Sharing news and updates from @OSUWexMed Department of Surgery. Follow our residents on Instagram @ohiostategensurgres!

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We did it!!! It is 5am and the @OSUWexMed hospital is still standing despite giving the residents 24 hours off!! What a team of faux-residents!! So happy to show our appreciation for all that our residents do for us!! #residentappreciationday
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We are proud to announce that our Chair @timpawlik has been elected as the President-Elect of the Americas-Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association @AHPBA. Congratulations Dr. Pawlik! @OSUWexMed @OSUCCC_James @OhioStateMed
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A HUGE thanks to everyone who is sacrificing their holiday to care for our patients, including our #OhioStateSurg on-call surgeons! #HappyHolidays #MedTwitter 🎄🎅 ✨
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The #2023MatchDay results are in! Welcome to #OhioStateSurg - we are so excited to have you on our #Buckeye team! #GeneralSurgery #GeneralSurgeryMatch #OSUWexMed
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A big Buckeye welcome to our #OhioStateSurg 2024-2025 incoming residents! We are thrilled to have you as part of our TEAM! 🙌👏❤️🩶 Happy National Residency Match Day 2024, everyone!
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We are pleased to share with you our 2022 match results! Welcome to #OhioStateSurg cardiac and vascular surgery; we are so excited to have you join our programs! #vascularsurgery #CTSurgery
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Congratulations to Robert Merritt & @bnwomeh on their induction into the Mazzaferri-Ellison Society of Master Clinicians! Recognized as outstanding clinicians who excel in clinical practice, teaching, mentoring, professionalism, leadership & service to the institution.
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Congratulations to our graduating chiefs!! These surgeons will give pts an opportunity for a cancer-free life, return blood flow to vital organs, provide surgical care to tiny humans, and help ppl through unforeseen emergencies & trauma. #BuckeyeStrong 🎓 @OSUWexMed @OSUCCC_James
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(1/3) Coming into residency, like many of us, Dr. Ekene Onwuka was scared he wasn't going to be able to compete- that he was out of his league. @eonwuka1 you are the real deal, pro-player in the majors! He will be taking his talents to @TexasChildrens as a Peds Surg Fellow. 🎓
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We are very excited to welcome our 1st cohort for the Olga Jonasson Women in Surgery Summer Research Fellowship! These rising @OhioStateMed M2s will work with their faculty mentor over the summer to complete a research project.
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We’re so proud to announce #OSUSurgery’s #WomenInSurgery Network, led by @heenastat and Jean Starr 👩‍⚕️ Our goal with this initiative is to prepare #FemaleSurgeons for successful career advancement via a safe, welcoming environment. Our 3️⃣ principles 👇
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We're celebrating our graduating #OhioStateSurg chief residents and fellows this evening. Congratulations and best wishes to this talented group. We know you will continue to shine! 🌟👏
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Our surgery family grew early this morning with the addition of a beautiful baby girl! Congratulations Drs. Steven and Becky Sun on Evie. @shsunsta @nationwidekids #BrilliantBaby
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The winner of our DOS ugly holiday sweater contest is....... @jdrewsmd!! #GoBucks ⭕️🙌-🙏⭕️
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🎉Congratulations to @JoAl_Beane for being awarded the @AmCollSurgeons Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS, Faculty Research Fellowship for his research titled: Alternative RNA Splicing of ENAH By IWS1 Promotes Invasion and Metastases in Human Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma. Great job!
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Congratulations Joe Drews (@jdrewsmd) on matching at @NCHPedSurg for #PedSurg!!! We are incredibly proud of all of your hard work and determination. 👏👏👏 #BuckeyeStrong @APSASurgeons @NCHforDocs #MatchDay #FellowMatch
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OSU Department of Surgery coming together for a refresher on vent management courtesy of Dr. Eiferman. 120+ (residents and attendings) in attendance across different departments. @OSU_Urology #OSUPlastics @OhioStateHeart @OSUWexMed #InThisTogether #BuckeyeStrong #COVID19
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Congrats to the @NCHPedSurg #OSUSurgery 2021 Teaching Award winners: Dr. Ihab Halaweish, assistant professor of surgery @ihalawe - Denis R. King Award by the surgery residents/fellows Dr. Jennifer Aldrink, professor of surgery - Golden Apple Teaching Award by medical students
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We are pleased to share with you our 2022 match results! Welcome to #OhioStateSurg General Surgery; we are so excited to have you a part of our program! #MatchDay2022 #MatchDay #GeneralSurgery #GeneralSurgeryMatch
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Our General Surgery Residents for 2017-2018. We're very proud of this group. #ILookLikeASurgeon
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.#OSUSurgery will stand alongside @osumed_snma, @OhioStateMed, @OSUWexMed faculty, residents and friends to condemn the murder of George Floyd and others and all acts of racism. We will be there in support. Will you??
