A once-in-a-lifetime experience happened to my twin sister today & I thought you all may find it pretty breathtaking & beautiful too! 🫶

Michelle and I with Levi and his family at the SCCM meeting in San Francisco. Levi was presented the HERO award

Training the next generation of surgeons is one of our top priorities. Our General Surgery Residency Program (led by Dr. Karen Chojnacki) is currently training 21 talented women - nearly half of our resident physicians. 👏 #ILookLikeASurgeon #WomenPhysicianDay #gensurgmatch2024

Meet our matches! How lucky are we? 🍀 #gensurgmatch2023 Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Health Itohan Aikhionbare Mia Brownfield Saba Daneshpooy MD Mitchell Hirsch

Don’t ask to see the rest of my bracket but I don’t bet against underdogs from Jersey #FDU

Team Jefferson Surgery at #SAGES2023 in Montreal! Successful talks by Isheeta Madeka, MD and James Fraser with more to come from Sunjay S. Kumar, MD

Thank you Francesco Palazzo, MD, FACS ! Not possible without all your support Michael J. Pucci Talar Tatarian, MD Karen Chojnacki Renee Tholey

One of my favorite days of the year Jefferson Health, alway so inspiring to hear the research my Jefferson Surgery co-residents have been working on. Amazing work Micaela Langille Collins Darshak Thosani @devon_pace_MD Sunjay S. Kumar, MD Tina Bharani, MD !! // Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS Hien Dang, PhD

This is criminal. These greedy insurance companies would rather a baby die than decrease their astronomical profit margins.

Resident 1: This video is the hotness 🌶️ Resident 2: Yeah, it's fire 🔥 See for yourself ➡️ full-length trauma laparotomy video from our Trauma Video Atlas (out this fall), courtesy of Nina Clark, MD, MS Kevin Kniery Patrick Georgoff, MD John McClellan

Having a great time at #ACSCC23 Sunjay S. Kumar, MD @devon_pace_MD Haley Kittle Francesco Palazzo, MD, FACS abodz Jefferson Surgery

Meet our categorical general surgery matches! 🎉 #gensurgmatch2024 Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Health Cara Lescott, MD Daniel Muchnok Maya Vasser, MD MPH

For the newly matched (especially in surgery), here are some things no one teaches you about functioning in the hospital: 1. The EMR is not the place to battle things out with another service or take out any other frustrations- pick up the phone and call (cont)

From Alex Bonte at the SAGES meeting. If you do gallbladder surgery then watch the entire 7 minutes of this. Take the time to sign in with a password or whatever. Watch all of it. There are 6-7 different moments of 😱😱😱😱😱 youtu.be/gkajc_Xc-oc?si…

Celebrating our latest guideline: Guidelines for the Use of Laparoscopy During Pregnancy. Published in Surgical Endoscopy and available at: ow.ly/7JTC50RBgov Sunjay S. Kumar, MD Bethany Slater

Don’t ever give out your email or patients will bug you years later

Productive SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! EAES European Society of Coloproctology consensus meeting for the #rapidguideline update on CME for right hemicolectomy! @sa_antoniou Francesco Maria Carrano Bethany Slater Francesco Palazzo, MD, FACS Sunjay S. Kumar, MD @AlexanderTzanis Suzanne Doré Christou_NikiNC Dimitris Mavridis C. Kontovounisios Audrius Dulskas

Surgeons (esp female and leadership involved surgeons): Please review this labor of love. Female surgeons need protection to care for themselves before delivery. /1 Impact of Surgeon Workload on Pregnancy Outcomes in Surgical Trainees and Faculty journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Join us in celebrating our newest publication: Guidelines for the Surgical Treatment of Hiatal Hernias. Available on our website and in Surgical Endoscopy. ow.ly/ylpc50SRN5s Sunjay S. Kumar, MD Bethany Slater

What kind of world do we live in where a UPMC Orthopedic Surgery Residency resident has to fundraise for her own cancer care because her contract/health insurance are being terminated???? Cc WomenSurgeons @EquityDocs American Board of Surgery American College of Surgeons AAOS speakuportho Lisa Cannada gofundme.com/f/support-meli…