@vanessapho

Trauma surgeon, health services researcher, mom, foodie. Trying to do good & be a good person. #BLM✊🏿 Ally🌈 @metrohealthcle, KL2 scholar, PhD @cwru

Joined October 2012
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The amazing work of the @metrohealthCLE trauma recovery center to support victims of crime Supporting people and all their needs, not just their wounds @mhgensurg
SESC & The American Surgeon@SESC_AmSurgSep 14
Victims of crime face a higher rate of food insecurity than the national average. Read about how hospital-based food deliveries to trauma patients can help fight that. @UHSurgeryRes @vanessapho Link: doi.org/10.1177/000313482513…
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SESC & The American Surgeon@SESC_AmSurgSep 14
Victims of crime face a higher rate of food insecurity than the national average. Read about how hospital-based food deliveries to trauma patients can help fight that. @UHSurgeryRes @vanessapho Link: doi.org/10.1177/000313482513…
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Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
@TSACO_AASTMay 14
Trauma outcomes should never depend on ZIP code, race, language, or access. SAFER-Trauma puts equity at the center of how we deliver care, build systems, and save lives. READ HERE ➡️ bit.ly/4uN1UWq #TSACOAnniversary #TSACOTop10 @vanessapho @callcura @esthertsengmd
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Signal reporter @CeliaHack produces an @acsTrauma NBATS evaluation of Northeast Ohio-- showing that our region is already well served and doesn't need new trauma centers. @metrohealthCLE @MHGenSurgery @UHhospitals
Signal Cleveland@signalclevelandMay 11
Trauma care in Cleveland is under the microscope right now. We re-ran an analysis from 2019 to estimate whether Northeast Ohio needs more trauma centers. It found the region doesn’t need another, but the assessment has limitations. 🏥 signalnews.info/4wie7Ep

Data suggests Cleveland doesn't need another trauma center

Signal Cleveland conducted a needs analysis to estimate whether Northeast Ohio needs more trauma centers. Here's what we found.

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Signal Cleveland@signalclevelandMay 11
Trauma care in Cleveland is under the microscope right now. We re-ran an analysis from 2019 to estimate whether Northeast Ohio needs more trauma centers. It found the region doesn’t need another, but the assessment has limitations. 🏥 signalnews.info/4wie7Ep

Data suggests Cleveland doesn't need another trauma center

Signal Cleveland conducted a needs analysis to estimate whether Northeast Ohio needs more trauma centers. Here's what we found.

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Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
@TSACO_AASTMay 13
Better trauma care starts with recognizing disparities, measuring inequities, and committing to change. SAFER-Trauma brings equity to the forefront of trauma system improvement. READ HERE ➡️ bit.ly/4ddmPL6" @Stimmermurillo @drajrobles @stadelik @susanercronn @vanessapho @CBerryTraumaMD @SoltaniTandis
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Sydney Timmer-Murillo, PhD@StimmermurilloMay 12
Proud to have collaborated with amazing people in trauma disparities research to produce 3 of TSACO’s most influential papers of the 2025 @SoltaniTandis @drajrobles @stadelik @susanercronn @vanessapho
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO)
@TSACO_AASTMay 11
A decade of Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. A month of celebration. Throughout May, we’ll be featuring some of the most influential, talked-about, and practice-changing publications from TSACO’s first 10 years. Starting with the Top 10 Papers of 2025 this week.
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Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD, MAMSE@elliotthautFeb 5
I should’ve negotiated a NIL deal with @EAST_TRAUMA. That’s definitely my image and likeness. 😉 But, seriously. Sign up for the amazing EAST #SurgMentoring program.
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Adding a high-level trauma center at Cleveland Clinic would be ‘reckless,’ MetroHealth CEO says signalcleveland.org/metrohea… @metrohealthCLE @MHGenSurgery @signalcleveland

MetroHealth CEO: New trauma center at Cleveland Clinic 'reckless'

Here's why plans for a new facility to treat Cleveland's most injured patients are causing concern from another hospital system in town.

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Ida Molavi MD FACS FRCSC@IdaMolaviJan 25
It was such an honor to co-moderate the "Frailty First" session @EAST_TRAUMA and share stage with these incredible leaders and moguls!! @topknife @vanessapho @DrTanyaEgodage @HornorMD @m_wandling #EAST2026
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Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD, MAMSE@elliotthautJan 20
116 attendees at the @EAST_TRAUMA Resident/Fellowship Workshop. The future is bright in trauma and acute care surgery.
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Creating "why" based agendas to improve engagement and collaboration for making better meetings I love this, @jnahmias1 @EAST_TRAUMA
Vanessa Ho, MD, PhD, MPH (she/her)@vanessaphoJan 20
Past President Dr. Andrew Bernard talking about living into your values and bringing up the five dysfunctions of a team-- important key leadership principles @EAST_TRAUMA #east2026
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Dr. Rotondo, past president, so engaging with the Leadership Development Workshop. And without slides! Mastery of the subject "leadership styles" @EAST_TRAUMA
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Past President Dr. Andrew Bernard talking about living into your values and bringing up the five dysfunctions of a team-- important key leadership principles @EAST_TRAUMA #east2026
Vanessa Ho, MD, PhD, MPH (she/her)@vanessaphoJan 20
Leadership development workshop! #EAST2026 So much knowledge in this room. First up President Nicole Fox
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Leadership development workshop! #EAST2026 So much knowledge in this room. First up President Nicole Fox
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"Learning to be a leader is like an excavation" -- Dr. Nicole Fox #east2026
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Opinion by friend and research partner Myesha Watkins: To reduce violence, we must invest in communities crainscleveland.com/crains-f… via @CrainsCleveland @metrohealthCLE @ForClevePeace

Opinion: To reduce violence, we must invest in communities

To reduce violence, we must center survivors, support families and address the conditions that allow pain to spread. That is work worth our investment.

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Thanks to @AmJSurgery! Wanted to flag the authors (not all on Twitter) but including @arnavmahajan_ @amishapaul___ @PoojaPodugu and senior author/PI Justin Dvorak Work done at @metrohealthCLE @MHGenSurgery @CWRUSOM
AmJSurgery@AmJSurgery1 Dec 2025
Assessing the Utility of Surveillance Imaging in High-Grade Liver Injury Patients ! 🔪 @BrenessaL @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr @sminaev2015 @gogo_gopss Link: americanjournalofsurgery.com…

Assessing the utility of surveillance imaging in high-grade liver injury patients

The utility of surveillance imaging (SI) after high-grade liver injury is unclear. We studied SI's detection rate and its association with unplanned interventions, emergency department (ED) visits,...

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Spotlight on @arnavmahajan_ and @PoojaPodugu, who joined @TSACO_AAST as Patient Engagement and Education Interns after championing readability Readability is responsibility: ensuring firearm safety educational materials are on target tsaco.bmj.com/content/10/4/e… @MHGenSurgery

Readability is responsibility: ensuring firearm safety educational materials are on target

As the new Associate Editors of Patient Engagement and Education at Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO), we are honoured to comment on the important article by Mahajan et al titled ‘Content...

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Here is their original article, describing the current gap in firearm education literature for the public tsaco.bmj.com/content/10/2/e… @arnavmahajan_ @PoojaPodugu @MHGenSurgery @traumadoctors @EAST_ICVP @metrohealthCLE @CWRUSOM

Content assessment and readability of online injury prevention resources on firearm safety: a...

Background Firearm-related injuries are a preventable public health epidemic and the leading cause of pediatric death in America. Online injury prevention resources (OIPRs) offer potential for...

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