Congrats to GW SMHS students Samy and Rushi for matching into top vascular surgery programs BCMHouston and MedStar Vascular Surgery! These programs are lucky to have you and you’re gonna do great things no doubt!! GW Surgery GW Vascular Surgery Anton N. Sidawy, MD MPH FACS DFSVS MAMSE

We are so excited 🥳 to WELCOME the newest members of our GW Surgery family, our AMAZING categorical interns! We can’t wait for you to begin your surgical careers with us!! Meet Shane, Olivia, Heather, Malcolm, and Fisayo! #GWProud #InternSquad #MatchDay2024 #GenSurgMatch2024

Nothing says wellness like a GW Surgery resident, attending, and alum on the slopes between scientific sessions at VESS.

JVS-Cases Innovations and Techniques Michael Nooromid Brandon Creisher University of Missouri Vascular Surgery Dr. Bowser, MD, FACS 🔥 Michael Stoner Embolic, no previous surgery, proximalish, focal-> open. Quick, easy and examine bowel

Thrombotic proximal - Can stent without losing major collateral-> covered stent graft, arm access (get in fast, close slow) +/- laparoscopic peek

Distal, small vessel thrombus-> JETi+lysis

Challenging 4v PMEG for type 1a endoleak from a previous Endurant. Had to use a couple of these techniques for cannulation: coda backboard for celiac and then loop snare the Aptus to prevent kickback for left renal (fen crossing Endurant suprarenal stent). #aortaed

FRCSI! One more feather in the hat :) Very honored to be able to go back to receive this and relive some amazing memories from my time in Dublin! RCSI GW Surgery

80yo EVAR six months ago. Initial 2month f/u CT had good seal, but a couple of dots of air around the sac. Now with acute onset back pain, findings you see are new. Functional, Creatinine 1.5, normal EF, WBC 40K. Thoughts? frank arko Westley Ohman @FotehMazinMD #AortaEd

Thats an example of insitu thrombosis of SMA compared to the SMA embolus below (treated with endo thrombectomy and sma stenting of the plaque)

Here’s what we did: stayed posterior to the axfem with the RP incision. No evidence of infection, just a contained rupture and apparently clean tissue planes. Transected the aorta on a bevel below the R renal. To avoid another blind stump, used a bifurcated graft sewn end-to-end…

Big thx to Drs Ron Gross & Ron Simon. GWHospital GW Surgery was reverified by ACS COT as a Level 1 trauma center with no deficiencies at all! We remain THE premier trauma center in DC! #ctacc 💪🚑🏥

Excellent Grand Rounds talk by Dr raja flores Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai from reviewing the importance of lung cancer screening! Great to see the evidence and advocacy! Anton N. Sidawy, MD MPH FACS DFSVS MAMSE #surgery #LungCancerAwarenessMonth #lungcancer #thoracicsurgery

Great week in Rwanda at King Faisal Hospital. Busy clinic and 4 days in the OR; met some wonderful people and even snuck in a safari and saw 4 of the big 5! Looking forward to the next trip with American College of Surgeons H.O.P.E. Until next time, Urabeho Kigali! GW Surgery GW Vascular Surgery

Successful first day of operating at King Faisal Hospital in Rwanda. Got to be the first team to operate in their new OR suite! Was a truly humbling experience learning how to provide care in a resource constrained environment! GW Vascular Surgery GW Surgery

Day 1 at King Faisal Hospital! Getting ready for a busy clinic today. GW Surgery GW Vascular Surgery American College of Surgeons

How exciting! Make your presence felt! I’ll be following along through Twitter/X so make those posts, come meet us and connect with MetroDCACS faculty, residents and students!

Enroute to Rwanda 🇷🇼 for American College of Surgeons Operation Giving Back! Looking forward to meeting new people and being able to contribute to building a vascular surgery presence for the country. GW Surgery Anton N. Sidawy, MD MPH FACS DFSVS MAMSE GW SMHS

Good discussion about caval reconstruction in this 🧵 👇🏻