Dr. Susan Tsai our new Surgical Oncology Division Chief giving an incredible Surgical Grand Rounds on neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer Timothy M. Pawlik The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept.

My nephew Mark was on CNN!!!!! He's a reporter for KCTV in Kansas City covering the Chiefs game

Very honored to have given the Yale Department of Surgery Grand Rounds honoring Margret Oddsdottir! She was a true pioneer in Surgery and inspiration for us all link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Dr. Kristin Stanford presenting her group's incredible work on exercise effects on lipid metabolism at our Divisional research retreat! We are incredibly lucky to have her expertise within our group-

My old scrub tech at Vanderbilt Oliver Komsic and his son Victor! He taught me a lot as a Jr attending trying to make my way in the MIS world. It's really all about these lasting relationships----

Back down to Nashville to see some close Vanderbilt friends and mentors. Joan Kaiser-research nurse in General Surgery is retiring after 24 years! We owe her a lot to the advancement of our field--

Excited to announce Kristin Stanford is joining Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept.! Director of Center for Preventative Health of Adipose Tissue, Dr. Stanford is funded by #NIH , American Heart Association & Veterans Affairs to determine novel molecular mechanisms of exercise that improve metabolic health. Welcome!

Congrats to Dr. Ellison for a successful book signing event-Honoring the Past and Leading the Future: The History of the Ohio State University Department of Surgery Timothy M. Pawlik Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. The Ohio State University College of Medicine Patrick Sweigert MD Courtney Collins

Drs. Dahlia Kenawy (OSU) and Moamena Elmatbouly (Newark Beth Israel) just got 2nd place at the Am Hernia Society's Hernia Jeopardy !!!! Timothy M. Pawlik Dahlia Kenawy Courtney Collins momena Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. The Ohio State University College of Medicine Patrick Sweigert MD Kelly Haisley

Savannah Renshaw presenting data using the Distressed Communities Index in evaluation ventral hernia outcomes. Nice OSU presence here at AHS2023!! Timothy M. Pawlik Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. The Ohio State University College of Medicine Courtney Collins

Dr. Courtney Collins just gave a great talk on the Socioeconomic factors impacting hernia presentation at AHS2023! Patrick Sweigert MD Timothy M. Pawlik Courtney Collins The Ohio State University College of Medicine Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Surgery Dept. American Hernia Society

Was very honored to represent Ohio State and deliver the 2023 Rudolf lecture at Univ of Virginia Dept of Surgery! Great to see some old friends!! Patrick Sweigert MD Timothy M. Pawlik The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center The Ohio State University College of Medicine Allan Tsung

25th Anniversary of our Hopkins Medical School class! Bottom of the old hospital...origin of the term residency and rounds...

Reason #35 I love working at Outpatient Care New Albany-free quesadillas!!!

OSU Division of General and GI Surgery leading a Behind the Breakthroughs MIS demo at the new Peletonia Research Center!

Mike Sarap giving an inspirational OSU Surgical Grand Rounds on Rural Surgery! Need to foster ways for budding surgeons to join these rewarding careers--

Very engaging panel at European Hernia Society in Barcelona on hernia prevention! Prevention is better than the fix to maintain Abdominal Core Health --

Our new CEO Dr. John Warner spearheading the first in-person leadership forum at OSU post COVID!

Tim Pawlik presenting important work on poverty duration and impact on surgical outcomes at the American Surgical Assn. Long overdue topic that needs recognition and solutions--

Dr. Jeff Ponsky just received the Am Surgical Assn Medallion for the Advancement of Surgical Care for his invention, the PEG! JP is an inspirational to us all...both professionally and personally.