Great meeting by Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS)! Thank you for allowing us to present our LE access outcomes! And so proud of the work my colleague is doing and got to present on thrombospondins affect on intimal hyperplasia in males vs females by Ashley Peters, MD MS Vivian Gahtan Loyola Vascular Surg

ACS Executive Director Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on fixing the broken Medicare physician payment system to help ensure high-quality care for surgical patients.

For more information and to watch Dr. Turner’s testimony: facs.org/for-medical-pr…

The overlooked factor: The impact of disability on postoperative complications after emergency general surgery procedures surgery SURGERY Journal surgjournal.com/article/S0039-…

Practice changing presentation by Aymen Sadaka ⁦Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine⁩ MS3 during ⁦Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS)⁩ meeting in Miami. Longitudinal 10 year follow up from VA New England hernia database. Looking forward to published results.

Excellent presentation by ⁦Mara Piltin⁩ ⭐️ Internal mammary lymphadenopathy does NOT impact oncologist outcome in pts treated with NAC from ⁦I-SPY 2⁩ ⁦👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼ASBrS⁩ #asbrs24

Prehospital traumatic brain injury guideline implementation, focusing on avoiding hypoxia and hyperventilation, was independently associated with improved survival in patients who required prehospital positive pressure prior to arrival to the ED. ja.ma/49EIsAw

We are saddened to share that ACS Past-President Dr. Edward (Ted) M. Copeland III recently passed away. Dr. Copeland was a distinguished surgeon, patient care advocate, and leader.

Read about his incredible contributions to the field and to UF Surgery: brnw.ch/21wIJCK

⁦Marissa Howard-McNatt, MD⁩ presents on breast MRI 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼🔹⬆️mastectomy rate 🔹No improvement in positive margin rate 🔹MRI does not decrease local recurrence rate in BCS 🔹Excellent imaging for NAC response 🔹Do NOT recommend routine preoperative ⁦Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist⁩ #ASBRS24

Body composition scores reflecting the quantity and quality of skeletal muscle were strongly correlated with patient frailty and associated with 30-day readmission and postop mortality and morbidity. ja.ma/3JiDcHG

Risk factors for emergency surgery for diverticulitis: A retrospective multicentric French study at 41 hospitals - SURGERY Journal surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… “The present study highlights a high rate (33%) of emergency surgery for sigmoid diverticulitis in France….”

At last week's American Surgical Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, the Second Blue Ribbon Committee on Surgical Education released its report on surgical education. Sixty-seven surgeons joined the second BRC, co-chaired by chris ellison and Steven Stain. brnw.ch/21wILC5

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That’s a wrap! 😊 #AVAS2024 was so much fun! Great time connecting with ⁦Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS)⁩ ⁦leils ليلى⁩ ⁦Christina Cui⁩ ⁦Duke Surgery⁩

Next stop ➡️ #ASBrS2024 Orlando ⁦ASBrS⁩

Malleable implant salvage technique (MIST) was introduced in 1996, but there are few long term multi center studies assessing long term outcomes. In the VHA system most kept the malleable! #avas2024

Kasthuri Nair MS4 presenting extremely important work on reporting race, ethnicity, and sex in PAD RCTs. Known disparities in PAD care- we should be reporting standard demographic data in our RCTs!! Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) #AVAS2024 Emory School of Medicine Emory Division of Vascular Surgery

What a wonderful night for Stanford Surgery 🎉🎊 Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) presidential citation for Sherry Wren🏅, resident research award 🏆 for Shernaz Dossabhoy, new members David Hindin, M.D. Cara Liebert, and a truly inspirational presidential address by mary hawn 👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼

Shipra Arya MD Stanford Vascular Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) Dr. Laura Graham mary hawn Carolyn Dacey Seib Elizabeth George, MD MSc Stanford Surgery Congratulations 🎊 👏

Such a special night at Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS)! In awe of this group. ✨

Thank you ⁦Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS)⁩ for the opportunity to discuss Implementation of National Breast and Gyn Tumor Board. #BGSOE #AVAS2024 #breastcancer #chooseVA ⁦Center for Women Veterans⁩ ⁦Duke Surgical Oncology⁩