Wrapped up my first in-person national conference with a quick shot! So energized to meet the faces of the field #ACSCC22 #gensurgmatch2023 Duke Global Neurosurgery and Neurology (DGNN) Kristin E. Rojas MD, FACS, FACOG Allison Draper, MD, MPH Emily Swafford Sadhana Anantha

What a truly blessed week: Owen Wangensteen Scientific Forum Award; National Academy of Medicine election; and now reaching the pinnacle of American Surgery as ACS President-Elect! Thank you for this amazing honor! To quote my late father: “to God be the glory.” Miller Medicine

First interview of the season! Made all the more stressful by cats that can open doors and are way too determined to get on camera 💪 #gensurgmatch2023 #hireme #andmycat

Thankful for this turkey 🍗 #Thanksgiving #CatsOfTwitter

Research your programs before ranking! Make sure you're supported as a human. This program reminded me of a surgical intern who quit residency after consistently being ridiculed for pumping breastmilk during her lunch breaks in the locker room😢: 👏Kuddos to the program below!

Completing residency interviews from New Zealand at 2 AM local time due to the time change. Amazed by the sweetest little kiwi male chirping away this morning 🥹🥝🇳🇿 #aotearoa #conservation #kiwi

It’s a good morning to have finished my last interview! #Match2023 #gensurgmatch2023

Every time I explain the Match to friends/family, there’s always a question about why residency selection is like this. Finally I get some historical perspective! I thought pts 3 and 5 were particularly spicy 🌶️ #Match2023

I get to be a surgeon!!! 😭🤯🥳 I can’t wait until Friday to find out where my SO and I will train 🤞 #match2023 #gensurgmatch2023 #couplesmatch

WELCOME TO UTHSC Department of Surgery!! 🎉🎉 #MatchDay #Match2023 Check out this group joining our General Surgery Residency Program this summer! We are excited for everyone and can’t wait to see you in Memphis! Congratulations! UTHSC College of Medicine UTHSC Global Surgery The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

We’re going to Memphis!! Can’t wait to start this next chapter together ❤️ UTHSC Department of Surgery UTHSC Psychiatry #Match2023 #gensurgmatch2023 #couplesmatch Miller Medicine

Thrilled to see #medstudents I have been honored to mentor match into their top programs! Not all shown here but: Rainya N. H., MD Jenna Davis MD MPH Sadhana Anantha Emily Swafford matched for #gensurg into Vanderbilt, Memorial, Tennessee, and UTSA! CONGRATS WomenSurgeons #Match2023

Feeling invigorated hearing about so many innovations in surgical education! So grateful to UM/JMH General Surgery & Association for Surgical Education for the opportunity to present our surgical anatomy training session for the surgical clerkship at #ASE2023 #SEW2023 Carlos (Teddy) Huerta Alexandra Hernandez, MD, MPH Allison Draper, MD, MPH

Just a couple of new doctors at residency orientation 🍎 After 5 years of long distance for med/grad school, I’m so grateful that we get to live and work together now! UTHSC Department of Surgery UTHSC Psychiatry #couplesmatch

July 3rd was my July 1st— I got the first weekend off— Hoping to keep this spark for the next weeks, months, years ✨ #julyintern #intern #gensurg #residency #surgtwitter

Leading with care, Dr. David Shibata, UTHSC Department of Surgery chair and executive director of Regional One Health cancer program, was featured in a recent story dealing with cancer treatment advancements at Regional One. Read more: localmemphis.com/video/news/hea…

Post call and s/p last shift of intern year. Here’s to one year down and more to go 💎 UTHSC Department of Surgery

Huge honor having The University of Tennessee Health Science Center graduate and surgical oncology legend, Dr. Kelly K Hunt as the keynote speaker at this year’s Harwell Wilson Surgical Society Annual Research Symposium! Society of Surgical Oncology Annals of Surgical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHSC Research UTHSC Department of Surgery #HWSS225

To anyone in a new role this month: You’re not unskilled or incompetent. You’re just new at it. Be kind to yourself as you learn.