🧵/RCTs are the gold standard in⬇️ biases in📝. But often times, obtaining funding & enrolling based on honest power calculations is impossible, esp in Surgery. That means most📝are cohort studies, & I thought it’d be worth reviewing what one can do to best adjust for biases.

I cannot overstate my gratitude for Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA, Annette Rid, Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá, + others who have mentored me in learning+writing about ethics. This piece, though short, is the product of almost a decade of thinking about how we provide surgical care. Please read and circulate :)

Welcoming Dr. Hu-Bianco to the Division of Surgical Oncology (Endocrine Surgery)! #BIDMC #BILH #oncology #endocrinesurgery

A record setting 113 liver transplants were performed BIDMCTransplant in 2023! A huge shoutout to our whole team for their incredible dedication that led to this program's record-breaking success! Thank you all for your hard work!

Giving a warm welcome to Dr. Umut Sarpel as Chief of Surgical Oncology! #BIDMC #BILH #surgicaloncology #chief

The Transplant Surgery dept at BIDMC is conducting a survey of senior trainee (PGY3-5) interest in pursuing txp surg fellowship, to better understand factors influencing this decision. If you want to participate, click this link: redcap-edc.bidmc.harvard.edu/edata/surveys/…. Feel free to retweet!

WHO22 updated endocrine pathology for surgeons - why should we bother? See for yourselves. Surgery (Oxford) - with limited open access. Columbia Endocrine Surgery Runjan Chetty Dhaval Patel Michael Yeh American Association of Endocrine Surgeons sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy #Matchday2024! We are proud to introduce the newest members of the BIDMC family. We can’t wait for you to join us in June! #MatchDay #medtwitter #SurgTwitter #GenSurgMatch2024

Congrats to one of the hardest working people I know, Jorge L. Gómez-Mayorga!

Congrats to this dream team of elected officers especially president-elect of American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Sareh Parangi,MD !! Incredible leader, mentor, partner, and friend who lifts all boats and will undoubtedly take this special organization to new heights. Mass General Surgery

Our Boston Medical Center Surgery ACCESS group is hosting a Pride Happy Hour for Boston area trainees and surgeons on Tuesday, June 18, at 6:30. Hope to see you at Cathedral Station next week! 🌈😀

Proud co-resident moment: when you're doing American College of Surgeons SESAP board prep questions and the first reference is Rashi Jhunjhunwala!! Now that's impact! BIDMC Department of Surgery #cardiacbox #proudmentee

🗣️Calling all med students! Join us for tips and tricks to put together your best abstract for #ASC2025 with special appearance from Assoc4AcademicSurgery President, Callisia Clarke MD!! Register today! Jennifer Ku Michael Kochis Alyssa Varsanik Chris Reynolds

Congratulations to Rajshri M. Gartland, MD, MPH, in her promotion from the MGH Department of Surgery Quality and Safety Officer to the new Vice Chair of Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer for the Department of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Congratulations to Drs. Rajshri Gartland and Leigh Anne Dageforde who have been selected to participate in MGB’s inaugural 2024-2025 Healthcare Leadership Program (HCLP)! This program is a collaboration between the MGPO/MGH, the BWPO/BWH, and Harvard Business School

Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin James (Benjamin James) on being named the new Chief of General Surgery at BIDMC! 🎊 #BIDMC #BILH #generalsurgery #chief

Impact from Harvard Medical School and BIDMC: patient financial burden, catastrophic health expenditures, and the ballooning costs of varying #cancer treatments. bit.ly/47IBoDA Authors: Nishu Uppal, Jordan Broekhuis, Jorge L. Gómez-Mayorga, Hao Wei Chen, Natalia Chaves, Benjamin James

Had an amazing time at #ACSCC2024 presenting our lab’s work on objective measures of the financial impact of a cancer diagnosis 🎗️ American College of Surgeons BIDMC Cancer Center . Grateful for an incredible tram under Benjamin James ’s mentorship 👨‍🏫 BIDMC Department of Surgery

Happy to share our long-awaited work published in JSR 💪🏼✨ thank you for your support, guidance, and help Jorge L. Gómez-Mayorga Jordan Broekhuis Benjamin James doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.…