See our new pub: Preterm birth is an independent risk factor for postpartum mental health care utilization. Screening for and providing mental health resources to birthing people postpartum is crucial, esp among people giving birth to preterm infants pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33932629/

Association b/w preterm birth & postpartum mental health care among CA birthing people: 50% incr risk of hospitalization for mental health w/i 3 mos postpartum, 30% w/i 1yr; 40% incr risk of ER w/i 3 mos pp, 30% w/i 1yr. PTB takes signif toll on mothers! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33932629/

Nostalgic for this trio! Maeva مايفا Adoumie Maria Castro

Read this interesting paper on a new CCI index to predict liver failure in liver surgery published in Ann Surg by the International Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure Study Group Annals of Surgery Adnan Alseidi Mohamed Abu Hilal AHPBA pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34913896/

New work led by Dr. Kayla Karvonen: Black birthing people (BP) delivering preterm are more likely to have a mental health ED or hospital visit postpartum compared to White BP: doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog… Thank you Dr. Karvonen for working to address these disparities. California Preterm Birth Initiative UC San Francisco

Quick Shots Session I – Paper 2 - #EAST2022 bit.ly/3EKKwrA Maria Castro Tasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPP, MHS UCSF Surgery Hope Schwartz Sophia Hernandez Rebecca Menza, RN, PhD, ACNP-BC Sharon Stein's Little Sister (Deb Stein) Alicia Fernandez Lucia Calthorpe

Using the Comprehensive Complication Index to rethink the ISGLS Criteria for Post-hepatectomy Liver Failure in an International Cohort of Major Hepatectomies journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Using the Comprehensive Complication Index to rethink the ISGLS Criteria for Post-hepatectomy Liver Failure in an International Cohort of Major Hepatectomies journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Read this interesting article on the kinetics of liver function related parameters in the first week following major hepatic resection! 🚨🚨🚨📈📉📈📉 Lucia Calthorpe Adnan Alseidi Mohamed Abu Hilal SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025! American College of Surgeons ILLS @HPBjournal link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Outstanding study in SURGERY Journal from Patricia C. Conroy Lucia Calthorpe American Surgeon @stedavis21_MD Timothy Ullmann, MD wen shen Julie A Sosa, MD Quan-Yang Duh UCSF Surgery UCSF School of Medicine UCSF Health UC San Francisco surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… Endocrine Society BTF Thyroid American Thyroid Association Thyroid UK

Maria Castro finds that following traumatic injury, non-English language preferred patients experience increased hospital LOS & in some cases even mortality - work to be done to provide trauma care to vulnerable populations authors.elsevier.com/c/1fehW578XaMZ2 Hope Schwartz Julie A Sosa, MD

‼️If you missed our 1st General Surgery virtual info session, join us next Tuesday or on Fri 9/23, from 5:30-6:30pm PT to learn about our UCSF GS Residency Program & meet our awesome UCSF Surgery leaders & residents.🔗Register: tiny.ucsf.edu/22UCSFGSRESINFO‼️

We found that after traumatic injury language minorities experience increased mortality (controlling for patient demographics, mechanism of injury, etc) and hope this work serves as a call to action to do better for our non-English speaking patients #interpreterssavelives

Differentiated thyroid CA has an excellent prognosis but pts w/ distant metastatic dz have experienced no improvement in survival over 30 yrs. We have work to do! American Thyroid Association American Surgeon @cari_kitahara Patricia C. Conroy UCSF Surgery Lucia Calthorpe liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/th…

Excited to share our work mdpi.com/1948540 #mdpicancers examining surgical approaches for distal pancreatectomy in Cancers MDPI, co-led by Fernanda Romero-Hernandez and Sarah Mohamedaly. Adnan Alseidi Lucia Calthorpe Patricia C. Conroy Natalie S. Rodriguez, MD, MS

Check out our single-institution study, led by our fantastic UCSF UCSF GS Residency resident Phoebe Miller examining hernia rate with hand-assisted vs total lap distal pancreatectomy rdcu.be/c0hz2

Unfortunately, patients diagnosed w/ distant metastatic differentiated #thyroid CA have experienced no improvement in disease specific survival over the past 30 yrs. American Thyroid Association UCSF Surgery Patricia C. Conroy American Surgeon @cari_kitahara @NCIEpiTraining liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.10…

Best noms with the best surg friends, thanks for sharing your special spot with us Dr Alseidi! ❤️💕💛

A Thyroid Journal study by Julie A Sosa, MD @cari_kitahara American Surgeon & colleagues tracks trends in #thyroid cancer survival in the U.S. over the past nearly 3 decades. Summarized by Nikhila Janakiram, Rhea Udyavar, M.D. and Mayumi Endo. Check it out! ow.ly/bqAv50NtJjG #endotwitter

💥Development & Validation Prediction Models for Outcomes of Major Hepatectomies Annals of Surgery 🧩12 international centers, 2192 major hepatectomies 🧮PHLF Risk Calculator: lnkd.in/ecePtvUF 🧮CCI® > 40 Risk Calculator: lnkd.in/evZ7zn3f journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…