Prehospital combo of blood transfusion+TXA associated with reduced 30-day mortality, while prehospital blood associated with reduced 24-hour mortality in secondary analysis of the #STAAMP trial #JoTACS Joshua B PittTrauma/AcuteCare Pitt Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center UPMC EMS Fellowship journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Fullte…

Lives are saved when emergency medical responders perform needle chest decompression on trauma patients before or upon arrival at a trauma center, new research in JAMA Surgery by PittTrauma/AcuteCare & UPMC emergency medicine doctors finds. Francis X UPMC EMS Fellowship jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

Minimizing time from injury to advanced resuscitative methods is critical for bleeding patients; this time is prehospital! Andrew-Paul Deeb, MD MSc #AAST2022 #SurgTwitter #MedEd #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #MedStudent

Andrew-Paul Deeb, MD MSc presenting his work showing time to initiate advanced resuscitation for hemorrhage after injury is critical, whether at the trauma center in urban environment or in the field in rural areas with longer prehospital times. Pitt Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center PittTrauma/AcuteCare Pitt Surgery UPMC EMS Fellowship

Ecstatic to match at my #1 & train w my co-fellows in #colorectalsurgery with the best AdventHealth Central Florida ☀️Many thanks to my journey mentors Pitt Surgery DrMedich Jenn Holder-Murray Joshua Brown @hangrynades Kellie Elizabeth Cunningham MD John Monson MD FRCS FACS FASCRS Fergal Fleming Todd 0x-Lewis

Proud to play a part in patient care at UPMC. beckershospitalreview.com/patient-safety… Pitt Surgery UPMC Jenn Holder-Murray

The ominous sequelae of severe injury starts at time zero. Minutes matter in advanced trauma resuscitation. Pitt Surgery Joshua Brown PRODCTS Lab UPMC Jason Sperry Francis X

❇️Best of Trauma❇️ Increasing time to early resuscitative intervention in hemorrhagic shock after injury assoc w/ increasing 30d & 24h mortality–suggests early resuscitation initiation is key & crucial to start in the field if prehospital time prolonged journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Fullte…

It’s Goldilocks. Prehospital blood products are not always available… particularly by ground EMS. Still a chance to optimize survival with crystalloid. Pitt Surgery Joshua Brown Francis X Jason Sperry PRODCTS Lab journals.lww.com/journalacs/Abs…

A new JACS study provides an optimal range of prehospital crystalloid resuscitation for EMS clinicians to target in trauma patients with hemorrhage, particularly when blood products are not available. Read the full article at: journals.lww.com/journalacs/Ful…

Fantastic opening session at #OCC2023. Multidisciplinary & excellent panel discussion. AdventHealthMD John Monson MD FRCS FACS FASCRS Mark Soliman, MD, MBA George Nassif Jr DO FACS FASCRS Navin Changoor Matthew Albert Teresa deBeche-Adams, MD, FACS, FASCRS Norbert Garcia-Henriquez Chris Aquina Mohamedtaki A. Tejani Ryan William Day, MD

Talking shop with experts in the field. #MDT #OCC2023

Kono-S …in a step up from YouTube 🔥 Mark Soliman, MD, MBA & Lateral Pelvic LN Dissection Matthew Albert #OCC2023 AdventHealthMD Lindsey Bridges Yaniv Zager Katherine Specht Meagan Derbyshire

Excellent JAMA Surgery review article on the current and possible future role of liquid biopsy/ctDNA in the care of patients with colorectal cancer: -Screening/diagnosis -Need for adjuvant chemo -Post-resection surveillance Candidacy for watch-and-wait? jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

“No time like the present”…JM shared w me as a college student embarking on research ⏩⏩ Pitt Surgery to AdventHealth Central Florida CRS fellowship…13y later operating together. Masterclass in mentorship John Monson MD FRCS FACS FASCRS friend and teacher. Sets a high bar…right where it should be 👊🏻.

HOT JTACS article of 2023. Time to strategic resuscitation matters 🩸! Joshua Brown mentor extraordinaire. Pitt Surgery

Remarkable address by an extraordinary mentor and leader as Society of University Surgeons (SUS) LTAA - Dr Billiar highlighting the incredible environment of academic surgery at University of Pittsburgh and UPMC that has kept him in the “flow” of academic excellence for 25+ years #ASC2024

Fortunate & proud to have been trained by him and all those Pitt Surgery. Congrats Timothy R Billiar !

Kudos to Dr. Anita Courcoulas for her pioneering publication unveiling the enduring advantages of #BariatricSurgery for patients grappling with #diabetes. A significant step forward in the realm of medical research! UPMC Physician Resources UPMC NIH NIDDK University of Pittsburgh @PittCTSI

Timely - TTSS. Katherine Specht 0x-Lewis