Sandy Kavalukas

@SWexner @MedStarHealth @Georgetown @AmCollSurgeons @MedStarWHC @SAGES_Updates @ASCRS_1 @juliomayol @NeilFlochMD @ACPGBI @escp_tweets @SurgJournal @ivanoransky @DrMarcSiegel Congratulations! They are lucky to have you. Enjoy your new endeavors

Excited, energized, and eager to start my new role on November 1, 2025 as inaugural Physician Executive Director and System Chief for Colorectal Surgery and Vice Chair for Professional Development for the Department of Surgery @MedStarHealth @Georgetown @AmCollSurgeons

@CleveClinicFL serious question, does anyone still not start work until 9 anymore?

⏰ The 5-9 before 9-5 trend involves devoting four hours to self-care every morning. It's is super popular on social media. But is it healthy? #MentalHealthMonday #msdynttrid=ZXCYSu9FgIIEM2bGnRjnkNjix2X4XvPVN0umtPzw2zY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">health.clevelandclinic.org/5-9-trend?utm_…

@EricKnauerMD @SAGES_Updates @RMHigginsMD @IvyNHaskinsMD @rbarbosa91 @VNikolian @TomVargheseJr @ElliotServaisMD @TsengJennifer @EzraTeitelbaum @ericpaulimd @FilipinoSurgeon @me4_so @cutitoutPODCAS1 @BehindTheKnife @MISIRG1 @MBosleyMD @EdLinEmory @SWexner @CPark_MD @RScott571 embrace AI. i could’ve gotten 4 weekend years of my life back

What’s your best piece of documentation advice for new attendings.I already have 26 slides for Aug @SAGES_Updates Fellowship Development gif heavy talk @RMHigginsMD @IvyNHaskinsMD @rbarbosa91 @VNikolian @TomVargheseJr @ElliotServaisMD @TsengJennifer @EzraTeitelbaum @ericpaulimd

Congratulations on this excellent work by @alllliejin and @sandykava on ambient heavy metal exposure and risk of colon cancer in Kentucky. @UofLDeptofSurg @uoflmedschool #ASC2025

Congratulations to all the future Colorectal Surgeons out there, and an especially warm welcome to these two headed our way in Louisville!

👑👑👑!!! I got the chance to chat with @DCREdInChief @DCRjournal. She will be delivering the Ernestine Hambrick, MD Lectureship on Tuesday at 11:20AM. ascrs24.eventscribe.net #LearnMoreDoMoreBmore #ASCRS24 @ASCRS_1 @EKing719 @D_JafariMD @AtifIqbalMD @UofLDeptofSurg @sandykava

#SAGES2024 nailed it on the intermission music! making it energizing!

@HubieTalksHoops @historyinmemes yeah, my dog likes to run 😂

@historyinmemes You know what would be even more luxurious? Having the same house only at ground level.

@CPark_MD I’d like to make a formal call for the development of banana jam specifically for this purpose

Peanut butter and what kind of jelly/jam:

@cmf2x @UVAMensLax @UVASurgery indeed. sadly, virtual interviews take this away

Still a little chilly…but @UVAMensLax is playing and therefore spring is in the air. Where you live matters. 😂😂. Last minute advice for #Match2024 as you compose final rank list. #HoosUVASurgery #GenSurgMatch2024 @UVASurgery

@leahbackhusmd I will never forget walking into the VA and seeing a patient in the smoking area with a cigarette and smoke was in the pleurovac chamber.

Never mind the clinical situation…this ICU nurse is serious about her pleurovacs! And I love it. I silently moved one slightly to c what she would do and it was fixed in a jiffy! 🤣 #icunursesrock!

@EricKnauerMD @rbarbosa91 @VNikolian @CPark_MD @OMGhanemMD @SAGES_Updates @EzraTeitelbaum @MISIRG1 @Cirbosque well that looks fun!! Meh, just leave it. Probably asymptomatic 🤣

Have a great weekend everyone! Never saw a closed loop sbo like this before!! @rbarbosa91 @VNikolian @CPark_MD @OMGhanemMD @SAGES_Updates @EzraTeitelbaum @MISIRG1 @Cirbosque

@aribindi Respectfully disagree, visiting a place that you’re going to live for 5-7+ years and seeing the surroundings, safety, and what the winters were like significantly affected my preference.

In person interviews had some value, but it was very random and hit or miss- and terribly wasteful to boot. I remember distinctly being assured at the interview social that duty hours were followed, and then watching the resident I was staying with get up at 4AM.

can we talk about why 2 colleges no one has ever heard of or cares about has gone 20 mins over playing the last 19 seconds of basketball when the NCAA volleyball elite 8 to final four game is on? #newrulesplease

A huge WELCOME and CONGRATULATIONS to Elissa Falconer and Carly Richards for your match to UofL colorectal surgery! We look forward to being part of your success story! @falco__e @EmorySurgery @UofLDeptofSurg @HillaryLSimon @DCREdInChief @surgeonteacher @Jeffreyrjorden

@MaherAK @CleveClinicFL @andreaMpetrucci @BoutrosMarylise @salama_ebram @Roy__Hajjar @ChirGenUdeM congratulations!

So excited and grateful to be pursuing colorectal training @CleveClinicFL next year. The support I’ve had from friends/mentors has been incredible! A special thank you to @andreaMpetrucci @BoutrosMarylise @salama_ebram, @Roy__Hajjar, Dr. Dagbert, and Dr. Richard! @ChirGenUdeM

@frolics26 @Dr_Done_ Excellent! This is what I just posted, lol. I hope and it seems there is a huge difference between US and UK in this regard. Thank you. The initial statement was about offensive but now that it’s in context of only one country I understand. Thank you!

@sandykava @Dr_Done_ American PAs are not the same. Nhs ones are unregulated, have little or no clinical background and are, in increasing reported cases, masquerading as doctors.

Physician’s Assistants should to the following jobs, and the following jobs only: - Discharge letters - Cannulas - Bloods/NGs/Catheters - Create patient lists - Scribe on ward rounds That would really assist the physicians.

@Dr_Done_ Too much really for me to say in limited texts. Not into public twitter wars, but would be open to calm, open minded offline conversation about how NHS is different from US system in the value of PAs and need for every patient to have as much care available to them as possible.

@sandykava Sure, what would you like me to educate myself on?

@UofLDeptofSurg @WomenSurgeons

3/ Grant rejections, imposter syndrome, personal missions. The stuff that keeps you going. That no one talks about. Realizing the value of support from all different avenues is eye opening. Thankful to @UofLDeptofSurg for making me feel supported and AWS for all of this! #AWS

1/ Have been reluctant to embrace specific organization for Women in Surgery - if we didn’t feel like we were getting recognition and support, I felt like breaking off and not fighting for it within the “big group” was a bad move. Boy was I wrong. #AWS2023