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#ASC2025 Leaderboard #UIowa #Surgery

Blessed to have this opportunity to engage the next generation of Iowa Surgeons with the Faux(O)R Experience #IowaSurgeon #Iowa #Surgery #futurehawkeyesurgeon #outreach #IowaStrong

"Not qualified?" 🧐 Venita Simpson, MD, FAANS , a board-certified neurosurgeon, begs to differ. With Black women making up only 0.6% of neurosurgeons in the U.S., Dr. Simpson’s excellence shines even brighter. 🌟 📍 UTSW, Texas Health Presbyterian 💡 Specializing in complex spine surgery

From scalpels to success. 🧠✨ Analiz Rodriguez MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS isn’t just a neurosurgeon—she’s pioneering research, saving lives, and proving every day why she’s #OverlyQualified. Only 0.6% of neurosurgeons in the U.S. are Black women. Dr. Rodriguez is leading the way. 🚀 📍 Director of

Congrats Segun Afolaranmi ! So well deserved!

Welcome University of Iowa Surgery #Match2025

Honored, grateful, and humbled to have our work with underrepresented, rare cancer patients selected for presentation at #SSO2025 Society of Surgical Oncology Ceaselessly amazed by the new research and innovations, and even more impressed by my co-fellows and residents. The future is 💡

Another incredible SSO, with University of Iowa Surgery well represented! Congrats to Dr. Carlos HF Chan MD PhD on his outstanding presentation on ctDNA and PSMs, and to Drs. Weigel and Howe for their well-deserved recognition in the presidential address!😊👏🏾#SSO2025

Excited to see this in print! Learned a ton, thanks for letting me participate Patricio Polanco SAGES is in Tampa in 2026!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! Congrats Allie!👏🏾

📢ATTN: Medical Students! Are you attending #AMEC2025 this week? Be sure to come say hi and meet many faculty/resident members of the Department of Surgery, including General Surgery, ENT, Urology, & Plastic Surgery! See you in St. Louis, we can't wait to meet you!

Outstanding presidential address Dr. Ron Weigal at the American Surgical Association annual meeting!

Very lucky to be at #AmerSurg25 for the next few days and hear Dr Weigel’s presidential address. Very cool to see my University of Iowa Surgery roots on the ultimate stage. Annals of Surgery

Our integrated resident, Jordan Grimmett, attended the SNMA AMEC conference! Jordan met prospective applicants and was a panelist in "Pioneers in Plastic Surgery." Great chance to connect with future leaders and share insights about plastic surgery at Iowa. #SNMA #AMEC #Match2026

This week, the Department of Surgery united for the Resident Research Day, fostering learning and connections! PRS highlights included Shannen Ramey's poster "Do physicians undergo cosmetic surgery?" and Erica Madukulam's presentation "Managing eldercare challenges in surgery."

Honored and privileged to match at Moffitt Cancer Center for my Surgical Oncology fellowship! A huge thanks to all of my mentors in Memphis that got me here! Can’t wait to get to work in Tampa! 🌴 UTHSC Department of Surgery St. Jude St. Jude Research The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Society of Surgical Oncology Annals of Surgical Oncology

6 years later, hard work pays off. Surreal matching at my dream fellowship. Thankful for Herbert Zeh Adam Yopp Patricio Polanco and all my mentors UTSW Surgery and elsewhere. Wouldn't have made it here without them

It truly took a village! So grateful to everyone who supported me 🙏🏾❤️. From my incredible mentors at University of Iowa Surgery to too many others beyond! Excited to match MD Anderson Cancer Center for the combined clinical surgical oncology & research fellowship. Looking forward to next year! 🥰

In 48 hours, general surgery residency will come to an end. In the end, it all worked out (even better than I could’ve imagined). Thankful for my community of family, friends, & mentors. Special thanks to Dr. Susanne Warner for delivering a heartwarming toast! 📸: circa 6/6/25

Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in