Anand Brahmandam

Vascular Surgeon @NMsurgery @NMCardioVasc via @YaleVascular | All actions my own | RT/L ≠ E

[Maggie Reilly @MaggieReillyMD]

Stop by the Northwestern table at the VAM Residency Fair for some swag and the best team ever! @VascularSVS @FutureVascSurgn

[Karen J. Ho, MD @karenholab]

Calling all future vascular surgeons! The Northwestern VSIG is having its inaugural event TOMORROW, 4/4/24, at 5:30 pm. Details are below:
@NMSurgery @VessVsig @MaggieReillyMD @andybrahm

[Anand Brahmandam @andybrahm]

@Dr_Tonnessen Intracranial AVM

[Britt H. Tonnessen @Dr_Tonnessen]

Editorial from me and @BAulivolaMD on the recently published #ivus expert opinion. #OpenAccess Read and share your opinions.
https://t.co/RQ4kJ6Jaum

[Anand Brahmandam @andybrahm]

@paulapintoro STRONG!💪🏽

[Karen J. Ho, MD @karenholab]

Listen up, all future vascular surgeons: Northwestern U. has a new Vascular Surgery Interest Group (VSIG)!

Check out the med students, residents and faculty who worked hard to make this happen!

@NUFeinbergMed @VascularSVS @VESSVSIG @MaggieReillyMD @andybrahm @NMCardioVasc

[Alan Dardik MD PhD @adardik]

Congratulations @andybrahm and @rafaelsalomaoalves on their new @JVS_VascSci paper https://t.co/2uf8N2R3BV showing that an AVF reduces systemic hypertension in a mouse model; great translational science! @YaleMed @YaleVascular @YaleSurgery @VascularSVS

[Adam Johnson MD, MPH @Adam_mdmph]

Tell all your friends. @AudibleBleeding. Our VSITE e-book is now available as a PDF. Just click the icon in the sidebar to download. Enjoy! https://t.co/GNiSRNQM7T

[Society for Vascular Surgery @VascularSVS]

To honor the legacy of the late Dr. James S.T. Yao, MD, PhD, the Yao family and the Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation introduce the James S.T. Yao Resident Research Award, formerly known as the Resident Research Award. https://t.co/Mazu0p4tWc

[Max Wohlauer, MD @doctormaxw]

Thank you to the 41 participating Vascular Residency Programs📝 Medical Students don’t miss out! Sign up now 🎟️ https://t.co/buBxPn3MSq

[VESurgery @VESurgery]

The 4th Annual @VESurgery Virtual Residency Fair will be held on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 6:00pm CST. Last year's event featured 40 programs with 138 applicants! We look forward to a similar level of participation and engagement this year!

Sign up today!
https://t.co/7ev3XS0Djx

[Anand Brahmandam @andybrahm]

@Dr_Tonnessen @YaleVascular FOMO

[Anand Brahmandam @andybrahm]

Very powerful, brave and an important read!

[Mohini Dasari MD MS @modawrites]

A piece I wrote in the wake of leaving my surgical fellowship. Thanks @kevinmd for publishing

Original Title: I Didn't Quit; I left

https://t.co/7hHbbzZopm

[Adam W. Beck @AWBeckMD]

Excellent and timely article @katie_thomas, @anniewaldman, @andrewfordnews and @ikeswetlizt, thank you. If I were a patient with #PAD, this would scare the hell out of me, and probably should.
A few important takeaways from this if you're a patient:

-Doctors do get paid for procedures, so they are inherently conflicted in some ways.
-In some settings, doctors can make tremendous amounts of money doing certain procedures, and this can be intoxicating and lead to overtreatment and nefarious business practices
-Despite this, most doctors want to help you. But you should advocate for yourself and always consider a second opinion when you are offered a procedure.
-All #PAD does not need a procedure!
-Patients with claudication (pain in the legs when walking due to poor blood flow) most often don't need a procedure.
-If you are a claudicant, you are very unlikely to lose your leg. And plaques/atherosclerosis/hardening of the arteries/peripheral arterial disease/peripheral vascular disease (all terms to describe the same thing) in your legs do not cause strokes or heart attacks (but are a marker of you being high risk for those problems)
-If a doctor tells you that they think you should NOT have a procedure, listen! They are a good doctor.
-If you can quit smoking(!!!), get on a statin medication (if you are able...even if your cholesterol isn't high), take an antiplatelet medication like aspirin, and walk, walk, and WALK some more, you will lower your risk of amputation and will improve your symptoms without a procedure
-Nothing can MAKE you quit smoking, but your doctor can help you.
-Sometimes atherosclerosis can be severe and become what is called Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia (CLTI for short), manifested as pain at rest or leg wounds due to very poor blood flow, and this may require a procedure to save your leg.
-Sometimes this can be done with wires, catheters, balloons and even atherectomy (little data, long story). Sometimes surgery ("bypass") is better! This is a complicated decision process and depends on the severity of ischemia, the extent of your blockages, and your overall health
-Not all legs can be saved unfortunately, and sometimes amputation is the only treatment option. Your doctor can help you get through this, rehabilitate and it is possible to walk again afterwards.
-Make sure to ask your doctor if they participate in quality registries such as the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR). Doctors that follow their outcomes are simply better doctors.
@CaitlinWHicks @nichosbo @VascularSVS @ACCinTouch

[Alan Dardik MD PhD @adardik]

Honored to present the @VascularSVS 2023 von Liebig lecture at #VRIC2023 now published on the @JVS_VascSci homepage https://t.co/G6Z9X6rvJN and https://t.co/zfy1C0dUb4 Strong #surgeonscientists @YaleVascular @YaleSurgery @YaleMed @NitaAhujaMD

[JVS-Cases Innovations and Techniques @JVascSurgCIT]

Highlighting a #GeneticArteriopathies case report today from our latest edition. 1.) Because it's an awesome case. 2.) To remind you to submit your case for our Genetic Arteriopathies special issue guest edited by @ShereneShalhub and @westleyohman

https://t.co/99KCP889zb

[Joseph Sakran @JosephSakran]

The impact of #GunViolence on Healthcare workers is real.

Dr. Benjamin Mauck, an orthopedic surgeon was murdered today.

Thinking of his family, friends, and colleagues like @MemphisFisch.

Let’s make sure we #HonorWithAction @ThisIsOurLane
https://t.co/jOD437KE45

[Anand Brahmandam @andybrahm]

@Dr_Tonnessen By letting me keep my shoes on

[Anand Brahmandam @andybrahm]

@RMotaganahalli @MdChaar @YaleVascular @YaleSurgery @YaleMed Thank you!