February is World Heart Month! #Anesthesiologist Jeans M. Santana, M.D. offers this helpful primer on anesthesia for heart surgery—also called cardiac anesthesia—and what patients can expect before, during, and after their procedure. ow.ly/WPeS50Qzjus

#HeartMonth

We’re not good if the good we do is not reproducible or teachable.

#Excellence or lack thereof rests in the hands of the #provider , not the #medicalinstitution . Some practice habits cannot be taught - and come from within, from the upbringing and beliefs of that particular individual.

It should not matter where you or I trained.

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I actually really love being a minority in medicine. To be that one dude with that background. The guy who speaks Spanish and does things “differently”. Tremendous expectations + responsibility.

#LatinxHeritageMonth
#MedTwitter
#attendinganesthesiologist
#Anesthesiology
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Uncontrolled #diabetes will cancel/ delay your surgery. Just canceled my first case as an #attending . It was NOT fun. Tough conversations. And frustrating. & Yes, there are #medicationaccess issues in America.
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Doing my push-ups today, get yours in too.

Feeling tremendously blessed, thank you God.

Looking at these gray hairs, there is no stopping time.

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100%

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Thunderstorms ⛈ are very exciting 😃.

Be collegial. Room for abuse, direct or indirect, should not exist. Period.

Learning: say less

Me: okay

Learning: life’s f’ed

Me: Okay, but…

Learning: IT IS DONE!!

Me: ok…

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Anesthesiologists are guardians of #PatientSafety — but their work doesn’t stop there. They also manage chronic pain, care for patients in trauma emergencies, coordinate intensive care and more. Discover all the ways #anesthesiologists improve lives: ow.ly/XOsl50JLVpJ

It is not what it appears to be.

Finally…done. Thank you to the Head & Neck Surgical Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for the training. Now onto the harder work…cure cancer in children and young adults #LatinosInOncology #LatinXinENT LatinoPlasticSurgerySociety LatinoSurgSociety

It is all very interesting. Only YOU fully understand what you’re going through and experiencing. Others only get a snapshot, give his or her opinion believing they understands…

#liveyourlife

After crushing a case:

#CardiacAnesthesia #Fellow (staring out the floating window): “Oh look there IS a world out there…”

#CardiacSurgery #Fellow (head down 😔, white coat 🥼 on): “Allegedly”

we #legit chose this #life

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