Chris Sonnenday
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Transplant Center Director @umichmedicine . Hepatobiliary surgeon dedicated to the care of patients with end stage liver disease & HPB cancers.
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I am running the
@ChiMarathon
in October in support of
@liverUSA
and in honor of my patients with
#liver
disease. Please consider a small donation in their support. 👊🏼♥️
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@DineeMD
The move of “not being able to recognize your liver recipient because they have transformed into a healthy person” is one of the best things in our field. Hugs and tears every time.
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On June 4, 2007 a University of Michigan Transplant Team took to the skies on a Survival Flight mission to save a life. They did not return. May their lives & deeds remembered here reaffirm our commitment to cherish life, to care for the ill & injured & to serve the common good💙
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2008- 21 yo student, PSC, needs 3rd liver txp; septic in ICU. Team disagrees on relisting.
Txp surgical faculty met at her bedside. Vigorous debate, I argue to relist.
Transplanted, survives aspergillosis postop
Now she’s a pediatric nurse.
#GiftofLife
#ShareAStoryInOneTweet
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Not much better than the honor of bringing in Christmas with a liver transplant. Grateful to a generous family having a tragic holiday who gave the greatest gift, and so honored to be part of this team. Happy holidays my friends.
@UMichSurgery
@MichiganLiver
#TheTeamTheTeam
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Today we honor the loss of 6 teammates who died on a transplant flight. We are reminded that every life saved through transplant is the result of tremendous sacrifice by our teams and the transformative gift of organ donation.
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Surgery is, and should always remain, the most humbling profession.
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“This is what your training is meant for, to help others at this critical moment. Our teams support each other and share resources. You were uniquely trained for a moment such as this.”
I haven’t picked up a scalpel in 2 weeks. But I’m working harder than ever. WE CAN DO THIS.
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Today we honor the memory of our 6 lost teammates, who died on June 4, 2007 while transporting lungs procured for one of our patients. We were forever changed by this event as was the transplant community internationally. Their legacy lives on in every patient we serve today. 💙
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@StephCohenMD
1. Always, always go see the patient.
2. Take every consult as the opportunity to participate in the care of another human. It’s a privilege. Act that way.
3. As a surgeon you are asked help patients in their darkest moments. Own it, be accountable, and always follow through.
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12 years ago today. Every transplant I do is to honor them.
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I put a piece of my heart on a plane to Greece today.
@MSonnenday
starts her college adventure with a semester abroad in Thessaloniki. There needs to be a word for the combination of pride, admiration, angst, & loneliness that you feel in these moments.♥️
@Northeastern
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"On June 4, 2007 a UM Transplant Team took to the skies on a Survival Flight mission to save a life. They did not return. May their lives and deeds remembered here reaffirm our commitment to cherish life, to care for the ill and injured and to serve the common good."
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This is so beautifully written. I have unfortunately experienced that same moment w families and Dr Coleman’s description is accurately and respectfully told. Well done
@JJcolemanMD
The truth about the hardest part of my job – Jamie Coleman, MD
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"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that others have died to win them."
FDR
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Every transplant we do, every life saved, arises from the bravery of a donor and their family in the midst of incredible tragedy. It is an honor to be part of the
#transplant
community and witness this generosity every day.
@umichmedicine
@UMichSurgery
@umichCVC
@GiftofLifeMich
People came to McLaren Hospital in Pontiac on Friday to honor Justin Shilling, 1 of 4 Oxford High students killed on Tuesday. Many looked up to the sky bridge where his parents were waving before the “honor walk” of his organs to the Gift of Life
📸 by
@ericseals
of
@freep
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Doing daytime liver transplants using DCD grafts pumped overnight using normothermic perfusion, and having the patients go home in 5-7 days feels like having discovered the cheat code….
#LiverTwitter
@ASTSChimera
@_ILTS_
@AASLDtweets
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So proud of my friend
@jdimick1
. Named Chair of
@UMichSurgery
. Few in academic surgery as deserving of this honor and opportunity. I look forward to this next step in the history of our department.
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@iwashyna
@ogi_gajic
I started holding my pt’s hand as they go off to sleep before txps & other major cases. I started doing it because I wanted to be at bedside at induction of anesthesia but continued because I’m humbled by how many pts remember it & thank me for it. Touch is the best medicine....
