Congratulations to Dr. Yang Jeff Yang MD FACS for being for being awarded the Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School 2024 Equity Social Justice and Advocacy Award!! Thank you for being such an incredible physician, leader, and mentor within #lungcancer! You inspire us every single day!!

We are excited to announce that Alicia Korten will be the keynote speaker for the WTS Inaugural Annual Conference! Don't miss her keynote during the Presidential Plenary Session on Sept. 6, 2024, 11:20 AM-12:50 PM at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego, CA! #WTS2024

Excited for the start of another SocAsianAcadSurg meeting, under the leadership of Eugene Kim 🎉🪅🎉 and hosts Jessica Zagory, MD Mary KillackeyMD Tulane - Department of Surgery #SAAS2024

The Inaugural WomenInThoracicSurg Conference kicked off strong with a speed mentoring event moderated by Drs Stephanie G Worrell, MD FACS and Alicia Bonanno, MD. It’s fantastic to have so many phenomenal trainees, mentors, and sponsors connecting and sharing insights. #WTS2024

The opening reception for the WomenInThoracicSurg #WTS2024 was overflowing with excitement, as young women entering the field connected with inspiring role models in CT surgery. Dr Daniela introduced 3 new honorary members: Drs Robert Higgins, MD, MSHA, Patti, & Baumgartner.

WomenInThoracicSurg Past Presidents Roundtable at the #WTS24. Some of the most inspiring messages and reflections on the future of CT surgery. Thanks Daniela and Mara Antonoff, MD, FACS for this historical conference ESTS Women in General Thoracic Surgery SCTS WiCTS

A great presidential address from Dr. Eugene Kim at the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons in New Orleans #SAAS2024

Congratulations to Sandra Wong from Emory Surgery and Dean of Emory School of Medicine, recipient of the SocAsianAcadSurg George P Yang SAAS Trailblazer Award!

University of Washington at the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons meeting in New Orleans ⁦UW Department of Surgery⁩ ⁦UW General Surgery Residents⁩ ⁦UW Plastic Surgery⁩ SocAsianAcadSurg⁩ ⁦Harveshp Mogal⁩ #VirginiaWang #SAAS2024 ⁦UW Vascular⁩ ⁦UW CT Surgery Residency⁩

The future of Cardiothoracic Surgery is bright. #WTS2024 WomenInThoracicSurg Great inaugural meeting!

Dr. Kazerooni Ella Kazerooni 〽️ gave a terrific talk discussing #screening uptake & adherence in the U.S. Up-to-date prevalence of #lungcancer screening is 18.1% with state variation ranging 9.7%-31%! Still a lot of work to do-our team feeling incredibly inspired to get the rate to 100%!!

Truly an honor to be surrounded by trailblazing women at the inaugural Women in Thoracic Surgery conference! WomenInThoracicSurg Douglas E Wood UW CT Surgery Residency UW General Surgery Residents

IASLC CT Screening Symposium at World Conference on Lung Cancer 2024 in San Diego. Global experts addressing implementation around the world ⁦IASLC⁩ ⁦UW Department of Surgery⁩ ⁦Jeff Yang MD FACS⁩ ⁦Ella Kazerooni 〽️⁩ ⁦ACS National Lung Cancer Roundtable⁩ #WCLC24

Congratulations to Alexandra Potter for winning the IASLC Early Career Education Award #WCLC24!! She has two presentations on #lungcancer screening at World Lung this year.

Great to be at #WCLC24 in San Diego with the American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable Crew - working to create lung cancer survivors!!!@NLCRTnews

Congratulations to ALCSI's Alex Potter Alexandra Potter for giving a wonderful presentation at #WCLC24 on treatment patterns and survival of screen-detected lung cancer in a US national sample from SEER-Medicare vs. the National Lung Screening Trial!! We are so proud of you!!

Dr. Mike Gieske Michael Gieske, M.D. gave a phenomenal talk the #lungcancer screening program St. Elizabeth. A testament to the program's dedicated nodule management team and nurse navigators, there has been an incredible shift towards earlier stages of disease diagnosis!! So impressive!!

Terrific presentation by Dr. Narjust Florez on the incredible work being done by Dana-Farber Cancer Care Equity Program's #lungcancer screening initiative to increase equity in screening among local marginalized populations! 85% of patients completed their FIRST #screening!!

Congratulations to Leah Backhus MD MPH FACS for receiving the Robert Ginsberg Distinguished Lecture Award at World Conference on #LungCancer!! She gave a phenomenal talk on her innovative work in surveillance after surgery. #WCLC24

Congratulations Jeff Yang MD FACS on your well deserved recognition by IASLC w the Cliff Mountain staging award. Your lecture meaningfully demonstrated how staging is a language we share w each other, with patients and with the public. You and ALCSI are inspiring a generation!