Thrilled to be in sunny San Diego for the Women in Thoracic Surgery Conference! 🫀🫁 #WTS2024

Soooooo excited to have this rising ⭐️ attending the conference! Experience: clinical trial coordinator ✅ Ability to write & need minimal edits✅ Human w/integrity & incredible EQ ✅ CT surgeon in the making 😎😎😎

Omg omg omg- dream realized! Young women trainees know this is a possibility!!!!!!!!! Kelly Sokevitz, MS-4 send me a DM so I can get you out w/the group tonight- so glad u are here! See you at 5 for speed mentoring! William Smiley

Look look look!!!! so many young female students & trainees interested in CT Surgery!!! They flew across the country to spend a day with us🫠 So incredibly cool!!! WomenInThoracicSurg #WTS2024

Our kickoff speed mentorship event at the WTS annual meeting is underway and the turnout is absolutely amazing!! #WTS2024 WomenInThoracicSurg Stephanie G Worrell, MD FACS Daniela Mara Antonoff, MD, FACS Shanda Blackmon, MD Lauren Martin J Allred

Lauren WomenInThoracicSurg So excited… I am flying in from Canada to attend this conference #wts2024 WomenInThoracicSurg

Fantastic great first session - Early Career Symposium. Advice on how to get a first job to how to balance being an attending and planning your kids “fubble” party. IYKYK Thank you to all panelists!! Fatima Wilder Lauren WomenInThoracicSurg #WTS2024

That’s a lot of experience & power at one table right⁉️ I can’t wait till the ☕️ break so I can bump elbows/pick 🧠s 😎 #WTS2024 WomenInThoracicSurg

We heard that posting a #FlashbackFriday only 48 hours after the photos were taken is ✨very demure and very mindful✨ We love intern picture day!!

Way cool! Congrats

This girl is a WOW- she’s rotating with my group on loan from the UTSA Gen surg program She’s giving the podium at #WTS2024 and totally owning it. Soooo impressed w/her as a surgeon and scientist. Paige Brlecic BCM Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency WomenInThoracicSurg

Downstairs in the Revolution room WomenInThoracicSurg #WTS2024 With an open discussion with some of our friends in industry on creating partnerships. If you are here come on down! Natalia Allison Weiderhold

The future of Cardiothoracic Surgery is bright. #WTS2024 WomenInThoracicSurg Great inaugural meeting!

Lauren UTSA Paige Brlecic BCM Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency WomenInThoracicSurg She owned the room. So impressed!

What an inspiring and amazing meeting!! #WTS2024 WomenInThoracicSurg University of Arizona Department of Surgery Daniela Mara Antonoff, MD, FACS Cecilia Pompili MD PhD FACS Lauren Shanda Blackmon, MD virginia litle donington Carolyn Chang MD

Lauren UTSA Paige Brlecic BCM Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency WomenInThoracicSurg Thats awesome. (Its UT Health SA Surgery UT Health San Antonio Cardiothoracic Surgery. Though they’re merging with UTSA!)

This was one of the most unique things about #WTS2024 ♥️ surgeon mentors were so open & approachable. The mentees are still 😳 (myself included Jo Chikwe). We had REAL conversations w/surgeons we’ve #fangirl admired for yrs. The advice was gold!!

It was awesome to meet a Kathryn E Engelhardt, MD MS resident rockstar!!! She’s the best! Right Natalia and Aorta guy ⁉️ Looking forward to 👀 your career evolve 🤩