We also celebrated our faculty members! Congratulations to Chee-Chee Stucky for winning the Annual Educator of the Year Award! This award goes to the faculty member who contributed the most to education, training, & professional development as selected by the surgical residents.

Published ahead of print. Read our latest paper on biliary hyperkinesia in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) . Thank you Dr. Jorge for the opportunity. Irving Jorge

13 talks and 5 posters (with manuscripts to come), a new role as assistant professor of HSR, my research year was certainly busy and filled with adventure. I am grateful for Cornelius A. Thiels, Liz Habermann, PhD MPH, Amit K. Mathur, MD MS FACS, Michelle C. Nguyen MD, MPH, friends, & family for their support. Off to grade 24!

Thank you Tulane - Department of Surgery. This is my first academic honor as a surgery resident, and I am extremely grateful for my mentors who put in their time and efforts to teach me.

Check out the following article from Melissa Drezdzon and colleagues MCW Surgery !! journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Here is our international collaborative work on FOLFIRINOX or Gemcitabine-based Chemotherapy for Borderline Resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer ⁦Annals of Surgical Oncology⁩ ⁦Society of Surgical Oncology⁩ ⁦SSAT⁩ ⁦Flavio G Rocha, MD, FACS, FSSO⁩ ⁦ link.springer.com/article/10.124…

Very interesting results. Kavin Sugumar, MD

Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery representing at #SAAS2023! How many of you know what the “B&O” in #B&ORailroad stands for? #AlwaysLearning Patty Lu, MD Akash Kartik Annabelle Fonseca

I wish all meetings were like SAAS, low pressure, great mentorship, networking, and full of learning! SocAsianAcadSurg

So lucky to find a new mentor. Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH thank you for taking me under your wings.

Thank you Dr. Knauer for sharing. Read full manuscript in November issue of Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) out today. Irving Jorge

This study presents exciting findings on biliary hyperkinesia, which can now be defined as biliary symptoms and higher ejection fraction of 81%. Offering cholecystectomy will be the new standard of care improving outcomes and patient care. journals.lww.com/journalacs/ful…

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Pancreatic cancer patients at Mayo Clinic can now receive one of the newest innovative technologies available to fight the lethal disease. Mayo successfully performed its first total robotic Whipple operation.

See you all in Atlanta at my favorite conference #futuresurgonc

Congratulations to our SocAsianAcadSurg Award Winners! Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH from Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery received the Junior Faculty Award and Christy Chai from BCM_Surgery received the Mid Career Award

Check out our new review 📄. Read the full article by clicking on the link. Thank you for the opportunity Adarsh Vijay, MD, FACS Is 🤖 solid organ transplantation the future? ectrx.org/class/ectrx-pd…

Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery Tri-Resident Research Day. Two presentations from each site. Impressive trainees and research going on in AZ, FL, MN. Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery Mayo Clinic Florida General Surgery Program Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery

The Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery group reviews current evidences on the association of bariatric surgery and longitudinal cancer risk, along with its implications on treatment recommendations and future directions. ja.ma/49d0KbQ Pei-Wen Lim MD MS-HPEd FACS | 林佩雯 Chee-Chee Stucky @Zh

Check out our most recent 📝 from Mayo Clinic AZ Department of Surgery. A comprehensive review of management of PNETs. Extremely grateful for all the mentors Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH Chee-Chee Stucky #NabilWasif and co-resident Valerie Armstrong, MD who keeps pushing me to excel. Link 👇 mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/c…