Very excited to work with fellow Pitt Surgery faculty @ChristineLeeper Joshua Brown and our summer Hillman Academy high school students for a second year as we build exposure to surgery and research! UPMC Vascular Surgery UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

A great piece by an amazing resident! 🤩

In this cohort study, source control within 6 hrs of #sepsis was associated with 29% decrease in risk-adjusted odds of 90-day mortality. ja.ma/3uFVufl Katie M Reitz MD MSc @Seymoc Shimena Li Matthew D. Neal, MD Edith Tzeng Brian Zuckerbraun @jjasonsperrymd Pitt Surgery Pitt Critical Care Medicine

Excited to share our work on the importance of timely source control for #sepsis!

Such important work! No matter the specialty, parenting during residency has it’s own set of challenges (and rewards)! As a researcher and a surgeon mom @kiajoynicholson is a role model on all fronts!

In this cohort study, source control within 6 hrs of #sepsis was associated with 29% decrease in risk-adjusted odds of 90-day mortality. ja.ma/3AJTgzp Katie M Reitz MD MSc @Seymoc Shimena Li Matthew D. Neal, MD Edith Tzeng Brian Zuckerbraun @jjasonsperrymd Pitt Surgery Pitt Critical Care Medicine

Recently started introducing my son (3) to the original Mr Rogers. The messages in his shows are so enduring. As a current 29th grader (and counting) this one stands out. Pitt Surgery

GOOD NEWS! 📣 Dr. Christine Leeper is selected as one of the 40 under 40 female surgeons by WomenSurgeons. Many Congratulations Dr. Leeper! #surgery #AcademicTwitter #AcademicSurgery #womeninsurgery #SurgeryTwitter

I’m retweeting an old tweet but glad she’s joining ECU Surgery Looking forward to learning a lot!

It’s ERAS season 📍 Looking forward to all the beautiful people and exciting journey to General Surgery #Match2023. From Lebanon 🇱🇧 to Pittsburgh 🇺🇸, through USJ and endless support from Haytham Kaafarani , can’t wait to find a home & take the next step towards trauma surgery 🏔

A tweetorial on our study (gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-…). But, first a case: Young female w/ a 1.9 cm incidental pancreatic cyst. No concerning features, but KRAS, TP53 and SMAD4 mutations on molecular testing. Surgical resection: #IPMN w/ a small #PancreaticCancer. #Pathology #GIPath

Association of comprehensive thyroid cancer molecular profiling with tumor phenotype and cancer-specific outcomes surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… thanks @JasonLiuMD Pitt Endocrine Surgery for your important study in SURGERY Journal American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Endocrine Society

Advice from Dr Andrew Peitzman for young surgeons that want to leave a legacy: •Find your purpose •Use passion as the fuel to see projects to conclusion •Focus in meaningful efforts rather than titles •Enjoy the ride

Taking severely injured patients directly to a trauma center by helicopter doubles the odds of survival, a new University of Pittsburgh and UPMC study finds. upmc.me/3YpUxEg

Mark Your Calendar for Our Next GrandRounds/Master Surgeon Lecture Series 🗓️ : 22 Feb 2023 ⏰ : 8 to 9 AM, EST Pitt Neurosurgery Pitt Pediatric Surgery Pitt Endocrine Surgery Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department PittDeptofMed Pitt Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department UPMC UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute UPMC Vascular Surgery

Congrats JB Moses on a great talk elucidating arterial wall motion regulation #ASC2023 Edith Tzeng Pitt Surgery Pocivavsek Lab

Congratulations to Dr. Aatur Singhi (Aatur Singhi, MD PhD) for being awarded research funding from The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation. His team's goal is to characterize gene expression changes that occur in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors as they metastasize.

📢"Remember these names! The future is bright with these talented individuals who will be leading the way. Keep following them and @Pittsurgery to see their achievements in #SurgicalScience" #FutureLeaders Annals of Surgery University of Pittsburgh American College of Surgeons American Board of Surgery Pitt Health Sciences

INCREDIBLE grand rounds by Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, MD, FACS for Pitt Surgery. Elegant, sophisticated science of #platelet function in trauma. Inspiring model of surgeon-science for our trainees. Thank you for teaching us! Pitt Health Sciences UPMC UCSF Health AAST Pitt Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center

Attention General Surgery Residents ACGME American College of Surgeons who are underrepresented minority in medicine Society of Black Academic Surgeons LatinoSurgSociety Association for Surgical Education Research years funding opportunity Endeavor Health in Evanston, IL starting July 2025 Apply here: surveymonkey.com/r/87J72SP