Cary B. Aarons
@CBA_98
Colon & Rectal Surgeon @ Columbia University Irving Medical Center// Program Director, General Surgery Residency// Vice Chair of Education
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Congratulations to our superstar chief resident class on their fellowship matches #FellowshipMatchUpdate @ColumbiaSurgery @tssathe @lschleim

Can’t say enough good things about getting involved with @EAST_TRAUMA !!
🎥 Meet Dr. Courtney Pokrzywa (@CourtneyPokrz37), a first-year fellow at the Medical College of Wisconsin and proud EAST member! 💬 “Mentorship has truly played a pivotal role in my training. This was one of the primary reasons I wanted to get involved in EAST.” Her involvement…
Exploring the Value of Peer Letters of Recommendation in the Holistic Review of Surgery Residency Applications: A Qualitative Study #GenSurgMatch2026 #FutureSurgeon #MedEd #SurgeryLife #SurgicalResidency #Match2026 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40527721/
Columbia Surgery representing at #SEW2025. @CaitSilvestri and medical student, Samantha Lai,discussing our work on better understanding Program Signaling and Peer Letters of Recommendation in residency recruitment @APDSurgery @ColumbiaSurgery #APDS2025


Another stellar class of incoming interns @ColumbiaSurgery. Welcome to the team! We are excited to have you join us. #Match2025 #GenSurgMatch

Another great recruitment cycle for @ColumbiaSurgery 🎊🥳🤗🎉🍾
Another stellar class of incoming interns @ColumbiaSurgery. Welcome to the team! We are excited to have you join us. #Match2025 #GenSurgMatch
Another stellar class of incoming interns @ColumbiaSurgery. Welcome to the team! We are excited to have you join us. #Match2025 #GenSurgMatch

7️⃣ Final Takeaway 🔹 pLORs don’t replace tLORs—they complement them. 🔹 They offer a richer, more personal view of applicants, key as residency selection shifts to holistic review. 8️⃣ Should programs request pLORs moving forward? What do you think? Let’s discuss ⬇️
#Match2025 #MedEd #GME
Happy Match Week! Best wishes to all #Match2025 participants!
Interested in Surgical Education? We are accepting applications for our Thomas C. King Surgical Education Fellowship @ColumbiaSurgery. Apply online forms.gle/QLoBtfQXNmX2sd…. Anticipated start date: June 30th, 2025
Excited to be moderating this! Come one, come all! @jasonryanmd @McGrawHillK12 @boardsandbeyond
Is your New Year's resolution to be a better healthcare educator or researcher? 🤔 Start 2025 strong by attending our first P.E.E.R.S. Webinar on January 15th: Building Research Mentorship for the New Investigator! 🎯 Lots of HIGH-YIELD resources to be distributed during the…
Congratulations to our superstar chief resident class on their fellowship matches #FellowshipMatchUpdate @ColumbiaSurgery @meghal_shah1 @SophieMayeux1 @HakkiLynn @BruestleKarina

@NwigweViemma with a 2nd presentation at #ACSCC2024! We objectively evaluated AI versus human-generated composite narrative for surgery clerkship students. TLDR - using the QuAL score, AI was non-inferior to human-generated composites, and often times was superior!
Our surgical education fellow @CaitSilvestri delivering an excellent presentation on AI-generated ILPs for med students @ColumbiaSurgery @SurgEdFellows #ACSCC24

Join us for the upcoming GME Diversity Open House to learn more about our incredible training programs @nyphospital @ColumbiaSurgery

Dr. Andrea Gillis has been selected for a National Cancer Institute (@theNCI) Health Disparities Research LRP award. Help us congratulate her!
Ecstatic but not surprised! @DrAndreaGillis1 is a force and I’m so proud to call her both a friend and partner @UABSurgery! @TheAAES @AcademicSurgery
Dr. Andrea Gillis has been selected for a National Cancer Institute (@theNCI) Health Disparities Research LRP award. Help us congratulate her!
Ariel Nehemiah, MD MS was awarded the @NationalMedAssn Council of Concerns of Women Physicians 2024 Women to Watch Award, at the annual Muriel Petioni MD luncheon in New York this past weekend