Dr. Matthew Chia (@chia_md)is an integrated vascular surgery resident at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.  He is currently in his research years working on a T32 NIH grant and has been involved with the vascular surgery extension of the SECOND trial under the mentorship of Dr. Karl Bilimoria and Dr. Dawn Coleman.

Dr. Dawn Coleman (@ColemanDM_vasc) is an associate professor of surgery at the University of Michigan and is the Program Director of the Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency Program and Fellowship.  She is a returning guest and spoke with us previously about her amazing work with the SVS Wellness Taskforce, for which she is chair.

Important Links

• http://www.thesecondtrial.org/
• [email protected]
• Northwestern Vascular Surgery Scientist Training Program

Further Reading

• Bilimoria KY, Chung JW, Hedges LV, et al. National Cluster-Randomized Trial of Duty-Hour Flexibility in Surgical Training. N Engl J Med 2016;374:713-27
• Hu Y-Y, Ellis RJ, Hewitt DB, et al. Discrimination, Abuse, Harassment, and Burnout in Surgical Residency Training. N Engl J Med 2019;381:1741-52.
• Khorfan R, Yuce TK, Love R, et al. Cumulative Effect of Flexible Duty-hour Policies on Resident Outcomes: Long-term Follow-up Results From the FIRST Trial. Ann Surg 2020;271:791-8.
• Zhang LM, Ellis RJ, Ma M, et al. Prevalence, Types, and Sources of Bullying Reported by US General Surgery Residents in 2019. JAMA 2020;323:2093-5.
• Davila VJ, Meltzer AJ, Hallbeck MS, Stone WM, Money SR. Physical discomfort, professional satisfaction, and burnout in vascular surgeons. J Vasc Surg 2019;70:913-20.e2.