The countdown is on! 30 more days for these GenSurg Chiefs! #iusurgery

Thank you to the MSA Past Presidents who have helped build the great traditions of the Midwest Surgical Association! Congratulations to the 2018-2019 MSA President Dr. Nicholas Zyromski from Indiana University School of Medicine

Riley faculty Dr. Troy Markel reports that “Cloth Surgical Caps May Be Best After All” wb.md/2z5DDjU Medscape Indiana Surgery -Indiana Univ School of Medicine

Riley’s own Troy Markel is making scientific waves in the world of operative attire! Indiana Surgery -Indiana Univ School of Medicine x.com/jamcollsurg/st…

17 year old honor student and musician- Draylen Mason. He was killed in Austin, TX by a package bomb on his front porch..this is absolutely heartbreaking. 💔 He was to attend Howard University in the fall. People are so evil and hate filled. God bless and comfort his family.

“Colonoscopies are invasive and dangerous.” The risk of major complications from a #colonoscopy is very low. Benefits of #coloncancer prevention & early detection of polyps and cancer far outweigh risks. Colorectal Cancer Alliance Fight Colorectal Cancer GYRIG @coloncancerfnd @CCChallengeFdn The Colon Club

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One of the most controversial issues in rectal cancer: the complete pathological response. This is a summary of a global experience What would you do if it was you? #colorectalcancer #rectalcancer #colorectalresearch

Amazon paid $0 -- $0!!!!! -- in federal taxes in 2017 x.com/ReutersBiz/sta…

.@KanyeWest is now a sort of inadvertent New Yorker caption-contest contributor, second in fame only to a nine-year-old girl from New Jersey. nyer.cm/Btw2kMH

The "best solution" is not to hire scribes, human or robotic. The best solution is to move away from a health system based on outrageous documentation for billing purposes that swamps the "care" given to people. x.com/Bob_Wachter/st…

My 1st yr med student self: “I could care less about the coagulation cascade.” My pgy-14 trauma surgeon self: “Dammit why won’t this stop bleeding?!” 🤦‍♂️😂 #BasicScience #SurgTweeting

Myth #1: Nuts, seeds, and popcorn cause diverticulitis and should be avoided. False! A landmark 2008 population study found no association between nut/corn/popcorn consumption and diverticular disease, so go nuts! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18728264

I mean, considering that every attending surgeon uses the sucker to dissect (especially when the resident has the right angle), it would be kinda incredible that no one called it Dissuction™️ before, but, hey, I declare it mine. You may use it, with attribution, natch.

There are few issues more important to the security of the US than the potential spread of nuclear weapons or the potential for even more destructive war in the Middle East. Today’s decision to put the JCPOA at risk is a serious mistake. My full statement: facebook.com/barackobama/po…

You were also 17. Both of us suffered a gunshot wound to the neck. One of us ended up paralyzed and dependent on a ventilator, the other recovered and went on to become a trauma surgeon. Both examples of #GunViolence were preventable. #ShareAStoryInOneTweet

Something very important to think about . . . x.com/jamcollsurg/st…

Myth #5: Diverticulitis gets worse over time. Not true! The first attack is typically the worst attack, and the risk of progression from uncomplicated disease to a surgical emergency is less than 5%. Read our practice parameters here: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24509449

#ASCRS18 Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome. #ShafikSidani. Treat the underlying etiology not the ulcer!

Startling #burnout statistics from Dr Rothenberger #ascrs18