One of the #AAST2023 highlights: #AASTcoffeewithacoach nicole stassen Although no ☕️ (we opted for 🥤), an invaluable experience to chat career goals, advice, AAST, EAST involvement & more! Another great initiative from AAST Associate Members!

Getting the gang back together. The old #SocialMedia team for Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO) in my selfie at #AAST2023

One of the top moments of AAST #AAST2023 was #AASTcoffeewithacoach with THE Orlando C. Kirton - Chair of Surgery at Jefferson and former Society of Black Academic Surgeons President. Advice on staying focused on the mission, how to say no & yes at the same time, leaning on community, & more!

Fantastic #AAST2023 poster session on Shock and Transfusion, led by judge Stanford Surgery Aussama Nassar 👏 AAST

Another great Associate Member Council strategic meeting this morning to discuss a year of programming promoting academic excellence, leadership development, and fellowship at AAST #AAST2023

Last night’s Associate Member Happy Hour was a success! We celebrated growth to almost 800 members at AAST #AAST2023

#AASTcoffeewithacoach - priceless wisdom and mentorship from Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD. Thank you AAST Associate Members for the endless opportunities to grow and keeping members engaged!!

One of the special highlights for me at the AAST #AAST2023 was being mentored by Eileen Bulger for #AASTcoffeewithacoach, such an inspirational person and leader! AAST Associate Members

I forgot to take a selfie, but a big thanks to AAST Associate Members and AAST for organizing #AASTcoffeewithacoach My meeting with Rochelle A. Dicker was amazing!

Elevate your 2024 with the AAST Trauma Center Calendar📆 Your ultimate guide to all things trauma and acute care surgery—packed with meeting dates, center highlights, and more. Stay on top of your game in 2024! Purchase your calendar here⬇️ aast.org/aast-store-det… #SoMe4Surgery

It arrived! Loved putting up my AAST AAST Associate Members Calendar up in my office - a celebration of trauma centers and a great way to keep track of conferences and important deadlines. It’s not too late to order one!

WE MATCHED! Please join us in welcoming our new categorical interns: Baylee Bakkila, Serena Bidwell, Paulina Gutkin, Reine-Marcelle Ibala, Grace Klaris, David Krist, James McDermott, and Kevin Nee 🎉 #match2024

Associate member council retreat in Chicago! Ryan Dumas Julia R Coleman, MD MPH Jeff Choi 최재영 Navpreet K Dhillon Caitlin A. Fitzgerald, MD Jonathan Meizoso, MD, MSPH, FACS Michael Vella Sarah Cottrell-Cumber Simin Golestani. Missing Brittany K. Bankhead MD and Josh Dilday!

Most patients with sepsis don't need anti-anaerobic antibiotics. But most get them anyway. Why not, what's the harm? I worry the harm is considerable. Our new study in JAMA Internal Medicine: using a 15-month pip-tazo shortage to answer this question. 1/n jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Cross-sectional study assesses whether populations in socioeconomically disadvantaged regions in the US lack timely access to pediatric trauma centers. ja.ma/44Lh2I0

For trauma patients with lower extremity fractures or limited mobility, VTE risk does not return to baseline levels post-discharge. This post-discharge VTE prophylaxis protocol can be implemented to help decrease the development of VTE. Todd Costantini journals.lww.com/jtrauma/abstra…

It’s a wrap ✔️. Congratulations to our interns on completing their first year residency. SUSurgeryResidency

🥇 Congratulations to Big Bear, which won the General Surgery Surgical Skills Olympics!