Sam Olafson retweeted
Congratulations to our administrative chief, Dr. Samantha Olafson, for matching at her first choice for trauma surgery & surgical critical care fellowship! @OlafsonSam will be joining the Shock Trauma Center team at the University of Maryland in the summer of 2023 🎉 @shocktrauma
Fellowship rank list is certified and submitted, now we wait…
#sccfellowship #matchday
Sam Olafson retweeted
Einstein Surgery turned out last night to welcome our new residents!! Happy new academic year! – at Philadelphia, PA
Sam Olafson retweeted
We are so excited to celebrate rising chief @ryancohenmd's match today into MIS fellowship at @UCDavis_Surgery!! Congratulations, Ryan!
When you stress to your husband that the package is VERY important!!
#ups
I found a new favorite idea: have enough predictability to stay impulsive #phillybillboard
Sam Olafson retweeted
Congrats to our very own @amitrtjoshi for receiving the @acgme Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award! He is always deliberate and thoughtful with his teaching, in and out of the OR. So well deserved! acgme.org/What-We-Do/Initiat…
If a stat X-ray can wait until the order is in the EMR, then chest compressions can wait until my PPE is on. #amirite
Sent this to my hubby today and am grateful he accepts this as my love language:
#surgeryresident #thyroidectomy
This week in the @shocktrauma MTCC I intubated using a glide scope, placed an open chest tube, improved my central line placements w/ and w/o ultrasound, braved an HD line on a coagulopathic patient, and even floated a Swan 🦢. (Maybe next week it will be a 🦃)
Sam Olafson retweeted
It was a “herstoric” moment for CU Cardiothoracic Surgery when two female cardiothoracic surgeons performed transplant surgeries simultaneously. @yujess2000 performed a heart transplant while @randhawa_sk was performing a lung transplant down the hall.
bit.ly/3oBEgfl
Survived my first call shift in the multi-trauma ICU @shocktrauma 😍 The month has only begun and I am already learning so much! #shockselfie
Sam Olafson retweeted
Lots of great Einstein research being presented at this year's Clinical Congress! Support our residents as they present their hard work (times CDT):
- Samantha Olafson 10/23 9; 10/24 10:13-10:19
- Candace Ward 10/23 11:13-11:16
- Ryan Cohen 10/24 10:07-10:13; 1340-1343
Kicking off ACS Clinical Congress at 11:13 with my presentation on @SurgeryEinstein experience in palliative medicine!
Geriatric and Palliative Care cattendee.abstractsonline.co…
Sam Olafson retweeted
Proud to represent @SurgeryEinstein as a finalist in the PTOS Trauma Research Competition at #ptsf2021.
(2nd place finish 🏆)
Does liver injury play a role in de novo PE formation?
@CandaceWardMD @OlafsonSam – at Philadelphia, PA
Sam Olafson retweeted
Strong showing from Einstein Surgery family at the annual joint meeting of MP-ACS last night! Congrats to PGY-3s @SakibMAdnan and @CandaceWardMD on their posters, including a first place prize for best case report!
Sam Olafson retweeted
Einstein Surgery came out in droves last night to celebrate our own @OlafsonSam's wedding! We clean up good!!

























