Wrapped up a night call with a 15cm #ruptured juxtarenal AAA straight to the OR. A scenario we’re seeing less often in the #EVAR era. For hemorrhage control, aortic #balloon vs rapid laparotomy+#supraceliac clamp❓What’s your go-to❓ @AortaEd @VascularSVS @VascularForum

UAB Medicine is playing a key role in advancing the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most common form of inherited heart disease. Its Cardiogenomics Clinic, opened in 2021, helped UAB earn a national award from @American_Heart. 🔗 https://t.co/2rwRxWj0oH

I have directed flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset, Friday, December 19, 2025, in memory of Ella Cook of Mountain Brook. As all of Alabama wraps our arms around Ella’s family in prayer, I also join in mourning her loss. #alpolitics

A Stoic way of handling problems

The same principle applies to Radiation Oncology. Which is why I advise senior attending clinicians to present M&M cases and lead by example to create the safe space that’s needed for us to learn from our mistakes.

A massive advantage in life: Being a pleasure to deal with. Kind when others aren’t. Calm when things go sideways. Reliable under pressure. Intelligence alone is overrated. Be someone who lightens the load for folks around them. People value people who make their lives easier.

Aortic dissection multi-limb malperfusion is DEADLY. Creativity saves! 🧠🤔=> rigged R ax graft (1° arterial line) to 3-way stopcock, flowing to L fem 5F sheath and L ax graft. S/p TAR+thoraflex, L ax bypass. Pulses intact. @TerumoAortic @ThinkAorta @UABCVI @AATSHQ #aortaED

ARISE III Trial of Gore Ascending Stent Graft Begins Enrollment | @WLGore https://t.co/1IiXbSOn2A

Symptomatic ileofemoral DVT after onset of oral contraceptive use in women with previously undiagnosed May-Thurner Syndrome - Journal of Vascular Surgery https://t.co/06BFGDmBXf @txsportsdoc @Bloodman @Papa_Heme

The single greatest challenge for any ambitious person is eliminating the guilt associated with free time and rest.

Save #MandM! It is our most important educational conference!!! Open self critique, ethical accountability, brutal intellectual honesty and a willingness to be wrong/change practice builds resilience and makes better doctors. Great article and worth a read @JAMASurgery

Viewpoint: #MandM conferences benefit surgeon moral development by fostering personal responsibility, reflection, and a mindset for improvement in #Surgery. @pangelos1 @seancwightman https://t.co/Ym4UvaJQ33

A Johns Hopkins robot known as SRT-H removed a gallbladder by itself with 100% accuracy after watching surgery videos. It identified arteries, clipped ducts, cut tissue, and even adapted when the visuals changed mid-procedure. It followed voice commands like "grab the

An homage to Dr. Todd Stern. https://t.co/KyF3neFLQo

Drs. Michael D. Dake, @AWBeckMD, @ch_timaran, @gio_tinelli, Simona Sica, Yamume Tshomba, Robert C. Lind, and Jacob Budtz-Lilly explore next-generation thoracic branch systems, their design & early clinical experience, and the evolving regulatory landscape.

Presented at #SVIN25: CREST-2: In high-grade asymptomatic carotid stenosis, addition of stenting to medical therapy led to a lower risk of stroke over a 4-year period. Endarterectomy did not lead to a significant benefit. Full results: https://t.co/ZHLCV9ukNU Editorial:

🔥 Just out in @JVascSurg! We present a novel machine learning 💻 model that defines the learning curve of F-BEVAR and provides data-driven insights to help support its safe and effective expansion. https://t.co/RAltKK3kgy @LoayKabbani @AWBeckMD @JaeChoMD @UHVascular

For trainees to understand this beautiful picture: remember RRHA comes from SMA (hidden at the inferior edge of pancreas behind the veins in the picture) then passes posteriolateral to portal vein and lateral to CBD, opposites to the usual medial position. This is type III

@farkomd @AlanLumsdenMD @AWBeckMD @westleyohman @MaherSabalbal @AmputationSuck Trauma paper you might enjoy from @TSACO_AAST “Short-term performance of Symvess (acellular tissue engineered vessel-tyod) compared to external control data for autologous vein in treatment of extremity arterial injury” https://t.co/quOVh7IQPF

.@KyleWBlackburn, @JCoselli_MD et al published a study predicting perioperative risk of persistent paraplegia from preoperative factors in patients who undergo elective, open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Log in to your #JTCVS account to read: https://t.co/qobCDA0kNU