So proud of Nicole Wilson for being selected as a Grosfeld Scholar and presenting her potentially game changing work in using PDT to decrease infections in perf appendicitis!! APSA Surgeons APSAFoundation URMC Department of Surgery #APSA24

Great presentation by Ms. Milovancev on development of comprehensive CPG for GT placement and its effects on time to full feeds and LOS. APSA Surgeons Children's at VUMC @VUMCSurgery #APSA2024

Teaching coaching skills and making connections! Supporting each other’s wellness. 😊 APSA Surgeons Children's at VUMC @VUMCSurgery #APSA2024

Thanks to the expertise of @MikeGisondi Jamie Robinson Gretchen Purcell Jackson and Sonoo Thadaney Israni. APSA Surgeons #APSA2024

Look at us now! Benjy Brooks luncheon. Learning more about JEDI in AI from Sonoo Tadaney Israni. APSA Surgeons #APSA2024

Positive psychology coaching supports pediatric surgery trainee well-being. Enhances reflection, goal setting, and coping skills. hln APSA Surgeons #APSA2024 #coaching

Parker Evans presenting his analysis of a pediatric Ambulatory Surgery Center impact on Surgery resident operative experience. No reduction in case numbers but a missed educational opportunity for all level learners. ⁦Children's at VUMC⁩ ⁦@VUMCSurgRes⁩ ⁦@VUMCSurgery⁩

KUDOS. Dr. Gallagher presenting on rural health for children at the American pediatric surgical Association @APSA annual meeting. Children's at VUMC Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Learn about #robotic pancreatic and HPB surgery from Children's at VUMC’s Dr. Irving Zamora @ 2nd Annual Robotic Surgery for Pediatric Surgeons conference (Aug 21-23) 👉🏻 nationwidechildrens.cloud-cme.com/course/courseo… IPEG Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. Nationwide Children's Clinical & Research Updates @KarenDiefenbach Irving J. Zamora Jeffry Upperman

Impactful work on finding solutions for patients with Hirschsprung disease. Also found out we share the same alma mater. Boola boola! Yale University

Happenings at TNACS annual mtg: Dr. Robinson sharing her experience at the ACS Leadership & Advocacy Summit, supported by TNACS Foundation. 👏👏👏 @VUMCSurgery Children's at VUMC Jamie Robinson

Honored to have led the Vanderbilt University Hospital to the American College of Surgeons Quality Verification Program status! We are committed to providing the highest quality of care for our patients! news.vumc.org/2025/04/04/van…

Greqt presentation by Dr. Kochis on the effectiveness of 2024 APSA Breakshops. #APSA25 Ben Zendejas Michael Kochis APSA Surgeons

Amazing lecture by Dr. MacKenzie on her fetal therapy work. U r making our world better. Congratulations on ur new directorship. We are cheering you on. @tippimackenize #APSA25

Strong presentations at APSA by our APPs, Ms. Milovancev and Matthews, on their QI work on appendicitis and GT placement care. Our APP team is ROCKIN’ it! (w the cheerleading team) Children's at VUMC #APSA25 Jeffry Upperman

Amazing presentation by Dr. Raval studying the implementation and clinical effectiveness of enhanced recovery protocols in children undergoing surgery (ENRICH-US). So proud to have participated as team members. Mehul V Raval APSA Surgeons #APSA25

Great presentation by Dr. Schuh about increase in water bead ingestion in children. Excited to have partnered with her team to support this research. APSA Surgeons #APSA25

Honored to present our ENRICH-US trial results #APSA25. Enhancing recovery for children undergoing GI surgery. 5y trial, ~600pts, 18 hosp. Clinical improvements! Implementation = success! PedSRC APSA Surgeons Lurie Children's NIH Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine ERAS® Society

Nitin Sajankila evaluating how we are doing adopting non-operative management of appendicitis. Great work! APSA Surgeons #APSA25

So much fun presenting w my colleagues on “Cutting Through the Noise: Surgical QI Team as Advocates for Evidence-Based Medicine”. Loved the audience engagement! American College of Surgeons Vanderbilt Health #ACSQSC25 Jeffry Upperman Joseph Sakran Lillian Kao Amy Liepert