Steven Thornton, MD
@swthorntonjr
Resident @DukeSurgery. Former HS teacher pursuing a career in cancer surgery and medical education. Tweets do not reflect my employer.
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https://surgery.duke.edu/profile/steven-thornton 15-07-2020 20:35:13
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My friends and I think a lot about what language to use with seriously ill patients and how it impacts healing. Sometimes we write about it for Mayo Clinic Proceedings ❤️🩹Leonard Berry Gillian Grafton Never-Words: What Not to Say to Patients With Serious Illness sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Are you #GenSurgMatch2025 and struggling to navigate the residency match process? This is article was written FOR YOU! 🤝🥇 Click here to FILTER OUT THE NOISE: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S19… Ariana Naaseh, MD Joshua Roshal, MD Cait Silvestri John Woodward, MD Steven Thornton, MD Maya Hunt
The Association for Surgical Education is looking for Trainee Leaders in several Committees ✨Applications are open now! Questions? Email [email protected] ✨APPLY HERE!✨ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Quick break from night chief for the NC/SC ACS Annual Meeting in beautiful Isle of Palms 🌴 Thankful for the opportunity to present some of our Duke Surgical Oncology work and celebrate our own Duke Surgery NC - ACS President Dr. Seymour 🎉
Interested in becoming a Duke Surgery Resident? Come join our town halls to learn more about the program! The first one is this Wednesday 💙Duke Surgery
Congrats to Kristen Rhodin, MD MHS 🎉 for her excellent presentation and being awarded 1st PLACE 🥇 in resident presentation in #cancer session NC - ACS Duke Surgical Oncology #GeorgiaBeasley Duke Surgery
Are you the Cooper Flagg of MS4s? Do you want to be the Zion Williamson of Surg Onc, the Paolo Banchero of MIS, or the Kyrie of Transplant? Join us for our town halls to learn more about Duke Surgery and Duke General Surgery Residency! Signup➡️duke.is/GSUTownHalls20…
Great showing at the inaugural Duke AWS Women in Surgery (WinS) welcome event this week! S/o Hana Shafique and Alexandria (Alex) Soto for amazing leadership, and Gayle DiLalla, Duke Surgery and DEI Catalyst Fund for all the support!! #WomenInSurgery #ILookLikeASurgeon #Mentorship
Congratulations to Steven Thornton, MD on being named the next Duke Surgery Education and Simulation Fellow! We’re always learning from you and excited to see your contributions to #SurgEd continue 📚🍎🎉 DukeSEAL John Migaly Jacob Greenberg Kevin N Shah
Still energized by the incredible turnout for our Duke AWS Mentorship Pods!⚡️🪡🚺 A huge thanks to Hana Shafique & Dana Rowe for co-leading this awesome initiative 🤩 Also, grateful to Gayle DiLalla, Shannon Barter, & the DEI Catalyst Fund for their support! #ILookLikeASurgeon
Some of Duke University School of Medicine’s most talented future surgeons!