Category: current events

By Kathleen Skipton Romanowski, MD, MAS, FACS  A little over a year ago, I sat down to write a blog piece for the Association of Women Surgeon  (AWS) Blog that was to be published on December 24th....

by Kathleen Romanowski, MD Since I attended my first Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Annual meeting 6 years ago, the weekend before the American College of Surgeons meeting in October has become ...

By Charoo Piplani, MBBS On a Sunday afternoon, while caring for my COVID 19 positive father at home in India, I decided to give him his favorite yet effective substitute for fluids – coconut water....

By Rachael Essig, MD May 2019 seems like a world away. I had accepted a research position following my PGY-3 year with a critical care fellowship starting July 2020 in a new city. At the time, it see...

By Dr. Rocio Carrera  The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our lives and plans. Almost a year after the world went into quarantine and after countless losses of lives, jobs, and homes, we can finally see...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...