Today we wear orange for Gun Violence Awareness Day! Thank you to our entire trauma team who works tirelessly to save victims of gun violence every single day. AAST Associate Members AAST University of Arizona Department of Surgery UA Trauma

Recap on the causes of GI obstruction in infants 👶🏻 (📸: Netter’s)

Transplant surgery is such a miraculous art and participating in these new beginnings has been such a gift 🥰 What a way to start pgy3 Best job in the world

Dr. Alseidi giving a wonderful talk about entrustment in surgical education. Thank you for sharing your expertise with us! Inpsiring to see a penn state grad pave the path forward in surgical simulation! #weare

Bringing the surgical gloves I like to the outpatient surgery center because I don't like theirs... it appears I've become the menace I feared

the nice thing about being an adult is you can have a toasted bagel with cream cheese for breakfast, lunch and dinner and no one is going to stop you

On vacation, back on the east coast for my bestie's wedding, driving a Dodge Charger, taking morning walks in pretty parks.... not mad about any of it (except the Charger but even that's growing on me 😅) 🌳🌱🌲🌿

Just a reminder if you’re learning something new: You’re not incompetent. You’re not slow. You’re not stupid. Learning takes time and effort for all of us. Hang on.

AOSA Trauma Surgeons representing!!! Great turnout at our AAST meetup! Thanks to our Secretary @ElinoreJKaufman for coordinating! AAST Alexis Moren MD/MPH

Calling all medical students- join us October 8th

Can't wait to join the HOPE lab 🥰 More fun to come!

spooky scary residents

This week I learned you can in fact get altitude sickness even if you're essentially living in the operating room Out here loving northern Arizona but the new 7,000ft elevation got me 🤡🏔️

Can't believe I'm halfway through my (clinical) residency years but also can't believe how much I've learned... surgical training is such a unique wild ride 🫨

honestly can't even begin to express how grateful I am for this group of rockstars (missing a few) for getting each other halfway through residency 🥰 forever my class @ heart (even though our graduation years are now different 😭)

We're not your average VA gen surg team, we're #festive encouraging balance w celsius packets and sleep gummies for my interns 🎅🏻🎄🧦

Early exposure is key for fostering interest in radiology! University of Arizona VIR & UArizona Department of Medical Imaging residents, Drs. Lee (IR), Placek (IR), Mamo (DR), & Guimbarda (IR), hosted an US guided procedure session for UA College of Medicine – Tucson MS1 interested in interventional radiology 🩻🌵

We are so happy to welcome the newest additions to the UofAZ Surgery Residents. Welcome to the family! Can’t wait until you all get here in July 🐻⬇️ #BearDown #ProudPD #Match2025 #MatchDay2025

A big warm Tucson welcome to our 2025-2026 General Surgery interns! We couldn't be more excited for you to join our Wildcat family! 🌵 #UofAZSurgery #Match2025 #GenSurgMatch #ResidencyLife

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