Thrilled to welcome the awesome Drs. Ellie Kitchell from University of Arizona Department of Surgery and Syed Bakhtiyar from CU Department of Surgery to UofU CT Surgery
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It was again a highly competitive year. ALL of you will find great paths and do not be discouraged if you did not find it today ❤️

Congrats to superstar Dr. Sara Pereira MD on your induction to AATS

Grateful for all that you do! #AATS2024 UofUSurgery UofU CT Surgery UofUCVSL

(Thanks to Dr. David Tom Cooke for 📸)

Awesome UC Davis Surgery General Thoracic Dinner at #AATS2024 ! Thanks to Lisa Brown, MD, MAS, FACS for hosting. Wonderfully time with our recent Alumni, trainees, UCDavisMedSchool students & AATS “Member for a Day” trainee.
#MedEd #tssmn #TheFaceofCTSurgery

Also congrats to Biniam Kidane Jeff Yang MD FACS & Elliot Servais, MD, FACS in this picture for being new inductees to the AATS !
Congrats! #AATS2024

Hope everyone at #AATS2024 can join tonight for this fun and lively dinner symposium!

Few things have as much impact on our patients’ postoperative hospital journey and length of stay as chest tube management.

Shouldn’t we get past dogma and consider evidence based approaches?

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Congratulations Dr. Contreras! Rising Superstar in esophageal surgery UofU CT Surgery UofUSurgery. Thank you AATS for supporting Dr. Contreras to complete his Master in Ethics at Harvard University. Proud of you Nico #AATS2024 Latinos in Cardiothoracic Surgery LatinoSurgSociety

ThORN Thoracic Surgery Outcomes Research Network, Inc working group grinding through expert consensus Delphi study for oncologic wedge resection for NSCLC at #AATS2024

Join us Sunday at #AATS2024 . I admit that dogma and bias often guide my chest tube management. Shouldn't we know and follow the science in this space?

Sure to be a lively discussion! Counting on Shanda Blackmon, MD to keep Robert James Cerfolio,MD,MBA in line! Brian Mitzman, MD MS FACS Linda Martin

A great testimony to our chest wall care team. Jefferson Health Jefferson Surgery

Maddie Shares How Pectus Excavatum Surgery Changed Her Life youtu.be/NUeFnXubkIE?si… via YouTube

40 years ago, Martha Noll began her career as an admin assistant in UofU CT Surgery. Since then, she has become a pivotal part of the division and the glue that holds the ship together. Help us congratulate her on this huge milestone!

Read the full story: medicine.utah.edu/surgery/cardio…

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I wish this was discussed more often.
Sometimes “ second victim syndrome“ seems like a taboo topic, but it has real impacts on the surgeon and potentially that surgeon’s future patients
Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 Brendon Stiles Lisa Brown, MD, MAS, FACS Mara Antonoff, MD, FACS Shanda Blackmon, MD…

While completing a RCT in operative approach is always praiseworthy, the details matter here!

“Keyhole incisions” as the media are calling it here is laparoscopic + THORACOTOMY.
This is not an Open vs MIE trial!

Hybrid esophagectomy ≠ MIE!!
Daniela Lorenzo Ferri MD PhD…

Dr. Andrea Carpenter of UT Health San Antonio, a recent STS Extraordinary Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery Award recipient, became the first woman cardiothoracic surgeon to serve as Flight Commander of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the US Air Force’s 58th Medical Wing. #WomensHistoryMonth

Removal of a pulmonary hydatid cyst 🤢

#GTSC2024

20 years and 943 candidates later, I’ve given my last oral board examination for the #AmericanBoardOfSurgery . A true honor and privilege to serve the profession and the public.
“Now his watch is ended.”

Special thanks to the UofU CT Surgery team! I am inspired by you all and will strive to make you all proud. I am lucky to know you all! Thank you for your advice, mentorship and support! Sara Pereira MD Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 Brian Mitzman, MD MS FACS John Stringham Craig Selzman

I am so thrilled to announce that I matched Cardiothoracic Sugery at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Thank you to my incredible team of support that has helped make this dream a reality. I can’t wait to join the incredible team Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine! #match2024

Welcome Thomas Knapp to our family! #MATCHDAY #CTsurgery
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University of Utah University of Utah Health Univ of Utah News University of Utah GME Office UofU Cardiology UofUSurgery
Sara Pereira MD Craig Selzman Jason P. Glotzbach, MD Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 Brian Mitzman, MD MS FACS Joseph Tonna Anna Ciullo, MD

This next generation robotic system is the real deal!

Super excited about “force feedback” allowing surgeons to sense forces during robotic operations and the digital surgery suite.

Ergonomics feel noticeably better operating on the system as well.

Today, we’re proud to announce the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided 510(k) clearance for da Vinci 5, our next-generation multiport robotic system.