Be sure to listen to an informative discussion on ways to improve M&M in a new BehindTheKnife podcast with Boston Medical Center bariatric surgeon Dr. Luise Pernar, associate director of the BMC Surgery Residency Program, and Mass General Surgery Chair Dr. Keith Lillemoe.

Tonight, we officially send off our wonderful Boston Medical Center Surgery Chief Residents and celebrate with them and their families. We have no doubt that their future is bright. Congratulations to Drs. Collado, Poulson, Goddard, Haqqani & Geary! 🎉

There were lots of cheers, laughs, and a few tears as we celebrated our five Boston Medical Center graduating chief residents this weekend. Thank you for all of your hard work. We miss you already! 🎓🥳

Register now for the first National SRS Research Seminar of AY2024-25 on Sep 11 at 12pm EST! Collaboration with UAB Socially Responsible Surgery with guest speakers Sasha Still MD and Dr. Andrea Gillis

Great representation last week at the 2024 Vascular SVS meeting by Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine students Eric Sung, Daniel Koh, and Thomas McNamara, with support from Dr. Jeffrey Siracuse and Boston Medical Center Division of Vascular Surgery.

Team Thoracic had a great first week of the academic year! Thanks Christopher Digesu, M.D. for the post clinic ice cream!! BMC Surgery

Congrats to Anna Kobzeva-Herzog on her paper selected as Editor’s Choice best of SCC in newest issue of Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, VTE ppx shouldn’t be delayed or held among trauma pts receiving urgent/emergent pelvic/femur/hip ortho interventions. BMC Surgery Boston Trauma journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fullte…

.Boston Medical Center surgery resident Anna Kobzeva-Herzog Anna Kobzeva-Herzog and trauma surgeon Dr. Crisanto Torres Crisanto (Santo) Torres, MD, MPH summarize the findings from their Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery paper on VTE prophylaxis initiation. More strong work from the Boston Trauma team and our residents! 👏

A critically injured man received a lifesaving whole blood transfusion from EMTs en route to Boston Medical Center, thanks to a new, first-in-the-state program spearheaded by the Canton Fire Dept. Canton Fire and Boston Trauma surgeon Dr. Crisanto Torres Crisanto (Santo) Torres, MD, MPH. wcvb.com/article/canton…

Congratulations, Rusti! He and the Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP) team do amazing work. Rusti is always available and ensures that patients and families feel supported during a very difficult time.

Congrats, Thea James, on the Dr. William Montague Cobb Award from NAACP! She leads our Health Equity Accelerator, addressing racial health equity gaps through data-driven solutions & community collaboration. Thank you for your commitment to health justice! bit.ly/3WawbPk

Congratulations to Boston Medical Center Surgery resident Dr. Anna Kobzeva-Herzog! Anna Kobzeva-Herzog Great work!👏 #ACSQSC2024

In the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking, Boston Medical Center was recognized as high-performing in Heart and Vascular Surgery, GI Surgery, Lung Surgery, and Cancer. 🎉

BMC’s Dr. Jennifer Davids, chief of colon and rectal surgery, spoke with CNN about a new study that found regular aspirin use may help lower the risk of colorectal cancer. Read more: cnn.com/2024/08/01/hea…

Congratulations to Boston Medical Center Surgery resident Dr. Priyanka Chugh Priyanka V. Chugh MD, MS on winning the SocAsianAcadSurg-WomenSurgeons Resident Travel Award! She will attend the SAAS annual meeting this September in New Orleans Tulane University. 👏😀

Boston Trauma and Canton Firefighters IAFF Local 1580 prehospital whole blood partnership. Now this is what prehospital care should look like for severely bleeding trauma patients! BMC Surgery Boston Medical Center

In this study, Boston Medical Center Surgery resident Dr. Sophia Smith, et al., found that "Emphasizing outpatient follow-up in trauma patients is not an effective target to decrease ED use or readmission." Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) Sabrina Sanchez

We are happy to announce that Dr. Sangki Oak (left), currently a Brigham and Women’s Department of Surgery resident, and Dr. Michael Szymanski, a resident Stony Brook Medicine South Hampton Hospital, have matched to Boston Medical Center Surgical Critical Care Fellowship! Noelle Saillant tracey dechert, md Boston Trauma

Congrats to our Boston Medical Center chief residents (L to R), Drs. Louis Kester, Allan Stolarski & Spencer Wilson on matching to surgical critical care fellowships at Michigan Surgery, PennSurgery & Hopkins Surgery, respectively! 🎉👏 Louis Kester Spencer Wilson

We are happy to welcome Dr. Ming-Li Wang, Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion UNM Health Sciences, as our Boston Medical Center Surgery Grand Rounds speaker on Friday. She will address "The Hidden Cost of Non-Promotable Work."