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/
The Association for Academic Surgery recently presented the 13th Annual Early Career Development Course (ECDC) in La Jolla, CA, on October 21, 2017. This course occurs every year on the Saturday before the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. I have been fortunate to attend this outstanding course as a resident, again as a fellow, …
It was a beautiful sunny morning (as most mornings are in San Diego, I assume) when 161 faculty and attendees gathered for the 28th Annual Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course at the University of California, San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery. One noticeable advantage of hosting the course in SoCal was apparent immediately, …
Every spring, the Surgical Research Committee of the American College of Surgeons is tasked with selecting the recipient of the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award (JPIA). The JPIA was established to recognize outstanding surgeons engaging in research, advancing the art and science of surgery, and demonstrating early promise of significant contribution …
Associate Editor for Endocrine Surgery We are pleased to announce that Rebecca S. Sippel, MD, has been selected to serve as the new Associate Editor for the Endocrine Surgery section of the Journal of Surgical Research. Dr. Sippel is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Endocrine Surgery, and Director of the …
The 87th Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons will be held in Sydney from Monday 7 May 2018 through Friday 11 May 2018. It provides an excellent excuse to make the journey to Australia. This is a particularly important Annual Scientific Congress as it will be held in conjunction with the …
I fondly remember holidays when I was young. The chill in the air, the department store Santa, the excitement, merriment and festivities that filled the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. No matter what holiday you celebrate in the upcoming months, it seems the whole world is still celebrating like we …
On Sunday, Oct 29, 2017, the new wing of Operating Rooms at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, VA was open to friends and family of OR staff. The event was “VCU OR Family Day” and employees brought their families to see the highly specialized and technical environment they work in every day. …
One of the main tasks for the AAS Leadership Committee is to organize and run the Early Career Development Course. This course is intended as an introduction to an academic career for junior faculty and graduating residents/fellows. This course was well attended and continues to grow each year. As this year’s course is now completed, …
“You know, if you’re successful in doing this, you wont have anybody to take care of. You’ll put yourself out of a job!” These words were spoken to me by a colleague, in response to an early decision I made to pursue injury and violence prevention as my nonclinical interest in trauma surgery. Injury prevention, …
Disparities in surgical care access are among the direst forms of health inequity. Over 70% of the world’s population and 90% of people living in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) lack access to basic lifesaving surgical care[1]. In Sub-Saharan Africa, health policies, which are designed to designed advance surgery care delivery are rare and …
