
Saieesh Rao
@saieeshrao
General Surgery resident @NMSurgery | Past @UChicago @UChiPritzker | using computational science to improve hospitals and healthcare systems
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/saieeshrao/ 27-05-2020 17:11:18
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🤖 training day for NW Gen Surg Residents at NU Simulation™!! Johanna Borst understood the assignment 🧦 Norah Zaza excited about her high score 🤩 Alyssa Brown ring master Caitlin Skye Jacobs rocked the 🪢 Paola Barrios, MD 🪡 👸🏻 Saieesh Rao sutured upside down 🙃 Northwestern Surgery


Thank you so much to Dr. AKHIL CHAWLA for hosting a wonderful journal club! Great food, company, cake, and pancreas RCT’s what more could we want!


Only possible with the incredible mentorship and support of @AnneMStey and Northwestern Surgery!! Excited to see where this work leads

Great turnout last night at the Chicago Joint Reception at the ACS Clinical Congress! It's always wonderful collaborating with our Chicago colleagues! Hasan Alam Jeff Matthews MD Vivian Gahtan Rush Department of Surgery NW Gen Surg Residents Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Shishir K. Maithel AKHIL CHAWLA


Mutant KRAS in Circulating Tumor DNA as a Biomarker in... : Annals of Surgery journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger… Kudos to Dominic Vitello and the team! Clearance of KRAS ctDNA during neoadjuvant chemotherapy is prognostic in PDAC. NQUIRES Northwestern Surgery Lurie Cancer Center Annals of Surgery

Extremely thought provoking and important discussions with our excellent grand round speaker Dr. Sunil Geevarghese on moral injury and the importance of peer support Sunil Geevarghese @VUMCSurgRes Hasan Alam @VUMCTransplant Northwestern Surgery NW Gen Surg Residents


Congratulations to Lara Lopes, MD who won the LATAM Award for her presentation on a 10-year analysis of AAA repair in Brazil at The J. Leonel Villavicencio Latin-American Program at VEITHsymposium! Tulio Navarro Saieesh Rao Northwestern Surgery VEITHsymposium


Very thankful to have mentors like @AnneMStey who care deeply about patients and bring their moral passion to scientific work Northwestern Surgery NQUIRES Hasan Alam #ASC2025

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, ACPMP is proud to fund two 2025 Society of Surgical Oncology research grants focused solely on #appendixcancer & PMP, including one brand new & significant $100K grant! Congrats to all recipients of the 2025 SSO Research Grants!


Nice talk by Paola Barrios, MD talking about using top-down #proteomics to ID proteoforms associated with #cirrhosis progression that can potentially be used as Dx biomarkers Daniela Ladner MD Northwestern Surgery #ASC2025


Fantastic job Joseph Sanchez presenting on creation of a CT reporting tool for detection of internal hernia after RYGB SAGES is in Tampa in 2026!. Amazing/inspiring to see a resident-led QI project lead to dramatic improvements in pt care (doubling CT sensitivity)!!! NW Gen Surg Residents Northwestern Surgery


DOS Research Conference is tomorrow at 9 am! Darlene Ratliff will explain how extramural grant proposals are handled by DOS Research Administration. Jessie Ho and Saieesh Rao will share how they balanced clinical residency with grant planning and preparation! Northwestern Surgery


📣 Call For Research Abstracts! Annual DOS William H. Pearce, MD Research Symposium Deadline: May 2, 2025 All trainees and students doing research with a DOS faculty member in the current academic year are encouraged to submit! Northwestern Surgery NQUIRES NM Cardiovascular


Join us Thursday, May 8 starting at 9am for the Northwestern Surgery Research Conference Insight Presentations. Presenters will be Saieesh Rao Paola Barrios, MD and Lara Lopes, MD. Moderator will be Raheem Bell, M.D.


Don't miss the next DOS Research Toolkit Lecture on Thursday, 5/15/25, 9-10 am! We are thrilled to welcome back an alumni panel to discuss early career surgical practice! Northwestern Surgery