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On June 4, 2007 a University of Michigan Transplant Team took to the skies on a Survival Flight mission to save a life. They did not return. May their lives & deeds remembered here reaffirm our commitment to cherish life, to care for the ill & injured, & to serve the common good
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It feels like our nation lost a piece of our soul yesterday.
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Someone needs to explain to me that psychology behind the fact that I can have the discipline of an Olympic athlete or Trappist monk during daytime hours but at 3 am after a liver transplant I’m like… Rice Krispie treats… reruns on Netflix… game on 😳
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No time yet to reflect on all I’ve learned over past weeks, but will share one day. But 2 things must be said & not forgotten:
1️⃣ I am so lucky to work here
@umichmedicine
.
#GoBlue
#HAILToTheFrontline
2️⃣ Crisis creates the opportunity for transformational change. Act boldly.
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We must be better. I pledge to use my white privilege to end white privilege. I’m so inspired by the leadership and bravery shown by BMA
#umichbmaprotest
#SurgeonsAgainstRacism
#SurgeonsForBlackLives
#BlackLivesMatter
#WhiteCoatsForBlackLives
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Inspiring and long awaited day. Lots to celebrate but I can’t help but feel the tremendous urgency to use this opportunity to relentlessly push for equality and justice in all we do.
Let’s get to work.
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I won’t be quitting my day job….
When your partner makes an excellent depiction of his backtable reconstruction…you make it art.
#livertwitter
@MichiganLiver
@UMichSurgery
@HPB_Txp_Surg
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This is required reading - so much we should be doing in medicine to care for each other. Thank you
@ColemanDM_vasc
@UMichSurgery
@umichmedicine
“6 Culture Lessons the Army Can Teach Medicine About Burnout” by Doximity
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I would say “proud dad moment” but unbelievable would be a better description. In this goat rodeo of a senior year, in the middle of a pandemic, my daughter
@MSonnenday
somehow found time to do almost 3 work weeks worth of service throughout metro Detroit. She is my inspiration.
@SalineHS
earned a National Community Service Sapphire Award for over 3,317 hours of student service! 46 students earned Merit awards for 20 service hours. 12 students earned Honor awards for 40 hours. And
@MSonnenday
received the Ambassador award for over 100 hours!
@SalineSCE
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Spring is nature’s way of reminding us we can always reinvent ourselves. 👊🏼🙏🏼
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Every day our work teaches me new things. Amazing things. But most of all it teaches me humility.
@UMichSurgery
@MichiganLiver
@UM_TREE
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If social justice isn’t part of medicine... then I’m no longer interested in medicine. 👊🏼
Brilliant piece by
@zacharymeisel
@CarolynCannu
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We’ve got your back
@JosephSakran
@NRA
you’ve poked the wrong family of bears....
"That communication and rhetoric that we've heard from the NRA is a clear demonstration to myself, the medical community, and Americans all across the country that they're not serious about moving the needle forward on this issue." Dr.
@JosephSakran
on gun control.
#Hardball
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While we were residents,
@Jasosamd
inspired many of us to seek formal clinical research training. She was for many reasons the most courageous resident in our program. She is wicked smart, & has the best sense of humor in surgery. Congrats JA -
@UCSFSurgery
is very lucky.
Dean
@TalmadgeKing
announced today
@Jasosamd
@DukeSurgery
will be the next chair of the
@UCSF
@UCSFMedicine
Department of Surgery.
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Detroit 👊🏼♥️✊🏿. Respect
Let it never be forgotten that Detroit showed up when America needed it. The blackest city in America. Put some respect on its name and it’s people.
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@medicalaxioms
To be blunt, this is an insulting suggestion. The best surgeons I know are as dedicated to their patients before and after the OR as they are during. In fact, as the FTR literature shows, the best surgeons don’t have fewer complications, but better rescue patients w complications
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I’m learning that at least 90% of dysfunction in teams and organizations is directly related to unwillingness by most of us to:
1️⃣have difficult conversations, &
2️⃣take the risk of trying new things.
We need more courage.
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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” JFK
#MemorialDay
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This is so painfully accurate. Nurses and doctors work hard to take care of sicker patients, and the system does not seem to care...
Opinion | The Business of Health Care Depends on Exploiting Doctors and Nurses - The New York Times
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All surgical nerds will appreciate how amazing this is... It's like overhearing Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig catching up in the next room...