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Today, on #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay we celebrate all our amazing female residents and faculty! We are grateful for you and the work you do for our patients and their families. #NWPD #womentinsurgery #WomeninMedicine #ILookLikeASurgeon @WomenSurgeons
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Congratulations to @OhioStateHeart #transplant team that performed its 600th heart transplant milestone this month, placing them in the top third of all heart transplant programs in the U.S. by volume. #OSUTransplant @OSUWexMed #OSUSurgery
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MAJOR congratulations to our PGY4 resident @eonwuka1 for matching into a pediatric surgery fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital!
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Congratulations to Alan Harzman, MD, on his promotion to Clinical Professor! @AlanHarzmanMD #OhioStateSurg #ColorectalSurgeon
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🎉Please join us in welcoming Dr. Susan Tsai (@isteaus) as the new director of the Division of Surgical Oncology! As you'll see from Dr. @timpawlik's announcement, she is a talented physician scientist, and leader. We're so excited to have her on the #OhioStateSurg team!
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At @OhioState commencement today, our very own Dr. Ellison (@2_ellison) was awarded the distinguished service award. Thank you @2_ellison for your dedication to #OSUsurgery, @OSUWexMed, @OhioState and #BuckeyeNation 🎓👏 Congratulations!!!
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We are so excited to announce our intern class for 2019-2020. Welcome to Team @OSUSurgery. We are thrilled to have you join us! #GoBucks! #Match2019 #SurgMatch @OhioStateMed @OSUWexMed
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“Ultimately, Columbus has a little bit of everything for everyone. So if you come to Ohio State, not only will you get some of the best surgical training in the U.S, you’ll get to enjoy one of the fastest growing cities in the country. – Adrian Diaz
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We are so excited to welcome a new group of BUCKEYES, the 2020-21 incoming general surgery categorical residents!! 🥳🎉 #DistanceMatch #MatchDay2020 #GoBucks @OSUWexMed
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Congratulations Dr. Shelby for matching at the @univmiami for Plastics Fellowship! @ACAPSedu #PRSMatch ☀️🌴🏝☀️
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Congratulations, Samilia Obeng-Gyasi, MD, MPH, 2022 Society of Black Academic Surgeons & Association of Women Surgeons Visiting Professorship Recipient. @GyasiSamilia @SocietyofBAS @WomenSurgeons
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Congratulations to our chief resident Nakesha King for matching into a trauma surgery fellowship at @TempleSurgery! Temple is lucky to have her!
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Congratulations 👏 to @MattKaladyMD who was recently elected to serve a four-year term as a board member for the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (@ABCRSorg)!
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We have 39 residents, 50 munchkins, and three dozen donuts. We are ready! The question is whether or not @cedarpoint is ready for us??? #NoCholesJustCoasters #ResidentAppreciationDay
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(1/2) Dr. Eliza Beal grew up in Ann Arbor, MI. She may have gone to #TTUN for undergrad but we know she's a #buckeye at ❤️. Though having been involved in multiple research projects while at #OSUsurgery, working with the colon ERAS team is one of her most cherished experiences...
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Congratulations to #OhioStateSurg @2_ellison for his election to President-elect of @AmCollSurgeons! What a great honor! #buckeyepride
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Getting to know @OSUSurgery—Cardiac Surgery: 1️⃣Top 10 lung transplant program in US 2️⃣recruitment of 4 rockstar surgeons in last 2 yrs 3️⃣new MIS valve & robotic CABG programs 4️⃣high fidelity sim lab for trainees 5️⃣8 R01 grants and >$6mil in funding. THE #buckeye DoS difference...
