A How to Guide for Medical Students

Andrea Gillis is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. After receiving her M.D. from Columbia University and completing surgical residency at Albany Medical Center in New York. She completed endocrine surgery fellowship training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she began her career. Her clinical interests include thyroid cancer, benign thyroid disease, hyperparathyroidism, adrenal disease, and surgical treatment of inherited endocrine syndromes. Dr. Gillis is a health outcome disparities and translational science researcher working in the field of epigenetics, specifically examining differences in gene expression in neuroendocrine tumors by race. She is extramurally funded in order to pursue this work. She is also passionate about surgical education and shoring up the pipeline of talented academic surgeons, she serves as the Associate Clerkship Director in this capacity.

Cary B. Aarons is a Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he is also currently the Program Director for the General Surgery Residency. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC. He then completed his general surgery training at Boston University Medical Center followed by his colorectal surgery fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Aarons has held several roles in education leadership and has a record of research scholarship in surgical education.

安德莉亞·吉利斯（Andrea Gillis）是阿拉巴馬大學伯明罕分校乳腺與內分泌外科的助理教授。她在哥倫比亞大學獲得醫學博士學位後，於紐約的阿爾巴尼醫療中心完成外科住院醫師訓練。隨後，她在阿拉巴馬大學伯明罕分校完成內分泌外科的專科訓練，並在此開始她的職業生涯。她的臨床興趣包括甲狀腺癌、良性甲狀腺疾病、副甲狀腺功能亢進、腎上腺疾病以及遺傳性內分泌綜合症的外科治療。吉利斯醫生是一位健康結果差異和轉譯科學的研究者，專注於表觀遺傳學領域，特別是研究神經內分泌腫瘤中基因表達的種族差異。她獲得外部資助以推進這項工作。她對外科教育充滿熱情，並致力於培養有才華的學術外科醫生，擔任助理實習主任。

凱瑞·B·阿倫斯（Cary B. Aarons）是哥倫比亞大學厄文醫學中心的外科教授，目前也是一般外科住院醫師計畫的主任。他在哈佛大學獲得學士學位，並在華盛頓特區的霍華德大學醫學院獲得醫學學位。隨後，他在波士頓大學醫療中心完成一般外科訓練，並在明尼蘇達州的梅奧診所完成結腸直腸外科專科訓練。阿倫斯醫生在教育領導方面擔任過多個角色，並在外科教育的研究獎學金方面有著良好的紀錄。