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Women who operate together brunch together 💪🏼🥂
Table rounds ft:
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Cardiothoracic surgery
General surgery
Vascular surgery
Orthopedic surgery
Urology
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What an absolute all ⭐️ post call brunch crew. Err I mean surgical intern crew! Welcome to the fam!!
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Absolute super stars taking over the worlds of 💩 🫁 👶🏻 🫀 🚨
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We are SO proud of
@CarySchlick
for matching at
@sloan_kettering
for complex general surgical oncology fellowship today!!! You are amazing!
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What a happy Wednesday for these three superstars! Congrats on your matches today!!
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Namaste surgery 🙏🏼
Little yoga break after conference this AM thanks to our very own in-house yoga instructor
@KBrookeGolisch
!
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We are proud to lead our General Surgery residency recruitment process with transparency – we can’t wait to meet you!
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Tying the knot both in and out of the OR this summer. 🪢💍 Congrats to all of our resident newlyweds!
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Well-caffeinated interns are the happiest interns ☕️ Shout out to our awesome wellness committee for the endless supply of free coffee in the resident workroom.
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We know ERAS submissions are just around the corner but we just took our first early acceptance. Welcome to the world Milo 😍 Congratulations
@KateOttMD
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Oh my gourd! 🎃 We are so excited for our first annual pumpkin carving/decorating contest. Time to see which surgery residents OR 🔪 skills will give us pumpkin to talk about.
@NMSurgery
@McGawGME
@NorthwesternMed
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Help us in welcoming Florian Dufrene Logan to the world! Huge congrats to Charles & Monica. With an EM/surgery power combo for parents you are in good hands for life, Florian 💙💜
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So fun meeting all our new interns officially!!! Welcome to team Purple Surg 💜🔪
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Happy
#FellowshipFriday
(a chance to share how proud we are of our chiefs)
@edmund_chenMD
: MIS
@DukeSurgery
@ryanellismd
: Surg/onc
@sloan_kettering
@RyanAJCampagna
: CT
@UMichCTSurgery
@frannypackmd
: Endocrine
@uchicagosurgery
Mick Eskender: CT
@NMSurgery
Such super stars!
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Update update! We’ll now be sending out invites on Tuesday, November 1 to align with APDS Task Force Recommendations.
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Yet again another smashing success of a
#wellness
retreat for team
#purplesurg
Delicious breakfast topped off by some refreshing kayaking on this perfect Chicago summer day ☀️🛶🍳
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Congrats pgy-3 Steven Papastefan on an absolutely beautiful wedding. You and Christina are an amazing couple and we are happy we could celebrate with you!
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Proud to present our visual abstract 2022-2023 edition 💜 thanks to superstar
@BorstJohanna
for putting this together to highlight how great our program and residents truly are!
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We have a double dose of cuteness for you all this morning welcoming two of our newest
@NMSurgery
members Malakai (L) and Kilian (R) born just one day apart! Strong work from PGY-3
@RaheemBell5
(& wife Arielle) and PGY-5
@KateOttMD
(& wife Kathryn). 💜💜
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We’re more of new wellness gift mugs half full people ourselves.
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We are so proud of our residents who bravely serve our country.
Thank you for all that you do in and out of the OR!
#VeteransDay
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Happy Mother’s Day to our incredible
@purplesurg
moms and moms to be! 💜 You all are amazing and deserve to be celebrated every day!
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Happy
#NationalWomenPhysiciansDay
from some of our incredible, brilliant, amazing female surgeons!!! We are so lucky to be surrounded by such amazing women and role models 💜
#ILookLikeASurgeon
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Find yourself a program where residents support each other always 💜 Even when things are an absolute Schitt show
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Look at these graduates all dressed up & ready for fellowship! We can’t wait to see the amazing things you’ll accomplish in your careers. Know the offer is always there to come back for a slice of deep dish, shot of malort, or gallbladder to remove. Thanks for everything!
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Calling all
#gensurg
applicants
In current times it’s now more important than ever to get the inside scoop on residency programs via
#SoMe
platforms. We invite you to follow
@NMSurgery
@purplesurg
& our insta (below) for updates on exciting virtual events coming your way!
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We had an absolute blast at out annual retreat! Brunch at a favorite neighborhood spot followed by an architecture tour on an absolutely stunning day ☀️
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Representing
@NMSurgery
at the 4th Annual Illinois Surgical Conference today! Two prize winners in this crowd 🏆🏆
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Night team, you must tell us your skin care routine because you all are positively *glowing*
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A big welcome to the newest member of the
@purplesurg
family, Tilly! Congrats to dad
@MattSnyderMD
and fam!! 😍
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Welcoming our new interns with our annual summer barbecue ☀️ We (especially the PGY-2’s) are so happy you are here!
