Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)

22/07/2025

🚨REMINDER: Apply for the AAS Fall Courses Travel Award!

Are you an underrepresented voice in surgery looking to advance your academic career? Apply now for the AAS Travel Award, which includes:
🎓 Complimentary registration to the 2025 Fall Courses
✈️ $1,000 in travel support to attend in Chicago on October 3, 2025

🗓 Deadline: July 23 at 5 PM PT

Learn more + apply: https://www.aasurg.org/aas-fall-courses/

21/07/2025

Don’t forget to apply!
https://www.aasurg.org/fall-courses-travel-grant/

21/07/2025

Are you a surgical trainee or researcher aiming to publish high-quality data-driven work? 📊

Don’t miss part 2 of the AAS webinar series on using large databases in surgical research. Our speakers will demystify real-world data, share practical tips, and help you avoid common pitfalls.

✅ Actionable guidance
✅ Expert presenters
✅ Real research examples

📅 July 23 at 2pm PT / 5pm ET

🔗 Register here: https://www.aasurg.org/advance-your-surgical-research-practical-strategies-with-real-world-data-aas-webinar-part-1-part-2/

18/07/2025

Being a surgeon-scientist is a privilege that offers the capacity to relieve suffering in the short-term and the opportunity to work in teams to develop new advances in medicine for the long-term. It’s also a challenge, and many of these challenges feel magnified as established mechanisms of scientific career advancement have been recently shaken. These uncertain times have prompted me to reflect on my path to becoming a pediatric surgeon-scientist....

Being a surgeon-scientist is a privilege that offers the capacity to relieve suffering in the short-term and the opportunity to work in teams to develop new advances in medicine for the long-term. It’s also a challenge, and many of these challenges feel magnified as established mechanisms of scien...

16/07/2025

Join us July 23 for Part 2 of the AAS webinar series and learn how to:
✅ Build a solid hypothesis before diving into data
✅ Avoid data-mining traps
✅ Design your own database
✅ Understand what makes a large database study publishable

🎙 With Drs. Wang & Lo
🗓 July 23 | 2pm PT / 5pm ET

📌 Register now: https://www.aasurg.org/advance-your-surgical-research-practical-strategies-with-real-world-data-aas-webinar-part-1-part-2/

15/07/2025

📅 Save the Date! The 21st Annual Academic Surgical Congress will be held February 3–5, 2026 at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace in Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida. After an incredible 20th Annual ASC, we’re looking ahead to 2026, and we want your best work to help make it another record-breaking event.

Abstract submissions are now open and due by Friday, August 8, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET. (Deadline will not be extended.) From education and outcomes to basic and translational science, ASC is the premier venue for sharing surgical research across disciplines.

We can’t wait to see you in Orlando!
🔗 https://www.academicsurgicalcongress.org/abstracts/

14/07/2025

Aspiring academic surgeon? You’re not in this alone.

From Fall Courses to travel stipends to career-launching grants, the AAS Foundation is your pit crew—helping you go from promising trainee to surgical innovator.

In the latest blog on The Academic Surgeon, AAS Foundation President Dr. Tim Pawlik outlines how AAS supports early-career surgeons.

📖 Read it here: https://www.aasurg.org/fueling-surgical-superstars-and-maybe-avoiding-my-cooking/

11/07/2025

New on The Academic Surgeon - Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Geoffrey Dunn: Why Surgical Palliative Care and Mentorship Deserve Our Investment by Kimberly Kopecky.

Dr. Geoffrey Dunn believed surgical palliative care belongs at the heart of academic surgery.

In this new blog post, Dr. Kimberly Kopecky highlights why investing in the Geoffrey Dunn, MD Research Award means investing in patient-centered care, high-quality mentorship, and a more compassionate surgical future.

📖 Read the post: https://www.aasurg.org/honoring-the-legacy-of-dr-geoffrey-dunn-why-surgical-palliative-care-and-mentorship-deserve-our-investment/

10/07/2025

Hey everyone, Tim Pawlik here, your perpetually enthusiastic President of the Association for Academic Surgery Foundation (AASF). I’m here today not to discuss the finer points of surgical knot tying (though that is a surprisingly engaging topic!), but to chat about something near and dear to my heart: nurturing the brilliant minds that will shape the future of surgery....

Hey everyone, Tim Pawlik here, your perpetually enthusiastic President of the Association for Academic Surgery Foundation (AASF). I’m here today not to discuss the finer points of surgical knot tying (though that is a surprisingly engaging topic!), but to chat about something near and dear to my h...

09/07/2025

🚨 Now Open: AAS Fall Courses Travel Award!

Are you an underrepresented voice in surgery looking to advance your academic career? Apply now for the AAS Travel Award, which includes:
🎓 Complimentary registration to the 2025 Fall Courses
✈️ $1,000 in travel support to attend in Chicago on October 3, 2025

🗓 Deadline: July 23 at 5 PM PT

Learn more + apply: https://www.aasurg.org/aas-fall-courses/

08/07/2025

Are you a surgical trainee or researcher aiming to publish high-quality data-driven work? 📊

Don’t miss this two-part AAS webinar series on using large databases in surgical research. Our speakers will demystify real-world data, share practical tips, and help you avoid common pitfalls.

✅ Actionable guidance
✅ Expert presenters
✅ Real research examples

📅 July 9 & 23 at 2pm PT / 5pm ET

🔗 Register here: https://www.aasurg.org/advance-your-surgical-research-practical-strategies-with-real-world-data-aas-webinar-part-1-part-2/