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Today we celebrate #InternationalWomensDay and all of the amazing, hard-working women who have made the #OhioStateSurg a success! #IWD2022 #BreakTheBias #HealthShero
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(1/3) Dr. Melissa Hornor (@HornorMD) is our hometown hero 🏚️. She is from Hillard, Ohio (<10 miles away from @OSUWexMed). This bird will be flying East to @UPennTrauma to complete a 2-year Surgical Critical Care/Traumatology fellowship.
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In 2021, #OSUTransplant performed 6⃣0⃣1⃣ life-saving organ transplants – two more than last year to rank #7 overall by volume out of 250 transplant programs in the U.S. #Buckeye4Life @OSUWexMed
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Getting to know @OSUSurgery—Surgical Oncology: 1️⃣23 faculty (40% women/40% URM) 2️⃣top 3 busiest robotic HPB & adrenal programs in mid-West 3️⃣1 of 3 original @SocSurgOnc Fellowships started 43 yrs ago 4️⃣150 publications last yr 5️⃣>$15mil in funding. THE #buckeye DoS difference...
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Congratulations to Dr. Brett Tracy (@thebretttracy) on his @JTraumAcuteSurg February Best Paper Award and Editor’s Choice, best EGS article, for his study on guideline adherence for #choledocholithiasis!
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Congratulations to our PGY2 Resident @DiazAdrian10 for being accepted into this prestigious program!
We are thrilled to introduce you all to the 2019-2021 Cohort of National Clinician Scholars! Click the link below to learn more about the future leaders of health policy research: nationalcsp.org/scholars?sch… @ncspMICHIGAN @NCSP_Yale @NCSP_Penn @NCSP_UCLA @NCSP_Duke
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We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Benjamin Poulose as the Robert M. Zolling LeCrone-Baxter Memorial Endowed Chair and director of the Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery. Dr. Poulose will be joining us this August!
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We came together today as one #buckeye family to condemn the murder of George Floyd and others.
Thank you @OSU_AD for joining our students today and supporting #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives
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We agree with @DMGrayMD: social justice is absolutely our "lane" as health professionals. Don't think for a moment that health doesn't stem from a myriad of community and environmental factors. Thank you for an enlightening Grand Rounds @OSUWexMed. Let's roll up our sleeves!!
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Congratulations #OSUTransplant surgeon Sylvester Black, MD, PhD on his promotion to Professor with Tenure @OhioStateMed @OSUWexMed @S_BlackMDPhD
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#OhioStateSurg's Dr. Ben Poulose (@BKP_Columbus) receives $786K multi PI grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH/NIDDK) to help improve outcomes after ventral hernia repair. #AbdominalCoreHealth
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Our #BuckeyeLove is all our faculty, residents and fellows. Thanks to each and every one of you for all that you do for our patients and the Department of Surgery!
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#DayInTheLife of an #OSUsurgery resident #TwitterTakeover #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #surgtwitted What are three things you are grateful for today? @AZParedesMD “1️⃣ my co-residents ❤️ 2️⃣ my comfy shoes 3️⃣ getting back into the OR. Today was a good day.”
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Our residents entering their research years presented their plans as they compete for the 2018 James King Award. Best of luck to all!
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As our chief resident class finishes their final rotations, we want to wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors. They will no doubt do great things in the future!
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🎉Please join us in congratulating faculty member @JuliaColemanMD on winning the Research Scholarship Award from The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (@traumadoctors)!
