It's an honor and a privilege to take care of patients every single day. One of my students challenged me to daily record the cases I do in a quick summary. Here goes… #ThoracicSurgery
Loved @HoustonDash womens soccer game last night! Fill the stands.
Let our kids witness:
⚽️ Teamwork teaching trust.
⚽️ Hard work earning greatness.
⚽️ Competition building courage.
⚽️ Role models worth cheering for.
When girls watch women compete fearlessly, they can imagine themselves doing the same.
HCA’s margin is 16%. The Mayo Clinic’s CEO makes $4M. The village priest runs St. Jude’s balance sheet through the Caymans. And the family doctor is the greedy one for wanting $200 cash for a physical.
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As a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons for over 20 years, I encourage members to act together to stop Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from finalizing a 2.5% cut to work relative value units (wRVUs).
This is a call to action.
https://t.co/RBzSaWosyG
Surgery is a "wicked" environment: feedback is delayed, noisy, and often biased. My essay on why experience doesn't always equal mastery, and how to learn when the feedback loops are broken.
https://t.co/mkHMtpskBV
#MedTwitter#Surgery#MedEd
"The term [provider] should not be used to describe physicians, nor should physicians use it to describe themselves, their team members, or their trainees."
https://t.co/C1hEu3mUr2 @AnnalsofIM@ACPIMPhysicians
Welcome Dr. Nirmal Sharma as our new Co-Director of the @bcmhouston Baylor College of Medicine Lung Institute, located in Houston Texas in the @TXMedCenter @BCMLungInst #LungDisease#LungTransplant 🫁 I cannot wait to see what we accomplish together!
Honored to stand with the extraordinary Thoracic Surgery Tapias Family: Drs. Luis & Leo Tapias with their father- All three Thoracic Surgeons! Each are excellent. What an honor to have all present at the annual #STS2026 meeting #Colombia#ThoracicSurgFamilies