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Hernia Fam at #AHS2024. Loved seeing old friends and welcoming the next generation to the mix—in particular our former OHSU residents! Marina Affi Koprowski, MD #OHSUHernia

Back to our regular hot out of the oven 🔥 our paper comparing open and robotic large ventral hernia repairs using the ACHQC database just published at Surgical Endoscopy SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! Congratulations to all authors Raquel Nogueira Prashanth Sreeramoju Adel Alhaj Saleh, MD, MRCS Montefiore Surgery

I’m no expert, but I don’t think stacking three IPUM meshes on three separate occasions is gonna work.

Reframing the Fellowship Council requirements for an abdominal wall reconstruction designation surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… insightful SURGERY Journal publication by Sully Ayuso

Residency is hard enough. This should NEVER happen. ACGME

Why? What’s so “advanced” about one less port and making the exposure less optimal? Who approved this for publication?

Eric Pauli This is just a reminder of how difficult it can be to find quality video-based educational content online. Any novice would consider a surgical video posted by BJS to demonstrate solid technique and surgical decision making.

Great job, Dina Podolsky columbiasurgery.org/news/michael-s… Columbia University Columbia Surgery American Hernia Society

The most terrifying horror film ever made.

Congratulations to Dr. Alik Farber on his appointment as Surgeon-in-Chief at Boston Medical Center and James Utley Professor and Chair of Surgery at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine! Boston Medical Center Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Bliss. Go Cleveland Guardians!!!!

Academic ironies

We recommend routinely dividing the round ligament. It’s just a better repair for inguinal hernias in females. Most surgeons who specialize in the female pelvis agree with us: there is little to no downside to cutting that ligament (we surveyed almost 700 surgeons). Still,

Congrats to our Boston Medical Center Surgery residents on their colorectal surgery fellowship matches! Dr. Carlos Fairen Oro matched to UMass Chan Medical School UMass Chan Medical School & Dr. Olivia Sacks matched to Lahey Hospital & Medical Center! 🎉 Lahey Colon and Rectal Surgery Olivia Sacks Carlos Fairen

Hot out of the oven 🔥 👨‍🍳 our review comparing open and robotic TAR just published at Surgical Endoscopy. Robotic TAR was associated with lower SSI and lower LOS compared to open. Previous meta-analysis did not find a difference especially because it had 2 studies with hybrid

Simple solution to a common issue in MIS hernia repair. Managing posterior sheath/peritoneal defects with a falciform rotational flap. Full video with narration: youtu.be/RF1CNTWOXpg #OHSUHernia #HerniaGeeks

Back on top of the world. #GoBucks

Excited to be teaching lap common bile duct exploration at an American College of Surgeons course in Boston Fri 6/6!! Fantastic faculty doing all simulator-based education. Great chance to add LCBDE to your repertoire. Still a few spots left to register: store.facs.org/laparoscopic-c…

Thank you to everyone who voted. The results are in. >45min average TOT is too long.