Congratulations to superstar @JuliaColemanMD for winning the @traumadoctors Research Scholarship Award! 🤩🤩🤩
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Happy Thanksgiving to all! Our residents and staff are eating well for Thanksgiving while on call thanks to assistance from the program director
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This evening we celebrate our graduating #OhioStateSurg chief residents and fellows. Congratulations and good luck to this talented group. We know you will continue to do great things!👏🥳
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We are so proud to have @StacyBrethauer join our team! Welcome Dr. Brethauer! #GoBucks
Interviewing fellow candidates first day on the job! Great people and a great place to be a surgeon @OSUSurgery
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Congratulations to @priyaknows & @OhioStateBME Aleksander Skardal, BSc, PhD, for their @theNCI R21 grant, "A matrix metalloproteinase biosensor-functionalized metastasis-on-a-chip platform for evaluating adrenocortical carcinoma progression" receiving a 4th percentile! 👏
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Congratulations to our resident @AmblessedOnuma on receiving the AAS/AASF Basic/Translational Research Award! Well done! #ASC2019
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Please save the date of March 24th 2018 and join us for our 3rd Annual Women in Surgery Symposium at the Ohio Union in Columbus, OH. Link to register: go.osu.edu/WIS18
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Congratulations to @GyasiSamilia on her promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure! #OhioStateSurg #surgonc #surgeon
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The entire on call surgery team sharing a meal... people who eat together, operate together. And maybe answer pages once a while. @eonwuka1 @ahmadhamad4 @Rostamjalilvand
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Honoring the legacy of Olga Jonasson: This is the epitome of #ILookLikeASurgeon
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“Ultimately, Columbus has a little bit of everything for everyone. So if you come to Ohio State, not only will you get some of the best surgical training in the U.S., you’ll get to enjoy one of the fastest growing cities in the country." – Adrian Diaz
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We are grateful for our #OSUSurgery chief residents - Kevin Ricci, @jdrewsmd, Chelsea Horwood, David Koller, @Cakateh and Paco Guzman #BuckeyeLove @AlanHarzmanMD @timpawlik @OSUWexMed
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Picture day for our 2017-2018 Surgical Oncology Fellows, with program director Dr. Carl Schmidt and associate program director Dr. Drew Shirley
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Shout out to @BealEliza for her commitment to the full 2-day 180-mile @Pelotonia ride. She is doing #OSUSurgery, Surg Onc and @OhioStateMed #GME proud! @allantsung @vpgrignol
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Our department was represented well at the @AmCollSurgeons TQIP Annual Scientific Meeting in Anaheim, CA by faculty Dr. David Evans, chief resident Dr. Nakesha King, and @OhioStateMed MS3s Jill Kanney and Sean McDermott
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Our #OSUSurgery #GeneralSurgery Residents show #BuckeyeLove by serving as integral members of our surgical teams, delivering state-of-the-art patient care, teaching medical students and contributing to innovations in medicine. @aehmd01 @timpawlik @OSUWexMed
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Getting to know @OSUSurgery—General Surgery:1️⃣1st Center for Abdominal Core Health in US 2️⃣over 1000 robotic & 1000 foregut cases performed  3️⃣500 bariatric cases/yr 4️⃣Fellowships in bariatrics, foregut, endoscopy 5️⃣6 grants and >$2mil in funding. THE #buckeye DoS difference...
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Residents were under direct attending supervision at all times during this activity...
Emergent pumpkin surgery thanks to our PGY2 class. #ILookLikeASurgeon @OSUSurgery Definitely winning the Pumpkin Carving contest.
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Earlier this month, #OhioStateSurg Dr. @kelly_haisley started as the new program director for our #gensurgresidency program. We’re thrilled to see her continue being a tremendous mentor and educator to our residents. Congrats, Dr. Haisley! 🎉🥳
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Getting to know @OSUSurgery—Thoracic Surgery:1️⃣Top 25 USNWR lung program 2️⃣@STS_CTsurgery 3-⭐️ (top designation) lung & esophageal programs 3️⃣#1🥇lung volume in Ohio 4️⃣Resident participation @AATSED robotic fellowship 5️⃣40 papers in last yr. THE #buckeye DoS difference...
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Major congratulations to our PGY4 Daniel Lodwick who matched into a pediatric surgery fellowship at the University of Tennessee - Memphis!
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ICU education round 2⃣ by Dr. Eiferman- "Case Presentations and ABG Interpretation." 130+ in attendance across the departments of @OSU_Urology, #OSUplastics, @OhioStateHeart, @NeurosurgeryOSU. @OSUWexMed #InThisTogetherOhio #BuckeyeStrong #StayHomeOhio #COVID19 @AcademicSurgery
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As always, we are showing our #BuckeyeLove to our amazing hardworking surgery residents. They're the best!
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Congratulations to three of our outstanding surgical leaders! We are so proud.
