Preeti R. John MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM, CPE, HEC-C
@preeti_john
Board certified in General Surgery, Critical Care, Hospice&Palliative Med, Healthcare Ethics. Clinical Associate Professor. Editor 'Being a Woman Surgeon' book
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Congratulations Dr. Julie G. Pilitsis, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. !!!
Take the American College of Surgeons UCSF Surgery National Surgeon Well-being survey today and make your voice heard! Click here: ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5h…
Excellent article by RanaAwdishMD and colleagues about “never words” — phrases we shouldn’t say to patients with serious illness. Here are a few of my favorites:
"Our system ignores, silences and undermines" those who stand up to report injustices in the health care environment. Physician Just Equity Pringl Miller MD FACS
Fraud & #misconduct in the scientific community: "It is embarrassing for institutions when one of their employees commits misconduct, so they’d rather impose a mild penalty & not keep digging. There’s little incentive for anyone to get to the bottom of misconduct." Kelsey Piper
Potential new oral pain medication by Vertex Pharmaceuticals (mechanism: blocks sodium channels) being reviewed by FDA FDA Drug Information Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Knowlton on receiving up to $22.3 million dollars from ARPA-H to improve intraoperative anatomy visualization and critical structure identification! Lisa Knowlton Stanford Surgery surgery.stanford.edu/news2/Knowlton…
#TermLimits for clinical leadership positions would benefit the VA Health Care System!➡️Enhanced equity & inclusion, #Quality improvement, organizational ethics shorturl.at/L7zTd VHA Under Secretary Dr. Shereef M. Elnahal Veterans Health Federal News Network Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) Edith Tzeng
Interesting discussion about 'The Sky Was Falling' - medical memoir by pediatric surgeon Cornelia Griggs Simon & Schuster (Thanks for organizing Stepheny Berry, MD, FACS Fellowship of the Book) Stephanie Bonne