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Retired CEO CHUV, Switzerland. Professor emeritus @ UNIL , Board member

Lausanne, Switzerland
Joined November 2016
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@BernieSanders
Bernie Sanders
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Life expectancy: 🇨🇭84.2 🇯🇵84.1 🇸🇪83.4 🇦🇺83.1 🇫🇷83.1 🇧🇪82.5 🇳🇱82 🇨🇦81.7 🇦🇹81.6 🇬🇧81.1 🇩🇪80.6 🇺🇸78.4 There is no reason why the richest country in the history of the world should have a lower life expectancy than every other major country on earth. Medicare for All now.
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@NTFabiano
Nicholas Fabiano, MD
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In 1992 Peter Ratcliffe received this rejection letter from Nature. His findings were not "a sufficient advance in our understanding". 27 years later he won the Nobel Prize for the same discovery. Don't lose faith in the things you believe in.
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@MarcBesselink
Marc Besselink
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Endoscopic or surgical #gastroenterostomy for palliation malignant gastric outlet obstruction? 🚀Today @LancetGastroHep: #ENDURO randomised multicenter trial @DPCG_official 🇳🇱 Excellent nationwide collaboration #surgery & #gastroenterology 🙌 ⏩️ https://t.co/HbwvlCrqgR
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@BJSurgery
BJS
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Advancing hepatic augmentation for safer hepatic surgery: insights into portal and hepatic vein embolization strategies ➡️ https://t.co/w2WMi87ylr 🏥 Evolution from PVL → combined embolization marks major progress in liver surgery & understanding of regeneration - Goal of
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The safety and feasibility of major hepatectomy critically depends on the volume of the future liver remnant (FLR). Insufficient FLR significantly increase
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@LesGuignols
Les Guignols
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Notre santé en prend un coup !
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@MarcBesselink
Marc Besselink
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What happens when you merge two high volume centers for #pancreas #surgery? Birth of @amsterdamumc ❌❌❌ 😃 500 vs 500 Whipples (pre-vs post merger) ✅ 30-day mortality: 2.0 to 0.4%, P=0.02 ✅ failure-to-rescue: 4.9 to 1.1%, P=0.04 ✅ major morbidity: 41 to 35%, P=0.037 ✅
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@angioplastyorg
Angioplasty.Org
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September 16, 1977, Andreas Gruentzig performed the 1st coronary angioplasty in Zurich. Below is the story, told by the 1st patient himself, Adolph Bachman, and his doctor, Bernhard Meier. This was the birth, not just of interventional cardiology, but a whole new branch of
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@BJSAcademy
BJS Academy
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🏆 Learn all about the 2025 BJS Award Winner, Professor James Shapiro—everything in one place: ➡️ https://t.co/6CDJs2TvAW 🧢 Put your thinking caps on! Nominations for the 2027 BJS Award open in April 2026. #BJS #SurgicalExcellence #LeadingSurgicalEducation
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@mjfree
Morgan J. Freeman
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Let this sink in…
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@threadintello
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Il y a 70 ans, une femme a découvert la structure de l’ADN. Deux mecs de Cambridge lui ont volé son travail. Ils ont pris le Nobel. Elle, elle a été effacée de l’histoire. Voici comment Rosalind Franklin s’est fait voler sa découverte… 🧵
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@BJSurgery
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Management of liver metastases from uveal melanoma ➡️ https://t.co/Ejs1JV0gtp This review discusses the clinical background of uveal melanoma and liver metastasis, the efficacy of systemic and locoregional treatment options, and the development of combining locoregional
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@juliomayol
Julio Mayol
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Reporting guideline for chatbot health advice studies: the Chatbot Assessment Reporting Tool (CHART) statement https://t.co/9Gj56XM99M @BJSurgery #openaccess #chatbot #AI4Surgery #SoMe4Surgery @SurgGPT @me4_so @BJSAcademy
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@TheLancetEndo
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
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Adrenocortical carcinoma: a practical guide for clinicians https://t.co/YPep9hnulD #adrenocortical #carcinoma #ACC #adrenal #OpenAccess
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@BjsOpen
BJS Open
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Risk factors and mitigating measures associated with bile duct injury during cholecystectomy: meta-analysis ➡️ https://t.co/jOHki7cfo0 This meta-analysis examined risk factors and preventive measures for bile duct injury (BDI) following cholecystectomy. The results, based on 31
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Resectability stages of pancreatic cancer: nationwide reference ➡️ https://t.co/satm84ppPy This population-based study on the NCCN resectability stages of pancreatic adenocarcinoma indicates that the rate of LAPC was lower than reported in literature, whereas the rate of PRPC is
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@BJSAcademy
BJS Academy
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📣 Call for submissions to #BJSBookshelf Submit your book review. Your review should include: ⭐ Your summary of the book 😷 Why Surgeons should read it 📸 Photo of the book cover ✏️ Your author details (name, affiliations and headshot if you have it!) 📧Email
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@IrcadFrance
IrcadFrance
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Monthly focus on esophagogastric surgery 🎥 Watch now: https://t.co/KyXBbCy1yb This month’s focus highlights a wide range of state-of-the-art procedures in esophagogastric surgery. #surgery #esophagogastric #minimallyinvasive #roboticsurgery #endoscopy
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@NEJM
NEJM
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Patients with giant-cell arteritis need better treatments. This video, in partnership with @DGlaucomflecken, summarizes new research findings on the JAK-1 inhibitor upadacitinib in patients with giant-cell arteritis. Access the article for free: https://t.co/YB8khORzVH
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@IrcadFrance
IrcadFrance
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📡 #SRS2025 #Telesurgery Highlights A groundbreaking demonstration of remote collaboration using the da Vinci 5 dual-console system from @IntuitiveSurg! From the US (Atlanta) to #IRCAD (Strasbourg), the live procedure was also streamed directly at the Palais des Congrès👏
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@TorzilliGuido
GUIDO TORZILLI
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Pleased to announce the release of another scaffold sparing solution for boosting one stage removal of multiple bilobar colorectal liver metastases: SLICED LIVER HEPATECTOMY @HumanitasMilano @HUNIMED @IHPBA @AHPBA @EAHPBA @APHPBA @IASGO_1988 @SSATNews @SocSurgOnc @Aicep4
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