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Huge shout out to our wellness chairs
@courtneyjharris
&
@audra_reiter
for another successful annual resident retreat!!
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Congrats team
#nightfloat
for an awesome month!! From SICU to trauma to transplant, grateful for such a hardworking and supportive crew!
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Some of our residents pictured at an excellent robotic bariatric surgery session last night.
So we will use this opportunity to tell all 2020-2021
#generalsurgery
applicants, we hope you didn’t *bypass* our program on your ERAS submission!
We’d love to (virtually) meet you!
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New York trips mean current research residents
@audra_reiter
&
@BrooketheOstomy
getting to catch up with
@NMSurgery
alum and new surg onc and MIS fellows
@CarySchlick
&
@AmyHolmstromMD
. With Hannah obviously being the star of the show here.
#ilooklikeasurgeon
@WomenSurgeons
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When your dog writes you a note about what a great surgery resident and dog mom you are 🐾💜
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Some of our favorite candid photos captured on a very special graduation night 06/10/22. We are going to miss you all so much.
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We are going to need some extra strength zofran after all this ka-yacking
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Thanks to this residency family attending “dad”
@abbassmohd
for a night full of great advice, amazing food, and awesome company! 🍕🍝🍰
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The moment you’ve all been waiting for
#generalsurgery
2020-2021 applicants 🥁 🥁 🥁
You’re invited to our official
@NMSurgery
Residency Virtual Townhalls
Three different dates with three different topics 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣
We hope to see you there 💜😷
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Happy Wednesday! Meet
@ZazaNorah
#InternSpotlight
Hometown: Libertyville, IL
Hobbies: traveling, movies, reading, hiking
Favorite Chicago restaurant: Greek Islands
Favorite thing to do in Chicago: Divvying on the lake
Fun fact: I have a boating license! ⛵️
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Why
@purplesurg
Wednesday? Because when you’re on your apprenticeship rotations and have zero inpatients sometimes you get to wake up to views like this 😍
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Power couple
@edmund_chenMD
(surgery chief) and Kathryn Chen (SICU charge nurse) showing off their newly vaccinated arms 💪🏼💪🏼
@NMSurgery
@NorthwesternMed
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Congrats to everyone who matched today and, we are not biased, but especially to those who matched into the best specialty ever general surgery!! We are so excited for you!
#Match2021
#GenSurgMatch2021
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Why
@purplesurg
?!
Our chair
@DrHasanAlam
making great points now at the virtual town hall
-Largest healthcare system in the 3rd largest city in US
-Culture that is supportive & enriching with superb training
-Impressed with Northwestern’s history, excited about its future
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SICU dream team hard @ work this AM. SICU is a fun rotation for
@purplesurg
residents bc we get to meet/work with so many awesome residents from other specialites! Here we have
@NM_Urology
,
@NU_ObGynRes
,
@northwesternoto
, &
@NorthwesternEM
Always a blast to learn from each other
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Hello from the surgery penthouse (23rd floor). We are ready for our first round of virtual interviews!
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Congrats
@AmyHolmstromMD
&
@TarikYuceMD
on your amazing MIS fellowship matches!!
@WCMSurgery
&
@OSUSurgery
are lucky to be getting such superstars!
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We cannot believe applications for the 2020-2021 cycle are just around the corner
Seems like just yesterday we met all our awesome new interns during their interview season. Now they’re almost one month done 😱
Look out for our
#InternSpotlight
series coming soon!
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“It’s a genre, not everybody fits on the roster” Happy Upgrade day!
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Huge congrats to Dr. Jessie Ho
@JessieHo_
Physician-Scientist Training Program resident researcher, for receiving the NHLBI F32 award entitled “Role of peptidylarginine deiminase in modulating macrophage functions in sepsis” You are a super star!
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Our awesome interns on academic Thursday AM working on their lap skills!
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Happy National Women Physicians Day! Here is a few snapshots of some of the many incredible women in our program! Rock stars all around 😍
#NationalWomenPhysiciansDay
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A river run during Thursday morning protected time? Don’t mind if we do!
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From CTA runoff to 26.2 mile runoff the marathon vibes from these two were 2+ palpable.
Congrats to everyone who participated in the Chicago marathon today!
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Our commitment to our
#gensurg
applicants as we enter into a new season of recruitment. We can’t wait to meet you!
#residency
#recruitment
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An excellent resident round table with our visiting professor Dr. Allan Kirk from
@DukeSurgery
. Thanks for taking the time to share your wisdom with us!
