
Jordan Rook
@jrookmd
General Surgery resident @UCLASurgery. Proud grad @NUFeinbergMed & @NCSP_UCLA. Passionate about health policy.
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08-02-2019 22:20:18
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Congrats 🎉 to Dr. @cjuillard who was awarded the ACS/Pfizer Academic Global Surgeon Award for her work spearheading transformative healthcare initiatives as the director of the Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity! #ACSCC24 #GlobalHealth





#ASC2025 Jordan Rook presents findings from #MarketScan highlighting “Association of High-Deductible Health Plans and Complicated Appendicitis among Children.” Insurance type impacts pediatric surgical morbidity and costs! UCLA General Surgery Residency Program Children's Hospital LA Society of University Surgeons (SUS) Assoc4AcademicSurgery


Thank you Word In Black for highlighting our JAMA Network Open paper demonstrating The Unequal Weight of a Drug Test. Jordan Rook Christopher Russell MD, MS 🏳️🌈 (he/his/him) Keck School of Medicine of USC UCLA General Surgery Residency Program Children's Hospital LA Institute for Addiction Science at USC wordinblack.com/2025/02/unequa…

95% of meconium-related obstruction cases occurred in the absence of CF or Hirschsprung disease, with the highest incidence among preterm infants. ja.ma/3COGz9Y @jrookmd UCLA CORE Lab


New Pub Alert! Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium highlights incr volume and complexity for peds #cholecystectomy Huge implications for #child health & resource allocation to Children's Hospital Association. Olivia Keane AAP Journals Children's Hospital LA Emory Surgery Keck School of Medicine of USC pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39978405/

Dr Serena Lofftus UCLA General Surgery Residency Program wins the best trainee paper at #PCSA2025 PCSA for her project on Patient-Based Decision Making for Narcotic Prescriptions after Ambulatory Breast Surgery. James Wu JAMA Surgery


New Pub Alert! Jordan Rook highlights incr risk of #PerfAppendicitis for kids w High Deductible Health Plans. Incr LOS and costs follow. Great cross town collab bw UCLA General Surgery Residency Program Keck School of Medicine of USC Children's Hospital LA RAND Annals of Surgery journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…



Live from DC! Jenna Lee, MD from HOPE Lab presents novel ways for surgeons to combat the #opioidepidemic & expand access to #narcan for teens & adults #ACSLAS25 American College of Surgeons Children's Hospital LA APSA Surgeons Rutgers RWJMedSchool


Thanks StayCurrentMD for highlighting our QI efforts for patients undergoing repair of pectus excavatum! UCLA General Surgery Residency Program jpedsurg

I am unbelievably excited to share that I matched for Peds Surg fellowship Nemours duPont Hosp Nemours Children's Health in Delaware starting next year! 🤩 What an incredible ride it’s been and I can’t wait to start this next chapter of my training. #pedsurgmatch #pedsurgbestsurg

Totally PACKED room at the plenary session for Jordan Rook’s eye-opening talk on pediatric homicide rates by firearm. Really important data on an under appreciated problem occurring where kids are supposed to be safest, at home. UCLA General Surgery Residency Program Bindi Naik-Mathuria MD, MPH APSA Surgeons #APSA24


Only possible with great mentorship Bindi Naik-Mathuria MD, MPH UCLA General Surgery Residency Program. Thank you APSA Surgeons for recognizing our work highlighting the epidemic of firearm homicide in children’s homes

New jpedsurg podcast! Reviewing 3 articles from Q1 2025! Host: Em Gootee, MD Full episode: app.pulse.ly/hyvbyqiyxt #pedsurg #SoMe4PedSurg #ERAS #NEC #bladderaugmentation #urology #cryoablation #opioids #painmanagement #nuss Made possible by Cincinnati Children's

New article in AJPH led by NCSP at UCLA fellow Cecile Yama, MD! We find that 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit reduced energy insecurity (difficulty paying utility bills) among US families. Open Access link here: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.210…