Yalini Vigneswaran
@yvigneswaran
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Foregut & Bariatric Surgeon at University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Joined October 2014
Excited to share our early results with this new technique!.
IDEAL Phase 2a Results are in! Hot off the press! Checking out what's new and exciting in @AnnalsofSurgery by authors @yvigneswaran @Alyssa_Varsanik @muhunychi @uchicagosurgery @UChicagoMed.
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DIY home laparoscopic trainer kits successfully constructed!! Hoping for successful virtual skills classes 🤞🏽. the challenges of continuing surgical training #postcovid, other ideas? @SAGES_Updates @uchicagosurgery @SSATNews
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Benefits of MIS still apply even during COVID-19 pandemic and maybe even more so!! Thank you JOGS for publishing our manuscript @JBMatthews @Muhu1978 @uchicagosurgery @UChicagoGI @SSATNews.
Lit review from @UChicago highlights the little evidence on possible #COVID19 transmission during MIS procedures (VA:@GoffredoPaolo).
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I guess this makes it official now! So excited to join the surgical faculty!! Thanks for the #sugarrush @uchicagosurgery @UChicagoMed
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All star presentation by @Alyssa_Varsanik on our first national presentation of our novel PEH repair technique @SAGES_Updates @uchicagosurgery @uchicagosurgres @JBMatthews Short term data coming @SSATNews in Chicago!
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Monday nights at OHSU. first and second year med students already mastering #FLS curriculum! @womensurgeons for sponsoring #ilooklikeasurgeon #thefutureisfemale @ohsusurgery
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What a great @SSATNews 2023, that’s a wrap! Thank you to the wonderful Esophageal subcommittee members who stuck it out to the very last sessions! You made my job easy 😇 @OryWiesel @amber_shada @pgkhaitan Tony Vine Daniel Tseng Shahin Ayazi Renato Salvador Michael Jureller
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Great esophageal sessions and successful Kelly & Carlos Pellegrini SSAT/SAGES joint symposium. Thank you to all our amazing panelists, moderators and speakers! Great discussions @SSATNews @DDWMeeting @CeciliaOngMD @AnneLidor @SAGES_Updates @Daniela_Molena @amber_shada
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City wide resident Foregut lab! @Ethicon team did amazing putting a beautiful lab together. A year of planning, but worth it! Great faculty and residents from around Chicago, talking everything Foregut! @LoyolaSurgery @RushSurgery @UICmedicine @uchicagosurgery @ForegutSociety
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Amazing grand rounds this morning! Thank you for visiting @arghavan_salles and talking about weight bias. Great discussion, so much to learn from our patients. @OHSUsurgery
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An all star crew 🤩.
Snapshot with these 5 amazing surgeons who trained or are training with us at @uchicagosurgery — love seeing their careers soar! @DrSabha @yvigneswaran @VBuieMD @puneetsinghmd @VNVandruff #SSAT2023 #DDW2023
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Another great 3rd annual citywide MIS/foregut resident lab 🙌🏽💪🏽 Thank you @Ethicon supporting a fun and educational event! Great turn out w some of my favorite faculty in Chicago! @MarcMesleh @BRVeenstra_MD @VBuieMD Chris Zimmerman @uchicagosurgery @RushSurgery @UICnews
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Looking forward to a great meeting!!.
