Nothing like Surgery Departmental M&M to get the week and our Twitter presence started! Our residents are advocating hard for improved care for our patients, lively discussions on what we could have done differently. Stay tuned for more updates! #rocketsurgery

Dr Kerri Simo, Division Chief of HPB Surgery has arranged a surgical simulation lesson for our residents on intraoperative hepatic ultrasound and microwave ablation! #rocketsurgery

Dr Jihad Abbas, MD, FACS, Professor of Vascular Surgery at UTCOMLS giving the residents an excellent lecture on Hemodialysis Access Management! Remember, an ulcer over an AVF is a surgical urgency! #RocketSurgery

Holiday cheers from all our residents at an early Christmas party hosted by Natalia Barragan, PGY-2! Happy holidays everyone!

Many congratulations to our superstar research resident Tania Torres-Ruiz, MD, PGY-3, on her research study being selected for an oral podium presentation at this year’s AHPBA conference! A deep dive into the step-up approach for necrotizing pancreatitis! #RocketSurgery

Dr Victoria Kim, MD, HPB Surgery attending at Promedica Toledo Hospital, giving us a phenomenal grand round lecture on the minimally invasive Whipple! Our patients deserve cutting edge care! #RocketSurgery

Excited to have Dr. Edward M. Barksdale, Jr., MD, Surgeon-in-Chief, University Hospitals Division of Pediatric Surgery with us today to deliver his phenomenal grand rounds lecture on Pediatric Gun Violence! #thetippingpoint #RocketSurgery

Congratulations to Omar Obaid, MD, PGY-1 for getting his research on peritoneal dialysis catheter placement techniques accepted for an oral presentation at the Central Surgical Association! #RocketSurgery #CSA2023

Excited for grand rounds today by Dr Bellal Joseph, MD, FACS, Chief of Division of Trauma Surgery at the University of Arizona! He will be talking to us about the underrepresented minority experience in medicine and surgery! #RocketSurgery

Super excited for our incoming intern class! Happy match day to everyone and especially our incumbent PGY-1’s!!! Welcome to #RocketSurgery! #Match2023

Great turnout with 3 of our residents selected as finalists at the annual resident research symposium of the Toledo Surgical Society! Congratulations to Asmita Chopra, PGY-3 for winning first place for her research on neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer!

It’s always amazing to listen to our PGY-5 chief residents give grand rounds and tell us their stories! Carol Angel on the challenges of the breastfeeding surgeon and Ahmed Bosaily on the management of obesity ahead of his MIS fellowship! Wishing them best of luck! #RocketSurgery

Many many congratulations to our PGY-4 residents on matching into fellowships! Dr Meghan Barber-Vascular Surgery at UChicago, Somaya Al-Embideen-CT Surgery at UNebraska and Motaz Al-Yafi-CT Surgery at VCU! So so proud of you all! #RocketSurgery

Phenomenal presence for our program at the Ohio Chapter ACS! Carly Chappell, PGY-2, Tania Torres-Ruiz, PGY-4, and Omar Obaid, PGY-1 all presented their research! Dr Al-Jubouri also gave an enlightening presentation on work-life balance! Omar won second place in the competition!

FLS Olympics today! Congratulations to Alexander Young, PGY-1 for clinching first place overall! Class winners: Christina Dubchuck, PGY-2, Maria Kenner, PGY-3, Somaya Al-Embideen, PGY-4, and Ahmed Bosaily, PGY-5, proud of you all! #RocketSurgery

Many congratulations to Dr Tania Torres-Ruiz, research resident, and Dr Omar Obaid, PGY-1 for getting their abstracts accepted at the 2023 ACS Clinical Congress! Excited to see you represent us at the biggest surgical conference! #ACSCC2023 #RocketSurgery

Department of Surgery Research Day 2023! Congratulations to Drs Miguel Hernandez, PGY1, Jimmy Stathakios, PGY1, Hassan Abbas, PGY2, LaToya Floyd, PGY1, Francisco Rodriguez, PGY1, and Omar Obaid, PGY-1 for winning! Thank you to everyone who presented their work! #RocketSurgery

Inpatient peritoneal dialysis catheters placed across the United States during a 3-year period: Lessons learned from 15,000 patients surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… Important SURGERY Journal manuscript from UToledo General Surgery Residency

Congratulations to our incoming intern class! You've worked incredibly hard to get to this point, we can't wait to meet you! #UToledoMatch2024 🚀