Grateful for this opportunity! I came to CHOP years ago with little to my name and developed tangible skills and vision for measuring & improving healthcare delivery. Beyond thrilled to do what I can to help us all move our missions and work forward.

Delighted to have Dr. Vbivktoporu? as the 2021 UAB Surgery Michigan Surgery visiting professor - sharing her important NIH funded work on #palliative care in surgery - major needs and opportunities for improved care herb chen Justin B. Dimick

Super proud of mentee and Michigan Surgery faculty Amir A. Ghaferi who today was named Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) of the University of Michigan Medical Group! Amir will bring great energy, innovation, and leadership to move Michigan Medicine forward!

Meet your new vice chair of faculty life! Congratulations to Erin Perrone for this appointment. 👏👏👏

Proud of @UMichCHOPFellow digging in for Week of 2 STATA Bootcamp! Instead of losing, we actually *gained* more people. Way to go Nick! (We also got a record player and a Polaroid.)

Thankful for Nick, our recent addition to the CHOP analyst team, who has stepped up to lead our STATA bootcamp for new fellows! 🙏 His mantra that I love, “No coder left behind.” #RaisingAllBoats #MentorToTheMax

Thanks to @kiranlagisetty from Michigan Surgery for joining the A2CPS - Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures to share major state of #Michigan QI effort to reduce #opioid prescribing after cardiac and thoracic #surgery. Major reductions without changes in #pain, refill requests and as before opioid consumption

So very excited to learn and grow under the mentorship of Justin B. Dimick, John Z. Ayanian, & Andrew Ryan during a AHRQ K-08 Career Development Award on "Long-term trauma outcomes & insurance policy." So much to learn, but so grateful for the support of Michigan Surgery & U-M IHPI

So excited to be a part of #ASSH21 Health Policy and Advocacy Symposium…and very excited to include one of our amazing Michigan Medicine M2s Victor Agbafe to highlight his #advocacy journey to inspire others #SoProud ASSH

It was an honor and a pleasure to present and share a framework for health policy advocacy that surgeons can use in advocating for patient-centered changes in our healthcare system at the ASSH #ASSH21 Health Policy and Advocacy Symposium!!

🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to Erika Adams Newman on being appointed the Michael W. Mulholland, M.D., Ph.D. Research Professor!

The inaugural recipient of the Jim Knol, M.D., Early Career Endowment Fund is... @Gifty_Kwakye_MD! Like the fund's namesake, Dr. Knol, Dr. Kwakye has demonstrated a commitment to clinical education and innovative clinical program development. Congratulations!

Building equitable partnerships can provide a strong foundation for impactful research in health equity. Join us for "Co-Designing for Impact: The Aga Khan University & University of Michigan Partnership" seminar on Thur 2/10 from 8-9:30am Learn more & register myumi.ch/j2Zrx

Congratulations to @Gifty_Kwakye_MD for your promotion to Clinical Associate Professor! 🎉

Congratulations Ryan Howard for receiving Young Investigator Award and sharing his effort to improve hernia care! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 You are such an inspiration and I really appreciate our times geeking out about CQIs. 🤩 Linking 🔗 his most recent JAMA publication. 😌 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

So proud of this this crew @UMichCHOPFellow ! Sad to see them off, but incredibly proud of all the impact they’ve had during their academic development time! #GoBlue

Outstanding editorial by my Michigan Surgery co-resident Valeria Valbuena, MD MSc!

Hey, Employers. Want to improve the health of the women in your company? We have a few ideas for you! bit.ly/3NbgOjW Thanks Harvard Business Review for elevating this important topic! Ryan Howard Michael Englesbe Dee Fenner MD Justin B. Dimick John Z. Ayanian U-M IHPI

In an emotional thank you Akbar Waljee, MD MSc spoke of his journey from Kenya to the prestigious Michigan Medicine Lyle C. Roll professorship as he celebrated with his family, wife, Dr. Jennifer Waljee and daughters, Elise and Corrine #AIHealth U-M IHPI MichiganAI UM-MiCHAMP

Akbar Waljee, MD MSc thanks LearningHealthSci-UM chair, Dr. Charles P. Friedman and other department colleagues and friends at a reception to congratulate Dr. Waljee on his newly awarded Lyle C. Roll Professorship!