I loved this paper. If you've been on the other side of the knife, it's easy to recognize how important a surgeon's words are. Sometimes, they can be as important as the operation itself. Communication 'technique' as important as operating technique. Value it!

Dani Terrell Analiz Rodriguez MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS Just a reminder to anyone interested in a neurosurgical oncology fellowship to tune in tonight and learn about great fellowship programs including Neurosurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering and MSKCC Spine Tumor Center. Great opportunities. #Neurosurgery #Oncology #Fellowship

Humility isn't a sign of low self-esteem. It's a mark of high self-awareness. The goal isn't to deny your strengths. It's to see your strengths & shortcomings accurately. The first rule of improvement: recognize room for improvement. Narcissism feeds ego. Humility fuels growth.

One of the scariest—among many scary—things happening in healthcare (and happening to a competitor system here in Portland). Proud to keep patients at the center of our mission in academic medicine. I pray we stay immune to profit mongering, patient abandoning private equity.

I hope this article gets more attention. Wrestles beautifully with one of the greatest and most immediately relevant tensions in training (or medicine at large). Must read! nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

A key to steady progress is prioritizing goals over moods. Whether you aim to get in shape, learn the guitar, or write a book, the question is not whether you feel like it today. It's who you want to become tomorrow. Enthusiasm fluctuates. Consistent action accumulates.

A timely coda to that NEJM piece…

I keep giving bad news, but the patient and family are so grateful. What matters is not the content we deliver, but the way we deliver it.

Thank you Olabisi Sanusi MD, FAANS ! (And thank you to our Chief Vibes Resident Jordan Leigh Smith, MD PhD )

Excited and very thankful to Neurosurgery Publications & the CNS for recognizing our study on the prognostic value of steroids in neurologically impaired patients with brain mets with the Paper of the Year: Tumor award. I look forward to sharing this work at the meeting next week

This year, OB-GYN applicants used a new system - ResidencyCAS - to apply to residency programs. ACOG just released preliminary application data - and a couple of figures caught my eye. (🧵)