Chad Hall

@rbarbosa91 Pseudo-tourniquet? 🤣 more like a fashion statement.

PSA: If I can easily get two fingers underneath a tourniquet, and even lift it up off the arm, it’s not a tourniquet, it is a pseudo-tourniquet. It will not #stopthebleed 🩸🚑

@rbarbosa91 Leads to the question, what should all 10 surgeons be experts in?

A trauma/acute care surgery group with, say, 10 surgeons, is not comprised of 10 individuals that are equally good at all of the things. For example, all 10 surgeons cannot be rib platers or abdominal wall people. You have to find and carve out your niche(s) within the group. 🧐

Nebraska might have the best fans in all of sports

Saw a person walk through @TSA checkpoint with a full bottle of water today because it was deemed medically necessary. For a guy that loves loopholes, that was genius!

A great message to those who believe in being above average. How you do things matters.

Incredible explanation on how process and mindset lead to greatness.

@bryanacotton1 Turns out those copy forwarded nephrology notes were right?

Use of KDIGO guidelines after major abdominal surgery (HD monitoring, optimization volume status, nephrotoxin avoidance [maybe stop empiric vanc or stop earlier?], & prevention of hyperglycemia) ⬇️ mod/severe AKI 22%➡️14% in the BigpAK-2 multinational RCT thelancet.com/journals/lance…

@drabhishekbhat @marawaneltayeb @BSWHTemple_Urol @JacksonHealth @dsui_miami_uro Welcome to the team!

📣 Thrilled to share that I’ve joined Baylor College of Medicine/ Baylor Scott & White Urology @BSWHTemple_Urol. Truly an honor and looking forward to the new chapter that lies ahead! Grateful to friends & mentors in @JacksonHealth @dsui_miami_uro for the incredible memories!

🚨 Deadline alert! 🚨 #SWSC26 Call for Abstracts are due by 11:59pm PT on Monday, 10/27. Don’t miss out! ⏰ 🔗tinyurl.com/mszsp436

@Averywalker21 Putting in the camera for MIS colostomy reversal and seeing no adhesions and a clean rectal stump.

Each response to my disheartening Intraop findings thread was actually causing a sense of dread in my soul. Now tell me the most exciting/wonderful feeling youve had INTRAOPERATIVELY!! I’ll start: Expecting a very difficult inflamed sigmoid colon for diverticulitis case and finding a floppy sigmoid with a few thin adhesions. @NeilFlochMD @SeanLangenfeld @juliomayol @rbarbosa91 @ericpaulimd @TomVargheseJr @deanlute

@docmartin22 @DrDiGiorgio If the CPT for the case isn’t 47562 or 49000, all bets are off.

@DrDiGiorgio The greatest lie in surgery: “we’ll add that to your preference card”

Surgeons have “preference cards,” for each type of surgery we do. It tells the OR staff how we want our room set up, which types of instruments, what kind of sutures, etc. But hospital systems will make surgeons re-enter much of that information when we book a case in the computer. Then they’ll request an email the week before to ensure they have all the right stuff. Then they’ll text the surgeon the day before the case to ensure they have all the right stuff. Then they’ll still get it wrong. That doesn’t happen at a surgeon owned hospital or ASC. They realize all that redundancy costs money and is worthless if they’re still getting it wrong. This is why physician led care is essential to fixing healthcare costs. Just another small example.

If you reach your goals by compromising your values, you haven’t succeeded. If you fall short of your goals by upholding your values, you haven’t failed. The true measure of accomplishment is standing by your principles when they’re tested.

🌞 From science to sunsets 🌵 Submit your abstract for #SWSC2026 and join us in beautiful Tucson, Arizona. Deadline: Monday, October 27, 2025 at 11:59pm PT 🔗tinyurl.com/bddus6n3

We invite colleagues, trainees, and APP's to become part of the SWSC community and join us in Tucson, Arizona, April 12–15, 2026! Membership Information: tinyurl.com/3xx5sr4c

I had the pleasure last night of watching a chief resident make a life threatening diagnosis, order the right test, and do a life saving operation. Proud of these residents @BSWHTemple_SURG

Today is Tom Osborne's 88th birthday. Years ago I compiled a list of facts illustrating TO's greatness. My favorites: 1) Osborne is the only coach since 1960 with 3 perfect national championship seasons. (The GOAT, Nick Saban, has 2). Osborne produced all 3 in a span of 5 yrs.

@WCInvestor Length of residency, cost of living, and members of your household (spouse, kids, etc.) are key factors. I owned my residency home for 9 years, which turned into a great financial investment.

Renting a home during residency should be the default choice. There are situations when buying your house as a resident can make sense, but don't assume that yours is the exception without careful consideration. What choice did you make during residency?

@HofkampMichael @jwolpaw @ACCMResidency @JJcolemanMD @htpapaco Great summary from a fantastic talk! So many key takeaways. Very practical solutions to problems that we all face on our nightly calls.

@jwolpaw @ACCMResidency @JJcolemanMD Thanks again to @JJcolemanMD for giving grand rounds and thanks to @DrChadHall and @htpapaco for facilitating her visit!

I attended an amazing grand rounds today at @bswhealth_Templ given by guest speaker @JJcolemanMD on surgeon wellness. She opened the talk by saying that @MLB players take 2-3 days to recover after away games due to sleep disruption 🧵

@MichaelCrippsMD @EAST_TRAUMA Grateful to be a part of the first session. The group of speakers did a fantastic job. High-yield content for ACS surgeons.

Grateful to the @EAST_TRAUMA program for selecting 2 sessions from our Emergency General Surgery committee! Both were well-attended, showing how vital EGS is to put society. Proud of my committee for their hard work and dedication. #EAST2025 #EGS