<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/education-training/fellowship-residency-programs/surgery/blog/2025/aats.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>05/01/2025 12:09:06 PM</pubDate><title>Students Selected as Member for a Day at the AATS Meeting</title><sub-title/><description>The SUNY Downstate Department of Surgery is proud to announce that two Downstate medical students, Jessica Yavner and Steven Medvedovsky, Class of 2026, have been selected to participate in the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Member for a Day Program at the 105th Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington.  </description><author/><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/education-training/fellowship-residency-programs/surgery/_images/blog_photos_2025/med_students.png  " alt="Medical Students"/></image><categories/></item>