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Can PROs predict complications & challenges to recovery after thoracic surgery? Can they help us target/tailor supports? We believe so! More work needed! Thanks to U of M Rady Faculty BSc Med program for supporting Eagan Peters work #tssmn #lcsm ESTS academic.oup.com/ejcts/article-…

We prospectively collected PRO at first visit & at each following visit in more than 500 #patients ⬇️preop PRO was independently associated with complications. This supports the notion that patients know what they need➡️we just need to listen better & earlier #tssmn

Perhaps incorporating #AI in #EHR to initiate an intervention, similar to #Sepsis detection bundles?

Coming soon, novel analysis The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database, Lisa Brown, MD, MAS, FACS & Brian Mitzman, MD MS FACS. Can inform preop to make efficient postop discharge & incentivize quit smoking B4 surgery. #LCSM Predictors Discharge w/ Supplemental O2 after Lobectomy for #LungCancer pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39214441/

In current era #GLP1 -R agonists, could Rx BMI > 40 patients with Stage I NSCLC, prior to surgery. Similar to how in some cases we do prehab for patients w/ early stage #LungCancer. These patients do have higher risk of respiratory complications: jtcvs.org/article/S0022-… #LCSM

The way that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s husband believes in her, is just so beautiful and inspiring 🫶

On Labor Day, we honor workers, unions, and the entire labor movement fighting for fair wages, good benefits, and safer working conditions for all. As President, I will always stand with workers, because when unions are strong, the middle class is strong. And when the middle

On Labor Day, we celebrate the generations of American workers and their families who keep our country going — and the unions who fight for the rights and opportunities they deserve. We owe them our gratitude and support.

One of the reasons why this scene was so striking: youtu.be/CHlDIm6lYGE

gofund.me/8fee8713 Sharing a GoFundMe for Dr. Geohaira Sosa, who tragically passed away just as she was starting her residency at ⁦UC Davis Health⁩ Psych. If you can, please consider donating or sharing the link below. 🙏🏾 linkedin.com/posts/helen-ka…

“…so common…” ? 🧐

I am speaking at Western Colorectal #Cancer Consortium Conference (#WC4). I will be highlighting our UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Cent Urgent Care @ Home #Oncology Program. Please checkout the details of my talk at: whova.com/xems/apis/open…

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Dr. John H. Stewart Society of Black Academic Surgeons President-elect rocking #SAAS2024 👀! Gearing up for #SBAS2024 at UC Davis Surgery perhaps? 🙌

Apply for the TSF Levi Watkins Innovation and Leadership Development Scholarship by 9/15. With an elite cohort of prior awardees, this is a great opportunity for career development. The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) Olugbenga Okusanya MD Leah Backhus MD MPH FACS Dr. David Tom Cooke J. W. Awori Hayanga MD thoracicsurgeryfoundation.org/awards/watkins

Thanks to WomenInThoracicSurg for the opportunity to present at #WTS2024 . A few of my slides below.

so is GWB still in a witness protection program? Does he not have the same character as the Cheneys? apparently not...

Dozens of business leaders endorse ⁦Kamala Harris⁩ for president | CNN Business #POTUS , including Michael Murdoch & ⁦Mark Cuban⁩ cnn.com/2024/09/06/bus…

With the one and only Robert Higgins, MD, MSHA Yale School of Medicine alumni 🥰 I have yet to meet a more down to earth and incredibly accomplished leader. #lifegoals WomenInThoracicSurg #WTS2024