By 2032, the U.S. will lack as many as 23,000 surgeons, according to the report. The impending shortage has led to new legislation being introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Hours on my feet as a neurosurgeon and the aches and pains from extra weight forced me to make major lifestyle changes.
After winning an outstanding resident award, Christopher Mussman, DO, shares his advice on how to get the surgery residency you really want.
General surgeon Timothy Burandt, DO, spent two months treating patients at an emergency field hospital.
Robert Zondervan, OMS IV, combines medical knowledge with business acumen to take his idea from vision to reality.
Marie Budev, DO, MPH, leads one of the world’s most successful lung transplant programs. Here’s what she wants primary care docs to know.
Alongside physicians and real-life first responders, students perform simulated surgeries on actors wearing special effects-inspired cut suits.
AOA board-certified surgeon Albert H. Yurvati, DO, has become an expert in identifying the xiphoid process as the source of mysterious pain for many patients.