Mary Smithson

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

So thankful for a mentor like @HardimanKarin!! She’s brilliant, encouraging, and the hardest worker I know. So lucky to have been in her lab for 2 years! @UABSurgery

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

What an amazing experience! Thankful to @AsianAcadSurg for these incredible opportunities. Im now ruined for wine. Guess I’ll just have to come back next year!

[Daniel I-Hsin Chu | 朱以信 @DChu80]

Annual @AsianAcadSurg auction wine dinner (fundraiser for Foundation) at #ASC2023 - lovely evening nerding out on food & special wines w/ history, terroirs, and great company. Til 2024!

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

Great talk showing increased health literacy is correlated with increased ERP adherence by @shao_connie! Making @UABSurgery proud!! #ASCRS22

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

Having a blast at #ASCRS22!! So fun to present my work with @rhhollis and connect with friends. Can’t wait for a lifetime of ASCRS meetings with @hillaryrjohnson and all the rest of the amazing people I’ve met!!

[Hillary Johnson @hillaryrjohnson]

Conferences are great for connecting with residents from other programs! Honored to hear @MarySmithsonMD from @UABSurgery present her important work on racial disparities in colorectal cancer

I was lucky enough to meet her at ASC in February and reconnect this week at #ASCRS22!

[Hillary Johnson @hillaryrjohnson]

Conferences are great for connecting with residents from other programs! Honored to hear @MarySmithsonMD from @UABSurgery present her important work on racial disparities in colorectal cancer

I was lucky enough to meet her at ASC in February and reconnect this week at #ASCRS22!

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

Great talk by @hillaryrjohnson at #ASCRS22 about using protease inhibitors for the treatment of anal cancer in patients with HIV. Future is bright for colorectal surgery!! @WiscSurgery

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

@KraceGennedy I need a dining table! And I’m super close!! Maybe I’ll stop by on a walk??

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

Thanks to @SocSARS and @UnivSurg for allowing me to present today! Loved meeting all these wonderful people and getting to be a part of this great meeting! And always thankful for @UABSurgery and @herbchen for all the opportunities!

[Becke White @BeckeWhite]

@MarySmithsonMD represented @UnivSurg and @UABSurgery very well at the Surgical Research Society in Nottingham, England!

[Jaz Seehra-Boam @JazSeehraBoam]

Time for some relaxing and networking with some academic legend with some fantastic guests from America

@SocSARS #ConferenceDinner

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

Thrilled to be presenting @SocSARS on surgical differences in US vs UK. And of course had to brag on our amazing research experience @UABSurgery. Looking forward to the rest of the meeting and the next presentation!

[Sivesh K Kamarajah @Sivesh93]

Striking differences in surgical training and research between USA and UK

Longer hours but a trade off for being trained and dedicated theatre time for each trainee

@SocSARS

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

Such a fun afternoon with the @HardimanLab at @Topgolf celebrating the R01! These people make going to work everyday something to look forward to! @UABSurgery @HardimanKarin

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

When people ask me why I would ever want to do colorectal. THIS. Get to save lives while having a blast 🚀🚀get your colonoscopy! #MissionToUranus

[Colon Cancer Coalition @ColonCancerCoal]

Liftoff! #MissionToUranus is underway 🚀. This is the most important mission on earth – get screened. #CheckYourColon #Colonoscopy Learn more here https://t.co/83ZRYw0agR Join #MissionToUranus with a RT

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

First book chapter! So cool to see it in press! @HardimanKarin @UABSurgery

[Wim Ceelen @WimCeelen]

Sooo happy to see this in press! Many tx to @Sean1987 @HPrenen @HardimanKarin @MirandaKusters @lateuwen @JohnRTMonsonMD @TaniaSluckin @MarySmithsonMD @Jim_tiernan @TimonV @S_Trebeschi @GabrielleVanRam @lukevitzthum @ESSOnews @SocSurgOnc #colorectalcancer #colorectalsurgery

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

Check out my boss! Lots of exciting things coming from the @HardimanLab!! @HardimanKarin

[UAB Surgery @UABSurgery]

What an accomplishment! @UABGISurgery Associate Professor Dr. Karin Hardiman was named a recipient of an @NIH National Cancer Institute R01 award to study gastrointestinal cancer. The award amount is $1.9 million over five years. @uabmedicine
Read more: https://t.co/urMI6qZ9qV

[Adam Lucy, MD MSHQS @adamtlucy]

@UABSurgery #ASC2022 @AcademicSurgery Domination Recap:
⭐️#1 Abstracts
⭐️1st: Robot Sim @PeterAbraham92 / @WRongzhi
⭐️1st: Jeopardy @MarySmithsonMD /@kbmontgomery1
⭐️1st: Med Student QuickShot @chquinny
⭐️AAS Outstanding Research Resident @MarviTariq
⭐️Basic Science Plenary

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

Amazing talk by @JJulsonMD using pim kinases to promote differentiation in Neuroblastoma. Great work to come from this future pediatric surgeon!! @UABSurgery #ASC2022 @BeierleLab

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

Starting my day off hearing amazing talks from @adamtlucy and @shao_connie! Lots of great discussion about important topics! #ASC2022 @UABSurgery

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

First basic science paper in the books! Who knew basic science could be so fun?? Forever grateful to my mentor @HardimanKarin, @herbchen, and @UABSurgery!!

[Journal of Biological Chemistry @jbiolchem]

"Sialyltransferase ST6GAL-1 mediates resistance to chemoradiation in rectal cancer"

Smithson et al. conclude that ST6GAL-1 promotes resistance to chemoradiotherapy by inhibiting apoptosis in rectal #cancer cell lines — @UABSurgery @MarySmithsonMD

https://t.co/TGy8QNaq0h

[Connie Shao | 邵爱华 @shao_connie]

@UABSurgery loves a good Trauma/Critical Care Quickshot session! Great job @PeterAbraham92 @HudakKathrynMD @UABTrauma @AcademicSurgery #UABASC2022

[Mary Smithson @MarySmithsonMD]

Always fun to present and even more fun when your boss moderates it!! @HardimanKarin #ASC2022! @HardimanLab

[Melanie Morris @MelanieMorrisMD]

@MarySmithsonMD sharing her work on rectal cancer chemoradiation resistance with @HardimanKarin. Representing @UABSurgery well at #ASC2022! Great job!