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Editorial
. 2024 Feb:228:297-298.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.09.016. Epub 2023 Sep 14.

First-generation physicians: The pursuit of academic surgery

Gina Lepore  1 , Jane Long  2 , Yanick Tade  2 , Nikhil R Shah  2 , Gilbert Murimwa  2 , Kelsey Montgomery  2 , Alexis P Chidi  2
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Editorial

First-generation physicians: The pursuit of academic surgery

Gina Lepore et al. Am J Surg. 2024 Feb.
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