by Jennifer Knight, MD, FACSI picked this topic because for me, Family Life is a work in progress and sometimes putting thought into something you are working on often allows for enlightenment. As a s...
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Family Life
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Dec 2013
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Sexism & Surgery
12
Dec 2013
by Amalia Cochran, MD, MA, FACS, FCCM How many of you saw this great piece from Emily Graslie a couple of weeks ago? I loved this video for a couple of reasons. One is obvious if you are ...
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Interview with Dr. Julie A. Freischlag
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Dec 2013
by Bharti Jasra, MDA while back, there once was a little girl in Illinois who impressed everyone with her extraordinary performance at school. Her grandfather told her that when she grew up, people wo...
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Interview with Susan Pories, MD, FACS, Immediate Past President of the Association of Women Surgeons
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Nov 2013
by Jane Zhao Dr. Susan Pories is Co-Director of the Hoffman Breast Center at Mount Auburn Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...
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Blogger Q&A: Gratitude
28
Nov 2013
Happy Thanksgiving! Today's post is all about gratitude. Every once in a while, we find it important to pause and reflect about the people and things we hold most dear. Keep reading to find out our re...
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There’s Something In the Water
25
Nov 2013
by AWS writer, Denise HarriganOften-invisible but highly influential, second-generation gender bias often impedes women’s ascent to top levels of leadership. The Harvard Business Review intends to e...
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Early Lessons in Leadership
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Nov 2013
by Sophia K. McKinley Do you consider yourself a leader? For most of medical school, I did not consider myself a leader. To me, leaders were people with big personalities and big visions, the kind of...
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Powerful Tweets
15
Nov 2013
by Lauren NosanovSocial media have come to play a growing role at national conferences, serving not only as a convenient vehicle for information dissemination, but also as a forum for idea sharing and...
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Twitter 101: How to set up a professional Twitter account
11
Nov 2013
by Heather Logghe, M.D.Since starting my own personal Twitter account, I have mentored numerous peers and faculty on how to get started. I’ve noticed that most surgeons have similar questions and co...
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10 Steps to a Successful Residency Interview
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Oct 2013
by Allison Hoyle, D.O.Fall is the exciting time in our medical education during which our residency interviews begin. It is important to be prepared for what is to come, as these interviews are diffe...