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Everybody made the “Nice” list on F8! Happy holidays and please watch what you eat. Already had one Boerhaave Perf this week!! Art cred- Merritt Prince

Best thoracic surgery content of any meeting! And this is 1 of many “side” events to build connection with colleagues. 🫁 Also #GTDC, fun 🏃🏽‍♀️and Super Bowl of 🩻General Thoracic Surgical Club TSRA CTSurgSocMedNetwork #LCSM Chat

This afternoon the rain stopped in time for a quick lap around Pinnacle. Another year- another plan for #12Hikes12Months Arkansas State Parks

Best session ever. Vulnerability Makes Us Whole at the The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Mtg. Frank & personal discussion of surgeon mental health, headlined by one of my personal heroes, Dr. Carrie Cunningham, who gave the most courageous pres. address ever. youtu.be/JaNBH4UPHv4?si…

Next speaker, Dr. Cunningham's mentee, med student, Reagan Collins gave a great talk, Finding a Voice and Why It Matters. She presented some eye opening survey data on surgeons, 1 in 10 had thought about suicide in the past 2 weeks, 1 in 7 in the past 1 year.

Followed by Shanda Blackmon, MD, MPH, Vulnerability: What Is It and Why Is It Important? and Dustin Walters, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Surgeons and Colleagues.

Congratulations to Nina Starr Braunwald research award winner AlleaBelle Bradshaw 2025 - mentee of chief of cardiac Jennifer Lawton ⁦Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery⁩ ⁦WomenInThoracicSurg⁩ ⁦The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF)⁩ ⁦#STS2025

Dr. Seana Corbin UAMS Department of Surgery PGY4 presenting our technique for dismpacting the occluded mega-esophagus. Congratulations on a great video. Nicely done! The Society of Thoracic Surgeons #STS2025

Congrats to Dr. Shanda Blackmon, MD, MPH for the highest award of service from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons - the STS Distinguished Service Award. You are an inspiration to us all my friend. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #STS2025

Incredibly proud of a former medical student of ours: AlleaBelle Bradshaw, MD from UAMS Department of Surgery doing amazing work with Dr. Lawton & awarded the prestigious Nina Starr Braunwald Award by the The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF). Congratulations!!! The Society of Thoracic Surgeons #STS2025

Honored to be included in this list by AR Money & Politics. Doing my best to make a difference in our state: AR Money & Politics UAMS Health UAMS Cancer UAMS Department of Surgery armoneyandpolitics.com/2025-arkansas-…

Lots of strange conversations these days. However, wanted to respond to one thread on this platform about not wanting to do extra work (do the bare minimum). If your view of life is through the lens of transactions, you will miss out. Instead of “I won’t do this unless I get

Great day UAMS Department of Surgery Annual research symposium. Honored to have Dr. Blackmon as our Keynote Speaker. Complex Esophageal Reconstruction- so many lessons: innovation, dedication, quality improvement, patient-centered care. Thank you for sharing so much with us. Shanda Blackmon, MD, MPH

Capital City Classic 10K in downtown Little Rock . Fun run. Personally I really don't care about time, but Strava says it's my PR time in 10K. And got to meet fellow UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences colleague and ace thoracic surgeon Matthew Steliga MD FACS Steliga.

Congrats to this kid!! Personal best: both 800m & 1600m today. 😮 🙌 3rd of 44 1600m (5:20.7) in Memphis TN! Practice pays off! The goodr glasses in team color are 🔥!!!! Mount St. Mary

I used to tell the college athletes I coached: “This isn’t just about running. I’m preparing you for life.” Most didn’t believe me at the time. But a decade later, they all do now. Because what you learn on the track shows up everywhere. Running & Sport explains life.

It's amazing how far we've come in the ability to biopsy lung nodules compared to 15 years ago! Nikhil Meena Matthew Steliga MD FACS Sajjad Bhatti Sanjay Maraboyina MD

Huge honor having The University of Tennessee Health Science Center graduate and surgical oncology legend, Dr. Kelly K Hunt as the keynote speaker at this year’s Harwell Wilson Surgical Society Annual Research Symposium! Society of Surgical Oncology Annals of Surgical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHSC Research UTHSC Department of Surgery #HWSS225

We welcome Dr. Matthew Steliga Matthew Steliga MD FACS, as the invited alumni visiting professor at Friday's Harwell Wilson Surgical Society. He spoke on the topic of growing where you are planted. #surgery UAMS @UTHSC UTHSC College of Medicine

Thank you! Andrew M. Fleming, MD An honor to share some experiences about learning and growing!