frank arko
@farkomd
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Vascular surgery reimagined. Aortas, PAD, veins & vision. Trained @TAMU + @Stanford reshaping what’s possible @atriumSHVI. Mentor. Operator. Innovator. 🏃🚴🏌️
Charlotte, NC
Joined April 2020
80 hrs of call #rupture #aorta #EVAR x2 #Endoanchors @MDT_Cardiac #DVT @Pen #GSW fem artery #relegatedtoryhthmguitar #freedomfromcall #DVT @Pen #GSW to artery @zacharko17 @ArkoJace #fathersday2020 #DocsWhoRock #impromptujamsession
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@txsportsdoc sorry to hear this happened to your daughter and glad to hear all is well. Your statements and your experience are all correct. https://t.co/tvioKJCcGS Attached is a manuscript I wrote while @UTSWMedCenter
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Women on OCPs presenting with left-sided iliofemoral DVT should be screened for hypercoagulable disorders and underlying May-Thurner anatomy. Treatment of May-Thurner syndrome should include thromb...
“Don’t tell dad”! 10yrs ago my daughter was pregnant with her first child(who is pictured here with him in front of her). My wife and I took our very first trip alone in 25yrs for our anniversary. In middle of night my wife wakes me up saying our daughter’s leg was swollen,blue
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Save #MandM! It is our most important educational conference!!! Open self critique, ethical accountability, brutal intellectual honesty and a willingness to be wrong/change practice builds resilience and makes better doctors. Great article and worth a read @JAMASurgery
Viewpoint: #MandM conferences benefit surgeon moral development by fostering personal responsibility, reflection, and a mindset for improvement in #Surgery. @pangelos1 @seancwightman
https://t.co/Ym4UvaJQ33
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@thesurgerylife @farkomd The 22 year old recruiter who just graduated with a comms major from TCU is well versed on CREST-2
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The cost of prolonged surgical training - how much does it really cost for those gap/research/fellowship years? More than you might expect... Grateful to work on this project with @drdevirgilio & rising star #AriannaK Out today @JAMASurgery
https://t.co/LxtVuXEMyJ
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This Viewpoint describes the financial implications of additional years of surgical training after residency completion.
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Congratulations to @dgsomucla student & 1st author Arianna Konstantopoulos @SWexner @AmputationSuck @juliomayol @elliotthaut @JJcolemanMD
The cost of prolonged surgical training - how much does it really cost for those gap/research/fellowship years? More than you might expect... Grateful to work on this project with @drdevirgilio & rising star #AriannaK Out today @JAMASurgery
https://t.co/LxtVuXEMyJ
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Here we go!
Colts will start QB Philip Rivers on Sunday at Seahawks. (via @rapsheet, @mikegarafolo, @tompelissero)
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@JAMASurgery @pangelos1 @seancwightman M&m is the best avenue to teach judgement for a wide audience , but requires a strong clinician as a moderator.
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You know your medical care has gone full Inception when: ➡️ First needle: “don’t need this” ➡️ Second needle: “actually we DO need this to fix the thing we didn’t need” Somewhere in there my body’s like: “pick a lane.” 🤦♂️💉🔥
Pulmonologist here. Yes. Pneumothorax is a known complication of acupuncture. And it may not be that rare either: https://t.co/PLrkZufBfL Best way to avoid this complication? Don’t stick needles in your chest!
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An important complication for #OBAnez and OB’s to know. @emilysharpe @OBsleepmerchant @SOAPHQ @OAAinfo
“Don’t tell dad”! 10yrs ago my daughter was pregnant with her first child(who is pictured here with him in front of her). My wife and I took our very first trip alone in 25yrs for our anniversary. In middle of night my wife wakes me up saying our daughter’s leg was swollen,blue
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@farkomd @UTSWMedCenter Thank you for sharing Frank. I hope we can raise awareness of this rare but deadly condition. More proactive screening should be done. As an experienced vascular surgeon, what would you tell doctors and general public about this conditions and what to look for?
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Symptomatic ileofemoral DVT after onset of oral contraceptive use in women with previously undiagnosed May-Thurner Syndrome - Journal of Vascular Surgery https://t.co/06BFGDmBXf
@txsportsdoc @Bloodman @Papa_Heme
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May-Thurner syndrome is characterized by left common iliac obstruction secondary to compression of the left iliac vein by the right common iliac artery against the fifth-lumbar vertebra. This...
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Robot-assisted surgery isn’t ergonomically risk-free - and new data highlight it. There’s a widespread belief that robotic platforms solve the ergonomic challenges of minimally invasive surgery. But a new 2025 SAGES Ergonomics Task Force study shows that surgeons continue to
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Uh oh. Why is someone dry needling around the chest and what were the qualifications and training of the person doing it?
#Steelers star TJ Watt underwent successful surgery to stabilize and repair a partially collapsed lung suffered Wednesday after a dry needling treatment session at the facility, per his brother @JJWatt.
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@txsportsdoc Dry needling accelerates healing when advanced into the pleural space.
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DP bypass
Pop-pedal bypass w vein.. always an adventure with guaranteed surprises. Humbling and rewarding in the best way. 🤍CMCVascularSurgery @carsonthoffmann
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IRCAD North America opens. TEVAR training begins with @TerumoAortic Carolina surgeons remain the best looking in the region and probably Texas Texas surgeons remain…present. @alanlumsden we still love you though. @l_monty1596 @docsprans2 @carsonthoffmann @krhebelermd
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Surgical education has taken a huge step forward with IRCAD NA. Our commitment to education and training is world class. Congratulations @farkomd 🤍CMCVascularSurgery
IRCAD North America opens. TEVAR training begins with @TerumoAortic Carolina surgeons remain the best looking in the region and probably Texas Texas surgeons remain…present. @alanlumsden we still love you though. @l_monty1596 @docsprans2 @carsonthoffmann @krhebelermd
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