Having so much fun and learning so much at #AMEC2023! here’s a snippet of me and Camryn Thompson at the Duke Surgery booth yesterday :) #dukesurgery

Thanks so much to Duke Surgery for sending me to #AMEC2023 ! Had a fantastic time celebrating Black excellence in medicine and soaking up words of wisdom 🤩. And shoutout to the great turnout from multiple departments at Duke, inc Duke General Surgery Residency ! Tariq Omer, MS Amika Ekanem

Update:AATS ED leadership conference➡️case scenarios➡️female surgeon reported for unprofessional comments DukeCTSurgery chief stood & said it’s his job to make sure she isn’t being reported for something Sr. male partners do regularly & are not reported. #thisisequity #heforshe

Dr. Cory Vatsaas and Cathlyn Medina speaking during the Duke ASPIRES Year End Celebration today. Duke Surgery Duke General Surgery Interest Group

Took a break from Step 2 studying to help out with a surgical skills workshop for ⁦Duke SNMA⁩ ! We had so much fun! These MS1’s and MS2’s are going to crush their surgery rotations💪 instagram.com/p/CxBpCWQOA3e/…

A new #DukeSurgery education initiative explores what it means to be a 'good' surgeon, and what matters most to surgeons-in-training. Drs. Ryan Antiel, MD, MSME, FACS and Clark Howell discuss the Project on the Good Surgeon in our latest feature: bit.ly/3MsaTc3 Duke General Surgery Residency #MedTwitter

Thankful to work with such a talented (and funny) group of people! And always grateful for Ryan Antiel, MD, MSME, FACS’s mentorship

Had an absolutely amazing experience during the Thoracic Summer Scholars Program Mass General Surgery between my M1 and M2 years. Highly recommend to anyone interested in thoracic surgery! MGH Austen Surgical Society

Very grateful for the opportunity to present a case to some amazing retina specialists in North Carolina! This meeting’s theme was cases that have stumped people, and I learned a lot about approaching rare and challenging cases!

What a fun retreat last week with some amazing Duke University School of Medicine students NasherMuseum thinking about character, caring, and flourishing. Thankful for Kern Nat'l Network for Flourishing in Medicine sponsoring this event!!! margot kelly-hedrick claire washabaugh Camryn Thompson Phifer Nicholson Kathleen Young

Thank you Rebecca Williams-Karnesky, MD PhD MEdPsych for giving Duke Surgery grand rounds this AM on #DEI & #equity in surgical education & trainee assessment + dedicated session afterwards with Duke General Surgery Residency residents & Duke University School of Medicine students! #SurgEd #MedEd John Migaly Gayle DiLalla Lisa Tracy

Grateful to the LatinoSurgSociety for the opportunity to present the Duke Surgery ASPIRES program, a novel early exposure and mentorship program in surgery for URiM preclinical medical students ✨ Camryn Thompson #Giussepe_Yanez #Michael_Mensah-Mamfo Cathlyn Medina Cory J. Vatsaas

Thank you for the feature Duke Surgery ! I’ve had so much fun co-leading the ASPIRES program with Rebecca A. Zasloff, MPH (MS2) Giussepe Yanez (MS3+) and Michael Mensah-Mamfo (MS2). Couldn’t do it without our faculty advisor Cory J. Vatsaas

ASPIRES is an amazing program connecting URiM students with #DukeSurgery faculty! Grateful for my ASPIRES mentor Peter Allen 🌟 Big shoutout to the outstanding 2023-24 leaders Camryn Thompson Rebecca Zasloff Giussepe Y. & @CoryJVatsaa! 🙌 Excited to join the team next year! 🥼🤝🧤

Such an honor to accept this award on behalf of the iMind group! Special thanks to Dr. Fekrat and Dr. Grewal for leading our team 😁🎉 iMIND

Had a fantastic time at the #womeninophthalmology summer symposium in beautiful Carlsbad, CA! Made new friends, learned from woman leaders in the field, and presented research from iMIND

ASPIRES is a well executed and meaningful program that played a significant role in shaping my interest in surgery! I highly recommend all students come learn more at the Duke University School of Medicine Activity Fair on 9/24! #ASPIRES #Mentorship #URiM

Kicked off the 6th Annual ASPIRES Program with 1st year URiM students & Duke Surgery faculty! Key takeaway: Mentorship, mentorship, mentorship! Huge thanks to speakers Dr. Auri Garcia-Gonzalez (Auri García) & Dr. Bradley Collins🌟 TY Gayle DiLalla Cory J. Vatsaas Rodney Reeves

Had a great time on Capitol Hill advocating for ophthalmologists at this year’s #MYF2025 Very grateful to the AAO, Congressional members and staffers, and all the advocates for a fantastic weekend of collaboration. Eye Advocacy Duke Eye Center

Fresh off the press 📣 Our new paper in Retina summarizes a normative database for CVI— a biomarker than can potentially be used as a screening tool for neurodegenerative diseases, retinal pathology, and more.