UABHSOM AWS Student Chapter

when I sutured my first laceration as a med student I was so excited I called my mom on my drive home to tell her never underestimate how much your med students love to be involved!!!!

We are teaming up with UAB’s AMWA chapter to host our first lunch and learn of 2024! Dr. Harada is joining us to provide wisdom on how to build a CV. This is a great session for MS2s and MS1s, but everyone is welcome! Pizza provided 🍕✨🤩

It’s the last day of our special topics course! Thank you to all of the amazing mentors and residents for making this week possible. Our special topic directors Elissa Dykes and McKinley Williams rocked it!

Highlights from our special topics week so far!

It’s one of the best weeks of the year! The @UABWmnSurgeons annual special topics course led by @elissa_dykes @_mckw_ is flying by. Huge thank you to @herbchen for speaking with our group today about leadership in surgery!

Such a fun evening for @UABWmnSurgeons Special Topic students to hang out with @UABSurgery residents! Special shout-out to @elissa_dykes & @_mckw_ for planning- looking forward to the rest of the week!

We are hosting our fall special topics course again! We pair MS2 and MS3 students with female surgical faculty to give students a week of OR and clinic experience in a variety of surgical specialties. The deadline to register is 9/8. Link in our Instagram bio!

Join us for our first meeting of the year this Tuesday! We are excited to share all of the fun things we have planned for the year! ✨

Our very own, @elissa_dykes interviewed Dr. Parker about her journey to Breast Surgery. Check out the interview at this link! youtube.com/watch?v=UCoK88…

We've teamed up with the Plastic Surgery Interest Group to host a suturing workshop this Tuesday! We have awesome @UABSurgery and @UABobgynres residents helping out. Sign-up at the link in the email blast!

Introducing our 2023-2024 officers! We have already been hard at work planning events for our amazing members! We are excited to see what we can accomplish as a team! 🎉

New MS3s, this is your time to shine! We are hosting a session to discuss tips for your surgery clerkship on May 10th at 5:00PM. @adamtlucy and a panel of new MS4 students from all campuses (👀branch campuses, this is for ya too) will help answer any questions.

Join us this Thursday @ 5PM for our annual surgical specialty ERAS panel. Shake off the ERAS scaries and learn how to craft your application from the pros, AKA recently matched MS4s! uab.zoom.us/u/km2vHKZUW

We are extending our Special Topics Course sign-up until 3/12 @ 11:59PM. We have attendings in Cardiothoracic, ENT, Ophtho, Vascular, Ortho, GI, Trauma/Acute Care, Surg Onc, and Endocrine who are excited to work with you! Sign-up link is on our instagram & weekly newsblast.

We are so excited to host ANOTHER special topics course for the spring! Similar format to our fall course: we pair MS3-MS4 students with female surgical faculty to give students a week of OR/clinic experience in a variety of surgical specialties. Signup by March 5th!

Look out #GenSurgMatch2024 ! @meghna_katta is a rising star in academic surgery! 🌟Another podium presentation about increasing access to effective TeleHealth. 📲🖥️📥 @DChu80 @shao_connie @UABSurgery #UABatASC2023

Our officer application is now open! All MS1-MS3s are encouraged to apply to join the leadership team for the upcoming year. The application will remain open until 2/17 at 5pm. Check out the news blast for the link to the application.

We are celebrating American Heart Month with our Women in Surgery Highlight Video with Dr. Sasha Still! We chat about her unique path to CT surgery, her love for shoe shopping, and her daily peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Check it out! youtu.be/kQx5XeEIolU

Happy National Women Physicians Day! Today we honor the contributions of women in medicine, and we want to celebrate YOU. Head to instagram.com/womensurgeons for a chance to win a $10 Starbucks gift card and enjoy coffee on us. Thank you, women in surgery, for all that you do!

Fun evening at the first combined @UABWmnSurgeons & Tinsley Harrison Research Society meeting listening to some awesome research presentations from both home and visiting students!