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🚨 1st national study of surgeons' experiences during healthcare corporatization: ~80% believe corporatization negatively impacts academic surgery Featured at #STS2025 Timothy Donahue Assoc4AcademicSurgery Society of University Surgeons (SUS) Annals of Surgery Douglas E Wood SSB, MD, MBE journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

First ever proof that exercise improves survival in colon cancer! When patients ask us “What else I can do?” we can confidently say - please EXERCISE! NEJM #ASCO25 ASCO

🔥🔥📝 Hot off the Press: Our clinical validation study of a blood test for CRC screening👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 🔵 n=27010 🔵CRC sens 80%, spec 91% 🔵May help those unscreened despite stool test and COL NYU Langone Health NYU Department of Medicine jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Now recruiting adults with IBS in Australia 🇦🇺or USA 🇺🇸 for our Expose or Exclude in IBS trial! Join a 12-week fully online study to see which IBS treatments—diet or behavioural—work best. Remote, with expert guidance 👩‍⚕️💻 Register: redcap.link/IBSstudy Please RT! 🔄

Would add “severe or refractory disease, fistulizing perianal disease, and dysplasia/cancer” to “when to refer to surgery” Multidisciplinary care is key! Amy Lee Lightner, MD ASCRS_1 MNCRSurgery Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Sean Langenfeld Stefan Holubar MD MS

Qualitative study of patient and caregiver experiences during multimodality treatment for locally advanced rectal #cancer. academic.oup.com/oncolo/article… The Oncologist Mass General Cancer Center #rectalcancer #pallonc #CancerResearch Areej El-Jawahri Aparna Raj Parikh

Excited to share that our project LUCID (Leveraging Unstructured Clinical Information for Discovery) was selected for the Northwell Health Cancer Institute Pilot Award for Mentoring in Cancer Research! I’m looking forward to deepening my collaboration with my mentee, Ashish

Preoperative anastomotic evaluation prior to ileostomy closure: A 5‐year UK survey, systematic review, and meta‐analysis Colorectal Disease OPEN ACCESS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

After our daughter Ceci died at 15 mo of a paraspinal tumor, we’ve been committed to supporting pediatric cancer research. We’re honored this year's Cattle Baron’s Ball will establish Ceci’s Fund through the American Cancer Society. Please share/donate💕 cattlebaronsball.com

Elated. Grateful. Honored to have matched at MD Anderson Cancer Center for surgical oncology fellowship!! Couldn’t have done it without the endless support from my team! Fergal Fleming Jacob Moalem Darren Carpizo, MD, PhD larissa temple Anna Weiss URMC Surgery Residents SHORE

We are beyond thrilled to welcome Drs. Cameron Casson WashU Medicine Department of Surgery (#AbWall) and Yatee Dave URMC Surgery Residents (#Foregut #Bariatrics) to UW-Madison Department of Surgery MIS!!

Hospital mergers don’t worsen outcomes—but don’t reliably improve them either. Cost savings from consolidation were small and came mostly from post-discharge care, not better surgery. journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

When All the Research Is Positive, That’s the Problem…(a long time pet peeve of mine) In spine surgery and interventional pain, the majority of published studies report favorable outcomes. That’s not rigor. 88% of industry-funded spine research reports positive results. Most

Assessing the pathway and timing for ileostomy reversal in rectal cancer: A retrospective cohort study surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… Grateful to Megan Boyer Fergal Fleming URMC Department of Surgery for your excellent SURGERY Journal publication

🏥 Surgery is essential to modern medicine, providing solutions for various health conditions. Surgery offers hope and healing, whether a minor procedure or a complex operation. Let’s appreciate the life-changing impact it has! 🔪💡 #Surgery #HealthCare

The Tripartite- one of the world’s leading colorectal conferences- in #Paris this year 🇫🇷 This pre-course led by Gabrielle van Ramshorst, MD FECSM FEBS FSSO is a chance for trainees to upgrade with their presentation skills. More ⬇️ escp.eu.com/conference-and… European Society of Coloproctology Young ESCP The Dukes' Club Irish Surgical Research Collaborative

🌍 Where in the world is #GRIFF? Our global survey had clinicians from 25 countries chiming in! Top spots: 🇺🇸 (38.5%), 🇹🇷 (15.6%), 🇬🇧 (15.1%), 🇮🇹 (5.7%), 🇦🇺 (4.2%). GRIFF is truly an international effort! 🌐#GlobalSurgery #Collaborate4ECF

Calm. Cool. Collected. Named everyone else on his crew. Said “anyone else would have done the same,” and then saved close to 200 people. A truly humble professional and hero. I hope this man gets every good thing he deserves.

The UT System Board of Regents voted unanimously to name Dr. Melina R. Kibbe as the sole finalist for the next presidency at UTHealth Houston. Read the release. utsystem.edu/news/2025/07/1… Melina Kibbe

Excited to be leading an upcoming SURGERY Journal Special Issue on how AI may transform surgery, from the OR to research to surgical education. This series will bring together thought‑provoking commentaries from top surgeons! 🚀😷 Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Fergal Fleming Caitlin Hicks MD, MS Karl Bilimoria