Origin of the word "stent" 🧵1/5 Charles Thomas Stent (1807–1885) was a pioneering dentist from Brighton. He modified material for dental impressions (a blend of gutta-percha with stearin and talc), which was lauded globally. He called his invention "Stents material". #HistMed

So saddened to learn today that #neurosurgery lost (1 week ago) one of its pioneers in #skullbase & #cerebrovascular surgery, #TakanoriFukushima. He was the consummate innovative naturally skilled neurosurgical artist who exuded passion, perfected his craft & inspired legions😥

to people worried about looking like boring nerds: 1. you are boring nerd, hence your profession 2. you will look like a boring nerd in anything bc that's you 3. if you are cool, then you will still look cool in these clothes. see Glenn O'Brien, Duncan Hannah, Basquiat, etc.

Congratulations to graduating Resident Dr. Joseph Bell Joseph Bell MD, PhD! Dr. Bell will be joining us at UCLA as our new Neurocritical Care Fellow. We look forward to having you join us as a fellow! #Neurosurgery

Congratulations to graduating Resident Dr. Sophie Peeters! After graduation, Dr. Peeters will be heading to MD Anderson Cancer Center MD Anderson Cancer Center to begin a Skull Base fellowship. We wish you the best of luck and we can’t wait to see all the good work you do! #Neurosurgery

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I strongly believe in transparency in PhD admissions, especially in the face of changing guidelines about how we select students. So, @TaralynTan @VeronicaGMarti2 Michelle Tomaszycki and I wrote this paper for Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience to expose the hidden curriculum. 🔦 funjournal.org/wp-content/upl…

We're working on the future of America's passenger rail system—funding high-speed rail projects in the West and expanding service for communities across the country. Get your ticket to ride!

Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) was imposed on us by bureaucrats who never practiced medicine. They insisted that forcing physicians to enter their own orders into the system would decrease errors, but this was never properly studied. What's worse is that this system

From The Boss. He put it perfectly. Thank you Bruce Springsteen.

🚀We’re hiring! Forest Neurotech is looking for a Software Engineering Lead to build the core systems powering our ultrasound neurotech platform. As a nonprofit FRO, we're advancing science for public good. If you’re excited about neurotech & impact let’s talk. 🌍🧠 Link below

So it’s going to spend 3 years crippled by insecurity, messing up everything it tries, contemplate quitting as it’s friends get rich and start families, before finally pulling it all together in a manic amphetamine fueled two month stretch and making an amazing discovery nobody

Dear All, I believe that this thread will become one of my most important contributions to the fly field (I hope I will make other contributions)! Here, I introduce the Soy Milk Machine Fly Food Method, a.k.a., DeepCook!#Drosophila#NewPI

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and

This is how it’s done…

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

In honor of #MayThe4thBeWithYou let's consider the most difficult airways in the Star Wars universe: 1. Darth Vader Species: human Vader presents several challenges: Vent dependent at baseline, airway burns from Mustafar, limited neck mobility. Discuss GOC before saving him

Spine surgeons—how do you clear recreational athletes after cervical spine surgery? Take our brief, anonymous global survey:   docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #spinesurgery #returntoplay #neurosurgery #orthopedics #sportsmedicine