RT tssmn "RT TSRA: /3 In Case You Missed our last Webinar on "Applying to Cardiothoracic Fellowship in the COVID Era" - catch up on the recording here! youtube.com/watch?v=QErQFs… Lots of useful insights and tips into the application and intervie… "

Great event; really well done. 👍🏼

Great new TSRA podcast on bioethical principles with examples from congenital heart surgery: soundcloud.com/tsrapodcast/et… Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department @laura_seese @Cediazc Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD, LLM, FRCSC Jason Han TSMA

Patrick McCarthy, MD, & others wrote an article for AATS finding that degenerative #MitralRegurgitation repair using a measured algorithm could increase the precision & reproducibility of repair outcomes. See more: ms.spr.ly/6014pJrLK.

Worth your 6 minutes.

I still remember my fellowship interview with Dr. Cox; he asked me directly about what I’ve learned as an MBA. That conversation led to his term for how I strive to use it in my surgical career: Force Multiplier.

Standardized and reproducible Type A dissection repair - step-by-step. Check it out! with @MehtaCK S Chris Malaisrie CTSNet youtube.com/watch?v=BKKext… @DDrullinskyMD Duc Thinh Pham, MD Tony Mozer MD, MBA NM Cardiovascular Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD, LLM, FRCSC Ed Percy Michel Pompeu Sá Saurabh Gupta, MD MSc FRCSC Ourania Preventza

This is an invaluable and insightful 5 minute read. link.medium.com/In1YTIwS4bb

Surgical Management of Acute Aortic Dissections: Tricks and Tips to Simplify the Operation - A Guest Editor Series Discussion bit.ly/3mxbb1B #tssmn

Questions to ask yourself every day: - Is this essential? - Am I progressing? - Why am I taking this so seriously? - Am I making a positive contribution? - "What would less look like?" (Tim Ferriss) - "Do I fear death because I won’t be able to do this anymore?" (Marcus Aurelius)

Discussing cardiothoracic surgery training and experience in the #UK with reps from the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS UK), UK. Full text in the December newsletter of TSRA . #TSSMN Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD, LLM, FRCSC Jason Han Alex Brescia J. Hunter Mehaffey Garrett Coyan

The TSRA is proud to partner with AtriCure, Inc. for an early career surgeon webinar series! #TSSMN Tune in to the first where Dr. Blitzer discusses robotic cardiac surgery with Drs. @GianlucaTorreg1 and Brittany Zwischenberger, MD Jan 6, 2021 at 7pmEST Link to join -> bit.ly/2WRKt9p

Looking fwd great work presented by the many talented TSRA residents and TSMA med studs The Society of Thoracic Surgeons this year! Whatcha got?? Ping Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD, LLM, FRCSC Alex Brescia Yihan Lin MD MPH Jordan Bloom Jason Han J. Hunter Mehaffey Garrett Coyan

#STS2021 WOW, off to an inspiring start... T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA Paul Yock Sidhu Peña Gangadharan 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇮🇳. Looking fwd to a great wknd and to hearing/seeing more from NM Cardiovascular and Northwestern Surgery faculty Drs. McCarthy, Davidson, Okwuosa, @MehtaCK, Duc Thinh Pham, MD, S Chris Malaisrie ,and David Odell, MD MS

#STS2021 Join Vinod Thourani, S Chris Malaisrie, @DawnHuiMD, Athena Poppas, MD FACC, Alan Zajarias, Drs. Reece University of Colorado Anschutz, Rogers MedStar Washington and Crestanello Mayo Clinic Cardiac Surgery SUNDAY 1/31 2:30 -4:00 ET Heart Team Approach to Complex SAV/TAV and ViV. Looking fwd to a high-yield discussion!

Tony Mozer MD, MBA Vinod Thourani @DawnHuiMD Athena Poppas, MD FACC Alan Zajarias University of Colorado Anschutz MedStar Washington Mayo Clinic Cardiac Surgery PARTNER 3 Aortic VIV Trial for low/intermediate risk patients with failing bioprosthetic valves, technical videos, and guest speaker ACC President - Athena Poppas STS 2021 Annual Meeting - Heart Team Approach to Complex Valvular Heart Disease bitly.com/3pAUBzZ

Tanner Wilson If they say they're "not comfortable" giving additional contrast, tell them to "sit down, relax, get comfortable" and do the scan. Contrast nephropathy with modern agents is essentially a myth. Good read here: emcrit.org/ibcc/contrast/

More Americans have died from Covid-19 than did on the battlefields of World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined. nyti.ms/3qL12AZ

Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/CQBqwJSnc7Xn…

There are three Gem Mint 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards in the world. If they were sold at this point, they would likely go for $20M each. Quite the entrance for one of the cards that was lent to a museum in Denver in time for the All-Star Game.