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Amazing story - transplantation is truly transformative medicine. I’m so grateful to be a member of this field.
#DonateLife
Meet the First African-American Face Transplant Recipient | Time
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For a moment of levity in this chaos - let’s all just admit we can shut this
#surgtwitter
#medtwitter
thing down...
@RachelPatzerPhD
has won the game....
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I tend to find Michigan winters make me a bit dysthymic... but given the chaos of 2020, I’m all in for this
#PureMichigan
#MedTwitter
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Books so far in 2021... a couple rereads, minus a few audiobooks. What are you reading?
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A great
@AHPBA
meeting in the books. Things I learned:
- we (surgeons) need to know impact of immunotherapy for
#HCC
- a slew of pearls from Brice Gayet and others re lap liver rsxn
- bariatric surgery as therapy for adenomatosis?
-
#HPBheroines
are running the joint...
#AHPBA20
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We’ve got your back
@JosephSakran
... They’re poking the wrong family of bears.
I’m confident I know a few dozen colleagues at
@HopkinsMedicine
@hopkinssurgery
who would stand watch outside your home every night. And if not, call me and I’ll take my turn.
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Perhaps the most amazing thing about our country is that those among us with every reason to give up on our democracy are those most dedicated to its ideals.
#VOTE
Now at 11hrs in line but we are next! A long journey but wouldn’t be anywhere else! Please vote everyone!
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The legacy of
@ErikaZak1
, beyond her beautiful daughter Loïe, will be what her life and death taught us about the best and worst of transplantation.
THREAD 1/
Erika Zak, mom who inspired millions in her fight to get a liver, dies at 39 - CNN
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This life-saving legislation in our state is the result of years of advocacy by many in the transplant community. We are grateful to
@GovWhitmer
and
@feliciabrabec
for getting us to the finish line. Shout out to
@Dorry_Segev
for leading this initiative nationally.
👊🏼♥️
Thank you to
@GovWhitmer
for signing the HOPE Act into law today! This law allows Michigan patients living with HIV to receive new life through donated organs from HIV+ donors. Many thanks to State Rep
@feliciabrabec
for sponsoring this important legislation!
#HOPEAct
#DonateLife
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@jdimick1
He was an incredible gentleman & always led with grace. He was an incredible speaker & so charismatic - people flocked to his side on rounds. But I will always remember most his manner with patients - gentle and honest, and he spoke to them like family. And they loved him.
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My hero. Not just because of her talent, integrity, and commitment to service, but because she does all of those things with grace and absolute humility.
🙏🏼
@ColemanDM_vasc
#SURGEONOFTHEWEEK
🌠 Dawn M. Coleman, MD, FACS (
@ColemanDM_vasc
)
👉 LTC,
@USArmyReserve
👉 Co-chair, Outreach Committee,
@ExcelsiorSurg
🌠 Assoc. Prof. of Surgery,
@UMichSurgery
🌠 PD, Integrated Vascular Residency and Fellowship,
@UoMVascSurgery
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So honored and excited to have attended my first
@societyofBAS
meeting. I learned so much - I have never witnessed any society that honors both their history and their future so intentionally and effectively.
#SBAS2019
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This is a devastating loss for my friends at Intermountain, the transplant community, and Andrew’s beloved family. Please consider a donation to support his wife and children.
Dr. Andrew Gagnon saved hundreds of lives as a transplant surgeon. He died Thursday in a skiing accident at Solitude, leaving his Intermountain Healthcare and Utah transplant communities heartbroken. (📷Jeffrey D. Allred
@Deseret
News, and GoFundMe)
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Please consider blood donation this week if at all possible. This is a crisis that affects all patients.
@umichmedicine
@UMichSurgery
@MLive
@annarbornews
@A2GOV
Because I needed 26 prbc units in one night,
@RandyAwdish
has donated blood every 8 weeks for years. I have never seen a letter like this. Please, if you can, donate blood. Encourage others. We are so much more interdependent than we know.
#medtwitter
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@RheaBoydMD
gave a talk today that it is not an overstatement to say will be life direction-changing for many of us.
@UMichSurgery
#MWSC19
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Perhaps the most amazing thing about our country is that those among us with every reason to give up on our democracy are those most dedicated to its ideals.
#VOTE
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Transplant is the ultimate team sport, and we are blessed with a great team.
