#sepsis — leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals • 258,000 people die from sepsis every year in the US — more than from prostate cancer, breast cancer and AIDS combined. • Over 42,000 children develop severe sepsis each year; 4,400 die #DidYouKnow medpagetoday.com/criticalcare/s…

More than half of men think women have a prostate, and 37% of women wrongly think they do! We couldn’t help ourselves from organizing a conference around this European Association of Urology (EAU) data, particularly since we found 1/3 reach out for care via family members: polskatimes.pl/ponad-polowa-m…

I wrote this with Thomas H. Lee, MD and Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH for NEJM Catalyst “Surgical Value - Beyond Bundled Payments”. catalyst.nejm.org/surgical-care-… via @NEJMCatalyst

Filled out my entry for the (GlobalSurgStudents) GSSA Global Surgery Database. Overall, fantastic tool to connect students and mentors in the field of #GlobalSurgery. Definitely check it out and bring the field closer together globalsurgerystudents.org/database

The four norms that make up hyper-masculine cultures s.hbr.org/2Qfk9kL

In this week's podcast we get very meta. New research shows that health news shared on social media is likely to be overstated and/or inaccurate. We spoke with Noah Haber about how that happens—and what can be done to improve health reporting harvardhealth.me/36bbe

"Lack of reliable, affordable access to surgery kills more people around the world each year than HIV, tuberculosis and malaria combined."

Study: States with poor #trauma care access have more prehospital deaths and higher overall mortality than those with better access ow.ly/INDI30mv8x3 #ACSCC18

The story of the financial toxicity of cancer The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/12/…

Nice figures breaking down global surgery numbers and opportunities for funding.

Michael Lipnick Michael Lipnick now Feasibility of Sim-Based Medical Education in a Low-Income Country: Challenges and Solutions From a 3-year Pilot Program in Uganda SimulationHealthcare by Fredfly Cornelius Sendagire, MD Adam Hewitt-Smith et al UCSF Anesthesia and Perioperative Care ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30601468 #globalsurgery

As we remember the earthquake that devastated Haiti nine years ago, our thoughts are with our Haitian staff and patients. The strength and determination you've shown inspires us every day, and we're proud to stand beside you in making Haiti healthier and more equitable for all.

#AUA19 talking challenges to international urology at MP15. Let's utilize data to target to address this global inequality UCSFUrology IVUmed IVUmedAUC Kurt McCammon David B Bayne Harvard Global Surgery

Our survey of global urologists showing disparity in the challenges faced in LMICs from UCSFUrology David B Bayne Helena Chang

.UCSFUrology stands in solidarity with #blacklivesmatter. We may be small but we are mighty, and we stand for equality and justice for all in the Black community. Our mission to represent and serve the health needs of all, without bias or prejudice, has never felt more clear

Low Urologist Density Predicts High Cost Surgical Treatment of Stone Disease - Beyond the Abstract urotoday.com/recent-abstrac…

Community income, food environment, and multiple surgeries for kidney stones | UROLOGY @DBBayne Anne Suskind Thomas Chi #MarshallStoller authors.elsevier.com/a/1eG1GKZx3UX-w

Successful collaboration between UCSF Urology and Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in Guyana brings patient access to advanced ureteroscopy and Boston Scientific flexible ureteroscopes. David B Bayne chris prashad Rajendra Sukhraj Kishan Gopie Jasmeet Amrit Singh Center for Health Equity in Surgery & Anesthesia

I attended a week long simulation based and hands on training on ultrasound guided PCNL and URS by UCSFUrology . A lot of knowledge amd skill unpacked and a potential collaboration and partnership was made.Delighted about it. Can't wait to expand it to 🇪🇹 and 🇰🇪Center for Health Equity in Surgery & Anesthesia

Center for Health Equity in Surgery & Anesthesia creating opportunities to advance health equity in perioperative care!! A wonderful mechanism for research and partnerships in global health. Great work led by our own #DavidBayne and one of our awesome residents Ashwin Balakrishnan got to join in as well!