The Cutting Edge: An AAST Podcast

About The Cutting Edge: An AAST Podcast

Dive into the dynamic world of trauma, acute care, and emergency general surgery with 'The Cutting Edge,' a podcast created by surgeons, for surgeons. Brought to you by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, join us as we explore interviews with industry experts, dissect cutting-edge technologies, and uncover the human side of life beyond the operating room. Stay ahead of the curve with The Cutting Edge, where every episode equips surgeons with essential knowledge for the modern medical landscape.

Publisher

The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 May 2024

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Chest Wall Injury

   In this episode of the AAST Cutting Edge Podcast, host Dr. Caroline Park and co-moderator Dr. Susan Kartiko are joined by Dr. Christina Colosimo and guest Dr. Ron Gross, a foundational figure in chest wall injury surgery and original author of three ACS courses, to discuss surgical rib fixation and the evolving management of chest wall injuries. Dr. Gross traces the field from its earliest skeptics to the robust body of evidence now supporting SSRF in appropriately selected patients, grounded...

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   20 Years of Building the AAST: Sharon Gautschy's Story

   In this special episode of the AAST Cutting Edge Podcast, Communications Committee Chair Dr. Shannon Foster sits down with Sharon Gautschy to celebrate her 20th anniversary as Executive Director of the AAST. What started as a staff of one with a single annual meeting has grown under Sharon's leadership into an organization of 17 committees, two journals, a thriving acute care surgery program, and a research infrastructure that has reshaped the field. That growth, she'll tell you, was never ac...

3. 

   7 Sept 2026

   AAST President Dr. Kimberly Davis on Career, Leadership, and Knowing When to Say No

   In this episode of the AAST Cutting Edge Podcast, host Dr. Caroline Park and co-moderators Dr. Najiha Farooqi and Dr. Susan Kartiko sit down with AAST President Dr. Kimberly Davis for a candid conversation about navigating an academic surgery career from first year attending to the most seasoned among us. Dr. Davis speaks with the kind of honesty that only comes from 30 years in the field: the clinical creep that derailed her research career early on, the chair interviews she walked away from...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

8,623

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

30

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

32

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