Came from 🇧🇷 to the US alone at 16. Was told I would never make into an American medical school. Years later I got accepted into my dream school
@YaleMed
!! And the dream of becoming a surgeon, to be continued...
#HappyImmigrantDocs
Dreams really DO come true!! I got my first pick!!🤯😍🙏🏻 I am going to
@BrighamWomens
@harvardmed
for Cardiac Surgery!!!!!!! I could NOT BE HAPPIER!! (📹me sobbing opening my letter with friends and family across the 🌍)
#YaleMatchDay
#AWSMatch
#Match2020
1 Corinthians 2:9
I’M GOING TO BE A SURGEON! 😍😱All glory be to God in whom we are able to do ALL things!!(Philippians 4:13)
BIG thank you to ALL MY MENTORS, couldn’t have done it without you!!!!
My heart goes out to people who didn’t. Please know this doesn’t define you! ❤️
MD from my dream school -
@YaleMed
!! I’m SO thankful to all the shoulders I stood on! To my dad (in memoriam) who has been my biggest inspiration 🌹To all the int’l students who, like me, encounter naysayers in your path to med school: dream BIG and work HARD!! 1 Corinthians 2:9
I usually don’t do personal posts. But this one is worth an exception.
@MorganHarloff
congratulations! We’re so proud of you and love you so much! We can’t wait to see all that God has in store for you in your new chapter at
@The_BMC
!
My husband is officially a cardiac surgeon
I finished my first two weeks of internship!! I could not be more thankful to
@BWHSurgery
What a job!! 😍 Below are the intern top 10 by
@dougsmink
given to us during orientation. So true and helpful to live by, thought I should share w all my cointerns out there
#MedTwitter
I just finished 2 mo of Vascular surgery! 😭 These wonderful surgeons took me under their wings and were incredibly invested on my education. I’ve grown so much and for that I will be forever grateful! 🫀
#OneStepClosertotheAorta
🤓
@BrighamVascular
@BrighamThoracic
Today marks the 8th year anniversary of my dad’s death. Today I had a lobectomy case for the same dx as my dad’s. Adenocarcinoma of the lung. It’s still hard to see people going through it. But even through sickness my daddy taught me how to be a better doc for my pt today. 🖤
On to my second rotation as an intern: thoracic! On the evenings I get to read the Adult Chest Surgery book and during the day I literally get to work/learn from the authors!! 🙆🏻♀️🤯😍😍
@BrighamThoracic
@BWHSurgery
Studying looks different these days 💙 Balancing career and motherhood is my biggest challenge yet. While colleagues, especially those before me, often had to choose one path, I'm grateful for the opportunity to try and manage both.
@WomenInThoracic
@TSRA_official
1/4 intern year! ✅ Some reflections:
✏️Learn everyone’s names(if this ESL💁🏻♀️ can do it, you can too😬)
✏️Always be grateful(you have the coolest job in the world!)
✏️Make a daily choice of being enthusiastic (Not all jobs let you learn something new EVERY. SINGLE. Day!!)
I’ve always loved attending conferences. There is something about learning from and meeting people with similar interests. 🫀 However, I’ve found something even more exhilarating… coming home from a conference to this joyful “hello”! 💙
#surgeonmom
#surgparenting
Good luck to all applicants, specially the cardiac surgery lovers out there!! 🫀Consider looking at our amazing program
@BrighamThoracic
, available to answer questions!!! This road is full of ups and downs, stay positive! I’m also available for encouragement!! 🥳
#Match2022
“McGoon award is intended for an attending physician that exemplifies the virtues of a great educator for CT surgery residents.” Could not describe
@TsuyoshiKaneko1
better! So well deserved! Congrats Dr. Kaneko, we are so lucky to have you!
@BrighamThoracic
@BrighamSurgery
I AM GOING TO BE A CARDIAC SURGEON!
@YaleMed
thank you for the unforgettable years at Yale!! Thank you to my mentors, none of this would have happened without your mentorship and sponsorship!!!
Today I had my first iVats where I got to use the stapler for the wedge, then I went on a lung procurement where I go to open the chest. I did the sternotomy and more!!! 🤯 No one on twitter can top my day 😁😁😁
#whybwhi6CTsurgery
@BrighamThoracic
Today I talked to a Med student about applying for residency. It is SO nice to pay it forward!! I’m so grateful to all who helped me during my process and I look forward to having the same impact on future applicants. Good luck everyone!!!
