Several Department of Surgery faculty and trainees attended the 2021 Society of Asian Americans annual meeting in Chicago, IL and presented presentations, received awards, and were named to new leadership positions.
Faculty named to new leadership positions within the society include Daniel Chu, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, who was elected secretary elect as well as Vikas Dudeja, MBBS, who was elected as councilor. They will attend the SAAS retreat in Memphis, TN in February 2022.
Additionally, George Yang, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded the SAAS trailblazer award in person. The award will also be named in his honor moving forward as the George Yang SAAS Trailblazer Award.
Several faculty and trainees presented research at the meeting. In fact, UAB had the highest number of abstract submissions. UAB Surgery faculty and trainee presentations included:
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- Ethnicity-Based Differences in Thrombosis in Lower Extremity Vascular Bypass: A Systematic Review
- Pamela Rudnicki, M.D.
- The Association of Health Literacy and Postoperative Outcomes after Colorectal Surgery
- Lauren Theiss, M.D.
- Connie Shao, M.D.
- Isabel Dos Santos Marques, M.D.
- Swara Bajpa, M.D.
- Robert Hollis, M.D.
- Melanie Morris, M.D.
- Dan Chu, M.D.
- Chemokine receptor CXCR4 mediates the PIM3-induced metastatic phenotype of hepatoblastoma cells
- Raoud Marayati, M.D.
- Laura Bownes, M.D.
- Elizabeth Beierle, M.D.
- Assessing Surgeon Competence: Finding The Ideal Tool
- Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS
- Britney Corey, M.D., MACM, FACS
- Danielle Sutzko, M.D.
- Discharge timing after ostomy creation: Is short length of stay associated with increased readmissions?
- Mary Smithson, M.D.
- Karin Hardiman, M.D., Ph.D.
- Drew Gunnells, M.D.
- Dan Chu, M.D.
- Robert Hollis, M.D.
- Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated with Single Gland Parathyroid Disease
- Andrea Gillis, M.D.
- Kimberly Ramonell, M.D.
- Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS
- Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS
- Jess Fazendin, M.D.
- Utility of Preoperative Imaging in Normocalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism
- Kelsey Montgomery, M.D.
- Andrea Gillis, M.D.
- Kimberly Ramonell, M.D.
- Jess Fazendin, M.D.
- Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS
- Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS
- Is Preoperative Imaging Localization Necessary For Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism?
- Rongzhi Wang, M.D.
- Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS
- Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS
- Jess Fazendin, M.D.
- Lessons Learned from Redo-Redo-Parathyroidectomy: Third Time’s the Charm?
- Kimberly Ramonell, M.D.
- Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS
- Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS
- Jess Fazendin, M.D.
- Leadership development among junior surgery residents: communication and perception at different levels of training
- Connie Shao, M.D.
- Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS
- Jess Fazendin, M.D.
- Does Race Affect The Long-Term Survival Benefit Of Systemic Therapy In Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma?
- Ahmer Irfan, M.D.
- Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D.
- Thomas Wang, M.D.
- Vikas Dudeja, M.D.
- J. Bart Rose, M.D.
- Sushanth Reddy, M.D.
- Tumor Progression Upon Cigarette Smoke Exposure can be Intercepted Through Selective Targeting of the Gut Microbiome
- Vikas Dudeja, M.D.
- Ethnic Representation in Genomic Studies of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms
- Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS
- J. Bart Rose, M.D.
- Notch1 regulates the cancer stem cell population in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
- Rachael Guenter, Ph.D.
- Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS
- Ranking NIH Funding of Surgical Departments Based Upon a Modified Index
- Ashley Holder, M.D.
- J. Bart Rose, M.D.
- Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS
- Variations in peri-operative telemedicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic without impact on post-operative outcomes
- Connie Shao, M.D.
- Sushanth Reddy, M.D.
- Dan Chu, M.D.
- Where Does the Leak Start? Identifying Diversity Trends within the Surgery Pipeline 2011-2020
- Joseph Esparaz, M.D.
- Elizabeth Beierle, M.D.
- Robert Russell, M.D.
- Colin Martin, M.D.
- David Rogers, M.D.
- Scott Anderson, M.D.
- Vincent Mortellaro, M.D.
- Mike Chen, M.D.
- Asian American Surgical Leaders: How SAAS Made the Difference
- Herbert Chen, M.D.
- Jess Fazendin, M.D.
- Disparities In Referral of Patients with Pancreatic Neoplasms During COVID19
- Marvi Tariq, M.D.
- Jeremie Peabody Lever, M.D., Ph.D.
- Clarence Haddon Mullins, M.D.
- Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D.
- Thomas Wang, M.D.
- J. Bart Rose, M.D.
- Sushanth Reddy, M.D.
- Ethnicity-Based Differences in Thrombosis in Lower Extremity Vascular Bypass: A Systematic Review
Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS, Fay Fletcher Kerner Endowed Chair, is proud of the work of all of the faculty, trainees, and medical students.
“The quality of these research projects is top-notch, and the UAB Surgery is proud to support dedicated research time and resources for members of our department,” said Chen.
The society provides scholarships for both trainees and junior faculty to help with career development, and presents awards for the best research submitted by members to the Academic Surgical Congress to showcase the advances being made by Asians Americans in the field.
The society is fully inclusive, defining “Asian” in the broadest sense to include those from East, Southeast and South Asia, as well as Persians, Arabs, Turks and any other nationality from the Asian continent. Furthermore, membership in SAAS is open to anyone of any ethnicity who has an interest in promoting underrepresented populations in any arena of academic surgery.
