Had an incredible time attending this year’s Society of Surgical Oncology 2024. Really fortunate to spend time with amazing future colleagues and life-long friends and to witness outstanding talks and debates.

Fun night tonight at my 🏠 with our Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. residents & faculty for some ping pong 🏓 & painting 🎨. Congrats Rami James Aoun & Katie Bergus, MD for bringing home the honors 🏆!! Always so enjoyable to spend time with our great #ohiostate DoS #TEAM! ⭕️🙌-🙏⭕️

Congratulations to all the residents matching into Surgical Oncology today and a special welcome to the Pitt Surg Onc family for our class of 2025-2027! 🥳🥳🥳

Absolutely thrilled to have matched at PittSurgOnc! My family and I can’t wait to move back to Pittsburgh, where it all began. Deeply grateful to all my mentors who made today possible! #CGSO Society of Surgical Oncology Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept.

Congrats Ahmad B. Hamad, MD, MS and Amr Al Abbas. Returning to the scene of the crime. Look forward to future collaborations bringing the band Herbert Zeh Amer Zureikat back together

Today was our first Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. resident interview day! What a fantastic way to kick it off this morning with two of our amazing chief residents Ahmad B. Hamad, MD, MS & Dr. Han presenting perspectives on their journey & accomplishments at #THE Ohio State. #DevelopedHere

It’s another Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. #Surgical #Residency interview day - which means another DoS GR by our rock ⭐️ chief residents. So impressed by Theresa Wang, MD & Patrick Bou Samra, MD accomplishments! Excited about your future & eager to meet THE future #Buckeye surgeons during interviews today!

Our Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. #holiday party is one of my favorite events of 🎅🎄🧑‍🎄 season! So #grateful for the 🎁 to be a #Buckeye & work with these #wonderful people! #peaceandjoy Ho! Ho! ⭕️🙌-🙏⭕️

Today we wrapped up our last Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. Residency interview day! Wow-what an #amazing group of candidates this year looking to be #Buckeye #surgeons! Fantastic talks today by our chief residents Rami James Aoun & Kelli Patterson highlighting their #OhioState journey! ⭕️🙌-🙏⭕️

ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYS IN THE HISTORY OF OHIO STATE

Another Monday. Another adorable #OhioStateSurg future surgeon wishing everyone a great week! ❤️🩶 #futuresurgeon

Thanks so much for your insightful lecture and visit!

Enjoyed having our graduating chief residents over to my 🏡 tonight to congratulate and #thank them for all they have done for Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. & our patients 🙏. One last 🏓 game for ole times! Good luck & you’ll always be #Buckeyes! How firm thy friendship! ⭕️🙌

Seven years. Countless cases. Lifelong friendships. Can’t wait for fellowship. Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. PittSurgOnc

Trying to capture the perfect shot to round out an amazing year for our incredible graduating #OhioStateSurg chief residents! Check back to see if we nailed it!

Big congrats to Mina S. Makary, MD for being awarded Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. John L. Robinson Teaching Award recognizing a faculty member outside the DoS for their outstanding teaching. Our chief residents bestowed this award to Dr. Makary for going above & beyond to help all our trainees! 👏

For the 5th consecutive year, our #OhioStateSurg residency program is in the top 10 nationally, according to @Doximity Residency Navigator! It's no surprise to us: #OhioStateSurg has some of the best residents in the nation!

THE @ohiostatesurg has climbed to #6 in the nation 🇺🇸 for general surgery residency programs according to Doximity 2025–2026 Residency Navigator. For 5th consecutive year, our program has ranked in top 10 nationally! Thanks to all our #Buckeye faculty, staff and trainees! ⭕️🙌

Congrats to three of our Alumni!! Making us proud!