Stephen Bowden, MD

OHSU neurosurgeon specializing in brain and spine tumors. @mskcc, @ohsubrain, @columbiaPS ‘17, @msmnyc ‘11 trained.

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

How will we differentiate #neurosurgery #residencyapplicants in this new Step 1 pass/fail era?

I'm delighted to present our multi-center pilot study of a novel Milestones-style evaluation of sub-intern performance in @TheJNS

A 🧵 (1/9)

https://t.co/A4UmHu47oc

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

I haven't been on twitter in a long time but I've been informed of an imposter account - @StephenBowdenMD. This is not me! I will be reporting it

[Bryan Carmody @jbcarmody]

This year, OB-GYN applicants used a new system - ResidencyCAS - to apply to residency programs.

ACOG just released preliminary application data - and a couple of figures caught my eye.

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[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

Excited and very thankful to @NeurosurgeryCNS & the @CNS_Update for recognizing our study on the prognostic value of steroids in neurologically impaired patients with brain mets with the Paper of the Year: Tumor award. I look forward to sharing this work at the meeting next week

[CNS @CNS_Update]

Announcing the 2024 @NeurosurgeryCNS Paper of the Year Award Winners! Thank you to all who submitted and congratulations to the winners. To read about each awardee, see our press release: https://t.co/LOXdhMoP2U
#PoY #awardwinners #congrats #nsgy #cns #publications

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

@Alarsen27 @SeanFletcherMD @harvardmed Congratulations!

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

Thank you @MdOlabisi !

(And thank you to our Chief Vibes Resident @j_leigh_smith )

[Olabisi Sanusi MD, FAANS @MdOlabisi]

There is something about this time of the year in #medicine..maybe it’s the smell of incoming residents/ the end of an era/life long PGY2/Chief bonds/ the nostalgia of seeing folks you helped train graduate. Congrats @stephen_bowden @dominicsiler @MinerRoss @OHSUBrain

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

@rbarbosa91 From what I know of the market here in Portland, anterior lumbar exposures have gone mostly to vascular surgeons.

[Shunichi Nakagawa @snakagawa_md]

I keep giving bad news, but the patient and family are so grateful.

What matters is not the content we deliver, but the way we deliver it.

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

@ClintonSprinkle That’s so Duke

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

A timely coda to that @NEJM piece…

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

A key to steady progress is prioritizing goals over moods.

Whether you aim to get in shape, learn the guitar, or write a book, the question is not whether you feel like it today. It's who you want to become tomorrow.

Enthusiasm fluctuates. Consistent action accumulates.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

A key to steady progress is prioritizing goals over moods.

Whether you aim to get in shape, learn the guitar, or write a book, the question is not whether you feel like it today. It's who you want to become tomorrow.

Enthusiasm fluctuates. Consistent action accumulates.

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

I hope this article gets more attention. Wrestles beautifully with one of the greatest and most immediately relevant tensions in training (or medicine at large). Must read! https://t.co/R9zpB3RDDJ

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

@MinerRoss @dominicsiler

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

Back when we were just starting as the Class of 2024, our grad year seemed so inestimably far away it was almost a joke to say.

Yet here we are, somehow now less than 6 months to go. Happy New Year, everyone. May all your post op scans be without residual in 2024.

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

One of the scariest—among many scary—things happening in healthcare (and happening to a competitor system here in Portland).

Proud to keep patients at the center of our mission in academic medicine. I pray we stay immune to profit mongering, patient abandoning private equity.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

https://t.co/ReoleZn2Gr Read this if you want to know how a short-sighted, profit-based decision (hospital selling out anesthesia services to private equity) can absolutely tank hospital culture, quality of life, and patient care. This is happening everywhere.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Humility isn't a sign of low self-esteem. It's a mark of high self-awareness.

The goal isn't to deny your strengths. It's to see your strengths & shortcomings accurately. The first rule of improvement: recognize room for improvement.

Narcissism feeds ego. Humility fuels growth.

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

As always, many, many thanks to the tireless work of my collaborators, most distinctly @HTanNeuro who should be first on your rank list this year, as well as @dominicsiler, @brannan_oneill, @maryamshahin, @adelinefecker, @SeungguJudeHan, @jayeldubb, and @nateselden

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

Are you or is someone you know a "black cloud"? Or have you ever wondered if co-residents have, on average, different experiences, because it often seems like they do...

Proud to present the latest paper from my group @OHSUBrain in @NeurosurgeryCNS

https://t.co/6potlUQzKF

[Stephen Bowden, MD @stephen_bowden]

Notably, we made a distinct effort to part ways with the ubiquitous "colored" cloud terminology and encourage others to do the same. In so doing, we hope to keep pace in redefining archaic but potentially discriminatory terminology alongisde an increasingly diverse workforce.