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Farooq Afzal

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Current Principal Ameer-ud-Din Medical College Lahore Former Principal SIMS Lahore. Surgeon with interest in Trauma, Bariatrics, Oncology, and Med Education

Lahore, Pakistan
Joined August 2009
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@HpbKarolinska
Karolinska-HPB
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Please retweet for dissemination within the HPB community! Great opportunity for young surgeons in Europe. Read the details for applying in the image and please do consider to apply if you fit the requirements
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Ernesto Sparrelid
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It’s time to find the 4th person for our international clinical and research HPB fellowship @HpbKarolinska starting September 2025! Please apply before January 6. Previous fellows @Giampaolo_Perri & @TimTransplant have been excellent & current fellow @nebbia_martina is great!
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AHA Science
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1/ Published today, the Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Management for Noncardiac Surgery 📷: Stepwise Approach to Perioperative Cardiac Assessment.
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Vala Afshar
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The person you will be in 5 years depends on: • the food you eat • amount of exercise you do • how much sleep per day • books or articles you read • how much you write • money you save and invest • who you work with • friends you spend time with • new skills you develop
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@Shabanashaukat4
شبانہ شوکت
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اپنے پھیپھڑوں کی مضبوطی کا امتحان خود لیجئے، سانس روک کر دیکھئے میں نے 6 تک
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Eid ul Fitr greetings to all,with prayers for your health, happiness, and prosperity. Remember, we all are humans. Therefore, we should condemn dehumanisation anywhere
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@ABC
ABC News
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Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure. Read more: https://t.co/wkDsIDN71K
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@JAMASurgery
JAMA Surgery
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Innovations in surgical video technology can enhance technique, non-technical skills, and pt safety. In this issue of JAMA Surgery, Yule and colleagues evaluate how near we are to having sports broadcasting style 'instant replay' in the operating room.
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@RaulCoimbraMD
Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD
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The surgical world lost a legend and a giant today. I lost a friend. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery lost one of its most prolific authors and collaborators. Dr. David Feliciano will be missed by all of us. RIP my friend.
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Farooq Afzal
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https://t.co/QePsLizOvx Use ECOSIA Search engine. Plant more trees, reduce carbon footprints on planet
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Let's pledge this year to make the most of every moment,to cherish every blessing, to appreciate every compliment. To help each other grow and to support each other's journey. I wish you all a very happy and blessed 2024
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JAMA Surgery
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In this study, robotic-assisted cholecystectomy was associated with higher rates of bile duct injury compared to traditional laparoscopic surgery. Real-world data is critical for the safe adoption of new technology in surgical practice.
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@tobi_emonts
Tobi Emonts-Holley
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Important reminder by Simon Sinek especially with the holidays around the corner:
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@ProfFeynman
Prof. Feynman
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• If you're wrong, admit it. • If you're confused, ask questions. • If you're stuck, seek for help. • If you make mistake, learn from it. • If you learn something, teach others
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@BehindTheKnife
BehindTheKnife
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Do you know how to repair the femoral artery? Watch as @georgoff takes you through, step-by-step. This video is part of our 24-scenario Trauma Surgery Video Atlas, due out soon 📽️📚🖼️
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Online calculator for predicting probability of cure after pancreatic resection for PDAC https://t.co/PRQaOmsynQ
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Sundar Pichai
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Introducing Gemini 1.0, our most capable and general AI model yet. Built natively to be multimodal, it’s the first step in our Gemini-era of models. Gemini is optimized in three sizes - Ultra, Pro, and Nano Gemini Ultra’s performance exceeds current state-of-the-art results on
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Jash Dholani
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10 concepts that explain the modern world 1. Parkinson’s Law: Companies become bigger and worse over time. Clerks manufacture work for each other as overall capacity dips. When British Navy ships went down from 68 to 20, officials increased by 78%. 2. Chesterton Fence: If you
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JAMA Surgery
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Swiss-Finnish Bariatric Metabolic Outcome Score (SF-BARI Score) is a simple, relevant, and feasible composite tool to define and measure metabolic bariatric surgery outcomes, enabling standardized reporting.
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