By Ariana Naaseh, MD I was one of the medical students who always swore there was absolutely no way I’d become a surgeon. I’d heard too many stories about surgeon personalities and the terrible a...
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Is Surgery for Me?
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Mar 2022
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Pursue Your Passion with Purpose
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Mar 2022
By Megan Jenkins Turner, DO Growing up, my dad always told me “endeavor to persevere.” I can honestly say I had no idea what that meant until recently. Particularly when I found myself unmatched ...
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Cirujana – Thoughts of a Latina Surgery Resident
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Mar 2022
I’m standing in the Trauma Bay with my heart racing, anticipating the arrival of a gunshot wound victim. Although I’m in my fourth year of residency, an incoming trauma activation still feels as ...
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What Do You Expect of You?
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Feb 2022
By Tiffany R. Sanchez & Angel D. Chavez Rivera As new leaders of the Association of Women Surgeons Chapter at San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in Puerto Rico, we asked for a lot of hel...
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Surgical Ergonomics and the Surgeon: An Upcoming TweetChat
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Feb 2022
By Dr. Talar Tejirian The medical field is considered to be intellectually challenging and demanding of time. Physicians are expected to be available for patient care with little consideration of the...
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Meet the Blog Team
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Feb 2022
The Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Blog was started in 2013 by some amazing female surgeons. We have appreciated the support and growth of the blog since then. We love sharing the stories of wom...
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Writing a Blog Piece for AWS
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Feb 2022
By Alyssa Brown I blame Camila Guetter for my involvement with the Association of Women Surgeon’s Blog. Well, blame is too strong of a word. I should say I am lucky that Camila Gue...
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The Size of my Scrubs
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Jan 2022
By Alyssa Brown Blue, white, red, yellow, pink, and brown. These are the colors of the ties and the strip of fabric around the scrub pants and scrub tops. Maybe it sounds dramatic, but...
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Nothing to Prove: Supporting Each Other as Female Surgeons
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Jan 2022
By Meredith Taylor, MD One of the most difficult aspects of surgical training is taking critical feedback, synthesizing it, improving from it, and—most importantly—not taking it personally. In my...
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Another Year with COVID
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Jan 2022
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....
