Congratulations to Rutgers RWJMS Surgery Brianna Slatnick Truché, MD for her pop-up at the WomenSurgeons breakfast this morning. And appreciate the #heforshe support from Paul Truché, MD, MPH. #rutgersresidentsrock

RWJMS student representation at #ACSCC23! Spent my first clinical congress with the most incredible peers and mentors⚕️ Rutgers RWJMS Surgery American College of Surgeons Rutgers RWJMedSchool Abhishek Chakraborty Kayla N. Laraia Sarfraz Akmal

Min invasive approach associated with lower resource utilization after aortic and MV surg. By @yangnayoungk, Lee, et al. in JTCVS Open: doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon… Fady K. Soliman Russell James Pepe, MD, MSCTS Nadia Palte Sorasicha (Sora) Nithikasem Kayla N. Laraia Joshua C. Chao, MD, JD Manabu Takebe MD Rutgers RWJMedSchool Rutgers RWJMS Surgery Rutgers Cardiothoracic Surgery

Thankful to AATS for the opportunity to share the work done by Rutgers RWJMS Surgery Rutgers Cardiothoracic Surgery and the team that helped it happen! 🫀❤️‍🩹

[1/4]: A commentary by Dr. Sameer Hirji Sameer Hirji on: #JTCVS Open, “Minimally invasive approach associated with lower resource utilization after aortic and mitral valve surgery” by Yang, Lee, et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon…

📰Hot off press from the lab! SES as a predictor of post-op mortality and outcomes in CAS vs. CEA frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… J Baxi, Joshua C. Chao, MD, JD , Krish Dewan, MD , Russell James Pepe, MD, MSCTS, @yangnayoungk , Fady K. Soliman , L Volk, Saum Rahimi , Mark Russo , LY Lee

Finally scrubbed into my first ascending aorta🫀 repair the other day and I am in awe The fact that we can transiently stop blood flow through the largest vessel in the body and casually (not so casually) sew 🪡 in a fabric replacement is a marvel of modern medicine

So proud of our Rutgers RWJMS Surgery Rutgers RWJMedSchool future women SURGEONS:) An incredible match day! Jen Geller, MD Athriya H. Kumar @yangnayoungk Nadia Palte Kayla N. Laraia Mary Cawley #iLookLikeASurgeon Amanda Teichman Nell Maloney Patel Joelle Getrajdman Julie Goswami Zachary Englert Mayur Narayan, MD,MPH,MBA,MHPE,FACS,FCCM, MAMSE A. Reema Kar, M.D. Joseph S Hanna

So exciting to see this awesome group of women match in excellent surgery programs. So proud of them and proud that Rutgers RWJMS Surgery had a role in their careers.

So incredibly proud and honored to have these beautiful and crazy smart women as my mentors, and more importantly friends ♥️ Could not have gone through medical school without y’all, NYC and STL are so insanely lucky to have you soon Kayla N. Laraia @yangnayoungk Jinny Yoo

Love this spotlight of Anna Olds —a powerhouse and amazing (~female~) surgeon mentor since my M2 self starting our first convo w/ “Hi, heard of you from RWJMS mentors”🫣 to being an incredible mentor and supporter in subsequent years from conference prep to career advice

Honored to have met Joseph Coselli, MD, a pioneer in Aortic Surgery and an inspiration to the next generation of trainees, at AATS #Aortic2024 Rutgers Cardiothoracic Surgery Rutgers RWJMS Surgery Rutgers RWJMedSchool

First heart procurement + transplant ✅ It was a humbling experience to be part of the Rutgers Cardiothoracic Surgery team that honored the final wishes of one to give a new life to another. A grounding and motivational experience as a future surgeon🫀 Rutgers RWJMS Surgery Rutgers RWJMedSchool

Last week I spent my first #SEW2024 with the best people and got to present our work on robotic simulation! Can’t wait for next year 🙂 Rutgers RWJMedSchool Rutgers RWJMS Surgery Association for Surgical Education Nell Maloney Patel Kayla N. Laraia

I am thrilled to announce that I received a 2024 AOA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship for my project with Dr. Leonard Lee and Dr. Shaohua Li! I’m excited to continue my journey towards a career as a cardiothoracic surgeon scientist 🧫🧪 Rutgers Cardiothoracic Surgery Alpha Omega Alpha

First #globalsurgery mission: Avishi Choula Peru 🇵🇪 (w USA return 24hrs pre-👩‍🎓) Speaking Spanish w/patients, families,&local teams to provide surgeries was an incredible culmination of med school training! 🙏🏻team of beautiful 💕(who also allowed me to lead my first operations! 😱)