👋 Meet Dr. Hailey Shepherd! Currently a general surgery resident at WashU, she’ll return next year as a thoracic surgery fellow. Passionate about transplants, motivated by patients, and ready to train the next generation.
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Welcome Dr. Nelson, one of our general surgery interns at WashU Surgery!
Dr. Nelson is passionate about critical care and advancing health equity through surgical care. She chose WashU for its supportive culture and is excited to grow into a confident, compassionate surgeon.
Happy #NationalInternDay to our general surgery interns! From first assists to first call, you're stepping into the world of surgery with grit, growth, and great teamwork. We’re proud to support your journey from day one.
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Congratulations to our very own Dr Benharash for winning the @WTSA_Surgery#WTSA2025 Donald B Doty Award! And to newly minted general surgery intern @SaraSakowitz for winning the Norman E. Shumway Award for the best podium presentation of the meeting! What a weekend 🌴🔥👏
Thank you to the entire program committee for an incredible ✨ @WTSA_Surgery#WTSA2025 Annual Meeting! We were honored to represent @dgsomucla@UCLASurgeryRes and share our work across 2 podiums and 4 oral presentations. Congratulations to the whole team, we are so proud!!
New article in @SurgJournal!! Our analysis of inguinal hernia repairs revealed worse patient-reported outcomes and higher recurrence risk in females postoperatively, despite high utilization of MIS. Addressing these sex-based disparities is key to achieving surgical equity!
New article in @SurgJournal!! Our analysis of inguinal hernia repairs revealed worse patient-reported outcomes and higher recurrence risk in females postoperatively, despite high utilization of MIS. Addressing these sex-based disparities is key to achieving surgical equity!
🎥 Meet Dr. Zachary Tran – a first-year trauma fellow and proud member of EAST!
💬 “The reason why I joined EAST was because this mission statement was directly for people like me in the early stages of their career. In addition to the great science presented, there was also…
Our latest paper out now in @SurgJournal ✍️: T Coaston, @amulyavad, &team evaluate variation in the incidence of complications following cardiac surgery over the last decade
📉Decreasing MAE rates
🏥Reduced interhospital variation in MAE
Read the paper 👇
surgjournal.com/article/S0039-…
Spectacular & important work on psychosocial risk factors among patients admitted for elective cancer resection by our superstar @UCLA undergrad (and future surgeon!), Konmal Ali ✨ Medical schools, watch out for her upcoming application!
Read the paper 👇surgjournal.com/article/S0039-…
Spectacular & important work on psychosocial risk factors among patients admitted for elective cancer resection by our superstar @UCLA undergrad (and future surgeon!), Konmal Ali ✨ Medical schools, watch out for her upcoming application!
Read the paper 👇surgjournal.com/article/S0039-…
We are so proud of our very own @SaraSakowitz! Her research has defined our understanding of neighborhood socioeconomic inequity in heart transplantation - & the work we need to do to improve outcomes for all patients.
@dgsomucla@UCLASurgeryRes@MGHSurgery@mghctsurgery
We are so proud of our very own @SaraSakowitz! Her research has defined our understanding of neighborhood socioeconomic inequity in heart transplantation - & the work we need to do to improve outcomes for all patients.
@dgsomucla@UCLASurgeryRes@MGHSurgery@mghctsurgery
OUT NOW in @CJCJournals: T Coaston, @amulyavad &co evaluate hospital-level variation in the incidence of AKI after cardiac surgery.
Centers w/ highest AKI rates had lower case volumes & served larger proportions of non-White patients.
Read the paper👇
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Huge congratulations to @dgsomucla MS4 & incoming @washusurgres superstar @amulyavad on winning the Viola Hyde Scholarship!!! We are so proud of her and her research achievements 👏👏👏
@UCLASurgeryRes
Huge congratulations to @dgsomucla MS4 & incoming @washusurgres superstar @amulyavad on winning the Viola Hyde Scholarship!!! We are so proud of her and her research achievements 👏👏👏
@UCLASurgeryRes
Huge thank you to @UCLASurgery Women in Surgery and the #ViolaHyde Scholarship Committee for this award!! So grateful to the department and the @CoreLabUCLA for their support of my aspirations in academic surgery
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