Keeping in line with the theme “Strength in Diversity” at the AWS National Conference (virtual meeting being held September 12th and October 3rd, register here), the AWS launched a new trainee Di...
By Joy Alvarado I was once a general surgery enthusiast. I stood steadfast in my belief in the renaissance surgeon, and convinced many others that our nation was in dire need of a general surgery rev...
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 Lilah Morris-Wiseman, MD This is a story about leadership in surgery. I was in my third year of post-training, independent private practice and had been dealing with a disastrous complication. W...
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 Riann B Robbins, MD Imagine practicing rural surgery in the dense mountains of western Montana. For nearly a year, I immersed myself in subspecialty and rural surgery training through the Ka...
By Colette Inaba, MD You can’t be both a surgeon and a mom. At least, that was my understanding throughout my early years of medical school. Let me clarify that nobody explicitly told me that...
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 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...