Organ donors save lives. 🙏🏼💙
🙌 The U-M Health Transplant Center performed more than 490 transplants in 2023, the most ever in our center’s history. With expertise across organ programs and the most innovative technologies and care, we’re not only changing lives, we’re changing the future of transplantation.
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At a time when we are looking for clearer definitions of patriotism, here’s a good one. “Look for the helpers...”
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This is cool - some of my closest friends, some Twitter friends, all people I deeply admire.
@iwashyna
@seth_waits
@sepideh_gholami
@scottregenbogen
@drsuswarner
@RanaAwdish
@JBMatthews
@MarkHobeika
@SyedAAhmad5
@MathurAmitK
@ColemanDM_vasc
@allie_schulman
@ebtapper
@UM_TREE
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Grateful to
@PeterAttiaMD
for the opportunity to discuss
#CovidVaccine
requirements for
#transplant
candidates.
My response linked on his site and below. A few other comments in this thread
2/2
But in all seriousness, we did receive some really great feedback — both positive and negative.
For this week’s newsletter, I address some of these thoughtful comments and give them the careful consideration that they deserve.
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@jdimick1
@CapriceGreenber
@UMichSurgery
@arikanters
@DrSabha
@susieQP8
@TaylorRiall
@TopKniFe_B
@docmartin22
@elliotthaut
@JohnBirkmeyer
#UMichSurgJC
good judgment can salvage marginal dexterity. Good dexterity cannot rescue bad judgment
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@daviesbj
@wandering_gu
@LauraBukavinaMD
@EUplatinum
@spsutkaMD
There’s much wrong about this letter, but let’s start simple: to assume program committees choose speakers based on merit is laughable. Too often, a small group (usually white men) sits around & thinks of who they know to give talks. Representation matters. This letter is naive.
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This is absolutely amazing. It brings tears to my eyes to see Tom Kato well.
@ASTSChimera
@ColumbiaSurgery
@_ILTS_
@AASLDtweets
@MichiganLiver
@BenSamstein
@theliversurgeon
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@sassyypremed
Take the B. Same thing happened to me in Physics.
In related news, none of the patients I am privileged to serve ever asks me my physics grade...
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Everyday miracles are created through the generosity of organ donors and their family. It is the privilege of a lifetime to bear witness to this everyday.
@ASTSChimera
@AASLDtweets
@MichiganLiver
Last year, John Reid lost his 16-year old son in a car crash. He decided to donate his organs, including his heart.
This month, the recipient sent him a surprise gift - a teddy bear with a recording of his son's heartbeat.
This is the exact moment he heard it.
(🎥
@Goodable
)
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Hospitals = most diverse workplace in the US
Must read from
@tombrokaw
:
“What I’ve learned is that American health care is a universe of scientific genius and selfless compassion populated by what seems to be the most diverse population in the country.”
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@matthewjdowd
Had similar insight as a paperboy - the most courteous customers and most generous tippers were never the wealthiest on my route...
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@cancersurg
@VUMCSurgRes
Two from The Boss, John Cameron:
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment”
“Being a good doctor is not hard, it is just few people have the discipline to do it.”
@hopkinssurgery
#HalstedResident
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A great thing happened today 👇🏼
More great news from
@UMichSurgery
:
It's official!
Congratulations to
@DanaTelem
on appointment as Section Head for General Surgery!!
You've led us so well in this role in the worst of times. I'm thrilled to continue to work with you in better ones.
#ILookLikeASurgeon
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This enrages me.
You know what nurses have done for 2 yrs endangering themselves & their families taking care of COVID patients?
They did their F#’ing job.
You know what those teachers who died w their bodies draped over their students did?
They did their F#’ing job.
Texas Police Lieutenant Says Cops Were Reluctant to Engage Gunman Because ‘They Could’ve Been Shot’
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This is for me what it is all about. We measure our leaders by how they respond to crisis.
#VOTE
Dying in a Leadership Vacuum | NEJM
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@Skepticscalpel
I would say the team should do whatever they usually do. One reasons VIPs often get substandard care is because things are altered from the usual routine. If the fellow and attending usually do such cases, that’s how it should be done.
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“Another sunrise, another new beginning”
OBX Sunrise 7.22.2022
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This pretty much sums up my life goals at this point. Grateful to
#KobeBryant
for spelling them out so well.
