UCLA CORE Lab

2025: what a year! We asked big questions, immersed ourselves in data, & learned new stats. Most importantly, we learned from and grew with each other. Thank you to our team, all our collaborators &our one-of-a-kind mentor Dr Benharash. We’re ready to make 2026 our best year yet!

Our one and only @melissarjusto representing at #SSO2026 !! 🔥Congratulations to all presenters!🎉 @SocSurgOnc

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dominique Vervoort, a talented young cardiothoracic surgeon whose impact far exceeded his years in training. Dominique was a PhD candidate in Health Systems Research and Vanier Scholar at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. His doctoral work focused on disparities in the care of thoracic aortic disease, reflecting his profound commitment to equity in healthcare. A passionate advocate for global surgery and public health, he was also an extraordinary social media ambassador for the EACTS Annual Meeting and other initiatives, generously donating his time to amplify science, live-tweet our sessions and help extend the reach of our Annual Meeting worldwide. Our thoughts are with Dominique’s family, friends and colleagues. He will be greatly missed.

Aloha from #PCSA2026!! 🌸 As our wonderful conference season comes to an end, we would like to give a huge congratulations to our amazing PCSA presenters!!✨ It has been an awesome run for our team!! @SaraSakowitz @melissarjusto @PCSAsurg @dgsomucla @UCLASurgeryRes @UCLA

With 48 presentations, our team has closed off another successful ASC!! ⭐️ We cannot wait for next year in DC! Congratulations to all of our presenters ✨#ASC2026 @dgsomucla @UCLA @UCLASurgeryRes

And one more… see you at 3pm for an absolutely 🔥 session on AI in (and out) of the OR! Come learn about how AI is being integrated in surgical practice, consider ethics, and debate what the future looks like - only at #ASC2026 @AcademicSurgery @UnivSurg @CarlaPughMDPhD

Congratulations to all our oral presenters!! Our STS stars 🌟#STS2026 @STS_CTsurgery @UCLA @dgsomucla @UCLASurgeryRes

Congratulations to all poster presenters!!🎉#STS2026 @STS_CTsurgery @amulyavad @dgsomucla @UCLASurgeryRes @UCLA

Our Team had an amazing time at the STS! ⭐️Congratulations to all our oral and poster presenters!! #STS2026 @STS_CTsurgery @UCLASurgeryRes @UCLA @dgsomucla

Our AMAZING CoreLab team is ready to go for another exciting year!! 💎✨ We cannot wait to see all the incredible things they will accomplish!🌟💫@UCLA @UCLASurgeryRes @dgsomucla @UCLASurgery

Just wrapped up an AMAZING weekend at #SCCACS2026. Thank you @SoCalSurgeons for a wonderful meeting! @dgsomucla @UCLASurgeryRes

Kicking it off #SCCACS2026 @SoCalSurgeons. Check out our amazing talks by our @dgsom @ucla @UCLASurgeryRes trainees across GI, Trauma, and vascular surgery! @UCLASurgery

🔥The 25 Hottest Articles of 2025🔥 Thromboembolism prophylaxis timing is associated with center mortality in traumatic brain injury: A Trauma Quality Improvement Program retrospective analysis @CoreLabUCLA #JoTACS #TraumaSurg #SurgTwitter #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #MedEd #EmergencyMedicine journals.lww.com/jtrauma/abstra…

@CoreLabUCLA @HCAFLHealthcare Thank you so much to my CORE Lab family. Incredibly grateful for the mentorship and support over the years, especially from the best mentor, Dr. Peyman Benharash. Proud to be a CORELAB alum. 🙏🫀 (PGY-3 IM resident)

Huge congratulations to CORELAB alum and @HCAFLHealthcare chief resident @nameerascandar for matching into cardiology fellowship! We are so proud of you Nameer! 👏🫀🔥

This holiday season, we are grateful for the CORELAB family, near and far! More than any one project, our team is defined by our people- we are so proud of them and everything they've accomplished. And we are lucky to have a growing CORELAB alumni team working @UCLAHealth! 🎄🎉

In a study of the California consortium, S Hinks, E Aguayo & team investigated social vulnerability, distance traveled to receive care, and outcomes following cardiac surgery 🫀🚗 Read the paper out now in @SurgJournal 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @dgsomucla @HarborUCLASurg @UCLA

New data: Socioeconomic disadvantage linked to worse outcomes, higher costs after operative management for infective endocarditis 🫀🏥📈 #OutNow in @PLOSONE Read the full manuscript here 👇 journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… @SaraSakowitz @NguyenKLe18 @KTabibian #MedTwitter

Thank you @SurgJournal @SWexner for the opportunity to write a commentary on recent work by @SchultzKurt @IraLeeds_MD & colleagues evaluating health-related social needs and postsurgical outcomes @melissarjusto @MahrokhiSona @rkroppmd Read here 👇 surgjournal.com/article/S0039-…

Our new national analysis of sex-based disparities in outcomes following #EVAR - out now in @SurgJournal ✍️ 👩‍⚕️ Female patients experience higher in-hospital mortality, complications 📊 Persistent gaps despite comparable procedural approach @KTabibian sciencedirect.com/science/articl…