Pre-Meeting
non-CME
Amanda Kong, MD, MS
Professor of Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Disclosure information not submitted.
Dan Blazer, III, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
These optional courses are designed to benefit members of the Society and SSO 2023 attendees with an emphasis practical information for the practicing surgeon. Registrants also wishing to attend SSO 2023 are required to pay the full meeting registration fee
The SSO Training Committee organized this workshop to complement the topics covered at Fellows Institute. Open to all fellows.
Registration Fee: $165 SSO Members | $190 Non-members (Lunch will be provided)
Building on career development topics from SSO’s popular Fellows Institute event, this workshop will focus on areas such as strengthening your CV, negotiating your contract, developing mentoring relationships, and building a clinical practice. The workshop culminates in a panel discussion about the differences in working in a private practice versus academic setting. Faculty will speak to personal experiences, and there will be opportunities for Q &A with attendees. Open to all fellows and trainees. Open to all fellows. Lunch will be provided. A detailed agenda will be emailed to registrants.
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss methods of strengthening and building your CV for job placement and promotion.
2. Describe the role of networking and how it relates to career and personal growth.
3. Identify strategies for negotiating for your first job.
Pre-Meeting Presenter: Monica Morrow, MD, FACS – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Pre-Meeting Presenter: Matthew HG Katz, MD (he/him/his) – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Pre-Meeting Presenter: Kiran K. Turaga, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Yale University
Faculty Panel: Nathalie Johnson
Faculty Panel: Melissa Hogg, MD, MS, Clinical Professor of Surgery UChicago (she/her/hers) – NorthShore
Faculty Panel: Margo Shoup, MD, MBA, FSSO – Orlando Health Cancer Institute
Faculty Panel: Alyssa D. Throckmorton, MD – BMG Memphis Breast Care
Faculty Panel: Dan Blazer, III, MD – Duke University Medical Center
Faculty Panel: Ugwuji N. Maduekwe, MD, MPH – Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
Faculty Panel: Ryan Merkow, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
Pre-Meeting Presenter: Jennifer Tseng
Pre-Meeting Presenter: Rebecca A. Snyder, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Pre-Meeting Presenter: Michael Cassidy, MD – Boston University School of Medicine
Pre-Meeting Presenter: Herbert Chen, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham