AAS News Summer 2007

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P r e s i d e n t s M e s s a g eDr. Fiemu Nwariaku

As the long summer days wind down, we have begun preparations or the Fall academic activities. Arrange

or the C dopm Co, now in its 3rd year, are complete, thanks to the Course Co-C

Drs. Scott LeMaire and Eric Kimchi. T 18 Fm of sc rc Co, chai

Dr. Siobhan Corbett, promises to eature outstanding speakers on a variety o topics. Based on eedback

prior courses, the course organizers have expanded the panel discussions to acilitate an interactive, pro

solving approach to many issues acing young academic surgeons. I urge you to bring your questions, pro

and success stories so that we may all learn rom each others experience.

I am also proud to announce that arrangements have been made to present a combined version o botcourses in conjunction with the 48 a M of W afc Co of so (W

in 2008. Tanks to the generous support o our industry partners and the leadership o the AAS and W

the inaugural Fundamentals o Surgical Research and Development Course is scheduled or early Feb

2008 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Te Development Committee and Dr. Ben Nwomeh have worked ver

to realize this goal. We are grateul or their eorts and look orward to a productive collaboration wi

West Arican College o Surgeons.

As a direct result o the eorts o the Membership and Inormation echnology Committees, our C

approved a new initiative in collaboration with the Society o University Surgeons and the American C

o Surgeons to combine our eorts on medical student and resident recruitment to Academic Surger

rst o these eorts will be the design and production o an educational DVD to capture the myriad r

to choose academic surgery as a career. Committee Chairs, Drs. Peter Nelson and Jeery Upperman, be congratulated or their tireless eorts to move this project orward.

At the strategic retreat in June, our Council approved the creation o two AAS International V

Proessorships to acilitate collaboration between AAS members and our international colleagues who m

interested in academic surgical projects. Te Royal Australasian College o Surgeons and the aiwan Su

Society have expressed interest in partnering with the AAS in this regard. I am delighted that the Nomi

Committee chose Dr. Scott Lemaire and Dr. Daniel Albo as the inaugural AAS visitors to RACS an

aiwan Surgical Society, respectively. I have no doubt that they will both represent the AAS ully.

By now abstract submission or the Academic Surgical Congress in February 2008 is complete, an

Recorder, Dr. Albo, has reported almost a 20% increase in the abstract submission rate or the meetin

judging by the quality o abstracts, I anticipate another outstanding meeting. I look orward to seeing y

Huntington Beach, Caliornia.

a a s O F F e r s aWa r d sd u r i n g a n n u a l M e e t i n g

Tere will be several Awards/Competitions associated with the 2008 ASC meeting. All awards will be anno

at the AAS business meeting, held during the 2008 ASC.

B mcp by w mmb of aas b mcp o.1. During the 2008

meeting, the AAS will present $500 awards or the BES PAPER OVERALL and the BES PAPER BY

AAS MEMBER. Te winner will also be awarded a certicate and be listed in the 2009 ASC Progra

be eligible, presenting authors must submit a manuscript or publication in the Journal of Surgical R

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Presidents Message

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AAS Awards

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James IV ravelingFellowship

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Other Award Opportunities

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International VisitingProessorship Award

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3rd Annual ASC

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AAS Fall Courses

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by Jy 7, 2008. Manuscripts should be submitted on-line at www.editorialmanager.com

Te AAS Program Committee will provide expedited reviews or all manuscripts submitted to JSR

2008 ASC meeting. Tus, authors will receive the editors acceptance decision and comments ro

reviewers prior to the meeting. In the past, manuscripts submitted to theJournal of Surgical Researc

enjoyed a high acceptance rate. Please note that presenting authors are encouraged, but not requi

participate and submit a manuscript or consideration or publication in theJournal of Surgical Re

B o po by w mmb of aas.2. Te winner will be awarded $250 plus a cert

and will be listed in the 2009 ASC program. Te Program Committee will select the winner o

competition.

