JAMA Surgery Health Services Research Manuscript Training Program

The goal of the Surgical Outcomes Club (SOC) – JAMA Surgery Health Services Research (HSR) Manuscript Reviewer Training Program is to provide an avenue for graduating trainees and early career surgical investigators to be effective reviewers of research papers under the guidance of prolific and experienced mentors and advisors.

Program Highlights

*Only faculty are eligible to be peer reviewers for JAMA Surgery. Graduating trainees will need to be appointed faculty before they can be peer reviewers.

Objectives

Upon completion of the program, fellows will be able to:

Program Expectations

    Who May Apply

    Application Process

    Applications for the 2026–2027 cycle will open in March 2026.

    Applicants must submit the application form along with the following:

    • Current copy of your curriculum vitae
    • A one-page statement of interest, including:

    2025 - 2026 Cohort

    Katherine Moll Reitz, MD, MSc
    University of Pittsburg Medical Center
    2025 – 2026

    Jamie E Anderson, MD, MPH
    University of California, Davis
    2025 – 2026

    Tandis Soltani, MD
    Loma Linda University Health
    2025 – 2026

    PROGRAM ALUMNI

    Aimal Khan, MD
    Vanderbilt University
    2024 – 2025

    Rhami Khorfan, MD
    Loma Linda University
    2024 – 2025

    Meg Smith, MD
    University of Colorado
    2024 – 2025

    Kristy Broman, MD
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    2023 – 2024

    Adrienne Cobb, MD
    Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
    2023 – 2024

    Thuy Tran, MD
    UCI Health
    2023 – 2024