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Mayo Clinic minute with Sarah McLaughlin, MD. There are only two surgical options: lumpectomy and mastectomy. But there are 100 reasons why women choose one thing or another' Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center Mayo Clinic Florida General Surgery Program

Everyone wants to innovate, no one wants to fail. It does not work that way. Is your institutional leadership wanting to support innovative people and ideas? Are they also willing to accept the high failure rate that comes with it?

What I heard at Grand Rounds: Did the incidence of correctable renovascular hypertension change or did the value equation change? (See incidence of surgical intervention graph) Diffusion of new technology and lots of great questions from Gilbert Upchurch USF General Surgery Mayo Clinic Florida General Surgery Program

Such a great story. A privilege to participate in her care and be part of her journey.

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Super cool Jordan? Stylish Jordan ready for a night out on the town? Cool biker Jordan? No, just getting ANAL glands lasered protective eyewear Jordan. Vet tech was so incredibly amused she took a picture for my wife.

What I heard at GRs Ching-Wei D. Tzeng Practice change via iterative incremental design w opioid reduction as an impressive example.
The project does not finish w the publication. “The way we’ve been doing it is fine” is not good enough. Improve quality, less variability get IQR down).

Shop Meaningful Merch at cabanalife.com. 100% of net proceeds from Meaningful Merch collection to Melanoma Research Foundation 4th annual #GetNakedJax event

Terracotta Army. 2200 yrs old, 8K soldiers. Each figure had unique individual facial features and held real weapons. Detail is evident in sole of the shoe and braided hair of this kneeling warrior. Originally brightly colored, most of the paint dissolved shortly after excavation

So much effort went into making these sugar cookies from a grateful patient. PS soooo good 😋

Grand Tang dynasty Everbright city, Xi’an, China

25th anniversary ASBrS. Reflection wall with a small tribute for each year. Amazing they let me present at the 3rd annual meeting in 2002 when I was only in HS and cameras apparently were still B&W. Different times. Fewer child labor laws.

What a privilege to have Kelly McMasters, MD, PhD serve as our 2nd annual Ronald Hinder Visiting Professor. Mayo Clinic Florida General Surgery Program

Epitome of the perfect moderator for the Great Debate Michael David Alvarado Unwavering Objectivity, fair, unbiased questions, never showed his hand, poker face, difficult to know where he truly stands. Well done my friend 👍 👏 #ASBrS2024

Despite being self proclaimed underdog the votes appear in Carla Fisher, MD, MBA favor. 🙋🏻🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏿‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️ Clearly a role for MRI screening in high risk patients, critical for all patients? NO

Excellent overview of the current state of neoadjuvant systemic therapy in down-staging axillary management and where we are headed in the future by Sarah McLaughlin (No, she will never get a X handle).

What I heard at Grand Rounds from president and CEO of NBME
PETER Katsufrakis (part 2)

Failure to fail. USMLE Backstop.

USMLE Score and number of times taking the USMLE correlates with state disciplinary action, ACGME milestones, state licensure and even clinic outcomes.

What I heard at Grand Rounds from president and CEO of NBME
PETER Katsufrakis

USMLE Step 1 pass rate dropped from 96% to 90% after switching to pass/fail.

This probably should not come as a surprise. #Unintendedconsequences