I can't see how anyone could be educated by a self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams, and teach others to pass exams but nobody knows anything. You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking, and by experimenting. —Richard Feynman

Every year the same thing: "oh let the surgeon cut the turkey"...excuse me but theres no instrument on my set that looks like a butcher's knife and if you really want me to do this i need my favorite scrub tech my go-to OR music and at least 3 residents to assist

A simply outstanding Journal of Clinical Oncology study looking at the Immunoscore Biopsy as a predictor of recurrence-free survival for patients with rectal cancer and a cCR undergoing watch-and-wait. ISB status can help guide patient selection for organ preservation: ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.12…

💥 The #CHICKS lab crushed it today getting their Society for Vascular Surgery #VAM2024 abstracts in. Time to celebrate! #Teamwork #ProudMentor Marty Makary MD, MPH @SanujaBose Terrence Tsou @katmickdee Hopkins Surgery JHH Vascular Surgery

anyone know the best way to disseminate a research survey among fellow surgeons? our team is hitting alot of roadblocks with surgical societies that don't allow distribution of surveys to members Sean Langenfeld Avery Walker, MD, FACS, FASCRS Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD Caitlin Hicks MD, MS

Skills we should start learning in childhood: 1. How to be ok with disappointment. 2. How to be with someone who is crying or upset without try to fix it. 3. How to say “no, I’m not interested” or “don’t do that” without over-explaining or apologizing. 4. How to show genuine

People before Google was invented:

The man doesn't know that there is a snake underneath. The woman doesn't know that there is a stone crushing the man. The woman thinks: “I am going to fall and I can't climb because the snake is going to bite me! Why can't the man use a little more strength and pull me up!"

My first ever book ❤️

Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. —Bruce Lee

You have to be run by ideas not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win, otherwise good people don't stay. —Steve Jobs

This #MemorialDay, we honor the brave souls who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. We remember and salute you.

We found that older patients have better pain outcomes compared to younger patients after hemorrhoid surgery. Fellow surgeons - what is your opinion/experience? authors.elsevier.com/a/1jUMt578Xh%7… Mark R. Katlic Vincent Obias Sean Langenfeld Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Nicole M Saur, MD Isacco Montroni

The problem is not people being uneducated. The problem is that people are educated just enough to believe what they have been taught, and not educated enough to question anything from what they have been taught. —Professor Richard Feynman

Ureteral catheterization by the CRS - feasible, practical, and efficient. Should this be integrated into standard CRS training? See our latest publication from Sinai Hospital in Baltimore LifeBridge Health authors.elsevier.com/a/1jiK5,Op-462… Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Mark Soliman, MD, MBA Vincent Obias Mark R. Katlic

Most recent from our team, 1st auth Angela Ting-Wei Hsu PGY2 LifeBridge Health, roboCRS strongly associated with early DC (14x odds > open; 2x > lap). Early DC associated with ↓ complications, including ↓ bounceback readmission Marcie Feinman MD, MEHP, FACS Mark Soliman, MD, MBA Steven D Wexner MD, PhD rdcu.be/dWZfP

All of humanity is in one picture - except for astronaut Michael Collins, who took this picture in July 1969 as part of the Apollo 11 mission 🌎

You don’t need more time, you need less distractions. You don’t need motivation, you need self control. You don’t need more resources, you need resourcefulness. You don’t need to be busy, you need more focus.

Here’s what Lou Gehrig’s full speech looked like. This was fully improvised, he didn’t even want to talk. Sadly passed away two short years later.

I never have because it’s a scam. The real issue is where this industry is heading and how journals need to redesign their practice models