#tsra
#CTsurgerylovers
True honor to witness these two giants of mitral valve surgery, Dr. David 🇧🇷 and Dr. Adams, discussing mitral valve repair approach. 😱😍 Makes me even cheat on my love for the aorta a bit 😎🤤🫀
@BrighamCardiac
Today I got to do my first proximal 🥰🥰🥰🥰
@BrighamThoracic
HUGE thank you to Dr. Sabe, Dr. Rinewalt, and co-resident
@MorganHarloff
(my huge smile/excitement behind the camera not captured) 😬
Special couple of days for
@BrighamThoracic
with visiting professor Dr. Cameron from across the street
@mghctsurgery
! Today, my favorite topic: aortic surgery 🤤yesterday, dinner was so fun we forgot 📸 👇🏻almost all🫀trainees with our guest and our own
@AkiItohMD
#aorticsurgery
Dr. Gaia presenting the world's first Endo-Bentall done with transapical approach. While many barriers remain, this early proof of concept is very inspiring for this field to grow.
#EACTS2020
Saying goodbye to one of the best people I’ve ever met in cardiac surg 😭
@WilliamShiMD
we were so lucky to have you! You are SUCH a great teacher and a true joy to work with! You will be missed. Excited to see what the future holds for you!
@BrighamThoracic
#BrighamTrained
I’m no
@StephCohenMD
but I love drawing while studying anatomy. (For critics on call, not completely accurate 🤪). The elegant thyroid gland!! But of course I had to give some attention to my favorite... the aorta! 😏
@BrighamSurgery
@BrighamThoracic
As an intern it’s easy to worry if you’re getting cases, you’re doing the right thing, your seniors like you.. but a month of nights taught me so much! More autonomy, but most importantly, it gave me TIME with pts reminding me what this is truly all about.. THE PATIENT!
#grateful
On people’s hesitation to having a presence on social media... “You HAVE a presence it’s just not under your control, so why don’t you take control?” -
@arghavan_salles
so nice to have met this twitter giant in person!!! 🤩🤓
#medtwitter
#womeninsurgery
Phenomenal job Paige! Hopefully the start of needed changes.
🚨 Female sex & lower socioeconomic status are independent predictors of mortality following 🫀 surgery.
👉🏻 Root cause analysis is needed as we may need policy level interventions 🚨
Resident symposium
#STS2020
Dr. Pickens on answering the question we often get: “Isn’t cardiac surgery a dying field?”
“Cardiac surgery is not dying but it is in fact a specialty in its adolescence and adapting to the evolution of modern medicine.”
Hello
#MedTwitter
! If you’re applying/interested in cariothoracic surgery mark your calendars to learn about this *AMAZING* program. Have all your questions answered 🤓 It will not be enough time for us to list all the reasons
#whybwhi6CTsurgery
!!
Interested in joining
#BWHi6CTSurgery
Residency Program with
@brighamthoracic
&
@bwhsurgery
? Join us at our upcoming virtual session on 9/26 and have your questions answered! Can’t make it? Submit your questions about
#whyBWHi6CTSurgery
and we will answer them here on Twitter!
Great discussion on TAVR in low risk patients by experts. Consensus that we still need more data for future valve in valve. Loved Dr. Kodali’s point “Physician choice is not the patient’s choice”. The importance of multidisciplinary discussion.
@STS_CTsurgery
#TAVR2021
Me: has an awesome co-intern who lets you sign out early to enjoy time off before 24h call
Also me: signs out early and then proceeds to chat with EVERY SINGLE PERSON and leaves the hospital at 6pm 😑 I guess I love my job! 🤷🏻♀️ and specially my coworkers!! ❤️ (or just too chatty)
Come see why you should come train at
@BrighamThoracic
!!!!
#whyBWHi6CTSurgery
Also want to make myself available to anyone that may have questions about our amazing program!!! 🫀
Interested in learning about our
#BWHCTSurgery
programs? Join us at one of our upcoming
#virtual
open houses! Can’t make it? Have more questions? Send us a message and we’ll get answers for you! We can’t wait to meet you!
#BeBrighamTrained
#WhyBWHCTSurgery
If you also at times struggle reading LHC, you too may benefit from this simple diagram
@georgetolisjr
taught me! It all makes sense now 🤯😍 Thank you Dr Tolis!!
I love talking to interviewees because it makes me fall in love with
@BrighamThoracic
all over again! ❤️ Such a privilege to have this job.
#whyBWHi6CTsurgery
@BrighamCardiac
does Harvard Medical School Surgery Research day. Good job everyone, especially to our stellar med students
@RobertSemco
and Ajami Gikandi! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Today I got to spend the ENTIRE day in the OR with the one and only
@TClancyMD
and
@heatherlyu
followed by delicious bday cake. On cloud 9. If I wasn’t so deeply in love with🫀, with this team I’d switch to surg onc. 😬
#NoOneCanTopMyDay
#BeBrighamTrained
Thank you both!!
One of my favorite things about STS: being afforded the opportunity of standing in a room filled with inspirational GIANTS of aortic surgery 🤯🤯🤩🤩I just wish I could walk around with an autograph book! 😬
#STS2020
Tonight I got to “attend” my first CT residency
@BrighamThoracic
didactic! ECMO in times of COVID. So exciting to learn! Already feel lucky to have attendings committed to teaching like Dr. Rinewalt!
#CTSurgResidency
#TSRA
@BWHSurgery
Interested in joining
#BWHi6CTSurgery
Residency Program with
@brighamthoracic
&
@bwhsurgery
? Join us at our upcoming virtual session on 9/26 and have your questions answered! Can’t make it? Submit your questions about
#whyBWHi6CTSurgery
and we will answer them here on Twitter!
A picture worth framing!! The one and only Dr. Tirone David!! And it turns out we are from the same state in Brazil!! 😍🇧🇷😱👨🏼⚕️👩🏻⚕️
#inspiration
#AATS2019
@AATSHQ
Thank you everyone for joining our session this morning! I hope it was informative and that you were able to get a glimpse of what a wonderful place
#BWHi6CT
is. Since this question came up, here are the reasons why I picked
@BrighamThoracic
(and would do it all over again):
My favorite part of meetings 👉🏻 networking! Specially when you get to meet people that you admire! Or as we say in Portuguese “tietagem”!! Orgulho brasileiro
@rodrigo_md_79
🇧🇷 I look forward to staying in touch and maybe one day even working together!!
#ISMICS2023
My chief
@KatherineHeMD
knowing I was going to have a busy day brought me breakfast (and lunch - was too hungry to take a pic) 😋 made my day so much better!!! All chiefs out there, you can really change your intern day with some extra cals. 😉
#teamwork
#kenneybucks
@BWHSurgery
I could not think of a more well deserved promotion!! Congratulations Dr.
@AsishanaOsho
!! I’m so lucky to have adopted you as my mentor! You’re the best!
Congratulations
@AsishanaOsho
, our new Associate Program Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
In a week span we had 4 GOC conversations with families that were followed by deaths. I have a knot in my throat every single time. It’s hard, it hurts. I hope with experience I learn how to cope and yet I hope it never stops hurting.
#RIP
🖤
“There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.”Sir William Osler. Fascinating talk this AM by our own “living legend”
@JElefteriades
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm:Reading the Enemy’s Playbook
@YaleMedicine
@YaleCardiacSurg
@ArnarGeirssonMD
Check out our study on the relationship between cardiac surgeon experience & surgical outcomes! Our analysis showed early career NY surgeons had poorer outcomes on valve surgery but no difference on CABG
@mori_md
@ArnarGeirssonMD
@PrashanthVall12
Another reason
#whyBWHi6CTSurgery
👇🏻 you can get a TAVR fellowship during your research years and work with the amazing and renowned
@BrighamFellows
group!!! 😱😍 our senior resident
@MorganHarloff
crushing it in the cath lab. 😎
Yale School of Medicine Class of 2020 has been so lucky to have these two STARS as our class co-presidents!! Thank you so much for all you do
@Arash_Fere
@tess_omeara
! I am very thankful for your commitment over the last 5 years!
@YaleMed
@YaleVascular
Today I was very impressed with the personal touch during my interview... only to later realize that all my co-applicants’ name tags also had the “V” 🙄🤦🏻♀️
#interviewstruggles
#whyBWHi6CTSurgery
— great session by Dr. Wiener and Dr.
@MBMarshallMD
Such an honor to learn directly from THE experts!! 🤓🤯—> me when I learned that our own Dr Marshall is the editor in Chief of the AMAZING op techniques in CT surgery!! Highly reccommend to all trainees!
Just me or any other interns out there who starts the week with 5 color coordinated pens and finishes it with just one? 😑
@mujiusa
I’m up for grabs on sponsorships 💁🏻♀️