R Higham-Kessler, MD

General Surgery resident at the University of Arizona. Passionate about global health.

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

Two local children, Laura and Charleston, spent their Christmas money to write thank you cards to healthcare workers. 🥲 I never expect a thank you, but every one warms my heart. @UofAZSurgery @AZTraumaCats @topknife (Also, that’s the highest compliment a surgeon can get 😬)

[Dr. Shadowgazer @DShadowgazer]

[ operating room ]

anesthesiologist putting patient to sleep: “ 🎶 silent night 🎶 “

surgeon getting ready to cut them open: “ 🎶 holey night 🎶“

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

Life is beautiful.

[Dylan Burnette @MAG2ART]

The is a single cell as seen through a microscope. Actin filaments (purple), mitochondria (blue) the nucleus (orange) are shown. The excitation light caused phototoxicity. Does anyone know how I figure that out?
#CellBiology #Microscopy #SciArt

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

Even offering optional in person interviews puts applicants in an unfair position of weighing health versus career.

[Bryan Carmody @jbcarmody]

If a residency program director is so selfish as to willingly flout public health guidance, national recommendations, and good old fashioned common sense and *require* in person interviews... you might want to consider how they’re gonna treat you once you’re in their program.

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

@SarahSohail89 SICU or all ICU?

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

Life goals. Be more like the @DogtorsOffice.

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

This. As a reminder to everyone, including myself, who works in the high pressure environment of healthcare.

[Ryan K Harrison, MD @rkh_md]

A version of this should probably be placed in every hospital in the world.

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

🤔

[Elliot Tapper @ebtapper]

HepatoADrenal syndrome

Say WHAT?!

⌚️It's #tweetorial o'clock

Be prepared to:
1⃣Define adrenal insufficiency of critical illness
2⃣never look @ a lipid panel the same
3⃣respect how sick ppl w/#cirrhosis get

#MedTwitter #meded #livertwitter
1/

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

Can confirm.

[Keith Siau @drkeithsiau]

When a surgical consultant diagnoses AF on an ECG
https://t.co/evrP7FXCOE

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

@aarringtonmd @SurgOncUATucson Congratulations!!

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

@topknife @NKulvatunyou @AZTraumaCats @UofAZSurgery @UAZMedTucson @Lynn_Gries_AZ @mikeditillo @md_castanon @LBibleMD @MollyJDouglas @TaylorRiall @TanyaAnand8 @UofAZSurgeryRes @casmith0483 Well Deserved!!

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

@theblondeMD You can only say “Ok, message received” so many ways 😂.....I prefer the 👍🏻. It doesn’t have the ambiguity of the “Ok” which can interpreted as passive aggressive, indifference, or reluctance. At least when I read it 😳

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

@MatthewZeller3 Would love one of these for the biliary system! I always have to draw out why a patient needs an ERCP for choledocho....

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

@bryanacotton1 Study seems...realllly backwards. It’s like using plain film findings to grade the accuracy of a CT. 🤔

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

This is a totally silly meaningless poll. I mean our jobs are so much more than a popularit.....#TraumaTeam ACTIVATE!!! CODE RED! GO GO GO GO GO! ACTIVATE MASSIVE TRANSFUSION PROTOCOL!! @AZTraumaCats @azgericats @Lokhandwala @TanyaAnand8 @topknife @LBibleMD @SujataSahaMD

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

@Lynn_Gries_AZ

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

The more things change...

[Tim Mak @timkmak]

THREAD - History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes: a thread about the **Anti-Mask League** of 1919.

I'm not kidding I went HAM researching this

So, starting in Sept 2018 San Francisco suffered from Spanish Flu pandemic.

Initial mask wearing was good -- around 80 percent

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

@thembae_ The intensivists have been a bit....preoccupied for the last few months 🤔

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

Hoo boy am I in trouble when she finally joins twitter and reads my history.

[R Higham-Kessler, MD @H_K_MD]

I may have a better half, but her specialty is not better! #teamtrauma #booBabyCatchers