So excited to work with this amazing squad of residents this year!!! ACOS Zach Brennan Grace Young Rachel Oppenheim, DO, MS Kayla Brown MUSC General Surgery Residency Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency St. David’s General Surgery Residency

🚨 Reminder: TSMA Alumni Series Workshop 🚨 🗓 When: Monday, Nov 25 | 7:30 PM EST 💻 Registration Link: forms.gle/vz4Q4Ja5BoycPb… 🎯 Registration Deadline: Nov 22 | 11:59 PM EST Get ready for a Live Q&A session with TSMA alumni who successfully matched into cardiothoracic surgery!

Why do midwesterners say “living the dream” when someone says “how’s it going?” The alternative:

Had a great time this weekend with Schafer Paladichuk and Tyler Wallen doing an aortic valve lab and hopefully inspiring some medical students to consider two of my favorite things - the heart and surgery. Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Geisinger PNWU

We had a successful inaugural ORIGINS program this past year and are excited to announce that applications have opened for the '25-'26 academic year! Rising OMS-II and OMS-III students, we look forward to reviewing your applications! 🗓️Deadline: May 31 tinyurl.com/ydwx4r95

An incredible accomplishment. Schafer Paladichuk is a superstar and is going to crush it in the upcoming match. I’ve not often come across medical students with as much drive and potential as Schafer. ACOS-MSS ACOS Resident Section ACOS Tyler Wallen

Happy to see our article with the plastic surgery team about lymphatic ligation after ECMO in print with asaiojournal! Imaging-Guided Ligation can assist in finding leaks and help get patients out of the hospital sooner. Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Department of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40503758/

Another year, another wonderful graduation in Malibu. Congratulations to Drs. Laura DiChiacchio and Asher Weisberg for graduating our thoracic transplant fellowship!!

Join us Monday, August 25th as we kick off our first subspecialty series of the academic year with cardiothoracic surgery! Dr. Sharon Beth Larson is an adjunct clinical assistant professor at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University and cardiothoracic

Very few med students have the drive, intelligence, and dedication that Ahmet Bilgili has. Truly a superstar. Check out his podcast!

Honored to have received first place for the Robert C. Erwin award from ACOS this year. Thanks to Tyler Wallen for his mentorship and Schafer Paladichuk for his help with the project! ACOS Resident Section

Phenomenal presentations at #ACA2025 by Emily Unrue, DO (PGY-3, Geisinger Vascular) and Zach Brennan (PGY-3, Cedars-Sinai CT Surgery) on TAMBE and Heart Transplantation ACOS ACOS Resident Section Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency

Great work and excellent project overall by Schafer Paladichuk. Really interesting idea with great follow through. He’s a superstar - excited to see where he ends up on match day! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23… Tyler Wallen ACOS ACOS Resident Section ACOS-MSS

I used to log cases daily; I would immediately log the case while reviewing after. Because it took about 10 seconds. ACGME added 2 factor authentication, with two screens before you even get to 2 factor. Now, I log weekly at best. Who is going to steal my case logs? So strange.

Excited to officially announce the 2025-2026 RS executive board! We can’t wait for the year ahead!

What an honor to be able to not only present Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society but to be asked questions by two giants in cardiac surgery: Jeff Jacobs and Dr. Damiano WashU Medicine Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Cedars-Sinai Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency