The UAB Department of Surgery started UAB Women in Surgery to provide camaraderie and community for female surgeons and encourage female medical students to choose surgical specialties.
RSVP to the 2017 Women in Surgery Event
The schedule for the 2017 Women in Surgery event is as follows:
April 10, 2017
Wine Loft, Birmingham
| 4-4:30 p.m. | Taylor Riall, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Chief, Division of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology | |
| University of Arizona | |
| 4:30-5 p.m. | Lauren A. Walter, M.D. |
| Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine | |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | |
| 5-7 p.m. | Networking Reception |
April 11, 2017
Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium, UAB
| 7-8 a.m. | Taylor Riall, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Chief, Division of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology | |
| University of Arizona | |
| "The Role of Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence in Surgeon Wellbeing and Optimal Performance" | |
| 8-8:30 a.m. | Mona Fouad, M.D., M.P.H. |
| Senior Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion | |
| Professor and Director, Division of Preventive Medicine | |
| Director, UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center | |
| "Climbing the Mountain of Academic Medicine" | |
| 8:30-9 a.m. | David Rogers, M.D., M.H.P.E. |
| Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development | |
| Professor of Surgery, Medical Education and Pediatrics | |
| Co-Director, UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy | |
| "Some Do-It-Yourself Recommendations for Building a Mentor Team" |
View or download a PDF of the full event agenda.
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The Inaugural Women in Surgery Program was held April 26, 2016. The successful event featured a range of topics including work-life balance, how to be successful in academic surgery and private practice, networking, contract negotiations, and more. Below are videos of many of the lectures presented.
Interested in learning more about future Women in Surgery events? Please sign up below!
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Questions? Email Megan Yeatts