AAS News Summer 2010

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AssociAtion for AcAdemic surgery summer 2

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Dr. Daniel Albo

Te Association or Academic Surgery (AAS) is constantly evolving to address the needs o young acasurgeons both nationally and internationally. Tis year, the AAS has several new initiatives that reechanging world o academic surgery.

Plans are underway or the 2011 acmc scl Co asC in Huntington Beach, Caliand the new and revised abstract submission site is now open. For the last two years running, attendana a ha pa a a aba b hav b h 600-700, l vaba b b al 2010. d. Ml Kbb, our Recorder and Program ComChair has been leading the way in helping put together what promises to be one o our most exciting AcaSurgical Congresses ever!

Basic science and clinical research abstract submissions were nearly equivalent last year, and as a resh w pa Asc b lal ah, h a Asc wll, h provide a special orum or the outstanding Health Services & Clinical Outcomes research perormsurgeons rom our country and abroad. In addition to the AAS and SUS Plenary Sessions, which will the best Basic Science and ranslational research abstracts, we will have a Hlh svc Orch Ply so. d. Joh Bkmy, Director o the MSCORE outcomes group and onepreeminent leaders in clinical outcomes research, will provide a keynote address on the Past, PresenFuture o Health Services Research. A panel on i Ocom rchwill discuss how to imsurgical care at the population level and includes speakers such as d. Clfo Ko, who is the Director

American College o Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project, d. dv Flm, whoMedical Director o the Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program, and d. J dmck, the AAS representative to the Surgical Outcomes Club and who has been instrumental in developing

AAS sessions. In addition to these special sessions, we will have dedicated Plll Qck sho Oo, wha wll bl b a p h b aHealth Services and Clinical Outcomes research that surgery has to ofer.

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In this newsletter, the Developing a Career in Academic Surgery (DCAS) Course in Australia is highliboth rom the viewpoints o d. rch Hy, the Royal Australasian College o Surgeons (Rrepresentative to the AAS and od. Jl so, the AAS Visiting Proessor to the RACS. Dr. Hann h xl wll-v , a h 2011 dcAs wll

Adelaide. In addition, despite having to delay due to political instability, the West Arica courses, run bB nwomh and ev nl wll b hl nvb 2010 Abja, na. T bak ha b ha a al 100% papa hav q ha h pa b a yearly basis. Tis will be the third year that this course has been ofered, and the course directors have phenomenal job in organizing the courses and campaigning or unding or this important outreach p

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Tis year, the AAS has established a new international relationshipthe Colomb scl aocowith the establishment o thdvlopm o acmc C sy course in Bclba, Jl. T av, h k La Arepresents the beginning o a comprehensive efort to widen our relatio

wh lla La Aa. d. Ho abz, ExeDirector o the Colombian Surgical Association and d. sl rP h clba sal Aa, hav b pain this joint efort to bring our societies closer together. In additofering the course, we have established an exchange program betwe

AAS and the Colombian Surgical Association, where an AAS membparticipate in their Annual Surgical Congress, and one o their me

will be invited to participate in our Academic Surgical Congresexchange program will help oster a collaborative relationship betwe . T La Aa av wl hav b p

without the outstanding eforts od. dl ay in identiyinpersonnel to recruit aculty and secure unding. In addition to serving as the Program Committee Chh dAcs clba, h ha b l a xha v. T AAs glbal Ac, -ha bd. Clo Bandall tare urther working to develop addinternational courses and d. ec Kmch and his committee, the Membership Committee, are contito work on expanding the AAS membership.

Te AAS is a dynamic society whose membership is comprised o the uture leaders in academic surgesuch, the AAS continues to make strides in meeting the needs o an expanding and changing membershiSociety, we are committed to embracing Academic Surgeons rom all walks o lie, both in the US, and a

I am looking orward to seeing you in Huntington Beach during the Academic Surgical CongresFebruary!

All the best,

Daniel

a B s t r a C t s u B M i s s i On W e B s i t eO P e n F O r 2 0 11 a s C M e e t i n gDr. Melina Kibbe, AAS Recorder & Program Committee Chair

Following the highly successul 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC), the Association or AcaSurgery (AAS) and the Society o University Surgeons (SUS) are looking orward to an even more suc6h Aal Asc fba 1-3, 2011, H Bah, cala.

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As in years past, we strongly encourage medical students to submit abstracts or oral presentations at theT aba wll b alla h apppa p (pla, paalll, qk-h) ba abstract scores. Te medical students will also present their work in theaas Mcl s Qckso, where the students will compete or the AAS Outstanding Medical Student Award.

We hope that each o you plans to attend the 6th Annual ASC. For more inormation about the meetto submit an abstract, please visit www.cmcclco.o.

s e C r e t a r Y s r e P O r t

Dr. Lillian Kaoaas aWard OPPOrtunities

Te AAS is pleased to announce the award opportunities described below. Applications or andinormation about all awards can be ound on the Web at www..o/w

aas student researCH aWardsApplications duespmb 1, 2010

Te intent o this award is to recognize outstanding research eforts by medical students and to encostudent interest in pursuing careers in academic surgery. Applicants must submit a summary o their repj al wh a l h b h b h pj. Aw

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A pa h AAs a v bhp, w a pla h 5h aAAS Student ravel Grant. Tis award is presented to a medical student rom an underrepresented minT awa wll l a $500 avl p, hl aa, a a h Aasal c H Bah, cala. T awa wll al v a awa aree medical student membership in the AAS or one year. Department chairs and clerkship directors sencourage eligible medical students to apply or this unique opportunity to attend the premier meet

academic surgery. Eligible candidates should submit an essay and a letter o support rom their chairp lkhp . T a hl b ha 300 w lh a h a b a la aa . T al receiPt appla p Pst nvb 1, 2010.

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T h awa pv a lbl al b wh wh v a plsurgical training with two years o support or clinical or basic laboratory research. Te applicant mustav b h AAs wh ha v a pv a vlp awa. T awa $3p a w a b h - xp h ah, a a b salary support. Te award is to be expended solely or the purpose o the sponsored research. Funding awa wll b mah 1, 2011. T al receiPt appla 11:59 p Pst nv2010. fal wll b v vw a h 2011 Aa sal c H BCaliornia.

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One PersPeCtiV e FrOM tHe it COMMitteeDr. Erich Huang, on behal o the Inormation & echnology Committee

i b, i a a ah-wh Aa P h lva apdata to predict the status o oncogenic pathways in tumor tissues and model how these patterns deteresponse to targeted cancer therapeutics. Tis necessitates a robust computational inrastructure to supposcale o data. Most datasets I spend my time analyzing comprise many million data points. As a conseq p h wh p, i b pa ab h p-ba I employ or my analyses as well the mechanisms that support writing grants and papers. I write this piwhat works or me.

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For local data storage (alongside my internal hard drives) I use a dobo (www.drobo.com) by Data RoT pv a aa- h lall la aa. i baall a p hathat redundantly stores your data on 4 to 8 independent hard drives, similar to what we know as a array (redundant array o independent disks). Te advantage o such systems is i a hard disk ailsandare the most allible piece o computer equipment we all ownyour data is redundantly distributed the remaining drives and can be recovered. Te consumer advantage that Drobos hold over classical devices is that you can heterogeneously slot in hard drives o diferent sizes and the proprietary algocan maximize redundancy rom these volumes. A traditional RAID requires all drives to be identical iu h v, a wll a ah p aa a v - pv haa-p ha aa .

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In terms o bibliographic sotware, I have moved away rom Endnote to the open source Z(www.zotero.org). Tomson Reuters, which owns Endnote, in act tried to supress Zotero by suivlp, g ma uv. T wa la a. Z a pl- h p fx wb bw ha vlap wh Pap al b allw ll, aa, share your bibliographic data. Te added use over Papers is the ability to keep a central repository o sourZ wb b b lab. cl Pap l kp a pal llb ll- a a al laba p. Lk e, Z ha a pl ha allw reerences in a Word document and automatically generate a reerence list that is ormatted appropriate a jal. A a p pj, Z q a, a p a a hato Endnote (as the ailed lawsuit attests).

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Dr. Huang has no fnancial disclosures as pertains to the content o this article.

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tHe rOYaL austraLasian COLLegeOF surgeOns (r aCs) PersPeCtiV e

Dr. Richard Hanney,Royal Australasian College o Surgeons Leadership Exchange Visitor to the AAS

AAS representatives do more internationally than simply extending the Fall Courses. Eight AAS in

undertook to visit Perth in Western Australia in early May as aculty or the second dvlop C acmc sy dCas co, run jointly with the Academic Section o the Royal Austrcll s (rAcs). sx h v w h -a , whl Jl A sapa a p a 8-a Lahp exha paka wh h rAcs y fllwNipun Merchant as part o the American College o Surgeons Visitor package, both o these selectionscompetitive and separate.

Initiated ollowing the earlier international extension o the AAS Fall Courses to West Arica, whichbeen run so capably by Evan Nadler and Ben Nwomeh, this particular project has the advantages o term external unding commitment rom Johnson and Johnson and strong local advocacy and the ColSurgeons in Australia and New Zealand (Australasia, that is) providing critical inrastructure or the ru h . Hb ch a h a bhal h AAs whl P-l, a vaa h al la a, whh s Lma all vlp aa wh h

team. Te DCAS course is ocused not only on providing an insight into academic practice down unde p a pal aa . T papa vala h , a 1-5, ak h val alk wh a akabl hh a 4.35 a a a 3.67-T vall a a 4.73 wh h a b 4-5. Whl w ha wk ha wasecretly hoped or an excellent result, knowing the outstanding caliber o the invited AAS and RACS aeven we had not expected such high evaluation scores.

