobs are harder to come by; residents in training grappling with the significant physical and psychological strain of learning their craft while being on the front line of a global pandemic).

For those interested in telling your story, please complete this short survey. A member of our team will contact you to set-up a date and time to participate in the interview.

If you have questions or concerns about this study, please email Dr. Amir Ghaferi at aghaferi@umich.edu, or Ann Vitous at vitousc@med.umich.edu.

Thank you in advance for your time. We appreciate your contribution to this work.

Sincerely,

Amir A. Ghaferi, MD, MS
President, Association for Academic Surgery

Amir Ghaferi

Amir Ghaferi

Dr. Ghaferi is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Business at the University of Michigan and Vice Chair for Strategy and Finance in the Department of Surgery. He is the Director for Ambulatory Surgery in the University of Michigan Medical Group where he oversees clinical operations, quality, strategy, and finance for Michigan Medicine ambulatory surgery centers. He is also the Director of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative, a consortium of 40 hospitals and 80 surgeons focused on improving the safety and quality of bariatric surgery. He received his Bachelors degree from UCLA, his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and completed his surgical training at the University of Michigan. Dr. Ghaferi also completed advanced training in health services research and obtained a Masters degree in Health and Healthcare Research from the University of Michigan.
Amir Ghaferi
Amir Ghaferi

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