B Qck so po by w mmb of aas.3. Te winner wil l be awarded $25

a certicate and will be listed in the 2009 ASC program. Te Program Committee will select the w

o this competition.

aas O Mc s aw.4. Tis year, the AAS encourages medical students to s

abstracts or oral presentations during the 2008 ASC. Te abstracts will be allocated to the appro

session (plenary, parallel or quick-shot) session based on abstract scores. Tese abstracts will be rev

by the Program Committee in a blinded ashion together with all other abstracts submitted to the

At a minimum, a quick-shot oral presentation will be GUARANEED or abstracts submitted by

Medical Students to ensure their participation in the program. In addition, the abstracts receiving t

10 scores will be re-presented by the medical students as a quick-shot during a special AAS Outsta

Medical Students session where they will be competing or an award including a certicate, a

check and a special mention on next years ASC program. Te AAS leadership will be in attenduring this special session.

a a s M e M B e r r e C e i v e s P r e s t i g iO usJ a M e s i v t r av e l i n g F e l l O W s h i P

olka o. ol, md, Ph.d. ha b l h 2007 Ja iV tavl fllwhp

ellowship is awarded to candidates who have made outstanding contributions to the art and science o s

and allows the candidate to personally present their newer techniques and innovations to surgical coll

in countries around the world. Each year two to ve surgeons are selected to receive the raveling Fello

Dr. Olutoye has visited hospitals in the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam and will travel th

to South Arica and Nigeria.

T Ja iV Aa s, i. wa 1957 b h h

England, Scotland and the United States so that surgeons rom around the world could be brought to

to exchange ideas and techniques regarding surgery. Te aim o the Association is to oster the exchan

knowledge among distinguished surgeons in countries where English is reely spoken.

Dr. Olutoye is Associate Proessor o Surgery in the Michael E. DeBakey Department o Surgery at B

College o Medicine and Co-Director o the exas Childrens Fetal Center in Houston, X. Dr. O

completed his medical school education in Nigeria and received his Ph.D. in Anatomy rom the Vi

Commonwealth University. Dr. Olutoye completed his general surgery residency at the Medical Coll

Virginia Hospitals in Richmond, Virginia and his residency in pediatric surgery at the Childrens Ho

o Philadelphia. Dr. Olutoye has done postdoctoral research ellowships in the Wound Healing Labo

at the Medical College o Virginia Hospitals as well as the Center or Fetal Diagnosis and reatment

Childrens Hospital o Philadelphia. Dr. Olutoye has specialized clinical expertise in etal surgery, cong

diaphragmatic hernia and management o complex wounds.

Dr. Olutoyes research interests include understanding the role o the etal inammatory response in s

etal wound healing, development o animal models o congenital anomalies, in utero correction o

congenital malormations, and the study o endothelial-leukocyte and endothelial-tumor cell intera

with a goal to better understand the mechanisms o tumor metastasis. Dr. Olutoyes research on Selec

Fetal Wound Healing is unded by the NIH, and previously by the Amos Medical Fellowship o the R

Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr Olutoye is a Fellow o the American College o Surgeons and o the Am

Academy o Pediatrics Section on Surgery. He is a member o the Association or Academic Surge

has served as the Baylor College o Medicine institutional representative to the AAS since 2005 and

the Committee on Issues.

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D. Olyia O. Oluo bn scd f h007 Je IV Tvlig

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a a s a Wa r d O P P Or t u n i t i e sTe AAS is pleased to announce the following award opportunities. Applications and more information fo

all awards can be found on the following website: p://.o/w.m

s t u d e n t r e s e a r C h a W a r dT s rah Awa appla al wa spb 1, 2007. Tak v wh

applied this year. Te AAS is pleased to report that we have received over orty applications this year

thirty ve more than what we received last year! We are thrilled with the response we have received

rom students. Stay tuned or an announcement o the winners.

a a s s t u d e n t t r a v e l g r a n tnomb 1, 2007Awarded every year

Tis award is open to medica l students rom under-represented minorities. As part o the Association o

Academic Surgerys mission to increase diversity in our membership, we are pleased to oer the second

annual AAS Student ravel Grant. Tis award will include a $500 stipend, hotel accommodations, and

registration or the Academic Surgical Congress in Huntington Beach, CA. It will be presented to a

medical student rom an under-represented minority. We are soliciting nominations rom departmen

chairs and clerkship directors. Eligible candidates should submit an essay and a letter o support rom

their chairperson or clerkship director. Te essay should be no more than 300 words in length and ocus

on the candidates commitment to becoming a leader in academic surgery. Te deadline or RECEIP appla 11:59 p nvb 1, 2007.

a a s r e s e a r C h F e l l O W s h i P aWa r ddcmb 15, 2007

Awarded every even year

Te intent o this award is to provide an eligible Resident or Fellow who has completed at least two years

o postgraduate training in a surgical discipline the opportunity to spend two years in ull-time research

or clinical studies with an AAS member. Te award o $15,000 per year or two years may be used or

salary support or or the direct-cost expenditures o the research. Te award is to be expended solely or

the purpose o the sponsored research. Funding or the Award will begin July 1, 2008. Te deadline or

receiPt appla 11:59 p db 15, 2007.

