Building the House of Surgical Education: The Legacy of Dr. Ajit Sachdeva

Podcast: Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast · Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Opublikowano: 2026-08-31

What does it take to build a national surgical education apparatus from scratch? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Ajit Sachdeva, the former Senior Vice President for Education at the American College of Surgeons—a role he held for 24 years before passing the torch in fall 2025. When Dr. Sachdeva arrived at the ACS in 2001, there was no division, no script, and almost no structure. Over the course of his tenure, he created an ecosystem that now touches surgeons at every stage of their careers, from the first year of medical school to the last year of practice. Dr...