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Mentorship: Why more vascular surgeons should consider mentoring young minds
Addressing challenges of diversity and inclusion within medical schools and the larger physician workforce should begin with a conversation about the intrinsic barriers to higher education. In an economic analysis report of medical school matriculants published by the AAMC, it…
Journey of a trainee surgeon-scientist: Mentorship, passion and the importance of parallel projects
In August, University of Michigan general surgery resident W. James Melvin, MD, picked up the coveted Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation Resident Research Award for work investigating the role of the enzyme SETDB2 in diabetes patients infected with COVID-19.…
Honor mentors with gift to SVS Foundation
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members can honor their mentors in a wonderful and consequential way by making a donation to the SVS Foundation in their mentors’ honor. Several members did just that for National Doctors’ Day, with $3,100 in…
Vascular surgeons encouraged to participate in Mentor Match Program
An American politician from the 1800s named John C. Crosby once said, “Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen and a push in the right direction.” Currently, there are nearly 150 medical students and general surgery residents…
Which one are you: Giver, sharer, taker or matcher?
Throughout our careers—indeed even in our personal lives—we struggle to achieve a proper balance between being a giver, sharer, taker or matcher. Adam Grant, a professor specializing in organizational psychology in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,…