
Official Twitter account for the Department of Surgery at @RushMedical. #RushSurgery
Chicago, IL
Joined February 2020
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Thank you @drclaudia_perez @rushsurgery @rushmedical @rushcancer for an outstanding multidisciplinary #BreastCancer symposium. Energized by the collaboration and commitment to advancing and aligning care! @MDAndersonNews #Oncology #Collaboration #CancerCare
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How does colonoscopy prep solution actually taste? RUSH staff members and students try it out. rsh.md/4a25Lo7 #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth
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Melania served her #tumor "Steve" an eviction notice, thanks to radiofrequency ablation at RUSH. Read Melania's inspiring story of life-changing RFA for a #thyroid nodule.
#ThyroidAwarenessMonth rsh.md/3HdDRsX
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@RushColorectal team crushed it with the bowel prep costumes for Halloween . Yes, my RN dressed as a fart! @RushMedical @ASCRS_1
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For the fourth year in a row, RUSH is among the nation’s best on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 #BestHospitals Honor Roll. rsh.md/3OfB9pZ
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Gender-affirming surgery performed at Galilee Medical Center for first time timesofisrael.com/gender-aff…
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Three gender affirming surgeries were performed at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya for the first time, the hospital announced on Tuesday.
jpost.com/health-and-wellnes…
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Celebrating Pride at RUSH promotes inclusivity, equality, visibility, support and patient centered care for LGBTQ+ individuals. It's also a time for members of our LGBTQ+ community to celebrate the impact they have made on history and at RUSH.
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Honored to be among these distinguished future leaders in sustainable health care! Thankful for incredible mentors who have supported this work @ami_n_shah @mehulvraval @DrScottSchimpke @RushSurgery @NQUIRES1
Congratulations to the 2023 Health Care Without Harm Emerging Physician Leader Award and Blair and Georgia Sadler Fellowship recipients. Please join us in celebrating them, and learn more about their work at noharm-uscanada.org/articles….
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Getting a #colonoscopy may seem scary if you don't know what to expect. Help demystify the experience with this behind-the-scenes look at a colonoscopy procedure with RUSH colorectal surgeon Henry Govekar, MD. #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth
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Replying to @RushSurgery
@RushSurgery #Resident outing at the @DuSableMuseum celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth @ralvaradoMD22 @mmrangel5
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Replying to @RushMedical
@RushMedical Wellness Professional Development Coaching Program coach training kicked off tonight! Very excited for this partnership between @MGH_CfPWB @MGHMedicine and @RushMedical @ami_n_shah and @lawliseve to support #trainee #well-being through #coaching
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Future is bright! @rushumedcollege M1s surgical research interest mixer @RushSurgery @C_ODonoghueMD #surgicalresearch #colorectalsurgerywinning
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When Kim visited her dermatologist for a cosmetic treatment, she mentioned a suspicious spot on her leg. It turned out to be melanoma.
“My main reason for going to my dermatologist was for Botox that day," she says, "and that basically saved my life." rsh.md/3muDj8E
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Daily Gift of #Vitality: Spending time attending to physical needs can #soothe the #body. Enjoy warm soup. Invigorate with a skin rub. Massage muscles. Brush hair slowly. Rock in a chair. Stroll (walk or wheels ok). Warmth immersion: bath/blanket/snuggle. dailygiftofvitality.com/2021…
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Performed the first Da Vinci Robotic right hepatectomy at Rush Medical Center Chicago today: Sam Pappas MD and myself with the help of John Martinie MD from Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC. Thanks for your help, John!
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Celebrating Pride, summer, our colorectal surgery family and life. So honored to work with this crew! @RushMedical @RushColorectal #colorectalsurgerywinning
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Personal growth can be fun, consider learning or incorporating a new hobby: #Gardening, Photography, #Cooking, #Kite flying, Riding a #bike, #Scrapbooking, #Writing poetry, #Woodworking, etc. So many options. #April Daily Gift of #Vitality dailygiftofvitality.com/2021…
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It's been a crazy year...at this year's Illinois Surgical Conference on April 24th, come hear the chairs of local surgical departments talk about how they led their teams through the pandemic & how surgery may forever be changed by COVID. Register at ISQIC.org
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RT: #RU50 1983: Snake surgery? 🐍 At @RushMedical?! 🧐 It happened in 1983: bit.ly/3tzuagl @RushSurgery @RushCancer @RushUniversity
Today is #ReptileAwarenessDay! All Rush patients are special, but @brookfield_zoo's Flame the cobra was in a class by herself in 1983. Learn more about special procedures at Rush to save this snake suffering from a mouth tumor: bit.ly/2HgORup @RushSurgery @RushCancer

ALT In 1983, David D. Caldarelli, MD, chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology and Bronchoesophagology, performs delicate cryosurgery on Flame, a five-foot cobra referred by veterinarians at Brookfield Zoo. Rush University Medical Center Archives, Chicago, Ill. @rushmedical @rushuniversity @rushualumni


























