New England Tx by way of the Wasatch. Best assets are an amazing wife & big doggo. Trauma & critical care surgeon by day. Tweets/opinions = my own, always.
Danbury, CT
Joined June 2015
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"There's only so many times you can walk into a room and tell someone they're not coming home tomorrow. It breaks your heart when you hear someone screaming mommy or daddy. It just becomes too hard day in and day out."
- Dr. Jason Smith on the toll of gun violence in Louisville
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Advance directives may be markers of withdrawal of treatment, but other hospital events have a greater impact. Providers must perform more proactive discussions of end-of-life care.
@UHSurgeryRes @UHSurgeryHealth @vanessapho; @aba260
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And another one! The steady output of trauma highlight videos continues via @clarkninam @Kniery_Bird @mcclellanjm @georgoff
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Itβs easy to sleep at night if you always do the right thing.
Thanks for being a role model to all the residents, fellows and junior faculty at the meeting.
#WTA2023 #FellowshipOfTheSnow #SurgMentoring #MedTwitter
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Worth the watch.
This conversation with @jonstewart is a brilliant demonstration of how some of our elected officials lack a data-driven or even logical approach to policy solutions they support. @TheProblem
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Another highlight video for yβall to enjoy w/ @Kniery_Bird @mcclellanjm @clarkninam. Full video is 10 min/narrated & packed w/ so many tips & tricks itβll make your head spin π
Due out later this year on @BehindTheKnife
Thx to my editor/wife @LGeorgoff for so many hrs of help
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An analysis of more than 22,000 surgeries performed by residents at #VeteransAffairs facilities found no differences in rates of complications or deaths when an attending #surgeon was scrubbed in vs. not scrubbed in to supervise ow.ly/PcqQ50MMeMx
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Dear @AcademicSurgery - I just climbed the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. Any chance I can log those miles for some #getoffyouraas points?
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Did you know? When Bill Clinton banned assault weapons in 1994, mass shootings dropped by 43%. After George W. Bush and the GOP let the assault weapons ban expire in 2004, mass shootings increased by 245%. β These numbers tell a story.
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Angioembolization is commonly utilized for management of high-grade splenic injuries. We found no difference in immune function, and therefore recommend against routine vaccination in these patients.: bit.ly/3WVc1rK
@JenFreemanMD @DrBYork @DrKristaHaines
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Bills Mafia is with you, @HamlinIsland. β€οΈπ
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When you are a new attending, never feel like this. When you run out of moves ask people for help!!
@SAGES_Updates @juliomayol
Shout out to my bud @JR_Flores_G on passing is boards and achieving @AmBdSurg board verification! Felicidades y enhorabuena!!
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After 1 Prime Minister, a PDS suture still retains 50% of its strength, whereas Vicryl will have been 90% broken down by hydrolysis.
In gold-standard trial, colonoscopy fails to reduce rate of cancer deaths - STAT apple.news/AoJWwaeRRTiWIUqQoβ¦
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