#RIPMamba
#MambaMentalityForever
I talked with
@kobebryant
in 2016. He said his new mission was to help people reach their full potential.
-To tell stories that inspire kids to dream
-To raise strong, independent women
-To teach the next generation that a great team is worth more than individual wins
#RIPMAMBA
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I called
@choo_ek
to thank her for donating to our grassroots campaign and for being a part of
@TeamWarren
. We're going to do this—together.
Chip in $3 or whatever you can before tonight's deadline, and I could call you soon!
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That feeling when your trainees do something more inspired and courageous than you could ever hope to do yourself..... Our field is in good hands w these stars:
@spshubeck
&
@arikanters
Women in surgery: a tweet to action via
@kevinmd
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ZERO percent chance this happened. I don’t know a surgeon alive who would leave a patient in the OR for this...
University Medical Center of El Paso says doctors didn’t leave operating rooms to greet Trump - The Washington Post
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Very humbling thread. As someone who never introduces myself as Dr., I stand now fully aware that is a choice I have had the privilege to make... a choice not available to many others...
Thank you
@enenbee
Sigh
Being at the pinnacle of the hierachy makes it easy to call for the hierachy to be flatter. This just doesn't work as well for those of us who will not be automatically assumed to be the leader. Thoughts?
@JulieSilverMD
@choo_ek
@LoggheMD
@WomenSurgeons
@LillianErdahlMD
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One of the greatest stories in American surgery... and not told often enough.
#BlackMeninMedicine
@hopkinssurgery
On this day, November 29, 1944 though not a doctor, Vivian Thomas coached Alfred Blalock through placement of the 1st Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt in a human
@HopkinsMedicine
#BlackMenInMedicine
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This is a transformative perspective, and incredibly brave, which is not at all surprising given the author is my colleague
@sparklyscalpel
Because no one's surgical future should be decided in a hotel room.
When we encounter aspects of our profession that are unfair we must speak up.
Thank you
@AnnalsofSurgery
for giving this a voice. Thank you
@AmBdSurg
for listening.
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This is something we need to practice and model much better (speaking mostly to myself). Taking a pause should be seen as a sign of strength.
@UMichSurgery
@MichiganLiver
@ASTSChimera
@AHPBA
In unhealthy cultures, people see rest as taking your foot off the gas pedal. You don't stop until you've pushed yourself to the brink of exhaustion.
In healthy cultures, people see rest as a vital source of fuel. You take regular breaks to maintain energy and avoid burnout.
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The best thing that happened today:
As a family this morning we watched my colleague
@Okanlami
speak
@TEDxWrigley
. I just overheard my nephew quoting Dr O to my daughters: “The future will be your fault, even if the past is not”.
Thank you my friend. Well done today.
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I do not know surgeon with a greater impact factor than
@ColemanDM_vasc
: leadership by example, commitment to service, patriotism in action. We are so lucky to be her colleague
@UMichSurgery
In the latest
#MichiganPromise
post,
@ColemanDM_vasc
discusses her military service as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Active Reserve Component of the US Army Reserve.
#UMSurgUpdates
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"Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is life."
Gertrude Stein
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Solution - Whoever these men are need to get out of positions of power. There are plenty of capable women, and a handful of more competent men, to take their place.
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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter the words but to live by them.” JFK
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This is pretty much how it rolls in my house...
Merry Christmas my friends
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@shimulshah73
@DennisG_Shea
Because denial is a powerful thing. Hopefully some grace will appear among us when people realize hospitals and HCWs can’t take much more.
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Sign me up to follow her wherever we are needed👇🏼👇🏼
Government service was never part of my plans. But every doctor knows that when a patient is coding, your plans don’t matter. You run to the code.
And when a nation is coding—if you are called to serve, you serve.
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@ChrisAuduMD
Thank you Chris for being a great role model for the rest of us. Listening is one of our most effective and least deployed tools.
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This is brilliant. The picture itself is epic but the description of being an underrepresented member of the surgical community written by
@v_valbuen
should be in the ABS curriculum.
@UMichSurgery
@umichmedicine
@erikaanewman
The Change Within
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For more than 20 years
@TaylorRiall
has been the bravest surgeon I know. Incredibly important talk about surgeon wellness, making us better as a field.
#aasfc18
@AcademicSurgery
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