Sami Shoucair, MD MPH MS
@SamiShoucair
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Transplant & HPB Fellow @ClevelandClinic Gen Surg @MedStarHealth | MPH @GWpublichealth #PrecisionMed #SurgEd #DogDad. opinions=my own
Cleveland, OH
Joined January 2015
2 classic quotes on Medical Education: by Dr. William Osler (often described as the Father of Modern Medicine): “Medicine is learned by the bedside, and not in the classroom.” “He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without
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🔥 FDG PET/CT: The Scan That Lies More Often Than You Think A quick, practical guide to avoid the most common PET pitfalls 👇 🟡 False Positives: When High Uptake ISN’T Cancer 🧠 Common physiologic hotspots: • 💪 Symmetrical muscle uptake (neck/larynx) • 😬 Waldeyer’s ring /
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(1/5) Proud of our team at @CleClinicUro for a major milestone: 100+ Robotic Kidney Transplants in 2025 alone (105 and counting!) 🚀 This reflects the unmatched support of our nursing staff and leadership. Truly a team effort. @ASTSChimera @AmCollSurgeons @amjtransplant
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Proud 💁🏻♀️ #MamaBear moments 🧸 teaching ⭐️ @ClevelandClinic Jr @ASTSChimera txpl fellows @WJChoiMD & #Ramsey : from “👀 me do” to “do while I socialize & selfie” (& now 😴💤 at 🏠). 1 of most rewarding parts of Sr Fellow-dom🥰🥺 @SamiShoucair @DylanIsaacsonMD @APitaMD
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🚨 Join the next E-AHPBA Grand Rounds! 📅 Thursday 23rd October 2025, 18:00 CET 🎯 Topic: Colorectal Liver Metastases 🧑⚕️ Speakers: Rene Adam @IHPBA President, Sheraz Yaqub & Jennie Engstrand #MedicalEducation Don’t miss this session in the E-AHPBA Online Academy Certificate
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🔥 Liver Arsenal for Colorectal Cancer - who rules 2025? 🎯 Resection still reigns, but new contenders are rising fast. Here’s how every liver-directed therapy stacks up 👇 🩺 1️⃣ Resection & Ablation •Gold standard if R0 & FLR adequate •MWA > RFA 🔥 •COLLISION Trial 2025:
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Excellent presentation from Dr. Masato Fujiki @ClevelandClinic in the largest single-center experience with the Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP) procedure — restoring nutritional autonomy in patients with short bowel syndrome, In our center, in the last 5 years 40
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Get an inside look at robotic-assisted kidney transplantation! 🤖 Join Dr. Lauren Malinzak, Dr. Jason Hawksworth, and Dr. Adeel Khan for an interactive webinar featuring surgical videos and live discussions on robotic techniques. 🗓️10/22 @ 3pm ET: https://t.co/rBBE7VM4cJ
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Octopus 🐙? Nah, just another 🤯brilliant 🦾 robo 🤖arterial recon #KidneyTransplant #DDKT from @moeltemamy‼️ 2 donor renal arteries & very calcified recipients artery😱 @CleClinicUro pushing boundaries🤩 @SamiShoucair @DylanIsaacsonMD @APitaMD @V_Krish67 @WJChoiMD @ASTSChimera
Today at @CleClinicUro . Living RAKT (2 arteries) . Cadavers RAKT (3 arteries). pushing the boundaries. @ASTSChimera #AUA25 #WTC25
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We came🧑🏻⚕️. We sequenced 🧬. We stratified 📊. Great first meeting of the ctDNA Club - where liquid biopsy🩸meets real-world🌎 decision-making. We’re only 1 meeting in and already fragmenting… in a good way 😝 #ctDNA #LiquidBiopsy #PrecisionMedicine
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Just received the copy of our new book 📕 on Biliary Tract Neoplasms. Thanks to my friend and co-editor @skmaithel and all the international leaders who contributed! 🙏 Be sure to check out this state-of-the-art reference on multidisciplinary treatment of #BiliaryTractCancer
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62M HCC (⬇️ into Milan with Y-90) → liver txp. Reperfusion: hypotensive & vasoplegic, improved with support. Case wrapped up - Foley bag looked like this. Thoughts? #LiverTransplant @TransplantAnes #MedTwitter @me4_so @ASTSChimera @AASLDFoundation @_ILTS_ @MedTweetorials
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Grateful 🙏 for co-fellows that have had my back since day 1️⃣🥺 ➡️➡️ now 1️⃣ year in and we still smiling (+look the same)! ☺️🤩 Best specialty w/ best people 🥳 @ClevelandClinic @SamiShoucair @DylanIsaacsonMD @APitaMD @WJChoiMD @ASTSChimera
Benching 🔪+ pumping 🩸+ late nights 🥱 = fellowship memories that last forever. Always better with a buddy 🧑🏻⚕️👨🏽⚕️like @WKellyWuMD Missing @DylanIsaacsonMD 👨🏻⚕️ #TransplantLife #SurgicalTraining #livertwitter #MedTwitter
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Benching 🔪+ pumping 🩸+ late nights 🥱 = fellowship memories that last forever. Always better with a buddy 🧑🏻⚕️👨🏽⚕️like @WKellyWuMD Missing @DylanIsaacsonMD 👨🏻⚕️ #TransplantLife #SurgicalTraining #livertwitter #MedTwitter
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“Treating different things the same brings as much inequality as treating the same things differently.” A little reminder: true equity in medicine means recognizing the nuance in every patient’s story. #MedTwitter #Healthcare
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Learned 📖 a lot! Gained mentors and friends 👨🏽⚕️! Explored beautiful #Pittsburgh! Huge thanks to @ASTSChimera for an unforgettable Fellows Symposium. Thank you @ClevelandClinic faculty @APitaMD 🙏🏽 Proud to be part of this community shaping the future of #transplant. @DonateLife
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Kicking off the ASTS 💪🏽 Fellows Symposium in 📍Pittsburgh with an incredible group of future transplant leaders. Learning from the best, with the best @WKellyWuMD @ClevelandClinic @DylanIsaacsonMD Insightful 👀sessions, great energy ⚡️, and even better company🥼! @ASTSChimera
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Hey❗️📣 @ClevelandClinic @APitaMD @SamiShoucair @V_Krish67 @moeltemamy 🙌 we know that guy! @DocWak can you come back every now and then for the odd weekend procurement? 🤓
Welcome Assistant Professor Glenn Wakam, M.D., to the Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery! Wakam joins the division after completing his abdominal transplant fellowship at Cleveland Clinic. Outside of work, he enjoys biking, skiing, and trying new restaurants 🎉
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Just a wedge seg 8 liver resection for NET. Wanted to show technique of hanging the specimen with vloc to the abdominal wall. Gives great exposure, and you can tighten the vloc as you go. Very neat trick. Learned from robo-HPB master Edoardo Rosso..
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Survival tip: soap and water >>>> tiny T-rex arms. 🦖🚰 #WashYourHands #InfectionPrevention #PatientSafety #HandHygiene #StopTheSpread #PublicHealth #CleanHandsSaveLives @pennsurgery @CDCgov @WHO
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