Lal p bak papa, h wa h a l a kaddress and options to attend interactive workshops, as well as providing complimentary registration or m. dp hh xpa a h a v h al 2009, h aal ahv a v hh a 4.39 h val alk (=20, a 3.8 4.9) wvall a a 4.7, h a aa b l 4-5. Kv savl-ocall ha aaahv h hh w a a w wh h alk p aa wk. Contin

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i a l wa Aala, hh, a Ph h a , a 9319 l L Al. nthe invitees managed to escape urther invitations en route, and they provided superb representation o theBw h, h p 14 alk a h 4 a rAcs Aal s c al llh dcAs , l 3 a k . da Alb, Kv, Aa Ha-Ja a Jlspent time with medical students in Auckland, Adelaide and Sydney whilst also visiting and spending timsurgical units in those cities led by outstanding surgeons rom New Zealand and Australia. John Harris, ha lal p a al nhw uv cha, v mla Kbb pa prestigious Grand Rounds presentation at Royal Prince Alred Hospital in Sydney. Julie Ann was unstopal ak pa a a xa al xa h qval Ba ca a Wa Hps. mall Bk a wh Klv K, Aala l Abal , a n

wa kp b s a mlb a pa h Acs V paka. da, mla a Aa altime available to visit Julie Ann at the Younger Fellows Forum, a 3 day brainstorming and networking 20 v Aalaa , ak h pp la h Lahp exrelationship the AAS has separately developed with this critical cohort o surgeons.

It is impossible to quantiy the impact that these outstanding role models have had on academic surgeryAustralia and New Zealand, as much o it will only become ully apparent in years to come. Tey were oa b w- al , a h a al al a b pp ha hav llaba a hh lvl. T 2010 AAs al pav bh wh h h a a Aa p, a w wal appa b all wh hgave their time unquestioningly, rising admirably to every challenge, acting as wonderul ambassadorspeerlessly inclusive and worthwhile organization.

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ha l b a Llla Ka a s h l AAs sa. Llla w h a la a dcAs al, a h b ha h llaba hShe has already been inuential in the selection o outstanding AAS aculty representatives, and remaionly one o the visitors so ar to have climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

T 2011 dcAs wll b hl Ala, sh Aala, ma, ma 2. Ta 2012 whl Kala Lp malaa. f h ak pa, a a al h fall cis probably the best way to be seen as standing out, with invitations arising jointly rom the RACS AcaSection and the AAS. Te bar has been set very high by wonderul representatives to date. We look oto raising it higher at every opportunity and welcome interest rom all AAS members.

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P r OF e s s O r s H i P aWa r d s u P d at e :tHe aa s PersPeCtiV e

Dr. Julie Sosa, recipient o the 2010 Visiting Proessorship Awardto the Royal Australasian College o Surgeons Younger Fellows Forum

I had the unique privilege this spring to representh AAs a h AAs Lahp exha Vto the Royal Australasian College o Surgeons(RACS) Yo Fllow Fom YFF. Iollowed in the ootsteps o Peter Nelson, who

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was the Younger Fellows Forum in the SwanValley outside o Perth, where the Annuals c h rAcs wa vimmediately ollowing the Forum. With the

wisdom and counsel o Richard Hanney, alongwh wa Aala hpal, i -the country, making visits to Sydney in the East,Perth in the West, and Adelaide in the South. Inthe process, I gave eight presentations on healthcare policy, biostatistics, qualitative research,primary hyperparathyroidism, thyroid cancer, and surgical education. Simply put, it was the most inten

wonderul personal and proessional experience o my academic career.Contin

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My adventures began in Sydney, where Richard as principal host. Within hours o departing the ai(and without a nap or shower!), we were eeding kangvisiting koalas, and having dinner overlooking SHarbor. In Sydney, I had the opportunity to visit collin the Department o Endocrine Surgery at Royal Shore Hospital. I also helped to administer the RACS vva xa a Wa Hpal; h hpa aa b h al x xageneral surgeons in New South Wales. It involved a

o clinical scenarios with actual patients. Finally,President Dan Albo and I visited the University o WSydney, one o the newest medical schools in Aus

where we were kindly hosted by Peter Zelas and a centhusiastic medical students who presented challecases. One student will be coming to Yale or an end lv 2011.

