This afternoon, Dr. Nathaniel R. Evans III, MD debating yes, stage II NSCLC requires multi-modality care at #STS2025. Most importantly, Go Birds The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Jefferson Surgery Jefferson Health

Wrapping up a wonderful time at #STS2025. A few highlights: sharing our work re: 3+1 LND as a safe LNS strategy in early-stage NSCLC, hearing Olugbenga Okusanya MD speak about growing a Chest Wall Center Jefferson Health & connecting with Jefferson Surgery Thoracic, past & present!

Powerful talk by SUS President Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 sharing the “eternal immigrant” experience & how to “face into the storm” — 1. Solve interesting problems, 2. Find your people, 3. Make haste slowly, 4. Celebrate Assoc4AcademicSurgery Society of University Surgeons (SUS) #ASC2025

Grateful to share our work in #SurgEd re: the Development & Implementation of a Robotic Training Curriculum Jefferson Surgery at #ASC2025. Special thank you to Dr Talar Tatarian, MD for your invaluable support & mentorship! Assoc4AcademicSurgery Society of University Surgeons (SUS)

Excited to work with Renee Tholey Sage Vincent, MD Amrita Iyer on developing a surgical mentorship program for SKMC students Jefferson Health Cheering on my coresident Sneha Alaparthi, MD as well!

Our timely article is in press in Annals of Surgical Oncology from Olugbenga Okusanya MD’s lab - “Medicaid Expansion is Associated with Differences in Local Therapy for NSCLC”. Check it out here: link.springer.com/epdf/10.1245/s… Jefferson Surgery Hamza Rshaidat Sneha Alaparthi, MD

.Nathaniel R. Evans III, MD giving a fun talk about his experience with DV5 at #GTSC2025

Another great showing for Jefferson Surgery and Olugbenga Okusanya MD lab 🫁 at #GTSC2025 ! Great opportunity to present posters, learn a lot, and spend some time in the sun ☀️ Jefferson Research Nathaniel R. Evans III, MD Isheeta Madeka, MD General Thoracic Surgical Club

Cheering on MS4 Amrita Iyer sharing her work on complicated & uncomplicated biliary disease in pregnancy & my co-resident Dr. Sourav Podder sharing his work on benefits & barriers to interval CCY after PTC at #SAGES2025 Jefferson Health 👏🏽👏🏽 Jefferson Surgery

Isheeta Madeka, MD Amrita Iyer Jefferson Health Jefferson Surgery What a great session on all things gallbladder surgery. Great job Amrita Iyer with two papers presented in this session on cholecystectomy during pregnancy! Brava! 🙌 Talar Tatarian, MD Sami Tannouri, MD, FACS vincenzo berghella

Article in press led Hamza Rshaidat from Olugbenga Okusanya MD’s lab in #JTCVSOpen exploring disparities in surgically resected early-stage NSCLC Although OS was > in F vs M, there was significant variation b/w ethnicities in the absolute size of the association jtcvsopen.org/article/S2666-…

Check out our article examining #segmentectomy in #NSCLC > No differences in outcomes based on preop biopsy status Olugbenga Okusanya MD Clinical Lung Cancer sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Blessed to be a part of the Jefferson surgery family. More grateful than ever to be a physician trying to be better every day. This recognition is owed to my amazing wife, who tackled Hodgkin’s Lymphoma during the past 8 months. We have so many people to thank. Jefferson Surgery

Congratulations, Luke! I continue to be inspired by your unwavering resilience and infectious positivity. My seniors are my heroes, truly.

Our study on combined breast and lung cancer screening among dual-eligible women is featured on the March cover of Journal of Surgical Research ! #lungcancerscreening #lungcancerawareness Stanford Cardiothoracic Surgery Leah Backhus MD MPH FACS

What an incredible night! Thank you to Dr. Morris, Dr. Chojnacki, and Dr. Miles for your inspiring talks for the future surgeons in the crowd 👏🏼 Huge shout out to our organizing team and collaborators for pulling off a great 2025 Philadelphia Surgery Symposium 🤩🎉

Hey, that’s my Chief! Congratulations Fari Fall, MD, MA! Jefferson Surgery

You continue to inspire us, Luke Meredith, MD! Congratulations! Jefferson Surgery

June Issue: #MedicaidExpansion is Associated with Differences in Local Therapy for Non-small Cell #LungCancer Isheeta Madeka, MD Shale Mack, MD Hamza Rshaidat Sneha Alaparthi, MD Tyler Grenda Nathaniel R. Evans III, MD rdcu.be/eqAL5 Martajimenez Syed A. Ahmad

Congratulations to our junior fellow, Uzma Rahman, on her outstanding presentation at the The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Coronary Conference this past weekend—earning the Best Oral Poster Presentation award! 🔥🥇🏆 Well deserved recognition for her excellent work.🫀 Ahmet Kilic