"Exceptional pt care is akin to a ballet performance. Synergistic team interactions, thoughtful decisions, and deliberate actions are all critical steps in the dance of pt care."-@HH__Wang@JamesGammieMD@HopkinsCTSurg@george_peabody#MedTwitter https://t.co/tT1qfyBB2N
Congrats to @HopkinsCTSurg grads @HH__Wang & Bryon 🎉, the newest inductees of the prestigious Blalock Society. A wonderful celebration with faculty (including @AhmetKilicMD & @SteveYangMD - 2023 Golden Apple Teaching Award Winners), previous graduates, and friends!
Dr. McCann:
Advice for patients
1. Take quinine for cramps, it can come in a pill or from tonic water, which is better if taken with gin
2. You are not at risk of starving to death
3. What's the use of living to 100 if you sleep for 99 years?
Dr. McCann
VA
1. Pharmacy, do you have beef heparin? My patient can't have pork
2. You missed! To the Tug that almost cornered him
3. You know why it takes so long to log in? To prevent the Ruskies from hacking into our system. They really want to look at this guy's angiogram
Dr. McCann
On surgery:
1. You seem to be laboring under the misconception that there is anything graceful about this operation
2. We've declared a war on diabetes
3. You know why we shunt? To keep the yelling and swearing at the resident to a minimum
Dr. McCann:
Patient selection
1. We need to make sure he's alive before we go on the great American vein hunt
2. If you keep smoking you are not going to leave this world with two legs
3. You've escaped the knife this time
4. Where's his punch card? He gets this toe amp for free