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June 25, 2019
AVAS President Elect, Ronnie Rosenthal (VA New Haven and Yale University School of Medicine) was recognized by the New York Times for her work with Clifford Ko on the American College of Surgeon’s Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery project.
As the American octog...
May 20, 2019
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the AVAS was blessed with several enlightening panel discussions.
The initial panel discussion (moderated by George Sarosi, MD and Seth Spector, MD) was on “TO STAY IN VA OR NOT TO STAY? THAT IS THE QUESTION”
Kamal Itani, MD (P...
May 20, 2019
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the AVAS was blessed with several enlightening panel discussions. Our Monday, Lunch panel discussion (moderated by Faisal Bakaeen, MD and Gosta Pettersson, MD) was appropriately titled the “INSPIRATION SESSION”.
Frederick Grove...
May 20, 2019
"Dr. Kevin Pei (Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock Texas) presented a timely topic titled “Workplace bullying among US surgeons, a national survey of the Society of surgical Chairs”.
Dr. Pei explained that "bullying is pervasive in the workplace and...
May 20, 2019
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the AVAS, held April 27-30, 2019, at the Motif Hotel Seattle, WA, was a resounding success.
The program committee, led by Nader Massarweh, MD, and the local arrangements committee, led by Gale Tang, MD, created a memorable program this year....
May 20, 2019
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the AVAS was blessed with several enlightening panel discussions.
The final session (moderated by David Berger, MD and Jason Johanning, MD) was a lesson on “MEASURING ACADEMIC PRODUCTIVITY IN VA”.
Eileen Moran, MS (Director, VHA Office of P...
May 20, 2019
The AVAS has proudly sponsored its annual resident and student paper competition for many years. All resident presenters are afforded the opportunity to submit manuscripts to JAMA Surgery for consideration of publication.
Winners of the overall Resident/Student com...
June 12, 2018
The 2018 Annual Meeting of the AVAS was blessed with several enlightening panel discussions.
The initial panel discussion (moderated by Jason Johanning, MD and Ronnie Rosenthal, MD)
was on “Veterans Choice Program (VCP) and value-based care in Veterans Health Administr...
June 12, 2018
The 2018 Annual Meeting of the AVAS, held May 5-8 2018, at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, was a resounding success. The program committee, led by Dr. Danny Chu, and the local arrangements committee, led by Dr. Seth Spector, created a memorable program this year. Sever...
June 12, 2018
The Association of VA Surgeons 2016 Karl Storz Award was presented to Dr. Ryan M. Thomas in 2016. His research has finally been completed and he presented his findings at the meeting in 2018.
Dr. Ryan M. Thomas is the Section Chief of General Surgery at the North Fl...
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The AVAS Newsletter Committee members are Kenneth Lipshy, MD, Lygia Stewart, MD, and
Kathleen Raman, MD.
The AVAS is pleased to provide news and information that appeals to Veterans Affairs surgeons.