Wolfgang Gaertner
@GaertnerWB
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Husband/Father, colorectal surgeon, cancer crusher, life long learner, guitar aficionado, proudly 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦 🇩🇪
Minneapolis, MN
Joined October 2015
RT @WomenSurgeons: This #FoundatoinFriday, AWSF is pleased to launch "Expanding Our Horizons," a series dedicated to highlighting inspiring…
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Frankly I think one of those 5% is closer to 10-15%…
@JahangirAsgha10 I can't speak to your specialty, but in CRS (and likely GS), the technical side of surgery is the easy part. The hard part, by far, is the decision making and the calm under fire. This comes from training, experience, and an insatiable work ethic/hunger for knowledge.
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RT @umnmedschool: Cancer survivors face not only physical challenges but financial ones too. Dr. Arjun Gupta from @umn_dom is leading a s…
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RT @KevG163: 18 years ago tonight Respectfully, this #SuperBowl halftime show will never be topped.
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Role after TNT? 👀
The Role of Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Rectal Cancer Surgery
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I go even farther and tell the patients and their families to not let anyone radiate them postop…
@SamAtallahMD @SAGES_Updates @ASCRS_1 @SWexner @MarkSoliman @caycedomarula @AntoniodeLacy @Neil_J_Smart @NCCN @amirbastawrous You can put that same cancer anywhere in the rectum, and as long as the margins are negative and the mesorectum complete, I'm 100% against postop radiation.
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RT @umnmedschool: 🚨 REGISTER NOW for the 83rd Principles of #Colon and Rectal #Surgery Course! Gain insights into the latest advances in…
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RT @ASCRS_1: 100% of ASCRS leadership has committed to the 125th Anniversary Campaign—now we're inviting you. Your support fuels tailored e…
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Flight was heading to Fargo, ND
Today in 1959, the plane carrying The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens crashed. The day the music died…
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RT @UMNSurgery: Don’t miss out! 🚨 Join us tomorrow in PWB 11-157 for #UMNSurgery Grand Rounds, featuring Global Surgery Visiting Professor…
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Many on these lists don’t even practice anymore 🫣
@SeanLangenfeld @jdimick1 @TomVargheseJr @jendavidsmd @SWexner @rbarbosa91 @KyleCologne @SPuro88 @ScottRSteeleMD 💯 I hate that so many truly outstanding colleagues are omitted from these lists. They just make people feel bad.
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RT @SeanLangenfeld: The moment that you're finally acknowledged as a "top doctor" in your city's magazine, after years of your name's absen…
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Wonderful visual abstract!! Strong work!
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RT @ASCRS_1: On Women Physicians Day, we honor the women transforming colon and rectal surgery through expertise, grit, and leadership. A s…
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RT @UMNCancer: We're thrilled to announce a new initiative aimed at improving community access to colorectal cancer screenings, in collabor…
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RT @umnmedschool: Professor David Potter, MD, PhD from @UMN_dom& @MHealthFairview wants to take down the meanest, toughest breast cancers h…
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RT @PipeCabreraV: The @ASCRS_1 clinical practice guidelines for appendiceal neoplasms in one image 👁️💥🔪⤵️! @CiruAndes2 @pferrada1 @SWexner…
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RT @amyfaithho: I don’t believe the “40% of med students don’t plan to practice” stat…but even if I did, here’s some more relevant stats.…
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