Career Development

#157, S3: Gaining Self Awareness and Other Awareness

Learn how you communicate with others can be interpreted in many ways and gain a better understanding of yourself and others.

1 hr

#156, S3: The Power of Saying No

Do you find it difficult to say no to people? Do you tend to put others' needs before your own?

1 hr. 4 min.

The STS Leadership Institute: A Year of Growth

One attendee's reflection on the STS Leadership Institute and his invaluable discoveries from the year-long course.

Sep 7, 2023

4 min read

Dr. Hassan A. Tetteh

#155, S3: Building Resilience thru Purpose

In this episode, Dr. Michael Maddaus talks with Rob Cross, professor of global leadership, Babson College, cofounder and director of the Connected Commons, and author of Beyond Collaboration Overload and The Microstress Effect, about the microstresses we experience every day that are impacting our work, relationships and ability to live well. Learn what high performers are doing differently to manage microstresses.

55 min.

2024 Lung Transplant Symposium

A pre-meeting symposium on surgical and medical insights for transplant assessment and management

Early Career Journey: Growing and Learning from Bad Outcomes

This webinar aims to help early career surgeons navigate their way through challenging procedures that do not yield the optimum outcome for the patient, support their OR team during these difficult experiences, and process the death of a patient.

This is the first event in a quarterly webinar series for early career surgeons.

Moderators

Reilly D. Hobbs, MD, MBS
University of Utah/Primary Children's Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT

Brian A. Mitzman, MD
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Sep 7, 2023

1 hr.

Pediatric Specialists May Receive $100,000 in Student Loan Forgiveness

A new loan repayment program will support physicians who serve in medically underserved areas.

Jul 12, 2023

2 min read

Derek Brandt, JD, STS Advocacy

TSF Awards and Fellowships

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF), STS's charitable arm, offers grants and scholarships that support much more than research projects. TSF funds travel to learn new skills like structural heart applications and robotics, and can match you with world-class mentors and state-of-the-art technology. The following are just a fraction of the projects awarded in the last year. See the full range of awards.