The SSAT programming organizers at DDW 2023 have put together several sessions that have crossover appeal for GI surgeons and gastroenterologists. @yvigneswaran @DDWMeeting @SSATNews #DDW2023 #gitwitter #surgtwitter
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First @SSATNews esophageal session in the books for @DDWMeeting 2023. Excellent moderating 18 great esophageal abstracts by Missy DeSouza, @OryWiesel Tony Vine! Also featuring our own @chasecorvin 🙌🏽👏🏽@uchicagosurgery @UChicagoGI
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Congrats to these amazing award winners @SSATNews, the @uchicagosurgery legacy continues at SSAT! @Alyssa_Varsanik @DrSabha @uchicagosurgres
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What a great night celebrating at #SSAT2024 Dr Alverdy receiving the Master Clinician Award! A true master surgeon. @CeciliaOngMD also representing with the writer’s scholarship! @JBMatthews @uchicagosurgery @DDWMeeting @SSATNews
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These fabulous chief residents are going to do amazing things! Lucky to have worked with them and add them to my group of future colleagues @HHoopsMD @OHSUsurgery #bluesurgery #dontmesswiththepancreas
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Great start to @DDWMeeting combined DDW symposium for GERD multimodal management! Excellent panelists @amber_shada @PrashantKediaMD Ken Chang Mujjahid Abbas and Michael Smith @SSATNews @AGA_Gastro @ASGEendoscopy and shout out to @ForegutSociety AFS hiatus grade
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Ethics of surgical education with a great panel of speakers and discussion of the difficult trolley problem. Plus awesome seeing a former coresident! @abpeetz @andreastroud1 @SAGES_Updates @uchicagosurgery @OHSUsurgery
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Congrats to @drvivekbindal for an outstanding conference! Had a wonderful time in Delhi learning from our Indian robotic surgical colleagues and continuing collaborative efforts lead by @SSATNews. ARIS 2024 is clearly only the beginning of what’s to come for robotic surgery
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We taking virtual home lap skills curriculum to the next level! @tanvisubs has got #skills . @DKhaTran and Harry Wong keeping the team sharp #TikTokChallenge @SAGES_Updates @uchicagosurgery @JBMatthews @muhu1978
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First Chicago University Foregut Club dinner!! Who could ask for a better group. Thanks to everyone for participating! #foregutnerds #firstofmany @uchicagosurgery @RushCountySurg @NMSurgery @uiccom @NorthShoreWeb
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Best crew at sages 😍 #ohsu #foregutforlife #heforshe #ILookLikeASurgeon @SAGES_Updates @OHSUsurgery @jghuntermd @VictoriaLyo
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So good to see these two!! 😍 @kelly_haisley @VictoriaLyo . let the reunions begin! #foregut #sistersurgeons #ACSCC19 #portlandfellows
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Handed in my closest (and most annoying) possession for the last seven years, marking the end of a life changing chapter @uchicagosurgery #bittersweet #nowwhat #generalsurgeryresidency #nowandthen #sistersurgeons #itsover? #surgeryfamily #foregutsurgeon #ILookLikeASurgeon
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Thanks! Grateful for the amazing speakers that participated and gave such great pearls and advice! Thanks @DissanaikeMD, Dr Shulick and Dr Clary!!.
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So well deserved!! Incredibly privileged to work with such an amazing clinician and colleague @UChicagoGI @uchicagosurgery.
Congratulations to @UzmaSiddiquiMD, a recipient of the 2023 Master Endoscopist Award! Join us at the ASGE Foundation's Crystal Awards Gala during #DDW2023! #GITwitter #GIEndoscopy #Endoscopy #Gastroenterology
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What a crew!! Sad I missed you guys this year. But so proud of this group!! Future leaders in MIS 🔥@uchicagosurgres @JBMatthews.
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Love our UChicago #teamesophagus! Monthly multiD conferences all things esophagus😍. How do you approach zenkers?@uchicagosurgery @UChicagoGI @UChicagoOHNS @UChicagoCTSurg
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What a fun session!! Always great discussions with endoscopists and surgeons together @SSATNews @ASGEendoscopy.
Excellent lectures @ABEbariatric . 🔑 Anti-obesity medications @AsmeenBhattMD . 🔑 #ESG w/wo #TIF @babudayyeh . 🔑 #Metabolicendoscopy #duodenalmucosalresurfacing with @DiogoPhd. 🔑 Surgery tx for #DM @yvigneswaran . 🔑 #Metabolicendoscopy for NASH/NAFLD @ReemSharaiha. #DDW2023
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What a privilege to be a part of a committee with such great leaders and role models!.
