US is set to announce recommendations for #Covid19 vaccine boosters for those who received Pfizer/Moderna to be given 8 months after the second dose. First to get boosters will be healthcare workers and nursing home residents with the plan set to begin as early as next month.

Rest in peace Jean Paul Belmondo! The French cinema lost one of its giants today and one of the coolest actors to ever appear on the screen. #JeanPaulBelmondo 🌹

Our EAST appendicitis research group looked at data on the microbial #epidemiology of #appendicitis from 28 medical centers in the US. Check out the results published in Journal of Surgical Research this week: doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.… D. Dante Yeh Haytham Kaafarani Rishi Rattan Nicholas Namias

FEATURED: In the EAST appendicitis database, surgeons were most accurate at diagnosing acute appendicitis vs radiologists vs pathologists. When surgeons were wrong, outcomes were not significantly worse Khaled Abdul Jawad Pitt Surgery D. Dante Yeh doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.…

Flight attendant: Are there any doctors on the flight? One attending physician onboard: Have you tried calling the resident?

Downtown and the Mile High City skyline 📸

Today's views from #hiking the Chautauqua Trail in #Boulder were enough for me to understand why everyone who goes hiking once in #Colorado keeps coming for more ⛰

It's a beautiful day in Central Park .

Chronicles of a surgery intern's night duty: Chest tube in ED, central line in ICU, drain of abscess on floor, exploratory laparotomy for perfed ulcer in OR, thrombectomy to salvage a leg bypass in cath lab. You can't beat the general surgery experience in the community setting.

Third consecutive Christmas I spend away from home, and this made me realize how meaningless this holiday is when it's not spent with families and loved ones. Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating at home this year. I hope you all have a blessed weekend with your loved ones 🎄

While partial/full lockdowns are not ideal solutions for controlling #Covid19 waves, the alternative of "letting things be" is the collapse of #healthcare systems that would lead to patients suffocating to death with no hospital beds available. Now is the time to make decisions.

Two years of virtual scientific events later, I was looking forward to attending #EAST2022 this week and discussing firearm homicides and race just to test positive for Covid one day before flying to Austin. This is the definition of heartbreak. See you next year, EAST .

Sci Session IV – Paper 25 - #EAST2022 bit.ly/3EKKwrA Khaled Abdul Jawad D. Dante Yeh UM/JMH General Surgery

Strict state #firearmlaws have been associated with lower #firearmhomicide rates in the US over the past 20 years, but data our UM/JMH General Surgery trauma team presents at #EAST2022 today shows that we need to do a better job at ensuring laws benefit all #racialgroups equitably.

Paper #25 for the EAST_ICVP Cox Templeton completion Dr Chammas stepping in for Khaled Abdul Jawad to present at #EAST2022. Illinois is A- for stringent state firearm laws. Did anyone tell Chicago? EAST Marie Crandall, MD, MPH, FACS Rishi Rattan Ryder Trauma

I’m so proud of my research fellow Majid Chammas on his excellent presentation of Khaled Abdul Jawad’s research at #EAST2022

I’ve heard Joseph Sakran say, firearm violence is not a red or blue issue, it’s an American issue. D. Dante Yeh Khaled Abdul Jawad looking at legislation stringency & its association with mortality & race. Discussed by Tanya Egodage, MD, FACS Build EBM foundation 4 future legislation #EAST2022

A natural postcard from Puerto Rico #FlamencoBeach 🇵🇷

To give or not to give a single unit of pRBC 🩸 in the trauma bay? Check out our article just published in #Transfusion on the association between THAT single unit and #infection, #VTE, and #mortality in #trauma patients. Link: doi.org/10.1111/trf.18…

Excited to share our newly published case report in the ACGCRJ on #splenosis in a post-trauma #splenectomy patient presenting with gynecologic complaints. Certainly a challenging diagnosis to keep in mind in this #trauma patient population. Link: doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.…