Patrick Greiffenstein

Trauma surgeon, husband, and father living, loving and lending a hand in the cultural incubator of America, New Orleans

[Patrick Greiffenstein @GreiffenPatrick]

#mylane. I’m a trauma surgeon in one of the US cities with highest gun violence. I live in this lane. NRA is just a visitor here. We are up all night replacing blood lost, plugging up holes, trying to piece lives back together long after the smoke has cleared and gun is cold

[Patrick Greiffenstein @GreiffenPatrick]

@CWISociety is working to advance understanding and treatment of chest wall injuries, the neglected step-child of trauma. Please join our effort

[Patrick Greiffenstein @GreiffenPatrick]

@shubasu I would add Walt Whitman, the nameless man who stood in front of the tank at Tienamin Square, TE Lawrence, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Simon Bolivar, Peter Matthiesson, Michael Landon, Steve Irwin, Fred Noonan (A. Earhart's navigator), Pope Francis, Albert Schweitzer