By Jaime Lewis This year is a curious year, a once in a century, one in a lifetime sort of year. And for some of you reading this blog, the year will coincide with other once in a lifetime events. I ...
By Annika Eveland While female General Surgery residents still number less than their male counterparts, that is not the case at the Tower Health General Surgery residency program in West Reading, ...
By Tamar Nobel, MD “In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.” - Abraham Maslow The darker sides of the COVID-19 pandemic have been well doc...
By Elisa Atamian, MD, MS, and Joy Ayemoba, MD, MSc When I (Elisa) volunteered to write for the AWS blog over 7 months ago, I assumed I would submit a piece that reflected on my experience as an Integ...
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 Allison Martin At my first general surgery residency interview in the fall of 2012, I sat across from a senior faculty member at a prestigious surgical residency program as he leveled a tough ques...
By Danielle Hashmi When I was applying for medical school and residency, I was certain that I would never have children during my training. Despite this original conviction, by the time that I was ge...
By Natalie Tully, MD, MPH So, you find yourself a freshly minted doctor, headed off to Family Medicine, Urology, Radiology, or any other non-General Surgery residency, and yet here you sit stand t...
By Shree Agrawal I am about two months into my intern year as a surgical resident. In anticipation of this transition, I have spent the last few months in nervous apprehension about the resp...
By Jane Zhao, MD, MS It’s July, which means that around the country, it’s the beginning of the academic year for medical students and surgical residents. My brand new third year medical studen...
