'Happy' Father's Day

Healthcare is the 2nd largest contributor to landfill waste in our country! And it turns out there’s something we as surgeons can do about it Stanford Surgery Stanford Ped Surg

Absolutely fantastic to have this guy as a program director for the past two years - I’ve learned so much. I’m sure he’ll do incredible things at Texas Children's Austin

No need for “routine” rectal exam - just traumatizes patients. Ok if you’re considering a rectal injury (GSW, open pelvis). Otherwise no need in the bay.

It turns out, if you look for clots in injured children, you’ll find them. Now the question is, what should we do with that information?

This prospective observational cohort study evaluates risk-stratified VTE screening in severely injured children and demonstrates a significant incidence of previously unrecognized, asymptomatic VTE

#JoTACS #TraumaSurg #SurgTwitter #MedEd #SoMe4Surgery

journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Fullte…

EFFECTIVENESS OF TABLE SALT VERSUS COPPER SULPHATE IN TREATING UMBILICAL GRANULOMA: A PILOT RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-… #jpedsurg #SoMe4PedSurg

This prospective observational cohort study evaluates risk-stratified VTE screening in severely injured children and demonstrates a significant incidence of previously unrecognized, asymptomatic VTE

#JoTACS #TraumaSurg #SurgTwitter #MedEd #SoMe4Surgery

journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Fullte…

I do not think anyone should love the physical exam any more than we love any other diagnostic test. We need to stop teaching this to medical students and residents.

Total Lunar eclipse tonight, after midnight,

The Full Moon will pass into & out of Earth’s conical shadow in space.

This long-and-boring event unfolds between 1:09am and 4:49am Pacific Time.

Convert to your time zone. If it’s nighttime on Earth, the event is visible to you.

A special week as we near the end of the academic year. Celebrated our graduating Chief Residents with our first in-person graduation in 3 years. Thrilled to welcome them to the Mackenzie Society and watch them continue to shape the future of surgery. #WhyOHSUSurgery

Another broken dogma 💨💥🔪⤵️👇! Do you still perform abdominal auscultation? #SoMe4Surgery Paula Ferrada MD FACS FCCM MAMSE Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Julio Mayol Gabriel Escalona Vivas Alberto MISIRG Antonio Caycedo-Marulanda MD, MSc. Sergey Minaev Neil Floch MD

*BIG NEWS!* Le Bonheur UTHSC Pediatric Surgery and @UTHSCSurgery are thrilled to announce that Dr. Rachel Landisch will be joining our faculty after completing Surgical Critical Care at Wexner/Ohio State & Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Stanford. Welcome to the family, Dr. Landisch and congrats! 🤩🤩

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has confirmed that an unoccupied house at 24265 Ocean Drive, Rodanthe, N.C. collapsed this afternoon. This is the second unoccupied house collapse of the day at the Seashore. Read more: nps.gov/caha/learn/new…

A restaurant manager working a block from campus just sent Student Affairs a concerning email about the number of med students he regularly sees crying alone in his diner at 2 AM.

The Dean would like to host a required meeting on professionalism later this week. Date/time TBD.

Curious about the future of pediatric trauma and innovation? Dr. Steven Moulton, Trauma Medical Director at Children’s Hospital Colorado will be giving us updates on The Future of Pediatric Trauma. So join us at the Western Pediatric Trauma Conference July 13-15, 2022 in Sonoma

Some musical gratitude for all the healthcare workers who do the impossible every day.

Simple Gifts, #songsofcomfort

For the first time since 1997, the CMSGov is distributing 1,000 additional residency positions. Up to 200 positions will be distributed/year. Qualifying hospitals can apply for 5 spots/year. Apps due 3/31. See Section 126 on the CMS site for more info: cms.gov/Medicare/Medic…

2021: the year in splashes