The first all-city report on recurrent violent injury in Washington DC. Much lower incidence than we expected - injury prevention works but we need to expand the umbrella to those at-risk but not yet hurt. injuryjournal.com/article/S0020-…

Snow pack in the Sierra Nevadas IN MAY!!

New guideline in partnership with CWIS in Surgical_Infections_Jrnl Management of Surgical Site or Implant-Related Infections After Surgical Stabilization of Traumatic Rib or Sternal Fractures Read here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37204325/

Only in the USA would this pop up on a “memory” google photo reminder - a bullet I removed from a patient. This is not normal and is preventable. #thisismylane

Why I love being in DC…

So sad. I grew you watching this show. RIP, Captain. KMG 365!

The results from our DEVICE trial are out in the NEJM . In this RCT, direct laryngoscopy was inferior to video laryngoscopy for first-pass success. In fact, it was so inferior that we had to stop the trial early after DSMB review due to the clear benefit of VL. This is the 🔨

Thomas Alito: Private jets to luxury fishing vacations with a Republican billionaire who then had REPEATED business before the Supreme Court: $100,000 Neil Gorsuch: Real estate deal with a lawyer who had business before the Supreme Court: $1.8 million Clarence Thomas: Luxury

In the US, we would immediately shoot the person and declare “stand your ground”. Oh…and that would be legal in some states. Uniquely American phenomenon.

This is exactly what the Founding Fathers wanted when they created an independent judiciary.

All health system administrators should watch this

The United States has witnessed 372 mass shootings in 40 different states (and Washington D.C.) in the 192 days of 2023. gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-s…

"If mass shootings continue at the rate they are going currently, it’s likely they will exceed the levels recorded in 2021, which was the worst year for mass shootings since at least 2014, when the Gun Violence Archive first started tracking shooting data."

A Houston man shot at a car because it didn’t immediately move forward at a stoplight; two bullets hit a 7-year-old girl sitting in the backseat.  Permitless carry went into effect in Texas in 2021; Texas has more road rage shootings than any other state. abc13.com/road-rage-shoo…

Incredibly proud and flattered that ⁦Malcolm Gladwell⁩ noticed our research ways to lower risk of death following gunshot wounds. Great podcast series all around and we are now part of it ⁦GWHospital⁩ ⁦GW Surgery⁩ #ctacc trauma podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rev…

Those who do not study history are destined to repeat it

Big thx to Drs Ron Gross & Ron Simon. GWHospital GW Surgery was reverified by ACS COT as a Level 1 trauma center with no deficiencies at all! We remain THE premier trauma center in DC! #ctacc 💪🚑🏥

My good friend, ⁦Benjamin Abella, MD MPhil⁩ giving grand rounds at GW. To cool or not to cool, that’s the question….

It’s time again to celebrate AMAZING survivors of trauma GWHospital GW Surgery GW EM Residency. Join us on Wed 11/29 from 11am to noon EST: facebook.com/GWUHospital. Prepare to cry and be impressed with these stories!

One of the best days of the year! Was happy to celebrate today with DC Fire and EMS Department (DCFD) members, their patients, and GWU Hospital and Babak Sarani