SSAT's Resident & Fellow Education Comm #ResEdRox says thank you to outgoing Chair Jayleen Grams @UABSurgery and welcomes incoming Chair @motazqadan
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Glimpse into Dr Kaplan’s adventure and chronicles of @uchicagosurgery after our changing of the guard. how fitting @KrezalekMD @BerianJulia @OKantorMD @SkowronMD #passingthebaton #Dragstedt #shouldersofgiants #ILookLikeASurgeon #incomingchiefs
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@VictoriaLyo @OHSUsurgery @Erin_GilbertMD @Donn_Spight OHSU family fugly sweater style @OHSUsurgery #holidaytime
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My #microbiome superstar surgeon sister! #surgeonsisters #huggins #goodbugs @uchicagosurgery @JenVigneswaran
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@Alyssa_Varsanik @uchicagosurgery @uchicagosurgres are the best! Lucky to be surrounded by the best residents and so proud to see so many brilliant budding MIS surgeons 🥰
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@JBMatthews @uchicagosurgery Switching to the attending team this year felt wrong. but winning made it feel so much better!! 😜 #sorrynotsorry #goodluckchase.
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“Feminization of Surgery” 😜.
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Join our bariatric surgery team tomorrow 4:30pm CST!!Understanding and Managing Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic @uchicagosurgery @UChicagoGI @JBMatthews @JCAlverdy @Muhu1978.
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What a great choice for a speaker in remembrance of our incredible resident Hanns 💕.
Wonderful @uchicagosurgery resident nominated Hanns Frimpong lecturer Dr. Mustafa Hussain on overcoming imposter syndrome and #ResidentWellness.
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So well deserved!!.
Celebrating @UzmaSiddiquiMD - endoscopist , educator, mentor , physician leader and trail blaizer for #WomeninInterventionalGI 🔥. Congratulations on receiving the @ASGEendoscopy . ⭐️MasterEndoscopistAward⭐️. @UChicagoGI @WomeninEndo @DDWMeeting #GITwitter #WomenInSTEM #DDW2023
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“Sleeve. now what?” Great discussion on revisional bariatrics at the ACS WA/OR chapter meeting. What a complex problem we all face!Fun ASMBS chapter program today @Chenbariatrics1 and @AndreaStroud1 @asmbs @OHSUsurgery @UWSurgery #bariatricsurgery
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We are lucky to such amazing faculty! #mentors
Congratulations, Drs. Mustafa Hussain, Mitchell Posner, and John Alverdy on your well-deserved 2018 UChicago Distinguished Faculty Awards! Your residents are so proud of you! 💪🏾❤️🙌🏾 @JCAlverdy @uchicagosurgery
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“If you won’t sew it, don’t staple it.” An informative grand rounds on staplers and how far we probably still have to go @FadwaAliMD @OHSUsurgery
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Excellent talks on endoflip today and guidance on how to use in our everyday surgical practice @baileysu #DDW19 #SSAT19 @uchicagosurgery
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@VictoriaLyo @MikeAntipordaMD @SAGES_Updates @kelly_haisley Portland fellows representing in the Sages Theater! @VictoriaLyo @MikeAntipordaMD @SAGES_Updates @OHSUsurgery
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@TsengJennifer @SSATNews @DDWMeeting @heatheryeomd @WCMSurgery @DChu80 @UABSurgery @uabmedicine Another @SSATNews foundation reception throwback from San Diego with the @uchicago crew! @DrSabha @KrezalekMD
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Fun was had by all at @ICSUSS annual meeting! Looking forward to continued global surgery collaborations . Congrats to Dr Siva Vithiananthan for a successful meeting! @Nimeri_MD @PatNumannMD @SurgEdMD @DrSabha
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So proud!! #sistersurgeons.
So excited about the AAS/AASF Training Research Fellowship Award and following in the footsteps of Dr. Mimi Gaines and @AJWilliamsonMD . Thank you to @AcademicSurgery @AASFoundation1 selection committee! I feel very lucky to be part of an amazing lab with mentor Dr. Shogan!.
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@abhishekpar @Alyssa_Varsanik @SAGES_Updates @uchicagosurgery @uchicagosurgres @JBMatthews @SSATNews More to come at @DDWMeeting @SSATNews Our technique described here too!
