ACS recommends to review all scheduled elective procedures to minimize, postpone, or cancel cases until COVID19 inflection point is reached to allow infrastructure to support a potentially rapid and overwhelming uptick in critical patient care needs.” email.facs.org/q/1tcHpbAby4eP…

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Calling 2020 Applicants! Join us to learn more about the UMass General Surgery residency program. Ask questions, meet current residents and faculty. Link to sign up in bio! . . . #generalsurgery #residency… instagram.com/p/CCby4_XgUia/…

Get involved! Great #MedEd opportunity: NRMP Board seeks nominations for 2 Director positions, 1 Resident/Fellow Director position, & 1 Student Director position. Terms start 7/1/21. Deadline is 12/1/20. Details: ow.ly/o98C50BYAEI #MedEd #MedStudentTwitter

Get involved! Great #MedEd opportunity: NRMP Board seeks nominations for 2 Director positions, 1 Resident/Fellow Director position, & 1 Student Director position. Terms start 7/1/21. Deadline is 12/1/20. Details: ow.ly/xHdk50CbowQ #MedEd #MedStudentTwitter

We might not be able to show you around campus in person right now but that doesn't mean you still can't explore @UMassMedical! #campustour #virtualtour #whyumassmed bit.ly/UMassMedCampus…

NRMP is seeking nominations for vacancies on its Board of Directors. Interested? Click here ow.ly/MJ5T50GiT2j & learn about open seats, director qualifications, links to online applications, and much more. Nominations due Dec 1. Take advantage of a great opportunity!

Interview season is in full swing! NRMP has a useful 'Policy Pitfalls for Applicants' video that focuses on applications/interviews & explains how to successfully navigate Match policies. Watch the video: ow.ly/7FTA30rYccF #Match2022 #FellowMatch #MedEd #MedStudentTwitter

NRMP seeks nominations on its Board of Directors. If you're interested, click here nrmp.org/call-for-nomin… for information about open seats, director qualifications, links to online applications, & directions for submitting nominee packets. Great #MedEd opportunity!

Partners In Health announced that its founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda. Dr. Farmer was 62 years old. He is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children. 1/🧵

The second annual MCW Surgical Oncology Current Fellows and Alumni lunch also had 100% attendance #SSO2023 Chad Barnes (photo by Sam Thalji MD)

We are always looking for ideas and ways to improve the Match process – we need your input on the consideration of a voluntary locking function for program rank order lists. Learn more and provide feedback at: ow.ly/Yshj50NrF5L. #Match2023 #Match2024 #FellowMatch #MedEd

Congratulations to our Chair-extraordinaire, Dr. Demetrius Litwin, on being awarded the 2023 SAGES Pioneer in Surgical Endoscopy Award. This award recognizes Dr. Litwin's lifelong, significant contributions to surgical endoscopy. SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! UMass Chan Medical School UMass Memorial Health

Attention medical students - MCW Cancer Center is hosting their second annual Careers in Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research Symposium on Saturday, September 30! The symposium creates a space for medical students to engage in hands-on #learning through interactive case

Incredible talk in a full room by Skye C. Mayo, MD, MPH from OHSU Knight Cancer Institute about the use of NGS in periop management for biliary tract cancers at Society of Surgical Oncology’s #SSO2024

At #SSO2024 Resident Program’s “So, you want to be a surgical oncologist” Callisia Clarke MD from MCW Surgery gives overview of CGSO fellowship to a room full of the future of Surgical Oncology Society of Surgical Oncology

Great opportunity to hear from Dr. MacNeill and Dr. Mann about Climate Change and Cancer Care at #SSO2024. Incredible initiatives underway to decarbonize healthcare upstream and make health services low carbon + high quality Andrea MacNeill Society of Surgical Oncology

Who says you can’t have it all? Drs. Timothy Newhook, Ana Gleisner, Rebecca Auer, and Michael D’Angelica offer insights on management of colorectal liver metastases at the same time as the #SSO2024 ice cream social 🍦Society of Surgical Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Join the SSO Fellows and Young Attendings Committee for a discussion packed with insights on thriving in breast and complex general surgical oncology fellowships! This webinar is ideal for incoming and current fellows and residents. Don't miss out:ow.ly/MXeS50SKsux

“Oh my god… I have no words.” Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was