I am THRILLED to have Dr. Vazquez as part of our team at UF Surgery. We are so fortunate!

Don’t mistake silence for apathy. When people are quiet, they’re often busy thinking and learning. Extraverts like to process ideas by talking them through. Introverts prefer to reflect before they speak. I'm not disengaged. I'm listening to your views and formulating mine.

JAMA Surgery Web Editor TXAggieBurnDoc and author Seema A. Khan, MD, discuss "Presurgical Oral Tamoxifen vs Transdermal 4-Hydroxytamoxifen in Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: A Randomized Clinical Trial." ja.ma/3Qs6kRf

This #VeteransDay, we extend our gratitude to all of our UF Surgery members who served, and now help care for patients across UF Health.

Friends who are journal editors: please do not have your settings so that reviewers are auto-chased less than 36 hours (on a weekend) after an initial invitation for a review. It will automatically result in some of us saying no, even if the article sounds interesting to us.

Thank YOU for an amazing couple of days. Always good to see my burn family and it was lovely to catch up with Caprice Greenberg!

Reflecting on the year open.substack.com/pub/amaliacoch…

JAMA Surgery partnered with Association for Surgical Education to create this Guide to Statistics and Methods in Surgical Education Research. TXAggieBurnDoc, Dimitrios Stefanidis, and Melina Kibbe introduce the collection. ja.ma/3NQid1F

This practical guide to statistics and methods introduces the selection and application of qualitative research in surgical education. ja.ma/4aEKT7D

So proud of Dr. Polcz and her hard work. #WhyUFSurgery

This morning we UF Surgery UF Surgery Residents had the tremendous honor of hosting Dr Rachel Kelz Rachel PennSurgery as a visiting professor to share a spectacular Grand Rounds on "Next Generation Academic Surgery" Thank you Gilbert Upchurch and TXAggieBurnDoc for supporting this

Most viewed JAMA Surgery article: Is the intersection of race and ethnicity and sex associated with the career trajectory of academic surgeons? ja.ma/3SSYHmW

Come join us! Great science presented in even better locations with some of the very best people.

Hiring for potential, not just accomplishments brings diverse ideas. TXAggieBurnDoc emphasizes that in #surgery, hiring similar individuals undermines #DEI efforts. Change must start at the top. Learn more in this episode of #TheIntentionalSurgeon here: spoti.fi/4aY86Rl

Quite a bit of nostalgia in this for music lovers of a certain age...R.E.M. was definitely part of my college soundtrack.

Last night we celebrated our six phenomenal chief residents. They are all off to do amazing things in the field of surgery. Congratulations on your graduation, we could not be prouder! UF Surgery #whyUFsurgery Andrea N. Riner, MD, MPH Erik Anderson Brittany Fenner Dijoia Darden

I loved getting to talk with you and Lauren Janczewski, MD, MS about this!

And what about childless, postmenopausal cat (and dog) ladies? Hell hath no fury like this demographic...

Authors Philip de Reuver and Daan Comes discuss "Restrictive Strategy vs Usual Care for Cholecystectomy in Patients With Gallstones and Abdominal Pain: 5-Year Follow-Up of the SECURE Randomized Clinical Trial" with JAMA Surgery Web Editor TXAggieBurnDoc. ja.ma/4dw9SLy

In case we needed evidence that bad behavior has no place in the OR or ICU or...well, anywhere we are taking care of humans. Thank you, Adam Grant.