Contents

Part I Introduction
1	Why Be an Academic Surgeon? Impetus
	and Options for the Emerging Surgeon-Scientist.......	3
	Scott A. LeMaire
2	Timeline for Promotion/Overview
	of an Academic Career ..................................................	11
	Peter R. Nelson
Part II Research: From Conception to Publication
3	Reviewing the Literature, Developing
	a Hypothesis, Study Design...........................................	33
	C. Max Schmidt
4	Ethics in Surgical Research ...........................................	43
	Timothy M. Pawlik and Margaret L. Schwarze
5	Analyzing Your Data......................................................	59
	Taylor S. Riall
6	Animal Models for Surgical Research .........................	81
	Andrea A. Hayes-Jordan
7	Health Services Research ..............................................	91
	Caprice C. Greenberg and Justin B. Dimick

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8	Surgical Educational Research:
	Getting Started................................................................	111
	Steven B. Goldin
9	Translational Research and New Approaches:
	Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics .................	131
	David P. Foley
10	How to Write and Revise a Manuscript
	for Peer-Review Publication .........................................	147
	Melina R. Kibbe
Part III Critical Elements for Success
11	Choosing, and Being, a Good Mentor..........................	169
	Julie Ann Sosa
12	Writing a Grant/Obtaining Funding.............................	181
	Malcolm V. Brock

13Setting Up a “Lab” (Clinical

or Basic Science Research Program)

	and Managing a Research Team...................................	201
	Fiemu E. Nwariaku
Part IV Work-Life Balance
14	Work–Life Balance and Burnout..................................	219
	Kathrin Troppmann and Christoph Troppmann
15	Time Management..........................................................	235
	Carla M. Pugh
Index.......................................................................................		251

Contributor Current and Past Positions: Association for Academic Surgery

Daniel Albo, M.D., Ph.D.

President (2010–2011); Nominating Committee Chair

(2010–2011); Recorder (2007–2009); Program Committee

Chair (2007–2009); Councilor (2006–2008); Program

Committee Member (2003–2006)

Malcolm V. Brock, M.D.

AAS Representative to the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (2008–2011)

F. Charles Brunicardi, M.D.

President (1997–1998); (1996–1997); Recorder (1994–1996); Chairman Program Committee, Association for Academic Surgery (1994–1996); Chairman Committee on Issues, Association for Academic Surgery (1993–1994); Committee on Issues (1992–1993)

Herbert Chen, M.D.

President (2008–2009); Nominating Committee Chair

(2008–2009); Communications Committee (2005–2007);

Recorder (2004–2007); Institutional Representative (2004– 2007); Program Committee Chair (2004–2007); Committee on Leadership (2003–2006); Education Committee (2002– 2004);Membership Committee (2000–2002);Audit Committee (2000–2001)

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Justin B. Dimick, M.D., M.P.H

Chair, Outcomes Research Committee (2011–2013); AAS Representative to the Surgical Outcomes Club (2010–2011)

David P. Foley, M.D.

AAS Representative to the National Association for Biomedical Research (2011–2013); Co-Chair Education Committee (2010–2011); Education Committee (2009–2011)

Steven B. Goldin, M.D., Ph.D.

Co-Director of the Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course (2010–2011); Education Committee (2009–2011)

Caprice C. Greenberg, M.D., M.P.H

AAS Representative to the Surgical Outcomes Club (2011–2013)

Andrea A. Hayes-Jordan, M.D.

Ethics Committee Chair (2011–2013); AAS Representative to the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors (2010–2011)

Lillian S. Kao, M.D., M.S.

Secretary (2010–2012); AAS/Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Task Force (2010–2012 [Chair]); AAS Foundation Board of Directors (2010–2012); Co-Chair Leadership Committee (2009–2010); Co-Chair Education Committee (2008–2009); Institutional Representative (2007–2010); Education Committee Member (2007–2008)

Melina R. Kibbe, M.D., RVT

President (2012–2013); Recorder (2009–2011); Program Committee Chair (2009–2011); IT Committee (2008); Issues

Committee Chair (2007–2008); Issues Committee Member (2006–2008); Institutional Representative (2005–2007)

Scott A. LeMaire, M.D.

President (2011–2012); Secretary (2008–2010); Academic

Surgical Congress Core Committee (2010–2012); AAS/Royal

Contributor Current and Past Positions

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Australasian College of Surgeons Course Task Force

(2009–2010 [Chair]); AAS Foundation Board of Directors (2008–2010, 2011–2012); Leadership Committee (2006–2008 [Co-Chair, 2007–2008]); Committee on Issues (2004–2006 [Chair, 2005–2006]); Program Committee (2001–2003)

Peter R. Nelson, M.D., M.S.

Chair, Program Committee (2011–2013); Nominating Committee (2009–2010); Co-Chair, Leadership Committee (2008–2010); Co-Chair, AAS Career Development Course (2008–2010); AAS Visiting Professor, Younger Fellows, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (2009); Chair, Membership Committee (2006–2008); Membership Committee (2003–2006); Institutional Representative (2005–2007)

Fiemu E. Nwariaku, M.D.

President (2007–2008)

Timothy M. Pawlik, M.D., M.P.H

Treasurer (2010–2013); Deputy Treasurer (2009–2010);

Councilor (2007–2009)

Carla M. Pugh, M.D., Ph.D.

Councilor (2010–2012); Nominating Committee Member

(2009–2010); Education Committee Co-Chair (2008–2009);

Education Committee Member (2007–2008)

Taylor S. Riall, M.D., Ph.D.

Councilor (2009–2011); Membership Committee (2008–2009);

AAS Program Committee (2007–2008)

C. Max Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D., MBA

AAS Treasurer (2007–2010); AAS Foundation Secretary-

Treasurer (2010–2011); Coordinator, AAS French College of Surgeons Inaugural Course (2009–2011); AAS-SUS Conflict of Interest Committee (2009–2010);AAS Foundation (2007–2011); Chair, AAS Audit Committee (2007–2010); AAS Institutional Representative (2007–2010); AAS Program Committee (2006–

2007); AAS Committee on Issues (2002–2004)

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Margaret L. Schwarze, M.D.

Ethics Committee Chair (2009–2011)

Julie Ann Sosa, M.A., M.D.

AAS Recorder (2011–2013); AAS Representative to the American College of Surgeons Surgical Research Committee (2009–2011)

Christoph Troppmann, M.D.

Councilor (2010–2012); Program Committee (2008–2010); Committee on Issues (2006–2008); AAS Program Committee (2003–2006)

Kathrin Troppmann, M.D.

Deputy Treasurer (2008–2009); Education Committee (2001– 2003 [Chair, 2002–2003]);AAS Representative to the AAMC/ Council of Academic Societies (2003–2009); Leadership Committee (2002–2003); Nominating Committee (2002–2003)