❗️NEW @JAMANetworkOpen@JAMANetwork
COVID-19 alcohol use and liver transplantation
Waiting list registrations and deceased donor liver transplants for alcoholic hepatitis ⬆️ significantly during the pandemic, exceeding forecasted volumes by more than 50%
https://t.co/iHBXPhlfjb
How is it already January? COVID surge or not, the @MichiganLEAGUES team is moving forward with another virtual offering of our summer program! Applications open this Friday, and any MS1 in the US is eligible to apply
✅Stipend
✅Research
✅Networking
✅Advocacy
✅Tons of fun!
Congratulations to @Gifty_Kwakye_MD from @UmichSurgery on her exciting new role in the Office of Health Equity & Inclusion as director of Medical Student Programs, working to create and implement programs that engage and develop @Umich medical students! #DirectorCarol#GoBlueMed
Your work is cool, but have you written a paper with 2/3 of your residency class? 🙃
Amazing job by @AlishaLussiez with our @rhowMD as senior author + @maiaanders @ryaneton & yours truly for backup singing!
@MichaelEnglesbe mentoring to the max!
#WhyUmichSurgery
We're loving your questions about what it's like to train in #GeneralSurgery here!
Video answers are coming soon. Meantime, keep the questions coming. Submit yours here:
https://t.co/QSJ89gr6LN
#Match2022#GeneralSurgeryMatch
Today we installed our inaugural cohort of @UMichSurgery Academy of Surgical Educators, a new initiative to recognize our highest rated clinical educators, by students and residents. 👏👏👏
I have immense gratitude for the excellence these individuals bring to our department. 🙏
The inaugural recipient of the Jim Knol, M.D., Early Career Endowment Fund is...
@Gifty_Kwakye_MD!
Like the fund's namesake, Dr. Knol, Dr. Kwakye has demonstrated a commitment to clinical education and innovative clinical program development.
Congratulations!
Did you know over 25 million people residing in the US have low English proficiency?
⭐️ General Surgery #Match22 applicant @Clare_Jacobson evaluated the accessibility of online materials for liver txp and found that, at most centers, alternative language offerings are scarce.
"Waiting list registrations and deceased donor liver transplants for alcoholic increased significantly during covid-19, exceeding the volumes forecasted by pre–covid-19 trends by more than 50%." @maiaanders https://t.co/1pXGucNhfx
COVID-19 has disproportionally affected minoritized communities, and one of our most commonly used monitoring tools (+ the way we use it) is perpetuating the physical bias originally introduced by non-inclusive device design. What does this mean for patients?
🔽 Read more below
📢 Prospective surgery residents!
Want to know what it's like to train here? Meet the Chair, @jdimick1, in a lunchtime 🥪 webinar and learn more about our programs and our culture. 👇
Join us October 26:
https://t.co/GRmBbJxjbr
#SurgeryMatch2022
(yes I am retweeting this work again b/c it is SO IMPORTANT).
Not only must we work on diversifying transplant exposure & trainee recruitment efforts, we must be thoughtful in cultivating environments where diverse providers will thrive (& our where our patients can too).
My pride and joy!
Congrats to our 2021 scholars for a job well done + exciting things waiting ahead 🤩
To our @UMichSurgery faculty, residents, DoS leadership & @UM_IHPI@ncspMICHIGAN @UMichCHOPFellow community - THANK YOU ❤️
You make the dream work!
#WhyUmichSurgery
We are so honored to be ranked as the #1 surgery residency program by @doximity.
People make a program, so to our faculty, residents and staff: Thank you and #GoBlue!
#WhyUMichSurgery