Contributors
Malcolm V. Brock, M.D. Department of Surgery and Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA and
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Justin B. Dimick, M.D., M.P.H. Department of Surgery, Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
David P. Foley, M.D. Department of Surgery, Division of
Organ Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison,
WI, USA
Steven B. Goldin, M.D., Ph.D Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
Caprice C. Greenberg, M.D., M.P.H. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics,
Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, USA
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Andrea A. Hayes-Jordan, M.D. Department of Surgical
Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Melina R. Kibbe, M.D., RVT Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Scott A. LeMaire, M.D. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery,
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
Peter R. Nelson, M.D., M.S. Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
Fiemu E. Nwariaku, M.D. Professor of Surgery, Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA
Timothy M. Pawlik, M.D., M.P.H. Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD, USA
Carla M. Pugh, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Taylor S. Riall, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
C. Max Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D., MBA Department of Surgery, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis,
IN, USA
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Margaret L. Schwarze, M.D. Division of Vascular Surgery,
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI, USA
Julie Ann Sosa, MA, M.D. Divisions of Endocrine Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery,
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Christoph Troppmann, M.D. Department of Surgery,
University of California, Davis, Sacramento,
CA, USA
Kathrin Troppmann, M.D. Department of Surgery,
University of California, Davis, Sacramento,
CA, USA
Part I
Introduction
Chapter 1
Why Be an Academic
Surgeon? Impetus and
Options for the Emerging
Surgeon-Scientist
Scott A. LeMaire
Keywords Academic surgeon • Surgeon-scientist
•Mentorship • Teaching • Research • Career development
•Basic science research • 'Ifanslational research • Clinical
research • Outcomes research • Health services research
• Education research
I cannot imagine a career more rewarding than that of an academic surgeon. This is the simple message I attempt to impart when mentoring students and trainees considering a career as a surgical scientist. The conversations that ensue in response to this proclamation invariably delve into the overarching questions of"What?","Why?", and "How?"Although most of this book will guide you in the "How," in this brief introduction I will focus on the "What" and the "Why" by
S.A. LeMaire
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Deparbnent of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute at
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
H. Chen and L.S. Kao (eds.), Success in Academic Surgery, |
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