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Success in Academic Surgery: Basic Science

  • Success in Academic Surgery: Basic Science is a handy, portable text which offers practical guidance on developing a career within surgical education
  • Written by expert authors from around the world who are members of the Association for Academic Surgery
  • Success in Academic Surgery: Basic Science offers advice on how to review the literature, techniques in the laboratory, statistics, and ethics among other things

Part of the book series: Success in Academic Surgery (SIAS)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. How to Conduct Cell Culture

    • Edward S. Moreira, Nick D. Tsihlis
    Pages 65-82
  3. Modern Techniques for Protein Assessment

    • Vanessa Nomellini, Gregory D. Kennedy
    Pages 83-106
  4. Modern Techniques for DNA and RNA Assessments

    • Benjamin Kautza, Brian S. Zuckerbraun
    Pages 107-126
  5. Utilizing Flow Cytometry Effectively

    • Bruce J. Swearingen, David W. Mathes
    Pages 127-135
  6. Considerations for Immunohistochemistry

    • Gale L. Tang, Wei Zhou
    Pages 137-155
  7. Stem Cells: Are They Pertinent to My Research?

    • Anne C. Fischer
    Pages 157-170
  8. Use of Genetically Engineered Mice for Research

    • Kerry-Ann McDonald, Allan Tsung
    Pages 171-178
  9. Getting Your IACUC Proposal Approved

    • Michael R. Hall, Alan Dardik
    Pages 179-193
  10. Statistics for Bench Research

    • Michael G. House
    Pages 205-213
  11. Ethics in Laboratory Research

    • Rebecca M. Dodson, Timothy M. Pawlik
    Pages 215-233
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 235-242

About this book

Academic surgeons play an essential role in advancing the field and improving the care of patients with surgical disease. As the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Fall Courses (www.aasurg.org) and international courses continue to evolve to address the rapidly expanding scope and complexity of academic surgery, there is a greater need for an accompanying textbook to supplement the material presented in the courses.

Success in Academic Surgery: Basic Science is a unique and portable handbook that focuses on the basic and translational research. It includes new educational materials that are necessary to address not only the rapid evolution and rise of novel research methodologies in basic science and translational research, but also the changing environment for academic surgeons.

Success in Academic Surgery: Basic Science is a valuable text for medical students, surgical residents, junior faculty and others considering a career in surgical research.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This is pocket-sized guide for surgeons contemplating a career in translational or basic science research. It is intended as a primer for surgical trainees considering a scientific career. … Chapters are brief and clearly written, and use black-and-white line drawings and tables to good effect. All of the illustrations reproduce with good quality, including the occasional photographs and color drawings. … This is a quick but important read for surgeons in training considering a career in academic surgery with a significant laboratory component.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Book Reviews, January, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair of Research, Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA, and Co-Chief, Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, USA

    Melina R. Kibbe

  • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, and Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, USA

    Scott A. LeMaire

About the editors

Melina Kibbe, MD is the current AAS President. She is an Associate Professor of Surgery, the Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research, and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Surgery at Northwestern University; co-Chief of the Vascular Surgery service at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, and Director of the Vascular Laboratory at the VA. Dr. Kibbe also serves as Deputy Director for the Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine at Northwestern University. Her research interests focus on nitric oxide vascular biology and developing novel and innovative nitric oxide-based therapies for patients with vascular disease. She has received funds from the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, Department of Veterans Affairs, American Medical Association, and various intramural sources. Her bibliography includes over 130 peer-reviewed manuscripts, review articles, and book chapters, with an emphasis on nitric oxide vascular biology and nitric oxide-based therapies.

Scott LeMaire, MD is the immediate Past President of the AAS. He is a Professor of Surgery and of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, and the Director of Research in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in 1992 and completed residency training in cardiothoracic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in 1999. His research program focuses on organ protection during aortic surgery, genetic aspects of thoracic aortic disease, and molecular mechanisms of aortic degeneration. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education for his research studying the pathobiology of thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissection.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Success in Academic Surgery: Basic Science

  • Editors: Melina R. Kibbe, Scott A. LeMaire

  • Series Title: Success in Academic Surgery

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4736-7

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-4736-7Published: 02 September 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2194-7481

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-749X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 242

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Surgery, Medical Education

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