By Erin M. Corsini, MD and Mara B. Antonoff, MD As surgical trainees, we have a tendency to think of mentorship as a one-way street, a gift that is bestowed down from those with great experienc...
By Jaime D. Lewis Many of us can come up with a list of ways that we and our colleagues have been reminded that we do not fit the expectations of a surgeon. For women in medicine these incidents o...
By Luz Maria Rodríguez This is the Part II of the Grant Writing series published on Jan 14, 2019. Funding for research grants is made available by various institutions to help research ...
By Kimberly Hoang “I am going to take a course on time management…. just as soon as I can work it into my schedule”. – Louis E. Boone As Mr. Boone and Einstein’s theory of relativit...
Hope T. Jackson, MD “Oh no sweetie, we are looking for actual physicians or nurses or some type of medical personnel. We don’t have time to talk to you.” This was the response given by a ...
By Apoorve Nayyar MBBS and Kristalyn K. Gallagher DO FACS FACOS The #MeToo movement, with its growing visibility over the last year, has brought to the forefront the near ubiquitous prevalence of ...
By Camila Guetter Every day, universities and health centers across the globe lead independent successful initiatives in the field of medicine. These actions can often bring important changes to t...
By Kara Hessel When I considered writing a blog post about bullying in surgery, I thought, “Sure I can do that.” Then, I sat down to write. Every snarky comment and eye roll that I’ve direct...
By Gita Mody and Virginia Litle According to the Lancet’s Commission on Global Surgery, five billion people lack access to safe surgical care worldwide. This lack in healthcare equity exists despit...
By Lillian Erdahl Social media is omnipresent in our modern society. According to the Pew Research Center, seven out of ten Americans use social media. Even those who do not actively use social med...
