Patrick Molt, MD

Rural general surgeon

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@SeanLangenfeld Might depend on specialty and practice location. No did better than that as a rural general surgeon.
Big city cosmetic surgeon, maybe not so much.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@Sassafrass_84 Don't forget his side kick, Mr. Green Jeans. Not sure if the show was in color anywhere, but I just had to imagine what color his overalls were.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@Cody_Mullens @JAMASurgery Robotic cholecystectomy - a triumph of technology over common dense. Intuitive pushed it as “practice” for more advanced procedures. Who among us surgeons would agree to be the patient for another surgeon to practice on?

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@Sassafrass_84 Check the CDC website travel recommendations. Depends on where in Costs Rica you will be visiting.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@generalorthomd Prior auth required by Aetna for 15 tramadol after a hemorrhoidectomy. Expedited approval in 24-36 hours. Patients paid cash.

“Sometimes life is too ridiculous for words.” - Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@DrDiGiorgio @BehindTheKnife It’s worse than that. If you saw them in the clinic yesterday and dictated a note, you have to do an addendum that there has been no change overnight.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@atensnut #1. $1000 in 1988.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@EzraTeitelbaum @EricKnauerMD @DavidSeoMD @MichaelGarrenMD @cutitoutPODCAS1 Iseful to remember why the ultrasound was done. Most likely for biliary symptoms. I have done many cholecystectomies for “symptomatic polyps” with very rare instance of adenomas.
Take them out.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@Sassafrass_84 If you wrestle with a pig, you will both get muddy . . . but the pig will like it.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@Sassafrass_84 Where is your husband in all this. He should have fired up the smoker already. 😁

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@Gentleman_Ways I have a 3 step formula for success:
1) Show up
2) Be of a sober mind
3) try to do the right thing.

It has served me well for many years.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@AWignakumar @SWexner @SAGES_Updates @BoutrosMarylise @nirhoresh @MarcusOosenbrug It doesn’t require to create a perfect operative report for an imperfectly performed surgical procedure.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@rbarbosa91 @SeanLangenfeld “Pyramidal” programs were the rule 50 years ago. The “unfortunate” residents who were cut from General Surgery training became Orthopedic Surgeons and Urologists, specialties which came to be more remuniterave with better lifestyles.
Go figure.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@cchildersmd @AmCollSurgeons One of the problems is that time is taken into consideration. So if you are a slow surgeon you are more likely to be rewarded with a 22 modifier.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@AnnalsofSurgery And Illinois has limited access to surgical care for pediatric patients (under 14) to ambulatory cases only unless there is a pediatrician on call. Not only limits access but is disrespectful of the Family Practice physicians.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@JuddStrays @TaraBull TBN

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@LoggheMD @drkeithsiau I do. Fewer SSI for sure.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@dieworkwear Look at Dickey's classic blue denim barn coats.

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@Zigmanfreud 😭

[Patrick Molt, MD @cntrydr]

@Sheri065 Kelly (green).