@UChiPritzker lab mentor Dr. John Alverdy
🎤dropping on the etiology of CR-POPF and
introducing the concept of “interactome”
Can cells trigger context-dependent virulence
in commensal bacteria 🦠 to trigger leaks💧?
@AHPBA#AHPBA26@NatPancFdn@PanCAN@Panc_pals@letswinpc
Humanity's unique intelligence comes with unique delusions; we should keep this in mind when facing the rise of artificial intelligence.
Watch the whole thing here: bit.ly/YNH-IMC
❇️Best of Surgical Critical Care❇️
"Management of older adult emergency general surgery patients in the intensive care unit: What you need to know"
This review emphasizes the clinical implications of aging physiology on organ failure within current surgical intensive care practice, including organ system support, surgical considerations, prognostication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and goals-of-care discussions.
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AI's role in medical education is growing! A study found ChatGPT answered 96.6% of surgery shelf exam questions correctly. But, 15.5% of those answers had errors, risking misinformation. Use with caution. #AIinMedicine#MedEdlink.springer.com/article/10.100…
The ACS is transforming the ways we collect and use surgical quality data. 📊
We're streamlining data input, enhancing usability, and automating analysis with AI, making our Quality Programs more accessible for hospitals, surgeons, and patients. brnw.ch/21wZdxu
ATLS turns 50 in 2028! 🎉
The ACS invites you to join this celebration by contributing your stories, memories, photos, and videos.
Share your story. 👇 brnw.ch/21wYOmK
New year, new connections! 🤝
With over 100 ACS chapters worldwide, now is the perfect time to become a member of your local chapter. Join us in 2026 to learn, lead, advocate, and connect.
👉 Find your local chapter. brnw.ch/21wYLUC
Surgeons report neck, shoulder & back pain at rates comparable to apprentice construction workers—using the same MSK questionnaire.
This isn’t “normal discomfort.”
It’s occupational risk.
Ergonomics = surgeon health + career longevity.
@AmCollSurgeons#SurgicalErgonomics
Among older adults undergoing elective surgery, living alone does not raise the risk of readmission or death but is linked to more frequent discharge to continued care and a slightly longer hospital stay. ja.ma/4p8cWlO
Moral injury: It's more than burnout, and it’s taking a toll on surgeons.
The latest ACS Bulletin dives into the causes, consequences, and what must change. brnw.ch/21wYAgS
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Prophylactic TXA use was associated with lower intraoperative blood loss, transfusion requirements, and major bleeding without an observed increase in thromboembolic or mortality risk. ja.ma/4595K1L
"Why the Current Model of Academic Publishing Is Ethically Flawed—and What We Can Do to Change It" Loving the introduction - of seen this expressed, but never in a per reviewed article. buff.ly/f4pJF0v
“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.”
Genes-> Medicine @NatureMedicinenature.com/articles/s4159…
Once a metric becomes a target, it stops measuring what it was meant to. #GenAI reshapes how we publish and cite. If we don’t adapt the Journal Impact Factor, its meaning will fade. We need metrics that capture trust and quality, not just speed and volume.
@SurgGPT