To our amazing chiefs Drs. Amy Copeland, Claire Faltermeier, Yang (Frank) Lu, MD, Roxanne Massoumi, Alex Moore, and Catherine Zhu: we are so proud of you and your accomplishments! We will miss you! You have indelibly improved our program and those whose lives you’ve touched!

What can’t this woman do!!! Congrats

The most brilliant, thoughtful, and kind human. UCLA_GIMHSR is so lucky. I would encourage all UCLA General Surgery Residency Program folk interested in #HSR to get a coffee with him. Consistently pushed me me to think more deeply about my research questions during our NCSP at UCLA time together.

The absolute worst feeling is when you can’t remember where you parked your car 28hrs ago- she tweeted instead of looking for her car….

Love these guys- they really are a model of teaching with humanism in every aspect of life. UCLA General Surgery Residency Program

Come join us tomorrow pm to ask questions about this AMAZING surgery program. Six years in and I’m still so grateful I matched at UCLA.

Finally made it down to the call room on my trauma shift and had the BEST surprise waiting from my co resident Zach Weitzner !! UCLA General Surgery Residency Program

Inaugural chief resident debates at UCLA General Surgery Residency Program Gabe Oland and I debated lap subtotal chole vs open conversion for those tough gallbladders. Highly recommend bringing your own slide advancer/cheerleader (Terry Peng, MD, MPH) Lots of SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025! and Sharmila Dissanaike references!

Congratulations to all our chief residents for matching into amazing #fellowship programs!! Very excited for your future!

Is it too early to start feeling nostalgic about this amazing group of co-residents????

When the Pacu nurses make working nye so much brighter!!! UCLA General Surgery Residency Program

My husband told me that today our 3-year old assigned him homework. She told him he had to stay home and take care of her stuffed unicorn and “feed her rainbows” while she was at school. “This is my new job” he says. There is nothing sweeter.

Husband: it's raining, where are the umbrellas? Me: I threw them all away when we lived in Portland. Husband: but it rained a lot in Portland. Me: correct.

One of the lesser known holidays occurs each year at about this time: the Chief Resident Solstice, which is when almost all residents in their final year reach a maximum in terms of f***ing being done with this s***.

Cleveland Clinic Megan Melland-Smith Kaela (Parnell) Blake, MD Ajita Prabhu, MD FACS JORGE DAES Triple Neurectomy! The guru David Chen of the Lichtenstein Amid Clinic UCLA Health reviews the when and how. NB: Nerve injury can occur with all types of inguinal hernia repair approaches with and without mesh. Dr Chen’s data: 59% triple Neurectomy (usually open) 41%

#ChiefResident photo tradition - jump shot on the helipad!!

Advice to rising chiefs. Take photos- it goes by too fast!! I’m not crying, you’re crying! UCLA General Surgery Residency Program David Chen Timothy Donahue O Joe Hines MD #ianmacqueen

Association of non-English language preference with postoperative hospital visits among California Medicaid enrollees surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… UCLA General Surgery Residency Program UCLA CORE Lab David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Veterans Affairs Veterans Health