a a s a n n O u nC e s F i r s t i n t e r n a t iO n a lv i s i t i n g P r O F e s s O r s h i P aWa r d

Te AAS Executive Committee would like to congratulate Dr. Daniel Albo and Dr. Scott LeMaire

or receiving the rst AAS International Visiting Proessorship Award! Dr. Albo will be attending the

aiwan Surgical Association meeting and Dr. LeMaire will be attending the Royal Australasian College

o Surgeons meeting. In exchange, both the SA and RACS will be choosing representatives to attend

the ASC meeting on behal o their respective societies. Te visiting proessorship award was designed to

urther oster the AAS international relations and to learn more about what other countries are working

on in regards to academic surgery. We look orward to welcoming our colleagues rom around the world

to attend our next Academic Surgical Congress.

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a a s W e B s i t e

Te AAS ofce has compiled

additional grant opportunities

or those seeking unding

or research, ellowships, and

projects in academic surgery or

translational sciences. Tese

opportunities are not afliated

with AAS in any way. Tey

are simply additional resources

provided to AAS members and

ther surgeon-scientists to assist

their proessional development.

Direct links to these resources

n be ound on the AAS web site

at: http://aasurg.org/resources.

htm. I you would like more

ormation about these resources,

please contact eresa Chien at

[email protected]

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u P d a t e F r O M t h e J O u r n a l O F s u r g i C a l r e s e a r C h

Te Journal of Surgical Research has reached many goals over the last year, one o which

includes a 2.0 Impact Factor. We are also pleased to announce that weve added a new Book

Reviews Initiative and Editor and ull text access through the Pheonix platorm. With your

involvement, we look orward to reaching our next set o goals.

I you are interested in reviewing or the JSR we would like to encourage you to submit your

name, e-mail address, and contact inormation tojoofcc@omc..


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Association for Academic Surgery

2007 Fall CoursesOctober 5-6, 2007 InterContinental New Orleans New Orleans, LA

Immediately Preceding Te ACS Clinical Congresso register, please visit www.aasurg.org/registration.

18th Annual Fundamentals of Surgical Research CourseFriday, October 5, 2007

2:00 2:15 PM Welcome and Introduction Siobhan Corbett, MD2:15 3:00 PM Reading the Literature and Developing

a Hypothesis Fiemu Nwariaku, MD3:00 3:45 PM Experimental Design and the Laboratory Notebook

Siobhan Corbett, MD

3:45 4:00 PM Break

4:00 4:45 PM Your First Abstract Herbert Chen, MD4:45 5:30 PM e Nuts and Bolts of Scientic Writing

Hobart Harris, MD

5:30 6:00 PM Break

6:00 7:00 PM Cocktail Reception

with Career Development Course attendees

Saturday, October 6, 2007

7:30 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast8:00 8:45 AM Delivering an Eective Research Presentation Kevin Staveley-OCarroll, MD, PhD8:45 9:30 AM Education and Research/ e SERF Fellowship and the ASE Mary Klingensmith, MD

9:30 9:45 AM Break

9:45 Noon PANEL: Topics in Clinical Research Human Subject Research- Ethics and the IRB - Barbara Gaines, MD Outcomes Research - Karen Brasel, MD Introduction to Clinical rials -Mark Cohen, MD Research in Health Services: Addressing Health Care Disparities - Selwyn Rogers, MD

Panel DiscussionNoon 1:15 PM Lunch On Your Own

1:15 1:45 PM Molecular Biology 101: Molecular Biology in Surgery: Tools of the Trade Ramsey Foty, PhD1:45 2:15 PM siRNA Technology: Novel Methods for Gene Suppression Ed Whang, MD2:15 2:45 PM Functional Genomics: Pearls and Pitfalls Peter Nelson, MD

2:45 3:00 PM Break

3:00 3:30 PM Proteomics and Surgical Research Christopher Raeburn, MD

3:30 4:00 PM Panel Discussion: Ask the Experts Get all your questions answered regarding techniques, preerred methods,applications, how to set up experiments, etc.

RamseyFoty,PhDEdWhang,MDPeterNelson,MDChristopherRaeburn,MD

4:00 5:00 PM Keynote Speaker: Stephen Lowry, MD, FACS Chair, Department o Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

5:00 6:00 PM Cocktail Reception with Career Development Course attendees

3rd Annual Career Development CourseFriday, October 5, 2007

2:00 2:15 PM Welcome and Introduction Eric Kimchi, MD and Scott LeMaire, MD

2:15 3:45 PM Choosing and Negotiating for Your Academic Job Panel Chair:Jason Fleming, MDChoosing Your First Academic Job Cord Sturgeon, MDNegotiating for What You Need to Succeed Sonia Sugg, MDEvaluating an Academic Job Oer odd uttle, MDChairmans Perspective on New Faculty Recruitment Jef Matthews, MDPanel Discussion: Is is a Good Oer or a Ticket to Disaster?