Congrats to Dr. Ginny Bumgardner, Dr. Susan Moffatt-Bruce & Dr. Ken Washburn for being inducted into the American Surgical Association, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious surgical organization! @OhioStateMed #ASA #AmerSurg19
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Lisa Cunningham, MD, has accepted the position of medical director of East Hospital Endoscopy Unit. Dr. Cunningham will oversee the use and execution of the East Endoscopy unit and ensure efficient and effective care in the unit. Congratulations! 🎉
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Happy Doctors Day to our incredible attendings and residents. We appreciate you today and everyday! We will get through #COVID19 as a team. #InThisTogether #BuckeyeNation @aehmd01 @timpawlik @OSUWexMed
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Congratulations to @OSUWexMed for being verified as a Level 1 Trauma Center by @AmCollSurgeons! @carriesims20 @timpawlik
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.@NahushMokadam walks with teenage heart transplant patient Gigi, as well as a couple dozen of her family & friends at the @American_Heart Central Ohio Heart Walk on Saturday (8/20). It was a day of celebrating Gigi’s process after her ❤️ transplant at @OSUWexMed last September.
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(3/3) His fondest memory at #OSUsurgery was working with @osumed_snma, @OSUWexMed, & @OhioStateMed to organize the #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives event. Congratulations Ekene! We will miss you! 🎓
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Exciting news from OSU. Please continue to stay safe, as we continue to keep our healthcare workers healthy so they can take care of our community!
We are so excited to have administered the first round of #COVID19 vaccines at #OSUWexMed at 10:47 this morning. #InThisTogetherOhio #TogetherAsBuckeyes
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.@IBD_Afzali opening the new @OSUWexMed IBD Center. Proud of the care our team provides to our patients! @Colon_Doc @aehmd01 @AmberTraugott @Dr_Alessandra_G @emilyhuangmd
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Congrats, @gunderlab! #OhioSateSurg researcher Dr. Gunderson will use the five-year grant from @theNCI to examine how clusters of immune cells function in pancreatic tumors in the hope to promote immune responses and improve outcomes in patients with #PDAC.
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We are very fortunate to host @KylaTerhune as she presents the Donna Caniano MD Women in Surgery Lectureship today
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Our residents for 2018-2019. We couldn't be prouder of this group! @aehmd01 @PeritonealCaDoc @AmaliaCochranMD @timpawlik @michellechii215 @tyo607 @s_brathwaite
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Midnight update: our attending, the amazing Dr. Nahum, buys pizza because she declares she has “abdominal pain solely due to starvation”. The residents rejoice. Nothing like bringing a team together like carbs and tomatoes. #ADayInTheLife #SurgeryResident
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This month’s MD-RN rounding champion for 10 Doan is our third year surgical resident, Dr. Paredes (@AZParedesMD), on the #OSUBariatric team!! Great role models in @SabrenaNoria, @BNeedlemanMD, & @StacyBrethauer. #teamworkmakesthedreamwork @OSUWexMed
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Congratulations to Dr. Bumgardner and her team for being awarded this NIH training grant! Her support has fostered the growth of many surgeon-scientists in our department over the years.
Kudos to Dr Ginny Bumgardner and @OSUSurgery team for new NIH training grant to support surgeon-scientist pipeline and promote collaborations between basic scientists and clinicians @OSUWexMed @OhioStateMed @NahushMokadam @timpawlik
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Courtney Collins, received an NIH funded R03 grant supporting "Frailty, Strength, and Mobility in Older Hernia Patients: A Novel Abdominal Wall Physical Therapy Program." @DrCoCoMD is the first surgeon to have received NIH funding as a PI within #OSUSurgery Div of Gen/GI Surgery!
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Thank you to all of our attendings, fellows, and APPs, especially our incredible APD @kelly_haisley, for making this day happen! We had an amazing trip. Same time again tomorrow? #residentappreciationday #NoCholesJustCoasters
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Sylvester Black, MD, PhD, FACS, will join the Editorial Board for the American Journal of Transplantation as an Associate Editor as a thought leader in our community. 👏Congratulations, Dr. Black! @S_BlackMDPhD @amjtransplant #OSUTransplant
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Congratulations to our own @AEjaz85 for winning the @AsianAcadSurg Junior Faculty Award! Well deserved!
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Congrats are in order! Emily Huang, MD, was inducted into the @AmCollSurgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. Way to go, @emilyhuangmd!
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Today at @OSUWexMed graduation one of our (twitterless)residents, Steven Scoville, was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the education of medical students! Congrats!! 👏👏👏 #SurgicalEducation
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