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/
Each month, the AAS Membership Committee presents the “Member Spotlight” – an opportunity to introduce you to a member of your association. Dr. Katherine Hekman is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Emory University and Staff Surgeon and Scientist at the Atlanta VA Healthcare System, in Atlanta, GA. Originally …
Introduction Dr. Gisele Juru Bunogerane is a general surgeon in Kigali, Rwanda and COSECSA Fellowship trainee in Paediatric Surgery. She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate surgical education completely in Rwanda. As part of an ongoing educational collaborative with the University of Florida, she was invited for a one-month observership to the University of Florida. The …
Join us Wednesday, August 24th at 8 PM ET on Twitter @AcademicSurgery. #AASChat series is back again this month, led by Drs. Catherine Juillard (@cjuillard), Jordan Rook (@jrookmd), and Christie Sabrinah (@SArianeChristie). The topic of discussion will be Global Surgery, and the chat questions that will direct the conversation will include: Question 1: How do …
From the AAS Ethics Committee’s 2021 Artwork and Essay Contest, five artists donated their work to our Online Auction, raising funds for the Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award. This week we showcase the artists and their work. About the Art: Critical Capacity – This image depicts the mental and physical exhaustion felt …
From the AAS Ethics Committee’s 2021 Artwork and Essay Contest, five artists donated their work to our Online Auction, raising funds for the Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award. This week we showcase the artists and their work. About the Art: This painting illustrates the many emotions patient’s experience when they have COVID. …
From the AAS Ethics Committee’s 2021 Artwork and Essay Contest, five artists donated their work to our Online Auction, raising funds for the Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award. This week we showcase the artists and their work. About the Art: Do No Harm – A central tenet of medicine is “Do No …
From the AAS Ethics Committee’s 2021 Artwork and Essay Contest, five artists donated their work to our Online Auction, raising funds for the Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award. This week we showcase the artists and their work. About the Art: Two Americas – We live in two Americas. One where, when I …
From the AAS Ethics Committee’s 2021 Artwork and Essay Contest, five artists donated their work to our Online Auction, raising funds for the Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award. This week we showcase the artists and their work. About the Art: Angel of Death – I was pregnant during the COVID pandemic and …
Following suit after an AAS blog post from another former Vanderbilt General Surgery Residency graduate,1 I decided to base this post on what we call a “Tarpism.” Tarpisms are phrases stated (and often repeated) by former Vanderbilt General Surgery program director and poignant advice giver, Dr. John Tarpley. This one, in particular, has been on …
I can hear her giggling on the other side of the living room door as I turn my key. I open the door and she smiles as big as she can and runs over to me at full speed. I pick her up, hold her close and spin her in circles. Then I shower my …
