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Groundbreaking case in transplant! The first-ever combined islet-liver transplant performed using an innovative ischemia-free technique has enabled a patient with liver disease and diabetes to become insulin-independent in just 9 days! journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

OrganOx rising to the occasion—literally! Excited to see the new elevated platform in action Cleveland Clinic . Find a fellowship program ASTS that’s always investing in cutting-edge technology& prioritizing the best care for patients.#transplant@me4_so #SoMe4Surgery

📣Let the record show ❗️💁🏻‍♀️ you CAN get the 5 Cleveland Clinic #Transplant fellows 🧑🏿‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️👨🏽‍⚕️together in one room! (With half of the attendings!) Sami Shoucair, MD MPH MS Glenn Wakam Alejandro Pita

Practical Considerations for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Use During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. #ECMO #OLT jcvaonline.com/article/S1053-… Figure 1:

Find a program ASTS that doesn’t just train you in transplant/HPB but surrounds you with co-fellows who match your energy, your vibe, and your grind. Blessed to be doing this with the best crew Cleveland Clinic SoMe4Surgery #TransplantFam #fellowships #Grateful

Storing donor lungs at 10°C for up to 24 hours is safe & doesn't affect lung txp outcomes 🫁💨. A multicenter study finds no impact on survival, complications, or recovery times, supporting extended preservation. A step forward in transplant logistics. journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

When your attending gives all 3 fellows ASTS their first caval anastomosis in liver transplant… you show #appreciation the only way that makes sense: with a bottle of Cava. Because great teaching deserves a sparkling #ThankYou . #Gratitude #surgtwitter

Affordable, rapidly available platform for engineers & researchers, to foster innovations in ECMO 💵 💵 #ECMO consoles are poorly accessible to researchers due to high cost + integration with third-party machines/softwares lmited 💡programmable console which can be assembled for

Congrats 🎉🎊 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt BME team on giant step forward ➡️ translation for Xeno cross-circulation! Check out this JHLT study 💁🏻‍♀️ post 🐷Xeno XC supported lungs do NOT cause hyperacute rejection! 🤩 Rei Ukita Ciara M. Shaver Caitlin Demarest MD PhD jhltonline.org/article/S1053-…

Today at Cleveland Clinic Urology . Living RAKT (2 arteries) . Cadavers RAKT (3 arteries). pushing the boundaries. ASTS #AUA25 #WTC25

The OR headgear 👑🧢 collection is growing! Some days the case is so cool🤩, ya wanna watch it again! 📸#GoPro 12 in action 🤸🏽, capturing some #LivingDonor liver transplant backtable action 📽️on 1 of 8 #LDLT at Cleveland Clinic transplant this year to date!

Replay ⏯️ ➡️ recall! Here’s 1 🔥🔥Cleveland Clinic R lobe #LDLT recon + sew-in with 🤩 Alejandro Pita & Masato Fujiki MD 🤩! 2 RHV +V5-8. 2 bile ducts. No problem 🕺🏼. (First drawing in poor imitation of Toru Goto, MD style) ASTS #surgtwitter

Most 🤩popular🤩 OR of the week 🥇goes to sensei 🙇🏻‍♀️ Masato Fujiki MD, corralling 4❗️ fellows on an overnight 🌛 #IntestinalTransplant (ok other things were going on too). Here’s also throwback to a 🔥🔥 #multivisceral txpl from a while ago! Sami Shoucair, MD MPH MS Alejandro Pita ASTS

He’s thriving nearly 4 months after receiving a gene-edited pig kidney at Mass General Transplant Mass General Surgery Mass General Kidneys Harvard Medical School. “He was tired of just surviving. A pig kidney gave him a shot at living.” CNN 🔗 cnn.com/2025/05/14/hea…

We ❤️ our Cleveland Clinic #Liver OR #DreamTeam! We also ❤️❤️ our new team 🤩swag🤩 courtesy of amazing nurse manager Jill)! (Next = team green🧤 gloves? 🤔) It truly takes a village💪. 🍀Lucky to be part of this 1! Sami Shoucair, MD MPH MS Alejandro Pita Masato Fujiki MD ASTS

In 111 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, visceral arterial grafting had 81% primary patency. Autologous SFA conduits had the best outcomes (95% patency). journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

To all IMGs out there, the path is long but very much possible and rewarding. Many will say you can’t do it, we’re here say you can! Nicole Mott CU Department of Surgery AJS Student and Resident Scholar (STARS) Committee IMG_stories Project IMG ™ Project IMG Network

Happy 🥳 ASTS #TransplantSurgery 🙌 #Match Day to all those joining the best 🥇specialty ever! Throwback to 2023 when Cleveland Clinic & Alejandro Pita took a gamble on me 💁🏻‍♀️. 2y later, 11 mo into fellowship, still psyched about this job 🤩 (& 🦩 cap 🤪)

🤩🥳Welcome to The Grind! 💪🏃🏻‍♀️ #MatchDay ASTS

It's that wonderful time of year when new residents are joining the ICU team! Here are a few of my favorite Critical Care Time infographics to help you understand key concepts: ⚡️Undifferentiated shock 💉 Vasopressors 😮‍💨 The physiologically difficult airway & 🧪 Metabolic acidosis