Back at one of my favorite meetings in the greatest city ever :) #NYC #ITSOS2024 AATS The Society of Thoracic Surgeons WomenInThoracicSurg

Our poster with a blue ribbon 🏅😃 come check out our study looking at non-lung cancer related deaths for patients who underwent sublobar vs lobar resection! WomenInThoracicSurg The Society of Thoracic Surgeons AATS #ITSOS2024

Ending my third #ITSOS2024 conference with an oral presentation discussing the differences in clincopathologic features and overall survival in mucinous vs nonmucinois adenocarcinoma. Moderated by Jeffrey Velotta MD FACS! WomenInThoracicSurg The Society of Thoracic Surgeons AATS

Excited to present our work looking at the utilization of neoadjuvant chemo in stage IB NSCLC at ACS clinical congress as well as speaking on a medical student panel to discuss doing research as a surgery resident!

Alexa - play “Baby” by Justin Bieber

Three thoracic surgeons and two generations each incredible human beings- proud to know all three Luis Felipe Tapias, MD Leonidas Tapias, MD 🫁 #STS2025 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

At the 2025 #STS2025 conference in Los Angeles. Congratulations to my mentor Dr Marc Pelletier for winning the Socrates faculty teaching award!! University Hospitals UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute

Excited to be at #STS2025 with some of my awesome mentors! Leonidas Tapias, MD 🫁 Marc Pelletier

So proud of Victoria Wu, MD on her awesome oral presentation at STS! She tackled an important topic in lung cancer screening and showed us that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to lung cancer screening! #STS2025 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons WomenInThoracicSurg

Thankful for the opportunity of the podium at #STS2025 to challenge the dogma surrounding neoadjuvant chemorads and pneumonectomy! Grateful for the mentorship of Dr. Towe and the rest of the UH CT Surgery department UH Department of Surgery The Society of Thoracic Surgeons WomenInThoracicSurg

Doesn’t get better than this!!!! Victoria Wu, MD #DrTowe The Society of Thoracic Surgeons WomenInThoracicSurg that’s a wrap for #STS2025

UH surgery residents represent at #ASC2025 Christina S Boutros Megan Zaiyi Chiu, MD (she/her) Trisha Lal, MD

So proud of my amazing friend! 🩵

Every professional organization in medicine should denounce the involvement of private equity in healthcare. They should send a clear message to their young physician members that PE is bad for hospitals, private practices, and patients. They won’t do it, but they should.

Here’s what they do instead: They host a webinar panel for residents and fellows called “pros and cons of private equity ownership” featuring a dude who made 7 million from a PE sale. There are no pros. None at all. Don’t present PE to residents as a viable practice model on

Team UH having a great time at SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! in Long Besch, CA!! Proud of our team for their multiple podium and poster presentations! #SAGES2025

Excited to present our work at SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! looking at esophageal morphology and POEM outcomes and also our study creating a nomogram for T1a esophageal cancer patients after endoscopic mucosal resection! Grateful for the best mentors!

My most important promotion - “mom” 🩷

Today we got to hear from our returning research residents during grand rounds where they showcased their work over their dedicated research time! #susandoh erikrisa Jessica Hungate Christina S Boutros John Ammori

Awesome tissue lab with UH CT Surgery today learning tracheal resection and lobectomy 🩷