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TWO WEEKS LEFT: Has someone inspired you to become involved in American College of Surgeons and been a surgical mentor to you? If so, nominate your inspiring mentor for Outstanding Mentor of the Year Award. facs.org/member-service…

Grateful 🙏 for the leadership and service from Ronald Hirschl during his tenure as head of the section of pediatric surgery and excited for his work to continue after he steps down! The section is in good hands with Erika Adams Newman serving as interim section head. 🙌

This event was a lot of fun…brutally hot but worth it to see kids excited about their new backpacks and supplies!

Today, The New York Times and Los Angeles Times featured our message to all Americans. It’s urgent that we take the scientifically proven measures to protect our children: - Get vaccinated. 💉 - Wear masks, especially in schools. 😷 - Social distance and wash hands. 🤲

“One can only hope that as we arrive […] we do so with the empathy, sympathy, compassion, and grace that we felt for each other, and ourselves, one year ago, when this pandemic was in its infancy, and we had no choice but to act as one.” Incredible words to always live by!

"When I first was in the hospital, I wondered if I could even go to medical school. Who ever heard of a doctor who uses a wheelchair?" Chris McCulloh, MD ♿️😷 (he/him) discussed the encouragement that put his surgical career back on track after an accident put it in doubt: medicine.umich.edu/dept/surgery/n…

New Infographic 📄 Contrast challenge predicts spontaneous resolution of adhesive bowel obstruction in children A multi centric retrospective trial. Rubalcava NS et al. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34417363/ #SoMe4PedSurg Sociedad Chilena de Cirugía Pediátrica

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Don't forget to register for upcoming webinar How to Write a Competitive Grant Application with SSAT heavy hitters Anthony Villano, MD VIKAS DUDEJA Heather Yeo MD Colin A. Martin MD Sam C. Wang #TimothyFrankel Yanghee Woo Assoc4AcademicSurgery Society of Black Academic Surgeons SocAsianAcadSurg LatinoSurgSociety

The Latino Surgical Society (LSS) issues this statement to express solidarity w our thoracic surgery colleagues incl. surgical trainees & aspiring students. We share the disappointment in the remarks shared during the Presidential Address of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)

Think being a leader requires special training? Robert Higgins, MD, MSHA disagrees. Here are 10 skills that require zero talent to be a leader. RAS-ACS Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS Michael Sutherland #ACSLAS23

The American College of Surgeons is much stronger when we all push in the same direction. We are incredibly similar in what we want: highest quality patient care, evidence based practice, autonomy, minimal administrative burden, opportunity to innovate, fair reimbursement, research funding.

Did you know Creighton University Health Sciences - Phoenix is developing an innovative platform for training residents to perform complex robotic procedures in real time? If you’re in the Phoenix AZ area, sign up below and join us on April 24 to experience the Knowledge Donor Program. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Join us virtually to learn about how Dr. Conrad Ballecer and Creighton University Health Sciences - Phoenix is changing the paradigm of surgical training through the knowledge donor program! facebook.com/groups/herniac…

Massive congratulations to Samir Gadepalli on securing his first R01 award! Lots of great work to come from this grant. ⬇️

And kudos to Kathleen van Leeuwen for being the first female APSA meeting program chair! #APSA23 🔥🔥🔥

Interested in exploring a career in surgery and advancing the field thru research, join the AWS tweet chat this Monday for the scoop!! Woot!

Wrapping up residency here in Phoenix but can’t wait to be back for #APSA24

Check out RAS-ACS thoughts on the future of surgical training. What are your thoughts?