Only 10% of recommendations in surgical clinical practice guidelines are supported by high quality evidence. ja.ma/4kaoWlx

Welcome to the incoming AAS leadership team! 🎉 Congratulations to the incoming AAS Officers: ✨ President: Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP (UAB) Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP ✨ President-Elect: Vikas Dudeja, MD (UAB) VIKAS DUDEJA ✨ Recorder: Lesly Dossett, MD (Michigan) ✨ Treasurer: Ashley

Congrats to our lymph node champion Alison Baskin UCSF Surgery UCSF School of Medicine Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Med , these are the pivotal EBUS/EUS and mediastinoscopy studies ATS TO Assembly CHEST The Society of Thoracic Surgeons ACS National Lung Cancer Roundtable GO2 for Lung Cancer The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) Annals of Surgical Oncology rdcu.be/eb2QQ

Great opportunity to learn about and share the latest research in lymph node staging for lung cancer! Thanks Jeffrey Velotta MD FACS for the mentorship and Annals of Surgical Oncology for the opportunity to publish this piece!! The Society of Thoracic Surgeons UCSF Surgery

Check it out 👇👇Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy After Permanent Dual Esophageal Stent Placement The Society of Thoracic Surgeons CTSNet UCSF GS Residency Jeffrey Velotta MD FACS

Great to be here for ACS Cancer Programs Cancer Conference with so many volunteers dedicated to improving the quality of #cancer care for all patients

Deadline extended! There is still time to share the survey on CoC Standards 5.3-5.8 with the surgical residents and surgical oncology fellows in your circle. tinyurl.com/y4py3usn

Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy After Permanent Dual Esophageal Stent Placement This video shows the case of an MIE for stage III GE junction adenocarcinoma following permanent dual esophageal stent placement. Alison Baskin Katemanee Burapachaisri Jeffrey Velotta MD FACS 🔗ow.ly/1alb50VkbfW

Increasing the use of language-concordant discharge instructions in ge... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… cutting edge SURGERY Journal study by Alison Baskin Fernanda Romero-Hernandez Sophia Hernandez Alexis Colley Helena Record MD, MAS Joseph Dao MD, MEd Ian S Soriano 🇵🇭 Tasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPP, MHS Liza Wick ACGME American Board of Surgery

The #CoC is seeking accredited programs to participate in the AESOP pilot study. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/pc3yxfcw

Featured: The Landmark Series: Advances in Preoperative Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging for Non-small Cell #LungCancer (NSCLC) Alison Baskin Jeffrey Velotta MD FACS ow.ly/BQf650Vzew5 Andrew M. Fleming, MD Syed A. Ahmad

Presenting now and newly published in #JTCVS: Early Compliance with Lung Cancer Lymph Node Standard 5.8: An Analysis of 2022 and 2023 Commission on Cancer Site Reviews. Baskin, Boffa, et al. Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcv… #AATS2025 Alison Baskin @leslydossett

Nice work Alison Baskin UCSF Surgery American College of Surgeons showing we have work to do to improve COC 5.8 requiring 3 N2 and 1 N1 lymph node sampling

Viewpoint: A tailored, tiered approach to cancer center accreditation could increase hospital participation by addressing existing barriers and aligning costs with hospital capabilities. ja.ma/43j0hnA Alison Baskin

Big congratulations to my superstar mentor ⭐️ deserving of great celebration!! 👏👏👏Michigan Surgery

Viewpoint: A tailored, tiered approach to cancer center accreditation could increase hospital participation by addressing existing barriers and aligning costs with hospital capabilities. ja.ma/44Kv8LE Alison Baskin

Congrats Alison Baskin UCSF Surgery Kaiser Permanente Research NorCal KPNorthernCal AATS on showing the improved overall survival involving multimodal surgery for pleural mesothelioma vs systemic treatment alone

How has the early implementation of Standard 5.8 in nodal staging during curative-intent lung cancer resections affected patients? Read the analysis of 2022 and 2023 Commission on Cancer site reviews by logging in to your #JTCVS account: doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcv…

Great time at a phenomenal #WTS2025 Conference!! WomenInThoracicSurg So much fun meeting amazing female leaders in thoracic surgery and spending time with role models & mentors from UCSF Surgery Amy G. Fiedler, MD Melissa Coleman Phoebe Miller

Proud to see WomenInThoracicSurg in The New York Times. The challenges highlighted are real, yet our meeting was filled with positivity, momentum, and a commitment to a better future for our mentees, patients, and daughters. Women are wanted and needed in CT surgery! nytimes.com/2025/11/29/hea…