Hassan Aziz, MD, FACS

Rec'd Letter from @congressdotgov @RepKirkpatrick for role in saving a life highlighted @TucsonStar @BensBells when i was at @UofAZSurgery @BannerUnivMed🙏 @topknife @ValNfonsam @LeighNeumayer and @UofAZSurgeryRes who helped me !! One day ill have a real LiverTx/HPB job😅 !

Apply now for the 2026 SAAS Resident/Fellow Development Scholarship! 📚 Travel grant to attend AAS Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course (Sept 25, Washington DC) 📍 Join the SAAS Scholarships Committee 📅  Deadline: May 30, 2026 bit.ly/42ANJrA

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Congratulations to our rising chief resident, Dr. Samuel Carlson @sam_f_carlson, for matching into cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Louisville! Go Hawks! @UIowa_Surgery @uofl

@timpawlik @TomVargheseJr @mccnedu Congratulations Tim and Katie P !!

Big congrats to Katie P who graduated today from @mccnedu from accelerated Bachelors of #Nursing program. We are so proud of you and know you will be the most amazing, wonderful, fantastic, caring and compassionate #nurse. We ❤️ you!!

A new chapter of leadership begins at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. We are proud to welcome our 2026–2027 President: @maryhawn @StanfordSurgery We’re excited for the vision and leadership she brings to the year ahead! #SSATPresident #SurgeryLeadership

@JeyarajahRohan Congratulations

So grateful for the honor of this award from the SSAT- eternally grateful…

🔊 Histotripsy: hype outpacing evidence? Thoughtful piece on responsible path following @IDEALCollab ⚠️ Off-protocol abscopal use = risk harm 📊 IDEAL 2a→2b: not for RCTs yet 🔑 Multicentre prosp registries & consenus 1st A must read by @HopSTranCao ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

Celebrating National Administrative Professionals Day! Honoring Ashley Duby whose 18+ years in project management help leaders streamline operations, drive growth, and deliver results. We’re grateful to have her on our team! Learn more: 🔗 surgicaloutcomesclub.com

@ZhiVenFongMD @acsJACS @egbert_lena @DillonCheung @PeiWenLimMD @TanPoHong2 @IrvingJorgeMD @TomVargheseJr @MayoAZSurg @SSATNews @IHPBA @SAGES_Updates Great paper ! I agree with ur findings . If done appropriately for appropriate indications , the need for indication for completion cholecystectomy is rare . Please do a paper on the other epidemic I see - cholecystostomy tubes !

🧵1/ Your partner sees a pt who has remnant cholecystitis s/p a subtotal CCY last year, and laments that this is an epidemic of the push for more subtotals as a bailout. We explore this question in our article in @acsJACS & 🧵below. journals.lww.com/journalacs/abs…

We really enjoyed Enjoyed @AndrewMCameron visit to Iowa Surgery @UIowa_Surgery —appreciated his thoughtful insights on the past, present, and future of xenotransplantation. @hopkinssurgery @HopkinsMedicine @uiowa

Challenge accepted @UIowa_Surgery

If you are practicing transplant surgeon, please, take the time to fill out this survey! The survey is intended to establish the training landscape for modern liver transplant surgeons so we can understand how to better train future generations! @StanfordAbdTxp

🚨‼️🚨CSA is accepting 2026 membership applications. 🚨‼️🚨 Members your mission is to sponsor ONE colleague and ONE trainee. 📣📣Applicants may also apply directly at: centralsurg.org/membership/joi…📣📣 @SWexner @JoAl_Beane @2_ellison @MattWalshMD @joncgould @SyedAAhmad5

Kristy Broman, MD is an Associate Professor of Health Services Research & Surgical Oncology at @utsystem MD Anderson Cancer Center. Trained at @VUmedicine and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, she’s a former Zinner Fellow (2014–15). Apply for 2026/2027: surgicaloutcomesclub.com/fellowship-pro…

SSAT Early Career GI Surgeon Development Track Webinar on how to Get Involved in SSAT and Society Leadership @SSATNews . Please get involve with this tremendous society

Welcome! Looking forward to welcoming you at DDW!

@CarlosHFChan @IHC_guy Will miss you two ! Best of luck in your future endeavors

Today is our last day of work in Iowa, ending a decade long surgery-pathology partnership with @IHC_guy⁩. Not April Fool 😏. We will both head to separate way on June 1 ✈️ ➡️ 🍎 and 🍑

@rbarbosa91 Please also send a drain bilirubin

Happy National Doctors’ Day: Except for the GI doc who is making me get a HIDA scan to prove this is a bile leak. I texted back my latest vision exam instead. He wasn’t amused.

@SurgJournal Thank you @SurgJournal @SWexner for publishing this important work and @AmirEbadinejad for leading this project !

@SurgJournal These findings likely reflect the underlying patient- and disease-related complexity rather than the conversion process or surgical approach alone. Improved preoperative risk stratification and patient selection may reduce unplanned conversion and improve outcomes.

New Paper in @SurgJournal Impact of Conversion to Open Surgery on Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Left-sided Pancreatectomy authors.elsevier.com/a/1mrHO90L-75dJ