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@tzakrison @JBMatthews @UChicago We sure did have a badass chief class of female surgeons 💪🏽@KrezalekMD @puneetsinghmd . only possible because of such a supportive environment of residents, surgeons and chair while “growing up”. support is everything!.
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Great program at Portland Surgical Society tonight! @cliffordkomd for a motivating talk and discussion, @Erin_GilbertMD society president @OHSUsurgery
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@ElliotServaisMD @Daniela_Molena @LFerri123 @MarkarSheraz @sgworrell @ShandaBlackmon @vlitlemd @RishiReddyTSurg @GooseDocMD 5 year outcomes will most definitely be the key here. Will be starting a multicentered study to continue investigation, inviting any willing collaborators and/or feedback!.
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The Resistance needs you! @JBMatthews @AcademicSurgery @uchicagosurgery #thelastjedi #anewhope #theForce #AASFC2018
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Don’t jump on the “band” wagon!great talk on revisional bariatric surgery from @DrEricDeMaria . not just a one and done! Stimulating discussion at Illinois @asmbs chapter meeting #midwestbarisurgeons
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@drterrysimpson @tanvisubs @DKhaTran @SAGES_Updates @uchicagosurgery @JBMatthews @Muhu1978 The box trainers are home grown @uchicagosurgery, developed so easy to construct from readily available materials. DM me, we can send you details. Hoping to make instructions/paper available for any trainee to make and continue training at home!.
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@ElliotServaisMD @AllonKahn @SalihSamo @SultanMahmoodMD @BMoshiree @JPandolfinoMD @LindaNguyenMD @MTPapaD @john_damianosMD @GiJournal @Gut_BMJ @andrewswright @IvyNHaskinsMD @jennyshaomd Yes, I usually start w esophagram but insist it is done with our esophageal radiologists. Not every esophagram is the same. The way the study is done/who is doing, makes all the difference to understanding the intricacies of the anatomy + pathology.
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Thanks! I’ll have to add that pun to the talk 🤔.
@yvigneswaran giving excellent grand rounds. “Goose” x rays to the advent of esophagoose hiatal hernia ;) @UChicagoMed @uchicagosurgery @SurgResidents
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@SSATNews @JournalofGISurg @ZhiVenFongMD @altierim1 @Laparoscopes @heatheryeomd @YewandeAlimiMD @JBMatthews All amazing suggestions! So many great food n music options. Architecture tour always a top pick. A fun cheap alternative near @DDWMeeting is catching the water taxi downtown to Chinatown, same views w dim sum after 😉. and don’t forget baseball or some good improv shows!.
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@UnivSurg @KelloggExecEd @roberthiggins32 @TomVargheseJr @AliaQureshiMD @shaunkunisaki @SurgEdMD @slsteinmd1 @AcademicSurgery @tdonahuemd Great course with amazing faculty. Highly recommend!.
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So much fun!! #nothingchanges #foregutforlife.
Great meeting up with past & present OHSU fellows + Dr Hunter!! @SAGES_Updates #SAGES2019 @OHSUsurgery
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@DrSabha @DissanaikeMD @amirbastawrous @bnwomeh @AcademicSurgery @SSATNews Completely agree! SSAT has helped me build meaningful relationships and mentorship through the years and is why I value it.
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@lindseymzhang one of our stellar @uchicagosurgery residents kicking off the scientific program at #PCSA2020 helping us understand postoperative outcomes in older patients
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@pturnermd @LillianErdahlMD @GeetaLalMD @jonessurgery @arghavan_salles @apoorvenayyar @DrCorriel @NancyDrewbooks @WomenSurgeons @UIowa_Surgery Definitely have a collection of Nancy Drew’s growing up that I may never find the nerve to part with! There must be a childhood Nancy Drew fan/career as a physician correlation 🤔.
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@DissanaikeMD 💯 in fact no evidence in the literature of ANY virus having ability of transmission through laparoscopy or surgical smoke. real risk is during intubation/extubation.
