Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸
@TomVargheseJr
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Professor @uofusurgery ; Chief, Gen Thoracic Surgery @UofUHealth ; CVO @huntsmancancer; Past Prez @UnivSurg ; Editor-in-chief @acsJACS ; RTs ≠ endorsement.
Salt Lake City, UT
Joined April 2013
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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As President Trump trashes Rob Reiner following his murder, a reminder of how Reiner responded on my show to the murder of Charlie Kirk..
"That should never happen to anybody - I don't care what your political beliefs are." Rob Reiner's response to the murder of Charlie Kirk on Uncensored three months ago. Rest in Peace, Rob. @piersmorgan
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In 2020, China imposed the Hong Kong national security law. In 2025, Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy party is officially gone. The world watched the death of a democracy in real time, sponsored by Beijing.
Hong Kong's last major opposition party disbanded after a vote by its members, Democratic Party Chairman Lo Kin-hei said, the culmination of Chinese pressure on the city's remaining liberal voices in a years-long security crackdown https://t.co/O761U01v4W
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First President to publicly light a menorah for Hanukkah was Jimmy Carter, with Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, on the Ellipse, 1979:
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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
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Our nation is facing a health care shortage & nurses are central to the system. Now is not the time to cut off the student pipeline to post-baccalaureate nursing programs. These degrees should be treated equally to other accredited post-baccalaureate health profession degrees.
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Many thanks to the extraordinary students @BrownUniversity @Brown_SPH for your kind thank you note after I spoke to your class a couple of weeks back. This came in the mail today just after the recent horror. I’m thinking of you, and hope we stay connected.
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Shane Steichen said, "Vague goals = vague results." Clarity wins. Set a clear goal. Then reverse-engineer the process. Build and develop the habit that makes it real. The outcomes doesn't drive success - your system does. (🎥@TeachTapes) https://t.co/ditjIODCHT
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Rob Reiner recently talking about he changed the ending of When Harry Met Sally after meeting his wife Michele during the filming 🤍
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Pelosi and Biden have never spoken again since she encouraged the president to drop his re-election bid last year. She told @SusanPage: "He did make a lovely statement when I announced my future plans, and I am grateful to him for that." https://t.co/He9yTpoVPJ
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Exit interview: After four decades, the most powerful woman in the history of the United States heads home. She's still defiant.
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We can do better. We must do better.
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Veterans deserve the highest quality of care. Eliminating 35,000 VA health care jobs means fewer doctors, nurses, and staff to provide care. Trump says he has veterans’ backs, but then he cuts services they rely on. This is wrong.
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Jones: Everything you hear from Tuberville is framed as a sports analogy. When you view everything that way, you’re always stuck in an us-versus-them, winners-versus-losers mentality. That’s how he operates. But people’s health care in Alabama is not a game. Their education is
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Tonight, Lori and I celebrated Hanukkah with our Harrisburg Jewish community by lighting the candles on the menorah in our Capitol. Just as our ancestors did, so too must we show that we will not let darkness extinguish our collective light. Happy Hanukkah, everyone.
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What made Rob a great man - was not his prodigious talents as an actor director writer producer - it was his huge heart, his endless generosity and his decency and humanity that made him great. He had soul - and saw the soul in others . He loved justice . Gave me my break in
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ROB REINER WAS A LEGEND. His work as an actor and director entertained generations and will live on. We strongly disagreed on politics, but when I ran into him at a Brentwood restaurant years ago, we had a respectful conversation—and he agreed on the spot to come in studio the
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He's a great leader, especially for this moment. "Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 will continue to lead the University beyond June 30, 2027, after Harvard’s governing boards agreed to extend his presidency for an indefinite period" https://t.co/x2ITHGAm0u
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Alan Garber to Remain as Harvard President Indefinitely | News | The Harvard Crimson
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