
Cathlyn Medina
@medinacathlyn
MS4 @DukeMedSchool | BA @BrownUniversity | Aspiring Surgeon | Hiking 🌿 & NYT Cooking enthusiast
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30-04-2023 15:25:15
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History 🤝 Surgery ⭐️Honored to be awarded second place in the #ACSCC2024 History of Surgery Poster Competition! My poster examined the exciting history of wartime hospital trains🚂🏥🪖 ⭐️Thank you to the American College of Surgeons Archives & History committee and my mentor, Dr. Barr!


Congratulations to Anthony Saxton (Duke gen surgery resident) and Christina Lindsay (Duke MS 3) on their amazing presentations at the just concluded ATA American Thyroid Association meeting. 👏👏👏 The future is bright. The sky is the limit!💫 Duke General Surgery Residency Duke University School of Medicine


An honor to present our work on the left anterior mini-incision in primary and re-operative cardiac surgery at #STSA2024 Joseph W Turek CHSRTL Berk Aykut Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA)


Had an amazing time at my first Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) meeting! 🤠 Honored to be a recipient of the James W. Brooks Scholarship and grateful to connect with some incredible mentors! 🎉 Thank you Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) Stephen Shanda Blackmon, MD, MPH Betty Tong, MD MHS Cathlyn Medina and Dr. Fauci🌟🦙 #STSA2024


Thank you to American Journal of Transplantation for featuring our work!

Thankful for Dr. Berk Aykut’s mentorship throughout this process!

In #DCD #HeartTransplantation, normothermic regional perfusion was associated with better survival when compared with direct procurement and perfusion. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… #JACCHF #NRP #HeartTx Abby Benkert Oliver K. Jawitz MD



3 girls from 3 different parts of #NorthCarolina share a heart-to-heart connection after all 3 received life-saving surgery at Duke University Hospital. One of the girls had the world’s first living mitral valve replacement. See how it happened ➡️ duke.is/b/rj8j #HeartMonth


📣🎉👏🎉 Congratulations Catherine Beckhorn Duke University School of Medicine on Matching in #Match2025! Excited for Friday! PSORC Duke General Surgery Residency Duke Radiology


Thank you Lisa Tracy! Beyond excited to have matched into General Surgery! A huge thank you to the mentors and community that have helped get me here! #Match2025

Beyond thrilled to be able to join the community that fostered my interest in surgery and helped me get to where I am today!! It’s truly a privilege to be joining the Duke Surgery family with all these fabulous co-interns!!

Strong Duke Surgery representation at #SSO2025 later this week 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 Come check us out!! Society of Surgical Oncology Duke General Surgery Residency Duke Cancer


Ex vivo perfusion utilizing the Organ Care System platform is a promising approach in pediatric heart transplantation. #PedsTx Berk Aykut, Joseph W Turek, Cathlyn Medina 🔗: jhltonline.org/article/S1053-…

What a fantastic way to end Duke AWS’s inaugural Women in Surgery Mentorship Pods! Huge thanks to the students & Duke Surgery’s residents and faculty for building an amazing community🌟 Shoutout to rising AWS Co-Presidents Hana Shafique & May Gao for making tonight possible!


Our new single-center study shows 1-year outcomes from DCD-NRP match those from DBD. A hopeful step toward expanding the pediatric donor pool. 🫀💙 #PedsCardio #Transplant Duke Surgery DukeCTSurgery Joseph W Turek CHSRTL sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🧸🚑 Proud to share our MedEdPORTAL article on a low-cost, high-impact simulation to train pediatric providers for mass casualty incidents Cathlyn Medina Steven Thornton, MD Lisa Tracy 💡 Emphasizes pediatric triage, teamwork, and emotional resilience 📝:mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/m…

All smiles at the new intern welcome dinner with the chiefs! Hosted by our awesome program director Kevin N Shah #SabistonSquad Duke Surgery
