Professor of Neurosurgery and Complex Spine Surgery| Neurosurgeon, Complex Spine Surgeon, FRCS(SN), FC NeuroSurg(SA), Ex NHS| Hiker| Tech Ethusiast | Runner
Christchurch City, New Zealand
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Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
Dr. Suman Biswas (@amateursuman) once of Amateur Transplants performs 'Placebo' ('Let it Go') at The BMJ Medics' Revue 2026.
2/2 (see profile feed for first half).
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
Si un cirujano corta una arteria y conoce el nombre de esa arteria, la situación es seria.
Si el anestesiólogo también conoce el nombre de esa arteria, la situación es más peligrosa.
Pero si esa arteria no-fue-nombrada a propósito (muy pocos sabrán de lo que hablo), la situación es irremediable…
-Adaptado de Bailey and Love 🩸
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
Do you have strong interest in neuroscience, vision, or neuroprotective medicine? The Tribble and Eva Labs, (@WolfsonSPaRC), are looking for a prospective PhD student to help with research that is developing new neuroprotective treatments for #glaucoma.
kcl.ac.uk/study/funding/fund…
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
New funded postdoc position in my lab! If you are interested in epigenetic disruptions in lymphoid malignancies and their impact on the tumor micro environment, please apply or contact me privately
jobs.mayoclinic.org/job/roch…
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
For decades, #scoliosis meant fusion. Dynamic techniques ask a different question.
Tonight at @virtualspine, Dr. Karen Weissmann Marcuson (Clínica MEDS, Santiago) will discuss motion-preserving scoliosis techniques.
📍 Zoom: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJU…
⏰ 6 PM ET
#SpineSurgery
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
As an ER doctor I hate these e-bikes…
Please wear a helmet
Don’t drink alcohol and e-bike
Don’t carry a baby while riding an e-bike
Don’t e-bike after taking your blood thinners and reminiscing about your last hip fracture
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
Brain surgery isn’t just about the brain.
It’s about hope.
It’s about trust.
It’s about families.
It’s about giving someone another chance at life.
#NeurosurgeryAwarenessMonth @AANSNeuro and grateful every day to do what I love.
#Neurosurgery #Medicine #AANS #NAM 🧠
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
"Making a ton of money was never the point.
Wanting to teach, wanting to make our department better and something to be proud of.
That was the point."
- a frustrated surgeon
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
Some physicians I work with get offered the chance to buy into the surgery center where they operate.
It's one of the best wealth-building opportunities for proceduralists. But I often see it misunderstood.
Here's everything you need to know:
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
Publication 🚨:
"Reinsertion Versus Replacement for Contaminated or Postoperatively Infected Bone Flaps: systematic review". @NeurosurgeryCNS
👉reinsertion: higher reoperation risk
👉 Flap preservation: needs to be selective
🔗doi.org/10.1227/neu.00000000…
@AsfandBm @lavrador_jose
Happy registrar, happy life! Makes a lot difference. To all our younger colleagues, we see you and appreciate your hard work. #Doctors #Future #Neurosurgery Free coffee in my clinic! 🤣🤣
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
I've always told my PhD students that a PhD is a marathon and not a sprint. Now that Sabastian Sawe has run the London Marathon in under 2 hours, I'll need to think of something else to tell them.
Lovely couple of days meeting colleagues, friends and learning at the #SpineSocietyAustralia meeting in #Brisbane. Always a pleasure catching up! #SpineSurgery
Daniel Ochieng' MD retweeted
Incredibly touched by this. Please take a minute to read today. An important message for physicians everywhere
"Medicine can have extraordinary meaning. But it cannot substitute for being present in your own life."
In #APieceofMyMind, a psychiatrist and residency program director reflects on an unexpected #LungCancer diagnosis.
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ALT Quote from JAMA, \"I thought I was healthy\u2014a lifelong nonsmoker. A wife and mother of 3. A psychiatrist and residency program director who loves her patients and her residents. And then I was diagnosed with lung cancer.\" - A Piece of My Mind, Jenna Taglienti, MD
That moment! Seeing your registrar do a two level disc replacement on their own. With minimal intervention! Proud doesn’t describe it. happy to rain the next generation of spine surgeons! #SpinalSurgery #GM
