Chao Long Azad, MD MPH

Plastics resident @HopkinsPlastic via @StanfordMed @Princeton @JohnsHopkinsSPH @ReSurge @CNHC_research | Surgery for all | -plasty to @tdazad's cranio- | 🐶mama

[Johns Hopkins Global Surgery @JHGlobalSurgery]

The 2025 Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Symposium is happening April 5, 2025 at the Armstrong Medical Education Building (AMEB)!

🔗 RSVP: https://t.co/wKGhV0AC16

#JHGlobalSurgery #GlobalSurgery

[Chao Long Azad, MD MPH @ChaoLongAzad]

Inspiring morning @HopkinsPlastic @HopkinsMedicine The Paul Manson Lectureship and Alumni Reunion

“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more” - @rredett

Lucky to be a part of this legacy of innovation and excellence in education, research, & clinical care!

[ReSurge International @ReSurge]

A ground-breaking study confirms what we have been saying for decades — that training is the most effective and sustainable way to address the unmet surgical burden of disease in low-income countries. Learn more: https://t.co/vUdEN8XlDx

[Dominique Vervoort @DVervoort94]

"You are a high-performer. Are you living a high-performance life?"

Dr. @GraemeRosenberg @KeckMedicineUSC highlights that our infrastructure is not built around high performance, but we can take important steps.

"It's not an us-problem; it is a systems-problem."

#AATS2024

[Mark Fisher MD, FACS @MarkDFisherMD]

Burns are a global problem causing not just disability and death, but social isolation that is hard to fully appreciate. Had a great session together on our global plastic surgery work this week with @rredett @ChaoLongAzad at the Johns Hopkins Global Surgery Symposium.

[Chao Long Azad, MD MPH @ChaoLongAzad]

A year ago Dr. Rose Alenyo hosted us at her hospital @kirudduNRH in Uganda, and this week we hosted her at @HopkinsMedicine @HopkinsPlastic. This bidirectional learning and teaching is what it's all about! #globalsurgery @cosecsa @ReSurge @JHGlobalSurgery

[Richard Redett @rredett]

Happy to have #plasticsurgeon Dr. Rose Alenyo from @kirudduNRH Kampala, Uganda as a visiting surgeon @HopkinsPlastic. @ChaoLongAzad @cosecsa @ReSurge

[Chao Long Azad, MD MPH @ChaoLongAzad]

Lucky to work with and learn from these two role models who set the high bar for patient care that I aspire to!

[Richard Redett @rredett]

I have rounded on my patients nearly every Saturday for 30 years. I like weekend rounds and it’s always better when you can do it with the residents like @HopkinsPlastic Scott Sylvester.

[Rob Leeper @rob_leeper]

Doing MORE trauma neurosurgery is GOOD for patients. Love studies that confirm my biases;) Well presented by @tdazad and clearly well supervised by @elliotthaut and @DctrJByrne

#ACSCOT2024

[Chao Long Azad, MD MPH @ChaoLongAzad]

Guidelines recommend BMD testing after fragility fx, yet we found low testing rates (12%) after distal radius fx. Those tested had lower rates of subsequent fx

Hand surgeons- referring pts w low energy DRF for osteoporosis w/u can ensure early dx & prevent future fx!

@theaviram

[J Hand Surg Am- ASSH @JHandSurg]

Bone Health Screening Prior to #Medicare Eligibility — #OsteoporosisScreening and Fracture Prevention After #DistalRadiusFractures in Patients Aged 50–59

@MedStarHealth @HopkinsMedicine @CNHC_research

#HandSurgery #BoneMineralDensity #FragilityFracture

https://t.co/6cISrv8u0Y

[Chao Long Azad, MD MPH @ChaoLongAzad]

Excited to share the technique and clinical report for a new nerve transfer (brachioradialis -> ECRL/B) that helps restore active wrist extension in SCI patients! Now in @TechHandSurgery

[Hopkins Med News @HopkinsMedNews]

New nerve transfer restoring active wrist extension in patients w/ #SpinalCordInjury – enabling pinching, grasping & release of items – is detailed in @TechHandSurgery (https://t.co/Yjp1zSUCa8) by @HopkinsMedicine @HopkinsPlastic & @HopkinsNsurg. @ChaoLongAzad #SamiTuffahaMD

[Sherry Wren @sherrywren]

Excited to be part of this symposium and get to spend time with the other speakers and @JHGlobalSurgery attendees. Thank you for the invitation!

