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Promotion simply defined focuses on (1) the concept of advancement, but more broadly includes (2) the encouragement of progress, growth, or acceptance of something, and (3) advertisement for that advancement. This three-tiered definition is consistent with the concept of promotion in the realm of academic surgery. For us, promotion is not only the primary metric of recognition for professional advancement, but also the very enticement for the hard work and accomplishment along the way. Ultimately, the advertisement or publicity comes with the use of your professional title on your CV, your business cards, and in other business interactions within the medical field. Promotion, by way of advancement of this professional title from instructor to assistant professor, to associate professor, and eventually to full professor, then serves as the gauge of progress along the time continuum that makes up one’s academic surgical career (Fig. 2.1).
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I would like to acknowledge lectures given at the AAS Fall Courses over the years on topics covered in this chapter by the following surgeons: Drs. Charles Balch, Anees Chagpar, Herbert Chen, N. Joseph Espat, Clark Gamblin, Steven Hughes, James McGinty, George Sarosi, C. Max Schmidt, Sharon Weber, and Stephen Yang.
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Nelson, P.R. (2011). Timeline for Promotion/Overview of an Academic Career. In: Chen, H., Kao, L. (eds) Success in Academic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-313-8_2
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