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Starting out on the right foot - our first coronary simulation session of the academic year! Duke Surgery #MedEd

Hearts and lungs and robots, oh my! DukeCTSurgery trainees and faculty were working hard at our simulation session today! Duke Surgery

In the hands of an experienced heart surgeon, the Ross operation can restore life expectancy to match the general population for patients with aortic valve disease, says Ziv Beckerman, MD, Duke Heart and transplant surgeon. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3YcfEMU

Work hard, play hard. Great ideas and discussion from DukeCTSurgery trainee retreat Topgolf! Not giving up our day jobs though - better at surgery than golf!

Meet Donavon Harbison, the second person in the world to receive a new type of titanium artificial heart, & second type of artificial heart technology Duke helped to pioneer. More: duke.is/r/png5 @dukeheartcenter | @DukeCTsurgery | Duke Heart Failure | Duke University | @Bivacor

#TransplantThursday: Regional variation in DCD heart allograft utilization. While transplantation has increased, the number of hearts transplanted after circulatory death remains low. Read more in #JTCVS open: doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon… Oliver K. Jawitz MD DukeCTSurgery Adam DeVore, MD, MHS

Grateful for the opportunity to present our research on prolonged cold storage of PHT grafts at the #STSA2024. DukeCTSurgery Duke Surgery Joseph W Turek CHSRTL Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA)

Excellent discussion of physician modified endografts (PMEG) in the management of chronic TAAAs at #STSA2024 Duke Surgery G C Hughes

📢 New Research Alert from Duke Center for Aortic Disease! Even hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) lasting less than 20 minutes can lead to cognitive deficits in ~40% of patients. 🧠 🔬 Insights from the GOT ICE trial highlight the need to re-evaluate what is "safe" during aortic arch surgery.

Join us on Jan 20th at 7pm for our next TSMA journal club with Jacob Niall Schroder of DukeCTSurgery for a discussion of the Donors after Circulatory Death Heart Trial! 🫀 Hosted by the TSMA Research Committee: Alice Zhou Juli Buchwald Isaac Faith Busra Cangut, MD, MS & Jack Donaghue

DukeCTSurgery welcomes Professor Hiroshi Date to the Section of General Thoracic Surgery! Dr. Date is a world-renowned surgeon with expertise in Thoracic surgical oncology and lung transplantation. An honor and outstanding addition to our Duke Surgery team!

Announcing our first robotic lung transplant! A terrific Duke Health team effort, including Duke Surgery, Duke Anesthesiology, Duke Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care and nursing. Indebted to our generous donor. Congrats to all - especially our rockstar patient! Photos with permission.

We couldn't be happier for Journi, Margaret, and Kensley, whose lives were changed thanks to ground-breaking work from Duke surgeon–scientists and researchers! ❤️ #HeartMonth DukeCTSurgery

#CME Opportunity Coral X. Giovacchini, MD, reviews a patient case study on an incidentally discovered pulmonary nodule that is evaluated for accurate diagnosis and management. Duke Cancer Earn credits ➡️ duke.is/LungNoduleCME

Jeffrey Gaca, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, has been selected as the Triangle Business Journal Surgeon of the Year in its 2025 Healthcare Leadership Awards. Congratulations on this honor, Dr. Gaca! Read more: duke.is/j/86c8

We are SO thrilled to have future Cardiothoracic surgeon Maddy Larson join our I-6 training program from UCDavisMedSchool! Welcome to the east coast and the Duke Surgery family, Maddy! #Match2025

Duke Doctors Perform First Living Mitral Valve Transplant - ncmedsoc.org/duke-doctors-p…

Graduation night! A special group of Chiefs honoring Dr. Keenan with the D’Amico Teaching Award. These DukeCTSurgery graduates are going to crush it. Congratulations to all!

What’s better than having a lung transplanted robotically? How about TWO? Our Fantastic Four did it again! Another great team effort with Duke Surgery Duke Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care and Duke Anesthesiology surgery.duke.edu/news/duke-surg…

Lung allocation out of sequence (AOOS) does not compromise posttransplant outcomes, but further investigation is needed to fully elucidate the net benefit or harm of lung AOOS on transplant candidates and recipients. ja.ma/4lmr0Hz Sammy Halpern Oliver K. Jawitz MD @asishanaosho