1/5 🎉 Tonight, we celebrate Dr. Keith Lillemoe, MD, as Annals of Surgery heads into its 140th year! As Editor-in-Chief since 2011, he has upheld the journal's legacy of excellence and innovation in the surgical field. #AnnalsOfSurgery #SurgeryExcellence journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Acute pancreatitis in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm: Associations with epithelial subtype, degree of dysplasia, and risk of recurrence surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… Best in SURGERY Journal from Mass General Surgery Harvard Medical School

Congratulations to Dr. David Kim on being a recipient of a 2024 Pillars of Excellence Award! The Pillars of Excellence Award program reflects our four-part mission pillars of patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.

It is with mixed emotions that we share the news that Dr. John Mullen will be leaving MGH to become the Chief of Surgery at Dartmouth. While his presence here will be profoundly missed, we are thrilled as he takes on this prestigious and well-earned opportunity. Congratulations!!

Dr. Nahel Elias has been named the Medical Director of Quality for the joint MGB Division of Transplant Surgery. Dr. Elias looks forward to enhancing quality and safety initiatives and improving collaboration across MGB Transplant Surgery. Congratulations!

Check out our abstract “PO-02-036 Variation in Coagulation Profiles in Ablated Versus Non-Ablated Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrilation Patients” on HeartRhythm! Anahita Dua MD MS MBA FACS , Dr. Dua’s Coagulation Lab, Adriana Rodriguez Alvarez , Shiv S. Patel , Mounika Boya ,Mass General Vascular , Mass General Surgery .

In this episode of #thinkingthoracic, Dr. Jeff Yang MD FACS & Alexandra Potter (Mass General Surgery) discuss how current lung cancer screening guidelines miss nearly half of diagnosed patients—and how updates could expand access for women, minorities & former smokers. ow.ly/HSZg50VKAUV

So proud of Mass General Surgery’s Danielle Ellis, MD MTS who presented her work on healthcare utilization in children with surgically treatable congenital anomalies APSA Surgeons #APSA2025 today (post-call!!) 👏🏻 proud to know this surgeon-mama ❤️

Couldn’t have asked for a better start to surgical training! Grateful to friends, family, and mentors for their support 🙏🏼♥️ I am going to be a surgeon!! 😭🤩

Congratulations to Dr. Nahel Elias for being voted as the Region 1 Councilor of the new OPTN Board of Directors! He received the most votes in our region's election, which was a first step towards the formation of a Board of Directors and part of the OPTN Modernization Initiative

Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Yang from the Division of Thoracic Surgery who has been selected by Harvard Medical School as a recipient of their 2025 Young Mentor Award for 2025! Dr. Yang will be celebrated at a reception on June 3, 2025, at Harvard Medical School

In 2022, the first thyroid radiofrequency ablation procedure for thyroid nodules was performed at MGH. Since then, over 170 patients have been evaluated for RFA and last week, the the 100th procedure was performed. Congratulations to the team on this incredible accomplishment!

So proud to represent MGH Colorectal Surgery at #ASCRS25! Our residents making us look good Mass General Surgery Liliana Bordeianou, MD, FACS, FASCRS Rocco Ricciardi GraceLee Sarah Rudasill

Chief residents' dinner with the Ferguson-Ottinger Visiting Professor, Dr. Toby Cosgrove, former CEO and president of Cleveland Clinic, current executive advisor, and a proud alumnus of Mass General Surgery. MassGeneral News Mass General Brigham

He’s thriving nearly 4 months after receiving a gene-edited pig kidney at Mass General Transplant Mass General Surgery Mass General Kidneys Harvard Medical School. “He was tired of just surviving. A pig kidney gave him a shot at living.” CNN 🔗 cnn.com/2025/05/14/hea…

Excited to be with our amazing ALCSI & MGH teams at the Joseph R. Betancourt Health fair with James ‘Jimmy’ Hills. Congrats to Dr. Rick Lee (Rick Lee 이재방) for putting on such a great event!! It’s still happening right now (ends at 3pm, Roxbury Community College, building 3).

Congratulations Carrie Cunningham (newly elected secretary) and Sareh Parangi (2025 president) of American Association of Endocrine Surgeons ! Mass General Surgery Brigham and Women’s Department of Surgery

Congratulations to Dr. Carrie Cunningham from the Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery and Chief of the Endocrine Surgery Section, on her election as Secretary of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) at this year’s annual meeting in Milwaukee!

Congratulations to Avanish Mishra, PhD, on his promotion to Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School! Dr. Mishra is in the Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery and works under the direction of Dr. Mehmet Toner.

Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Hajibandeh for receiving the prestigious Faculty Educator Development Award from the OMS Foundation and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons! He will be recognized during the AAOMS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. this fall.