By Mara Antonoff, MD As the world continues to grapple with the ongoing challenges of a global pandemic, the day-to-day work life for us as surgeons continues to evolve. While some profes...
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“Finding Your Moment of Moo”: Thanksgiving Traditions (Pandemic Edition)
By Cheryl Zogg 2020 has been… a year, and yet, like any other year, as this particular year begins to draw to a close, I find myself reflecting back on the simple moments that have helped shape my ...
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Fellowship Interviews: COVID-19 Edition
By Megan Delisle I never imagined fellowship interviews unfolding as they did this season. As efforts to “flatten the curve” escalated, emails regarding intentions to conduct all interviews virtu...
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To My Colleagues: A Call to Individual Change in a Surgery Residency Program
By Danielle Walsh Written June 1, 2020 Dear Colleagues, Unprecedented times. It's been said so often that the phrase starts to ring hollow, but there aren’t better words. Across our nation and ...
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Video conferencing: Virtual interviews to virtual social hours
By Chantal Reyna A year ago, when I thought about technology in my career and medicine, the first thing I thought about was the electronic medical record: EPIC/Cerner/etc. Not all of these thoughts w...
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Pandemic Thoughts from a Surgeon and a Mom
By Jennifer M. Weiss We are a few weeks into our pandemic lifestyle. Physicians have been on the front line of this pandemic crisis. I am in a unique role as an orthopaedic surgeon. At the beginn...
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Covid-19: A Mexican experience
By Dr. Rocío Carrera In México, the Health Department has reported over 65,000 cases and more than 7,000 deaths (as of May 24th). and 111 of these deaths have been healthcare workers. It is known t...
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Tips and Tricks for Surviving COVID-19 as a Medical Student
By Camila R. Guetter During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical students are facing many changes in their education and schedules. Lectures turning into a virtual format, cancellation of clinical rotation...
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Match Day: Reflections of a First-Generation Medical Student
By Nancy Lopez As a fourth-year medical student, I am anxiously awaiting the third Friday of March: Match Day. Match Day is an iconic moment for medical students in which the last decade of both succ...
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The Surgeon Informatician: Both Surgeon Scientist and Surgeon Advocate
by Jane Zhao, MD, MS Two years ago, I wrote a blog post about the benefits of informatics to surgeons. Shortly afterward, David Schneider wrote a similar article on the AAS blog describing clinical...