Gibbon Surgical Review

About This Journal

The Gibbon Surgical Review (GSR) is a non-peer reviewed journal for medical school students to publish articles about the opportunities at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. This biannual journal is headed by the John H. Gibbon Jr. Surgical Society, and focuses around editorial and opinion pieces about some of the exciting surgical opportunities that are developing in the surgery department, and the university in general.

The John H. Gibbon, Jr. Surgical Society (GSS) at Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) at Thomas Jefferson University is a unique student interest group that has been working hard to increase interest in the field of surgery among medical students for the last 37 years. The society has over 400 total active members on a year to year basis, spread across the four-year curriculum. The GSS increases exposure and interest to the surgical field through a unique blend of episodic and longitudinal programming that helps bring together students, residents, and faculty in an educational setting.