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/
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Journal of Surgical Research (JSR) is currently accepting applications for Associate Editor (AE) for the Surgical Education and Career Development section of the journal. The education Associate Editor typically handles approximately five articles per week, performing the primary assessment of manuscripts submitted to the journal and making the determination as to whether manuscripts meet …
At the beginning of fellowship, my wife (also a General Surgeon) and I began looking for jobs near my family in rural Montana. There were many potential benefits: good salary, 3-year guarantee, no non-compete… this, of course, was in exchange for a 1:4 ‘home’ call schedule that typically required in-house consultations and overnight cases. I …
Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) have become an increasingly important metric over the past decade regarding clinical training for residents and fellows. EPAs aggregate competencies for clinical activities, such as surgical procedures like inguinal hernia repair, and apply a holistic method to assess a trainee’s ability to practice independently. Numerical scoring from 0 (observation only) to …
