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Finally! The man, the myth, the legend! Ron Barbosa MD FACS It is a pleasure to finally meet you in-person! #SAGES2025 SAGES is in Tampa in 2026!

Awesome session on managing difficult circumstances in hernia mesh. In particular, proud of Maggie Bosley, MD for so thoughtfully presenting on infected mesh scenarios—a big part of our hernia practice. #OHSUHernia

Residents, fellows and #SAGES2025 Mayo Bariatric Surgery is keeping busy @ SAGES!

Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD giving us pearls on how to avoid chronic pain in ventral hernia repair. Lucky I get to pick his brain regularly (daily)

Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD Maggie Bosley, MD Ryan Howard Annie Ehlers Ron Barbosa MD FACS Dr. Shirin Towfigh Courtney Collins Kaela (Parnell) Blake, MD V. Liana Tsikitis Ken Azarow Sean Orenstein a big Thank You to Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD for teaching a robotic hernia course for UW General Surgery Residents before heading down to LA for SAGES!

Congratulations to Ali Salim, MD, who has been appointed MGB AMC division chief of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery! Dr. Salim is a professor of surgery at HMS and has served as chief of the Division of Trauma, Burn, Surgical Critical Care & Emergency General Surgery at BWH since 2013

Join us tomorrow for the Hernia Surgery: Transition to Practice Webinar! Webinar Registration: tinyurl.com/yh3yr3hc Ryan M Juza Eric Knauer Katie Schlosser Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD Ben Fung

Hernia sac harvest to avoid an unecessary TAR. Saw my good friend Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD doing it and thought it was amazing! TAR is not mandatory for all. It's not "rent free" for the patient. We'll continue to preach the retromuscular mesh allocation in ventral repairs! This is the way

Wire-ready cholangiography, proximal power flush, balloons, scopes, lithotripsy! The residents learned the gamut today in our OSHU LCBDE lab. Watch out CBD stones-these guys are coming for you.

Very few faculty 1 year out of training can teach this course with confidence and experience. Lucky to have Maggie Bosley, MD teaching our trainees how to perform CBDE and interpret IOC. 50+ LCBDEs 1 year into practice. Shiva Jayaraman Eric Knauer Ron Barbosa MD FACS

Wonderful presentation in DC at the American College of Surgeons Leadership & Advocacy Summit by Shan L Kalmeta MD! Oregonians with Medicaid have significant denial rates for ventral hernia repair and abdominal wall reconstruction. Improving access to surgical care is necessary. #OHSUHernia

The first of many satellite hernia courses that we will be offering for American Hernia Society members. Thank you to our sponsor, Medtronic, and the amazing faculty for joining to provide a great hands-on course centered around AWR.

Life lessons from a great friend of ASGBI Ron Barbosa MD FACS

Excellent talk about complex abdominal reconstruction with tips and tricks with Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD visiting Jacksonville. Saw some cool cases done with our very own Tariq at OHSU #herniageeks #dominatetheday

Right inguinal hernia repair (TAPP) using sac abandonment technique—ideal when distal sac is adherent to cord structures. Standard mesh with fixation used. Safe, effective, and prevents unnecessary dissection risks. As my friend Vahagn C. Nikolian, MD taught me, #thisistheway