Positive Psychology for Residents
by Nikhil Agrawal, MD, and Luke Grome, MD A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bone.Proverbs 17:22 The conversation on burnout in residency focuses on ways to avoid getting […]
September 2019 #PRSJournalClub Wrap-Up: Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction in the Obese: A Better Option Than Tissue Expander/Implant Reconstruction?
by Karan Mehta, MDPlastic Surgery ResidentMontefiore Medical Center The September #PRSJournalClub discusses the important issue of autologous breast reconstruction in the obese population in the article entitled “Microsurgical breast reconstruction in the obese: A better option […]
“I Thought I Matched into Plastics!” – A Guide to General Surgery Internship
by David Chi, MD, PhD1, and Rami Sherif, MD2 1WashU Plastic Surgery 2Michigan Plastic Surgery Congratulations to the new wave of plastic surgery residents! …now welcome to general surgery. All plastic surgery interns and most […]
August 2019 #PRSJournalClub Wrap-Up: Survival Following Self-Inflicted Gunshots to the Face
by Rami S. Kantar, MD, M.P.H.Surgery ResidentThe University of Maryland Medical System/R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center The August edition of #PRSJournalClub provided an excellent discussion of an important PRS article entitled “Survival Following Self-Inflicted […]
How to Present an Article for Journal Club
by Jonathan Miller, MD1 and Jeremy Powers, MD2 1 PGY3 Resident, Virginia Commonwealth University Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency 2 PGY6 Chief Resident, Virginia Commonwealth University Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Presenting an article at journal club […]
Excelling in Your Surgical Rotations
by Allyson R. Alfonso, BS, BA1 and Ira L. Savetsky, MD2 1 Medical Student, NYU School of Medicine; Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU Langone Health 2 Plastic Surgery Resident, Hansjörg Wyss Department of […]
July 2019 #PRSJournalClub Wrap-Up: Microvascular Reconstruction of the Nose
by Marten Basta, MDPlastic Surgery ResidentBrown University, Providence, RI The July edition of #PRSJournalClub provided an excellent discussion of an important topic in Plastic Surgery in the PRS article entitled “Microvascular Reconstruction of the Nose […]
Millard and Gillies’ 8th Commandment of Plastic Surgery: “Thou Shalt Not Do Today What Thou Canst Put Off Until Tomorrow”
by Or Friedman, MDDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel Millard reported on his mentor Sir Harold Gillies’ “ten commandments of plastic surgery” […]
June 2019 #PRSJournalClub Wrap-Up: Surgery for Symptomatic Neuroma: Anatomic Distribution and Predictors of Secondary Surgery
by Zeshaan N. Maan, MD, MScPlastic Surgery ResidentStanford University The June edition of #PRSJournalClub provided an excellent discussion of an important patient safety PRS article entitled “Surgery for Symptomatic Neuroma: Anatomic Distribution and Predictors of […]
Finding Ithaca: Our Personal Odyssey Towards Meaningfulness During Residency
by Efstathios Karamanos, MD; Bao-Quynh Julian, MD; and Amita Shah, MD, PhD Joy at work? To most of us it might sound like an oxymoron. But it is not impossible. In reality, joy at work […]