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@jdoningtonmd @UChicagoMed @WomenInThoracic @UHN @UCCancerCenter @UChicagoCTSurg What a privilege to hear Dr Darling speak and see what she has built! Keeping esophageal surgery moving forward #fangirling #WomanCrushEveryday
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@uchicagosurgery residents making it count at Midwest/Ohio valley robotic course! #highscores @JasonLiuMD @TheRuhleBrian
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@puneetsinghmd @AmCollSurgeons We made it! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 wish it was in person so could celebrate with my fellow @uchicagosurgery new fellows @puneetsinghmd and @KrezalekMD …but medtwitter will have to do 😜 #FACS.
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So true, couldn’t do this alone! Love it 😍 #girlslounge #shineon.
I’m lucky to have my pack to have helped me get to where I am today, and look forward to adding awesome trainees and colleagues to it. #womensurgeons @Erin_GilbertMD @farahhusainMD @yvigneswaran @NorahLiang @UCSFSurgery.
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@Sharpknife_Aziz @SAGES_Updates I agree! Although the risk of viral transmission with laparoscopy is likely minimal if at all, these maneuvers are easy and inexpensive. Real risks are with intubation and endoscopy. But in a world of unknowns w SARS CoV2, best to practice this way! Better safe than sorry.
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@Jenn_Tseng @uchicagosurgery @JBMatthews No one could represent the meaning of that award better! So excited to call @JBMatthews my Chair again!.
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@DegenhardtErica @aoglasser @Erin_GilbertMD @katie_schenning @VictoriaLyo @farahhusainMD @kelly_haisley @TWorrest @BonannoAlicia @docstephwood What a group! . miss you @DegenhardtErica
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Yess come join! We absolutely love teaching minimally invasive surgery and robotics. Agree with @HoggNDMD 100% residents graduate with excellent robotic training 😍 💪🏽 #gensurgmatch2023.
#ERAS #Match2023 #GeneralSurgeryResidency come to @uchicagosurgery where 0% of @uchicagosurgres graduate without robotic training! @NorthShoreWeb @K_Roggin @yvigneswaran @JBMatthews.
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Thanks for sharing for those of us not there!.
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@DSBryan1 @tanvisubs @DKhaTran @SAGES_Updates @uchicagosurgery @JBMatthews @Muhu1978 You don’t want to know how long it took me to figure out how to post a tik tok video on twitter 😅.
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@aehmd01 @SAGES_Updates @uchicagosurgery @SSATNews That was the limiting factor, but managed to borrow enough from sim labs to make up at least one set of graspers or one grasper/one needle driver for at least jr residents to take home. Would be interested to see if anyone had creative ideas for instruments? 🤔.
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@LoyolaSurgery @JBMatthews @psweigert Well done talks @KyraM_Nicholson @psweigert and great discussion! Love our Chicago surgical community. Thanks for organizing @pppatelmd.
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Great Inaugural American Foregut Society Meeting!! Gastroenterologists and surgeons coming together to discuss foregut diseases. excited for the future of the society! #AFS2019 #foregut @ForegutSociety And @FeliceSchnoll for my favorite meeting hashtag #barrettsmatters
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@ericpaulimd @SAGES_Updates @uchicagosurgery @SSATNews @LillianErdahlMD Yes, agree not as good as in lab trainers, but a fair compromise during sheltering in protocols. Would love to compare notes on construct! We made these out of 78 cent Home Depot boxes and using trainees own smartphones for the image.
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Superstar! 💕.
Yet another larger than life surgeon here at THE Ohio State. This time Emily Huang, one of our star colorectal surgeons and Director of DoS Grand Rounds. Highlighting another female surgeon #leadingtheway @OSUSurgery during this month when #OSUHonorsOlga
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@VictoriaLyo @OHSUsurgery @MikeEdwardsMD @ASMBS @farahhusainMD @AndreaStroud1 @prajdev @docstephwood What a group!! Miss you guys 🥲.
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@UzmaSiddiquiMD @thedennischen @UChicagoGI @IBDMD @UChicagoMed The @uchicagosurgery MIS group is really excited to have @thedennischen joining us! Lots of fun ahead 😉.
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No one better I could think of!! #WomanSupportingWomen.
I have had the great fortune to have a front row seat during @farahhusainMD career and she never fails to impress!.
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