Dr. Laszlo Kiraly virtually interviews Scott Sherry PA-C FCCM, Lead Trauma/Emergency General Surgery Advanced Practice Provider at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. Career pathways and development for Advanced Practice Providers are discussed with a focus on professional development and achieving academic rank as an Advanced Practice Provider in trauma and acute care surgery.

In this EAST Careercast, Dr. Laszlo Kiraly interviews Dr. Albert Chi, Associate Professor of Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University, on developing a career involving engineering innovation in the setting of trauma surgery. Dr. Chi shares his insights into a unique career path that has allowed him to lead the development of remarkable bionic prosthetic devices. This field integrates surgery, software engineering, biomedical engineering, rehabilitation, orthopedics, and more. Dr. Chi details his career steps, the unique technical innovations in his field, and advice for future innovators.

In this EAST Careercast sponsored by  the EAST’ Burn Surgery Ad Hoc Task Force, Dr. Callie Thompson interviews Dr. Amalia Cochran on her career and experiences as a Burn Surgeon. Dr. Cochran gives insight on avenues to a career in burn surgery, tips for medical students and residents interested in the field, and discusses the importance of mentorship in early career development. Drs. Cochran and Thompson also discuss how burn and trauma surgeons can collaborate and what the future of burn surgery might look like.

In this EAST Careercast, Dr. Zaffer Qasim explores the evolving role of Emergency Medicine-Surgical Critical Care Specialists.  Dr. Qasim interviews Dr. Tiffany Osborn, the first full female Professor of Surgery and EM at Barnes Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri and Dr. Zac Ginsberg, Medical Director of the SICU and Emergency Physician at Kettering Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.  Both discuss their respective paths from fellowship to job search and career advancement.  Drs. Osborn and Ginsberg provide important points as to why EM-SCC physicians form a unique and important part of the health system.In the podcast, Dr. Osborn references the following resources related to career and mentoring:Mentorship: Through the Looking Glass Into Our Future by Tiffany Medlin Osborn, MD Ann Emerg Med August 1999;34:285-289.Get the Job You Really Want by James Caan - Goodreads

In part two of the EAST Military Committee supported Careercast, Military Committee Co-Chair, Dr. Stephanie Streit (Major, USAF) talks with Dr. Joshua Corsa, a private practice trauma surgeon and member of the Florida National Guard. Dr. Corsa was also a resident in house during the Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting. Dr. Corsa discusses his experience as a medic on the enlisted side of the Army prior to medical school as well as why he chose to go back in to the service as a trauma surgeon. Additionally, he shares what his recent deployement with an Army Reserve surgical team, the 1st deployment of its kind for a National Gaurd Surgeon was like.  The views expressed here are those of Dr. Streit and Dr. Corsa and do not necessarily represent those of the DOD, the DHA, the USAF or US Army.

This EAST Careercast is supported by the EAST Military Committee and is part 1 of a 2 part series on the Surgeon experience in the Reserves and the National Guard components of the US Army.  In part 1, Military Committee co-chair, Dr. Stephanie Streit (Major, USAF), talks to Dr. Scott Armen, the chief of trauma at Penn State University. Dr. Armen joined the Army Reserves after September 11th, 2001. He has served in many roles and deployed multiple times. He now serves as the Consultant to the Surgeon General of the Army Reserves for Trauma and General Surgery as well as the commander of the 629th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Team. He is the expert on what it means to be a surgeon in the reserves and gives insight into how and why to consider serving as a reserve surgeon.The views expressed here are those of Dr. Streit and Dr. Armen and do not necessarily represent those of the DOD, the DHA, the USAF or US Army.

In this Careercast, Dr. Salina Wydo interviews Dr. Paula Ferrada on exploring the gender and diversity gap in trauma surgery.  Dr. Ferrada shares her personal experiences, as well as insights and practical advice on improving inclusivity in our community, and encourages individual surgeons to succeed by “[doing] what you want not to spite them, but in spite of them.”For more information on the topic, please visit the joint AWS/EAST Careercast #45 on the Importance of Mentoring Other additional reading:Abelson JS, Chartrand G, Moo T, et al. The climb to break the glass ceiling in surgery: trends in women progressing from medical school to surgical training and academic leadership from 1994 to 2015. Am J Surg. 2016;212:566-572.Valsangkar N, Fecher AM, Rozycki G, et al. Understanding the barriers to hiring and promoting women in surgical subspecialties. JACS. 2016;223(2):387-398.Cochran A, Hauschild T, Elder W, et al. Perceived gender-based barriers to careers in academic surgery. Am J Surg. 2013;206:263-268.Sexton KW, Hocking KM, Wise et al. Women in academic surgery: the pipeline is busted. Journal of Surgical Education. 2012;69(1):84-90.Yu PT, Parsa PV, Hassanien O, et al. Minorities struggle to advance in academic medicine: a 12-y review of diversity at the highest levels of America’s teaching institutions. Journal of Surgical Research. 2013;182:212-218Abelson JS, Symer MM, Yeo HL, et al. Surgical time out: our counts are still short on racial diversity in academic surgery. Am J Surgery. 2018;215:542-548.ACGME Residents and Fellows by Sex and Specialty, 2015

In this EAST Careercast, Dr. Ruby Skinner interviews Dr. Jamie Coleman of the Ernest E. Moore Shock Trauma Center, on critical aspects pertaining to early career advancement.  Dr. Coleman discusses the first academic  job change and how mentorship, networking and developing unique research, clinical and outreach activities impact career advancement.

In this Careercast, Dr. Salina Wydo interviews Dr. Anne Mosenthal on developing skills/expanding on an interest in palliative care in the surgical ICU.  Dr. Mosenthal  gives insight on options for training in palliative care, applying the palliative care skill set to clinical care, as well as shares her expertise on how to impact the culture of the surgical ICU.  We also discuss additional resources for practitioners to expand their skill set. For residents and fellows:American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training:  Developing Your Interest in Palliative CareSurgical Palliative Care: A Resident’s Guide  For faculty:American College of Surgeons (ACS) Communities, Surgical Palliative Care Center of Palliative Care, Harvard Medical School – Practical Aspects of Palliative Care, Palliative Care Education and Practice  Center to Advance Palliative Care GeriPal Podcast “Palliative Care in Trauma: Violence and the Ethics of Care,” Dr. Anne Mosenthal, MacLean Center For Medical Ethics

The Association for Women Surgeons (AWS) and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) have teamed up in this podcast to discuss the importance of the EAST Mentoring Program and to discuss the importance of women mentoring other women in surgery.  We are joined by Dr. Marie Crandall and Dr. Cassandra White, whose mentoring relationship began in the EAST program in 2017.