[Chao Long Azad, MD MPH @ChaoLongAzad]

@tdazad Where's that "hide reply" button again?

[Chao Long Azad, MD MPH @ChaoLongAzad]

Helpful review of 'rapidly absorbable' sutures for plastics, ENT, and OMFS residents:

[Ron Barbosa MD FACS @rbarbosa91]

🧵regarding the 'rapidly absorbable' sutures, which are used less often than other suture types, but fill specific roles in a number of different surgical specialties.

We'll go over the uses of (and differences between) Chromic, plain gut, 'fast' gut, and Vicryl Rapide.
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[Chao Long Azad, MD MPH @ChaoLongAzad]

Register now for our annual @HopkinsMedicine
@JHGlobalSurgery Global Surgery Symposium!

Esp. excited to host the inimitable @sherrywren, who has mentored & inspired myself & countless others in #globalsurgery

@JohnsHopkinsSPH @JHUGlobalHealth @StanfordCIGH @StanfordSurgery

[Johns Hopkins Global Surgery @JHGlobalSurgery]

The 2024 @JHGlobalSurgery Symposium will occur on April 6, 2024 (in person w/ virtual options for the plenary talks)! Guest speakers include Kofi Boahene (Hopkins), Emmanuel Ameh (National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria), and Sherry Wren (Stanford). RSVP here:

https://t.co/yEDsuAB6k9

[Ian Wong, MD @IanHYWong]

@JHGlobalSurgery @HopkinsPlastic @OdonkorMichelle @ChaoLongAzad @HopkinsMedicine @hopkinssurgery @SOTASociety Here's the link if you missed it!
https://t.co/ijB85pQlW9

[Richard Redett @rredett]

Commemorating the trailblazing spirit of E. Blackwell, MD, who in 1849 became the first American woman to earn a medical degree, we honor the vital roles that @WomenSurgeons play in patient care, medical research, education and leadership in #plasticsurgery. #NWPD @HopkinsPlastic

[Chao Long Azad, MD MPH @ChaoLongAzad]

Excited to be chatting about one of my favorite topics - building global plastic surgery capacity - at journal club this Wednesday! Hope to see you there :)

[Johns Hopkins Global Surgery @JHGlobalSurgery]

Join us for our journal club this upcoming Wednesday (Jan. 17) at 6:30p ET! We'll be discussing Building Global Plastic Surgery Capacity with Dr. Chao Long Azad! @HopkinsPlastic

Link to register: https://t.co/07w7SgGlmy

[Johns Hopkins Global Surgery @JHGlobalSurgery]

Join us for our journal club this upcoming Wednesday (Jan. 17) at 6:30p ET! We'll be discussing Building Global Plastic Surgery Capacity with Dr. Chao Long Azad! @HopkinsPlastic

Link to register: https://t.co/07w7SgGlmy

[Richard Redett @rredett]

Congrats to @HopkinsPlastic Dr. Sami Tuffaha for receiving his first #NIH R01 grant for their work “Long-acting Injectable Protein Delivery System for Functional Repair of Peripheral Nerve Injury”. Sami and Hai-Quan Mao, PhD are MPI’s and Ahmet Hoke, MD, PhD is a co-PI.

[James Byrne MD PhD @DctrJByrne]

Congratulation to Tej Azad (@tdazad) on a brilliant presentation at the @acsTrauma Region III Resident Paper Competition today. Truly a multi-talented rising star bridging the worlds of neurosurgery and trauma.