Bellal Joseph

Trauma Surgeon part 🦄 and sometimes a researcher free spirit with a wild heart 🦁 🦅

[Bellal Joseph @Topknife]

We are surgeons and we operate beyond our knives and operating rooms.
Underneath our incisions is a world that we must be part of

#racism #gunviolence are public health issues

#ThisIsOurLane

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Today @TheLancet published our AMIE study with @BIDMC_Medicine, the first prospective study of patient-facing conversational diagnostics in a real clinic.

AMIE is a research system people can chat with before doctors appointments. Testing AMIE outside the lab with real urgent care patients showed how technology can help gather medical histories safely. Clinicians reported that the summaries helped them prepare for visits in 75% of cases and influenced their approach to care in more than half. AMIE’s differential diagnoses also matched the doctors’ final diagnoses 90% of the time giving clinicians more time to focus on patient care.

It’s Google’s first-ever paper in The Lancet’s main journal!

[Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) @acsJACS]

Robotic cholecystectomy cost about $5,200 more over 1 year without reducing bile duct injury.

Among 384,617 patients with acute cholecystitis, robotic cases had a marginally higher bailout rate but fewer downstream endoscopic and operative interventions after bailout.

Read the full ACS Scientific Forum article by @ZhiVenFongMD and colleagues, for free, at: https://t.co/CAXBydwm3z

[JAMA Surgery @JAMASurgery]

New #NationalInstitutesOfHealth awards to surgeon-scientists declined in 2025, driven mainly by fewer new R01 awards, while K awards remained stable. https://t.co/tNq2YK0VEr

[Bellal Joseph @Topknife]

@bryanacotton1 @rbarbosa91 Are they doing Robotic ECMO yet ?

I feel the same way about NeuroTrauma and Older Adult Trauma patients

They are Trauma — this won’t end well if we aren’t intentional

[Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) @acsJACS]

A new @TIME article highlights a JACS analysis of geographic disparity in surgeon supply across the US.

The study found that 38% of US counties have no general surgeon, affecting more than 15 million Americans.

Read the @TIME article at: https://t.co/aNgMGl06td

Find the JACS study at: https://t.co/1qb8gt0U4T

[Bellal Joseph @Topknife]

For those of us taking care of bleeding patients, this changes an important conversation at the bedside.

Respect for faith. Respect for patient autonomy. And understanding exactly what each patient will accept.

Worth the read and being informed.

https://t.co/Mc3PjdFTwm

[Bellal Joseph @Topknife]

AI can simulate empathy, but it cannot carry consequences
Physicians who learn to adapt it to their practice will lead the way.
#AiWillNeverReplaceMe

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

In the age of AI, what makes a physician REAL? https://t.co/cP8DNQGNvc

[JAMA Surgery @JAMASurgery]

For adult #Trauma with colon injury, primary repair or resection with anastomosis is preferred over routine diversion for most stable patients, while diversion is reserved for persistent physiologic derangement.

https://t.co/bPE9Doens5

[Bellal Joseph @Topknife]

Our Grady Trauma/ACS Fellows representing at #AAST2026.
Hardest-working crew in the business. We are building the best surgical training experience in the country at Grady. Proud of this team.
#NoEasyDays Built for the Worst
#FellowshipofTheSouthside 🍑

[Erin Scott, MD, MPH @erinmcscott]

Grady Trauma/ACS Fellows are here representing at #AAST2026 🙌🏼 @traumadoctors @traumadoctorsam @EmorySurgery @GradyHealth @Topknife

[SSB, MD, MBE @Aortologist]

🎉 1,000 citations! 🎉
I’m incredibly grateful to the mentors who have guided, challenged, & supported me along the way.

Thank you to everyone who’s been part of this journey, here’s to the next 1,000! 📚

@CoreLabUCLA @CUDeptSurg @UofUCTSurgery

[Pranamya Mahankali @MyaMahankaliDO]

DOs representing at #AAST2026

Loved seeing fellow osteopathic surgeon & U.S. Naval officer Dr. Shay Reinke take the podium to challenge whether the ACS TQIP benchmark for ICP monitoring holds up across trauma centers.

#AMatAM2026 #ACOS

[Matthew D. Neal, MD @macky_neal]

Grateful for the opportunity to serve as Interim Chair of @PittSurgery. For 27 yrs, Tim Billiar has built an extraordinary department & shaped generations of surgeons and scientists. It is a humbling privilege to help steward what he has built. Thank you, Tim. #Hail2Pitt @UPMC

[Bellal Joseph @Topknife]

Football is back ❤️

[Texas Football @TexasFootball]

That was nuts.

[Haytham Kaafarani @hayfarani]

Looking forward to visiting a dear country and working with @thefighter_sm , @Dr_MoH_ALjasmi, @Topknife & @moh_kuwait @salman_alsabah on elevating the level of trauma care to a dear population.

[Shahin Mohseni @thefighter_sm]

Greatful to head of surgical department @Dr_MoH_ALjasmi for his support to arrange the first Jahra Trauma Day and my brothers @Topknife & @hayfarani for visiting us and sharing their expertise @moh_kuwait @salman_alsabah

[Bellal Joseph @Topknife]

44% at 10 years. Apparently the appendix never forgets.

Take it out

[General Surgery News @gensurgnews]

What happens years after choosing antibiotics instead of appendectomy? New 10-year APPAC data offer some answers—and may further shape the conversation around nonoperative management of uncomplicated appendicitis: https://t.co/O0ufOPH3io #appendicitis

[Bellal Joseph @Topknife]

Said no Surgeon ever ...

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

The way to remember your scalpel blades

[Bellal Joseph @Topknife]

Should we start sprinkling in trauma laparotomy 👀 before closure

[JAMA Surgery @JAMASurgery]

Among patients undergoing open rectal resection for #RectalCancer, a powdered #ChondroitinSulfate adhesion barrier system reduced postoperative adhesion incidence, severity, and extent vs no additional procedure.

https://t.co/TGDj9Ho1Mc

[Bellal Joseph @Topknife]

❤️💯🙏

[BehindTheKnife @BehindTheKnife]

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[American Board of Surgery @AmBdSurg]

This week, Dr. Jo Buyske oversaw her final ABS All Boards Meeting as the ABS President & CEO. Thank you, Dr. Buyske, for your steadfast leadership! You will be greatly missed following your retirement in June 2027.