By Tishina Tittley and Shan Lansing With residency interviews being held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many speculations among medical professionals at all levels ...
By Monique Hassan On August 31st, the Association of Women Surgeons co-hosted a tweetchat with @SAGES_Updates to discuss inclusiveness in the operating room and in the surgical field. The tweetchat...
By Ross Willis, PhD I was asked to write a #DearIntern blog post discussing how this year’s start of residency would be different from past years due to the COVID-19 situation we are facing. From a...
By Jeff Claridge and Lillian Kao As trauma surgeons and acute care surgeons, we are available 24/7 for all types of emergencies and crises. We often find ourselves at the epicenter of disasters, such...
By Taylor S. Riall With the COVID crisis upon us, we are being called upon to be our best as we navigate this uncharted territory. To be our best, we must take care of ourselves, which is challenging...
By Estell J. Williams, MD* It goes without saying that we are in a unique time in world history. We are facing a public health crisis unlike anything seen in our lifetimes. We can look to prior pa...
By Shan Lansing Let’s talk about away rotations. Visiting Student Learning Opportunities, are short-term electives traditionally for fourth-year medical students to experience rotations at an insti...
By Erin M. Corsini, MD and Mara B. Antonoff, MD As surgical trainees, we have a tendency to think of mentorship as a one-way street, a gift that is bestowed down from those with great experienc...
By Jaime D. Lewis Many of us can come up with a list of ways that we and our colleagues have been reminded that we do not fit the expectations of a surgeon. For women in medicine these incidents o...
By Valeria S.M. Valbuena In 1989, American Civil Rights Lawyer Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw published her now essential critical race theory piece entitled “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race...
