R. Debbie Li

Vascular surgery resident @LoyolaVascular | Postdoctoral fellow @Northwestern | all about rescuing dogs, food, travel

[R. Debbie Li @RDebbieLi]

@AnahitaDua @MGHVascular @MGHSurgery Hope you enjoy some good Chinese food! 🍻

[Anahita Dua MD MS MBA FACS @AnahitaDua]

A true honor to speak at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Vascular Forum. Thank you for the invitation to beautiful Guangzhou China! @MGHVascular @MGHSurgery

[Loyola's Department of Surgery @loyolasurg_dept]

Wednesday is #grandrounds, this week for our annual Keely Awards for the Chief Reaidents. First up is @RDebbieLi @LoyolaVascular who was with @XavierBerardMD at @CHUBordeaux!

“French Pearls” seemed to have benefit this her in aortic surgeries. Spoons can be part of the tray!

[Maggie Reilly @MaggieReillyMD]

Highlights from @VascularSVS #VAM2025! Loved seeing presentations by @DrewBraetMD, @christinalcui, @RDebbieLi, @LaraLopesMD & more! I was honored to present work with Dr. Fedor Lurie as moderator - he was my first research mentor in med school! Very lucky to have amazing mentors!

[Xavier Berard @XavierBerardMD]

For Surgical Gourmet.
Our antique spoon to quickly clean out an infected aneurysm sac and send samples to the lab.
#aortaEd @RDebbieLi
No disclosure, our 4 aortic box set include one for decades🤣

[R. Debbie Li @RDebbieLi]

@XavierBerardMD My favorite tool of all time! Multipurpose 😂😂

[R. Debbie Li @RDebbieLi]

@XavierBerardMD 🤩🤩 bummer I missed this one!

[Loyola Vascular Surg @LoyolaVascular]

We were honored to have Dr. Ross Milner as our 16th annual William H Baker lecturer. This honorary lectureship was established by Dr. Milner himself in 2010. @UChicagoAorta @loyolasurg_dept

[Xavier Berard @XavierBerardMD]

Extending a NAIS to get the requested length and the proper diameter
Tapered tubulized bovine pericardium (20 to 10 ml Syringe as mandrel) combined to the 2 femoral veins.

[R. Debbie Li @RDebbieLi]

What an absolutely amazing and rewarding experience! Made possible by @loyolasurg_dept @LoyolaVascular @cfbechara @BAulivolaMD @VivianGahtanMD and the best @XavierBerardMD. Grateful for having the opportunity to learn from the best 🙏 more to come 😁

[Xavier Berard @XavierBerardMD]

Chicago scrubs in Bordeaux!
@RDebbieLi PGY-5 from @LoyolaVascular pictured during her third open aortic repair together. Thank you @LoyolaSurgery @BAulivolaMD and @cfbechara , @VascularSVS for setting this one-week visit in @CHUBordeaux #aortaEd

[Duke Vascular @DukeVascular]

Congrats to @MaggieReillyMD on a great presentation on the impact of hospital and program support staff on trainee wellbeing. @christinalcui @ColemanDM_vasc @VESurgery #VESS25

[Matthew Smeds @mattsmeds]

Very nice talk on amputations in the unhoused population in Chicago by group from @LoyolaVascular @VESurgery #VESS25

[VSB-ABS @vsb_abs]

In this article from the #VSBABS, authors explore whether examiner ratings and likelihood of passing the #VascularSurgery #CertifyingExamination are influenced by gender concordance among examiners and examinees - https://t.co/3CWP6YYGLF

[American College of Surgeons @AmCollSurgeons]

The changing professional landscape for physicians and some recent decisions from the National Labor Relations Board mean that more physicians than ever are eligible to unionize.

Attorney Jeremy Lewin breaks down the issue of unionization for surgeons. https://t.co/iul4P8RAYJ

[Scott Painter @ScottPainterMD]

Bittersweet day, very thankful but the past 2w have not been as planned due to an injury and I missed out on @cfbechara last wks at LUMC! But beyond grateful for the training, encouragement and motivation. Thank you, Chief, wish you the best, I know we’ll see each other soon!

[R. Debbie Li @RDebbieLi]

Thank you for being the best mentor, surgeon, teacher we can ask for. Grateful for being able to learn from you since medical school. It’s not goodbye when you are just down the street. See you at graduation 😆🙏❤️ @cfbechara @LoyolaVascular

[cfbechara @cfbechara]

Theses amazing trainees make it so difficult to say goodbye, so proud of them ❤️@RDebbieLi @LorelaWeise @vamsi_potluri @K_ChawlaMD @paulapintoro . Missing in the group pic our senior fellow @ScottPainterMD

[R. Debbie Li @RDebbieLi]

@cfbechara @canuc_57 Thank you for your patience and best teaching in OR 🙏🙏🙏

[cfbechara @cfbechara]

End-side ABF, with degenerated ~6cm proximal anastomosis, occluded bil EIA, patent right IIA. High risk for open repair, vague abd pain. We did evar, renal laser fen, and outer branch for the right IIA preserving pelvic flow ⁦@RDebbieLi⁩ showing off her skills! #aortaed

[Loyola's Department of Surgery @loyolasurg_dept]

Farewell Dr. Bechara @LoyolaVascular and thank you for the care you provided our patients! @VivianGahtanMD @LoyolaHealth @LoyolaMedEd @LoyolaHealth @LoyolaSurgery @BAulivolaMD @K_ChawlaMD @LorelaWeise @msoultmd @khalilqatoMD @RDebbieLi

[Karen J. Ho, MD @karenholab]

Chicago-Wide Vascular Surgery Journal Club will meet in person only TONIGHT at Northwestern! 6-7:30 PM
@VessVsig members welcome!

Paper assignments: https://t.co/MN4y4mo9Xt

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