3:45 4:15 PM Break

Learning Objectives

18th Annual Fundamentalsof Surgical Research Course

At the conclusion of this course, the attendee will:Describe the key activities o a successul surgeonscientist.Describe the essential points in a scientic abstract,paper, and research application.Dierentiate between outcomes, clinical, and educationresearch.Describe the new molecular strategies that can beapplied towards surgical research.


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4:15 6:00 PM Developing Your Academic ProgramPanel Chair:Louis Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPH

Choosing Your Research Path Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPHBalancing Clinical and Research Responsibilities

Alan Dackiw, MD, PhDKeeping Your Career on Course by Setting

and Achieving Goals Mary Klingensmith, MDHow to Choose the Right Mentor and Become

an Eective Mentor Kevin Staveley-OCarroll, MD, PhD

Panel Discussion6:00 7:00 PM Cocktail Reception with FSRC Course attendees

Saturday, October 6, 2007

7:30 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 8:30 AM Keynote Speaker: Robert Udelsman, MD, MBA

Sel-Actualization: A Surgical Perspective

8:30 8:45 AM Discussion

8:45 10:15 AM Leading Your Lab Panel Chair: Scott Gallagher, MDManagement Skills and Work Flow in the Lab

Fiemu Nwariaku, MDResearch to Manuscripts: e Ethics of Authorship Michael Sarr, MD

Professionalism, Conict Resolution and EmotionalIntelligence Steven Libutti, MDPanel Discussion

10:15 10:30 AM Break

10:30 AM Noon Writing Effective Grant Applications Panel Chair:Lawrence Kim, MDGrant Application and Biosketch Strategies Robert Tompson, MDFatal Flaws and How to Avoid em Martin Hauer-Jensen, MD, PhDCareer Development Awards Louis Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPHTransitioning From a K Award to an R01 Joseph Cullen, MDPanel Discussion

Noon 1:00 PM Lunch On Your Own

1:00 2:30 PM Becoming an Effective Teacher Panel Chair:Alessandro Fichera, MD

Characteristics of Excellent Teachers: How to be Eective in the Limited Work Hour Environment Loretto Glynn, MDMatching Teaching Methods with Learning Styles Mary Brandt, MDEective Lectures Margaret Schwarze, MDBuilding a Teaching Portfolio Hilary Saney, MD, ChBPanel Discussion

2:30 2:45 PM Break

2:45 4:30 PM Getting Promoted Panel Chair: Mark Cohen, MDKnowing the Criteria for Promotion and Tenure Herb Chen, MDPlanning an Eective Strategy for Getting Promoted erry Lairmore, MDHow Important is Tenure? Paul erranova, PhDDeveloping a Peer Network Nipun Merchant, MD

Panel Discussion5:00 6:00 PM Cocktail Receptionwith FSRC Course attendees

Learning Objectives

3rd Annual CareerDevelopment CourseAt the conclusion of this course, the attendee will:

Know how to evaluate an oer or anacademic positionKnow what to ask or when applying or anacademic positionUnderstand the various avenues or academicresearch

Know how to balance clinical and researchresponsibilitiesKnow how to set and achieve goalsKnow how to nd an academic mentorKnow how to become an eective mentorUnderstand how to eectively manage your labUnderstand the ethics o authorshipGain insight to confict resolution andproessionalismUnderstand how to prepare grants andbiosketchesGain insight in how to transition rommentored (K award) grant to independentresearch eort (R award)

Know how to become an eective teacherUnderstand promotion and tenure criteriaKnow how to develop an academic portolioKnow how to build a peer network

AccreditationTis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies o the Accreditation Council

forContinuingMedicalEducationthroughthejointsponsorshipoftheAmericanCollegeofSurgeonsandtheAssociationfor

AcademicSurgery.TeAmericanCollegeSurgeonsisaccreditedbytheACCMEtoprovidecontinuingmedicaleducationfor

physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTe American College o Surgeons designates this educational activity or a maximum o 10.75 **AMAPRACategory1Credits.

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent o their participation in the activity.

**10.5 credits or Fundamentals o Surgical Research Course and 10.75 or Career Development Course

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