Justin B. Dimick
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Professor & Chair @UMichSurgery. Working to redesign surgical care and redefine surgical culture. Past President @AcademicSurgery.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Joined March 2011
1/6 Today I gave 5 pieces of advice to our new @UMichSurgery interns. First I asked them if they had a culture. “Not yet” I suggested they would soon and when they were chiefs, they would own the culture of the residency. They will create it starting now. So my 5 tips👇
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What does the next generation of obesity drugs look like? In short, "GLP-1 plus" drugs tailored individual health needs. Our own @seeleyrj shared his perspective in a recent story from The Atlantic:
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The next-generation “GLP-1 plus” drugs will be tailored to the health needs of individual patients.
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Don't miss out: Grand Rounds this Thursday features David Odell, MD, MMsc, and Christopher Sonnenday, MD, MHS, moderating a panel about redesigning Michigan Medicine's lung transplant program. Location: Ford Auditorium
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Hot Topic in Academic Surgery! In Ep 2 of the new BTK x Annals of Surgery collab, @Cody_Mullens talks w/ @jdimick1 about research time for residents & building the academic surgery enterprise, sparked by recent buzzworthy papers in Annals. 🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/Pieo8MswjU
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The gut microbiome may influence how patients with pancreatic cancer respond to treatment. Dr. Daley discusses common misconceptions about “healthy” microbes, the role of microbiomes in pancreatic cancer and future research directions: https://t.co/2LMsuOj1mr.
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The best part about working in the Department of Surgery? That's easy: The people. Thank you to the faculty, residents and staff who make this an incredibly rewarding and exciting place to work day in and day out! 💙 💛
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📢 REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR ASC 2026! Register today and be part of the meeting that continues to drive academic surgery forward. We can’t wait to see you in sunny Orlando for another inspiring Academic Surgical Congress! Register: https://t.co/c7ij4kAEAm
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A standing ovation for our outstanding keynote speaker, Gifty Kwakye, MD, MPH! Dr. Kwakye reimagined a mentorship framework that fits an evolving and sometimes challenging landscape where our roles are to act as a mirror, guide and bridge.
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Great talk from Justin Dimick, MD, MPH, about mentor and mentee conflicts. Dr. Dimick shared a personal story about his experience as a mentee, emphasizing the importance of asking for help.
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How do we prevent mentorship malpractice? Sunita Sharma, MD, MPH, offers some wisdom from her talk: 🤝 Hold mentors accountable. 🗣️ Communicate your needs. 👥 Establish a mentorship team.
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Happy Mentorship Academy day! Excited for a great day devoted to learning and adding tools to our mentorship toolboxes. (Tag us to share any pearls that stick with you throughout the day.)
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Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, kicked off the day with his talk, What Mentors Wish their Mentees Knew. The bottom line? Being a perfect mentee isn’t the goal — being open and communicative so your mentor can meaningfully help you is more valuable.
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Save the date for a celebration of the life of Dr. Bartlett at Hill Auditorium. Sunday PM, Jan 25: Performance by Life Sciences Orchestra Monday, Jan 26 (All day): Celebration and Tributes Monday PM, Jan 26: UM Marching Band and Men’s Glee Club @UMichSurgery
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This Thursday, Anai Kothari, MD, MS, is the speaker for our first ever Surgical Practice AI Research Community (SPARC) Grand Rounds. Dr. Kothari will give his talk, Building an (Artificial) Intelligent Health System. Location: Ford Auditorium
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“I don’t listen to bowel sounds and I don’t listen to people who listen to bowel sounds.”
Agree but……..remember that bowel sounds are overrated. 👇🏼👇🏼 Strategies to Reinvigorate the Bedside Clinical Encounter | New England Journal of Medicine
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Could food insecurity intensify pediatric neuroblastoma growth? A recent study led by pediatric surgeon Erika Newman, MD, links poverty and food insecurity to poorer cancer outcomes. The full story on Dr. Newman's findings: https://t.co/zfQgohNDNy
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Looking forward to welcoming Heather Yeo, MD, MHS, MBA, MS, to speak at Grand Rounds this Thursday! Dr. Yeo will be giving her talk, Building a Sustainable Surgical Workforce: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward. Location: Ford Auditorium
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Dr Bartlett’s obituary today in the @nytimes: “Robert H. Bartlett, Father of Innovative Life-Support System, Dies at 86” https://t.co/njE02CuQj0 via @NYTimes
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He developed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, a treatment that can sustain patients whose hearts and lungs are failing — for days or weeks or longer.
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Congratulations to Dr. Donnele Daley of the University of Michigan Medical Center @UMichSurgery — recipient of the Karen and Josef E. Fischer International Traveling Fellowship! See Past Recipients: https://t.co/4WZo4VET46
#SSATAwards #GlobalSurgery #SurgicalExcellence
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Congratulations to Brent Ward, MD, DDS, who received the Presidential Achievement Award from the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons! More on Dr. Ward's achievement: https://t.co/WLarfontA7
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Excited to welcome this Thursday's Grand Rounds speaker, Andrea Gillis, MD, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham! Join us in Ford Auditorium at 8 AM for Dr. Gillis' talk on reducing delays for treatment of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal diseases.
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