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You know what they say surgical residency is a marathon not a sprint. Congrats to some of our very impressive residents and their running feats of late! From half marathons, to triathlons, to the esteemed Chicago marathon we got it all covered! 🏃🏻♀️
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“SANTA! Oh my God! Santa, here?! I know him! I know him!” Turns out our belated Santa is our incredible education team who worked hard behind the scenes these past few weeks to organize getting care-packages from our loved ones and families 🥺
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Pictured here we have
@MattSnyderMD
assisting our youngest, and hardest working, intern to help get our work room into the holiday spirit ✨ No such thing as too young to work on good hand-eye coordination
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If you had a long Monday, Florian is here to turn that frown upside-down.
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Our December night float team getting in the holiday spirit with their PP(tre)E.
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We see your PP(tre)E and we raise you a Happy Llamakkah from these ICjews.
Our December night float team getting in the holiday spirit with their PP(tre)E.
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Welcome to the fam
@Adam_Swersky
!!!
Unbelievably humbled and THRILLED to have matched IR/DR and prelim surgery at Northwestern!!!! Completely at a loss for words.
@NorthwesternIR
@NURadiology
@NMSurgery
@purplesurg
#MatchDay2020
#MedTwitterMatchDay
#MatchDayQuarantine
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A warm welcome to Dr. Andre Campbell from UCSF here for the Harold Method Lectureship. Thank you for spending time with us today and answering our questions!
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ERAS submission date is just around the corner and we are SO excited for all the
#generalsurgery
applicants!
Did you miss our virtual town halls? Check out the recordings from all 3 sessions here
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First month of the new year down! Congrats to everybody from first time chiefs to first time interns. Our trauma team celebrated in style Friday night with some riverside pizza and cheers 🥂🍕
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When your hospital is a one-stop shop
#WhyPurpleSurg
#HappyFriday
Scrub caps: OR, floor 11
Night caps: Woodwind, floor 18
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Another successful journal club tonight! Thanks
@surgendo
for hosting this passionate endocrine themed discussion and debate!
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After last night’s annual chief roast, Northwestern may need to open a burn center 🔥 Such a fun night with our awesome graduating chief residents, thanks for being such great sports!
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Safe voting faces a public health crisis & our future depends on it! Help folks check their status or request
ballots.
#mcgawvotes
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Senior gift morning, but
@TarikYuceMD
says “the true gift was working with all of my incredible junior residents”
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First round of interviews was a success
@NMSurgery
!! We enjoyed virtually meeting you all. Such impressive candidates. The future of surgery is bright!
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Happy Father’s Day to our fave purplesurg dads. We wish you a day, week, year, lifetime of continued dad jokes in the OR where medical students feel obligated to laugh.
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Interdisciplinary SICU burrito beach rounds? Taco bout a great time!
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Another successful residency retreat in the books! Thanks
@ZazaNorah
for planning a great morning 🍳☀️⛵️
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First
#InternSpotlight
, meet Ryan Jacobs!
@RyanJacobsMD
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
Hobbies: Volleyball, guitar, basketball, hiking
Favorite Chicago Food: Italian Beef
Fun fact: Has summited 16 mountains > 14,000 feet in elevation
Happy to have you in the PurpleSurg family, Ryan!
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Thanks PGY-3 Sam Warwar for the unofficial ABSITE catering 🤣 Good luck to all our residents taking the test over the next few days!!!
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Dr. Hu
@AndrewHuMBChB
out here being a wonderful surgeon educator. What a great presentation!
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Excellent, necessary, and thought provoking presentation this morning by
@LJanczewskiMD
@YueyungHu
@courtneyjharris
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Monthly journal club first stop Dr. Alam’s! Thanks for hosting a wonderful discussion tonight (with a side of tasty tacos).
@DrHasanAlam
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Thanks Dr. Ladner for a wonderful journal club and being an excellent host! We had a blast eating
@LouMalnatis
and discussing HCC screening & STROBE guidelines
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Reminiscing on past Match Days. The happy moments our current residents found out they’d be joining our program!
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Hope every one hard a safe and delicious turkey day! We have so much to be grateful for at
@NMSurgery
. In these unprecedented times we want to give a special shout out to our amazing ICU nurses. Thank you for always going above and beyond and taking amazing care of our patients!!
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Sometimes, when you’re an intern, it’s easy to forget that you’re a real life doctor now. Luckily we now have new mugs to remind us!
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Merry Christmas from our fam to yours 💜💜💜
@NorthwesternMed
@NM_Urology
@NorthwesternIR
@NMSurgery
@NorthwesternEM
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