Fantastic visit this week by Sharon Stein's Little Sister (Deb Stein) - our 2024 UC San Diego Surgery Visiting Trauma Professor - focused on patient centeredness, patient reported outcomes & trauma informed care: lessons from Shock Trauma we are incorporating at UCSD Trauma Burn

.UCSD Trauma Burn Fellow Dr Stephen Stopenski masterfully shows UC San Diego Health Burn Center data on resistant burn wound infections: associated with homelessness but not socioeconomics (ADI). Adjusting empirical antibiotics for burn infection may be warranted. #sisna Jeanne Lee

June is #GunViolenceAwarenessMonth Join @ucsdtrauma in raising awareness and taking a stand for gun violence awareness. Wear orange to honor those affected by gun violence! Let’s turn awareness into action. #AASTOPGunViolence #AASTurningAwarenessIntoAction #AASTurnsOrange

Cholecystectomy or Cholecystostomy in pregnancy? Jessica Weaver MD PhD presents the case that despite the superiority in outcomes and safety of definitive cholecystectomy, non-operative management remains far too common. #sisna

Fascinating 2024 Altemeier Lecture at #SISNA today by Astronaut/Orthopedic Surgeon/Chemical Engineer Dr Robert L Satcher: “The Challenge of Surgery for Space Exploration” - a look at what medical support, especially surgery, might look like for deep space exploration.

Congratulations to Dr Jeanne Lee Jeanne Lee and the big team at the UC San Diego Health Regional Burn Center on a successful 3-year ABA Burn Center Verification visit and for the continuing high quality burn care they provide (pending American Burn Association final approval)

Wow. All favorite hi-powered expert Trauma/ACS surgeons and #WITS! Be sure to zoom in.

Dr Allison Berndtson and our newest UCSD Surgery Residents Interns doing some Boot Camp talks today at UC San Diego Health Hillcrest UCSD Trauma Burn UC San Diego Surgery

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High impact trauma training for our UC San Diego Surgery Intern Boot Camp and our high value PGY-1s. Today it’s emergency airways at the fabulous Center for the Future of Surgery

Teaching is a demanding part of the job of an academic surgeon. And surgeons get limited teaching in how to be a good teacher. But the ATLS Instructor Course does a great job helping trauma providers become skilled adult educators. #ATLS

A great career opportunity !

What is the optimal spinal imaging for falls from height in asymptomatic trauma patients? Excellent work by surgery resident Dr Will Johnston using @ucsdtraauma data that falls 5 ≥ feet require CT. Alcohol and other injuries increase the risk of missed injuries. #AAST2024