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Clinical Congress Lecturer Discusses Academic Surgery’s “Second Renaissance”

February 28, 2023

The latest episode of the ACS House of Surgery podcast features Omaida C. Velazquez, MD, FACS, a vascular surgeon in Miami, FL. Dr. Velazquez delivered the Clinical Congress 2022 Olga M. Jonasson Lecture during which she said that academic surgery is entering a “second renaissance,” where enlightenment and progress on diversification will lead to greatly improved patient care.