When AmericanTransplantCongress is virtual you craft a makeshift in person garage style meeting with all your Michigan Surgery UM Transplant Research Education and Engagement friends.

We are so honored to be ranked as the #1 surgery residency program by Doximity. People make a program, so to our faculty, residents and staff: Thank you and #GoBlue! #WhyUMichSurgery

My pride and joy! Congrats to our 2021 scholars for a job well done + exciting things waiting ahead 🤩 To our Michigan Surgery faculty, residents, DoS leadership & U-M IHPI Nat’l Clinician Scholars Program at U-M IHPI @UMichCHOPFellow community - THANK YOU ❤️ You make the dream work! #WhyUmichSurgery

📢 Prospective surgery residents! Want to know what it's like to train here? Meet the Chair, Justin B. Dimick, in a lunchtime 🥪 webinar and learn more about our programs and our culture. 👇 Join us October 26: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #SurgeryMatch2022

(yes I am retweeting this work again b/c it is SO IMPORTANT). Not only must we work on diversifying transplant exposure & trainee recruitment efforts, we must be thoughtful in cultivating environments where diverse providers will thrive (& our where our patients can too).

"Waiting list registrations and deceased donor liver transplants for alcoholic increased significantly during covid-19, exceeding the volumes forecasted by pre–covid-19 trends by more than 50%." Maia Anderson jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

COVID-19 has disproportionally affected minoritized communities, and one of our most commonly used monitoring tools (+ the way we use it) is perpetuating the physical bias originally introduced by non-inclusive device design. What does this mean for patients? 🔽 Read more below

New coverage of the alcohol/ #livertxp study by Valeria Valbuena, MD MSc Maia Anderson in New York Post via Fox News : nypost.com/2021/10/28/wai…

👏Valeria Valbuena, MD MSc Clare Jacobson, MD

Did you know over 25 million people residing in the US have low English proficiency? ⭐️ General Surgery #Match22 applicant Clare Jacobson, MD evaluated the accessibility of online materials for liver txp and found that, at most centers, alternative language offerings are scarce.

The inaugural recipient of the Jim Knol, M.D., Early Career Endowment Fund is... @Gifty_Kwakye_MD! Like the fund's namesake, Dr. Knol, Dr. Kwakye has demonstrated a commitment to clinical education and innovative clinical program development. Congratulations!

Today we installed our inaugural cohort of Michigan Surgery Academy of Surgical Educators, a new initiative to recognize our highest rated clinical educators, by students and residents. 👏👏👏 I have immense gratitude for the excellence these individuals bring to our department. 🙏

We're loving your questions about what it's like to train in #GeneralSurgery here! Video answers are coming soon. Meantime, keep the questions coming. Submit yours here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #Match2022 #GeneralSurgeryMatch

Your work is cool, but have you written a paper with 2/3 of your residency class? 🙃 Amazing job by @AlishaLussiez with our Ryan Howard as senior author + Maia Anderson @ryaneton & yours truly for backup singing! Michael Englesbe mentoring to the max! #WhyUmichSurgery

Thank you so much LatinoSurgSociety for the feature! Es un orgullo representar a mi Colombia ❤️

Congratulations to @Gifty_Kwakye_MD from @UmichSurgery on her exciting new role in the Office of Health Equity & Inclusion as director of Medical Student Programs, working to create and implement programs that engage and develop @Umich medical students! #DirectorCarol #GoBlueMed

How is it already January? COVID surge or not, the LEAGUES Scholars team is moving forward with another virtual offering of our summer program! Applications open this Friday, and any MS1 in the US is eligible to apply ✅Stipend ✅Research ✅Networking ✅Advocacy ✅Tons of fun!

🚨CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!🚨 It's that time... if you are (or know) an M1 curious about surgery and passionate about health equity — we have a summer program full of mentorship, research, advocacy, networking, and fun in store. Join us! Apply today at link in photo.