Alejandra Castro

Congratulations to all the amazing general surgery residents who matched with us! We can't wait to see you this summer! #MatchDay #MatchDay2025

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🧵1/ With patient permission. This is one of our I6 PGY2s (right) doing a mitral repair, a superb PA (left) is assist and an attending is 2nd assist. A resident anesthesiologist is at bedside. Many patients wonder how residents participate in their care. One asked this week:

A third this week 🔥🔥🔥 We validated 2 #Diabetes remission scores in pts w BMI above 5️⃣0️⃣ undergoing SG & RYGB 🔺 Pts w lower IMS & higher Robert et al scores had higher T2DM remission rates. 🔺RYGB & SG had similar T2DM remission rates #SAGES2023 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

In this informative #JTCVS article, @HSchaffMD, A. Castro-Varela MD, @JaeKOh2 & other @MayoClinic experts discuss diagnosis & surgical management of pericardial constriction after cardiac surgery. Click here for the full article: mayocl.in/440abJ8

@MattAizpuru Thank you Matt!! Excited to start residency with you all! 🤩

Congrats on the publication to our incoming first year resident @AleCastro96!

The program @MayoSurgery is in amazing hands with @marielariveram As PD, I hope my trainees felt I truly worked for THEM I cared I had their back I didn't waver in support I put them first I prepared them for launch I hope I left things better than I found them #MedTwitter

@FCLsurgery Congrats, Francisco!! 🥳

Best stage of my life. Can’t thank enough all the mentors I’ve had the honor to learn from.

@Surg_Education @NicholeStarr5 @FerozeSidhwa @ryanmacht @TOliveiraMD @surgfoundation When I first learned about global surgery, I thought the only way to get involved was through surgical mission trips. I have since learned that participating in research and advocacy is just as valuable! For students and trainees, @InciSioNGlobal is a great place to start.

Q5: Dr. @NicholeStarr5 & coauthors discuss the burden of surgical diseases worldwide, with 5 billion people lacking access to surgical care. Why should and how can trainees and surgeons get involved in global surgery? #ASEJC @FerozeSidhwa @ryanmacht @TOliveiraMD @surgfoundation

Q4: Dr @tyrobbie & coauthors mention that the current US surgical workforce distribution limits access for both rural and inner-city patients. How can we recruit trainees and surgeons for these areas? #ASEJC @TraceyDechert @MeganJaneway @dianehaddadmd @AmCollSurgeons @APDSurgery

Q3:Dr.@MeganJaneway & coauthors emphasize the importance of incorporating social responsibility in #SurgEd. Does your program's curriculum include it? What does it look like? Has it been beneficial? Would it be helpful to add it? #ASEJC @TraceyDechert @TaniaKArora

Q2: @SpencerWilsonMD & coauthors discuss association b/w social system, physician, & patient factors & how they influence health outcomes. How have you handled #healthdisparities in your practice/training & does your institution have action plans in place @AmCollSurgeons #ASEJC

@TraceyDechert @Surg_Education @The_BMC @BostonTrauma Awesome to have you here, Dr. Dechert!

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Q1: Dr. @MeganJaneway & coauthors define social responsibility in medicine as the duty of physicians to improve the health of their society by identifying health disparities & providing interventions. How can we accomplish this in surgery? #ASEJC @TraceyDechert @Surg_Education

Welcome to the @Surg_Education journal club #ASEJC on Socially Responsible Surgery! Please introduce yourself, even if you are just planning to follow along. @GSE_JASE

The last article in the Mar/Apr Focused Topic Series is a case report on transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for functional mitral regurgitation from @JohnFTrujilloMD Read free: journals.sagepub.com/share/9CAYZYMD… #TEER #FMR #SMR @alxbenevides @dr_emm_ca