4yo asked if it was ok to pee in the shower, so I said sure, and after several weeks of our bathroom smelling more and more like a train station I realized that I was wrong to assume he understood that one ought to be showering at the time.

For those interested, here’s a great summary of recent developments in lung cancer produced by NEJM Group under the fantastic editorial guidance of donington #LCSM contributions from nasser altorki Julien Mazieres Jyoti D Patel and many others! nejmgroup.org/wp-content/upl…

Robotic right upper lobe sleeve lobectomy (long version): youtu.be/eZTFkrLUFYM

Robotic right upper lobectomy (posterior approach): youtu.be/8TkyPf_RF8E

Robotic diaphragm plication: youtu.be/bRhYXBWQPJg

Robotic median arcuate ligament release: youtu.be/Fa93CP2nVnM

General approach to giant paraesophageal hernias: youtu.be/yId1B_ntUJY

Please please please stop paging me to 5 digit extensions. Use all 10 digits. MGH has two area codes and dozens of root numbers and that's just one of the hospitals I cover. I'm trying to call you back from my cell phone. please, help me.

Somehow this is worse

Glad you brought our sister to this swearing-in and not the last one but feels like there is still a lot of room for improvement

Really cool study on sentinel lymph nodes for lung surgery by ⁦Joseph Seitlinger⁩ and Stephane Renaud (⁦McGillThoracic⁩ current and past thoracic surg fellows) now at CHU Nancy, France ⁦ESTS⁩ ⁦Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons⁩ ⁦McGill Surgery⁩ frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

New research conducted by STS member Dr. Andrea Axtell from UW School of Medicine and Public Health found at-risk postoperative pulmonary embolism patients had increased 30-day mortality, reintubation, and readmission rates. #WomenInThoracic #CTSurgery bit.ly/3SFIWQnn

Excited to share our work on the effects of tracheostomy placement on the hemodynamic stability of cardiac surgery patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation! Hugh Auchincloss Lynze Franko Asishana Osho, MD, MPH jtcvsopen.org/article/S2666-…

A portrait by a patient (medium: paper towel, sharpie)