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F u n d a M e n t a L s O F s u r g i C a L r e s e a r C H C Ou r s e

Dr. Steve Goldin, Co-Director o the 2010 FSRC

i hav ha h a pp pla h 21 Aal faal sal rah c(fsrc) al wh h AAs pa-p d. Kv savl ocall. La a habaall v a la a -a v allw a papa bFSRC course and the Career Development Course (CDC). I am happy to report that both courses wersuccessul based upon attendance as well as eedback. Tis year attendees will again be able to parti bh wh h fsrc b ah fa ob 1 a h cdc b v saob 2 j p h Aa cll s m Wah dc.

We have an outstanding course agenda with nationally known aculty. Our keynote speaker this yDr. Charles Balch rom Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. His talk will be entitled the Te F

Years o a Successul Academic Surgery Career. Te morning sessions include talks on starting a rescareer, choosing a good mentor, time management, ethics in surgical research, research unding , ab

writing, delivering efective presentations and submitting your manuscripts. Tere will be t wo bresessions in the aternoon that include one on basic science laboratory management and technand a second session on clinical outcomes research, use o various databases, and educational reincluding simulation.

Te day will end with a reception with course aculty and the AAS leadership. Tis is an ideal time to dnew contacts, a network o colleagues, and to learn about leadership opportunities within the organiza

i wl lk hak Kv savl ocall h aa p h h phprogram. I would also like to thank the members o the AAS Education Committee or helpivl v alk a . Lal, a phap pal, i wl lhak h al h pa vl h ak h a 21 aal a success. Te continued longevity o this course is certainly a testimony to the quality and dedicatthe aculty and staf.

2 0 10 C a r e e r d e V e L O P M e n t C O u r s eDrs. Faiz Bhora and Herb Zeh, Co-Chairs o the Leadership Committee

T b a ha h Aa Aa s ca dvlCourse (CDC). Most surgical residents and junior aculty eel that the CDC provides them with inva

inormation as they embark upon careers in academic surgery. Te CDC in particular provides a orumpall a h paal ha aa a. i a al allw questions to be answered, to network with peers rom all around the country, and to establish a dialoguthe AAS leadership.

Te CDC covers a wide breadth o topics relevant to academic surgeons. opics covered this year includbe an academic surgeon, choosing the right job and negotiating or success, how to be successul in suresearch and surgical education, as well as tips and recommendations on working and living righpak l p h a cdc a all a a p h ll p aasurgery, rom basic science research, to translational clinical research, to surgical education and innovT a pak l Jl fhla, dav gll, sv ya, clak gabl, J epa, s

Weber, Jennier seng, David Mercer, and Colleen Brophy.

We are delighted that the keynote speaker this year will be Dr. David Bartlett. Dr. Bartlett

Bernard Fisher Proessor o Surgery and Chie o the Division o Surgical Oncology at the UniverPbh shl m 2001. d. Bal ha ha a a aha v ah awa v h h a . d. Bal ha ah p-vw al al a a a - hap. H a bresearcher, a gited surgeon, a mentor, and a dynamic administrator. We look orward to his keaddress this year.

We would encourage participation o all surgical residents and junior aculty or what promises to absolutely outstanding CDC this year. Please encourage all residents in your program to attend.

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Association for Academic Surgery

2010 Fall CoursesOctober 1 & 2, 2010* Washington, D.C.

FUNDAMENTALS

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RESEARCH COURSECourse Chairs:

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Tis course provides the oundationor a successul basic or clinical science researchexperience, including advice and practical tips.

Topics include:Planning a Career in Surgical Research

Abstract Writingrah a W a s map

Grant Writing and many more.

CAREER

DEVELOPMENT

COURSECourse Chairs:

Fz Y. Bho, Md& Hb J. Zh, iii, Md

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

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WHAT WILL BE TAUGHT?

How to

Choose the right job and negotiate orwhat you will need to succeed.

Choose the right mentors.

Achieve balance between career and amily lie.

Write efective grant applications.

Plan an efective strategy or getting promoted.

registratiOn FOr tHese COurses WiLL Be aVaiLaBLe tHrOugH tHe aas tHis suMMer.Please watch your email for an announcement and visit www.aasurg.org for more information.

* Advance o the ACS Clinical Congress

Aa Aa s 11300 W olp Blv., s 600 L Al, cA 90064

Phone: 310-437-1606 Fax: 310-437-0585 Email: [email protected]


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6th Annual AcademicSurgical CongressFebruary 1-3, 2011Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach, California

The Academic Surgical Congress is designed to provide comprehensive continuing education in academic surgery

Both the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and Society of University Surgeons (SUS) bring together the

nations leading authorities to present and discuss their most recent clinical and research efforts.

We look forward to seeing you in Huntington Beach in 2011!

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