“Administrators are emotionally and financially rewarded if they can hire more people beneath them, and those administrators, in time, will want to increase their own status by hiring more people underneath them. Before long, a human pyramid of bureaucrats has formed to take on…

“In-groups tend to be judged on their potential and given the benefit of the doubt, whereas out-groups have to show they’ve nailed it. If your company values potential, it should be assessed separately, with factors clearly outlined for evaluators and employees. Then track…

Results on students in a new study of smartphone bans at 477 middle schools:
- Fewer psychiatric consultations
- Lower rates of bullying
- Higher GPAs and test scores
- Results were strongest for girls and schools with the strictest bans

Phones don't belong in classrooms

We had a happy #PizzaDeMayo celebration yesterday, courtesy James Wu! UCLA General Surgery Residency Program

Meta-analysis: Neuroticism dims the quality of relationships, especially for the neurotics themselves. psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-80… This meta-analysis was able to thoroughly assess the relationship between neuroticism and relationship quality and examine potential moderators. The…

An introduction to Claude Monet:

Congratulations to our new councilors and officers!

New Councilors:
Masha Livhits
Scott Wilhelm

New Officers:
Recorder: Rachel Kelz
Vice President: Wen Shen
President-Elect: Sareh Parangi
President: Rebecca Sippel

Sareh Parangi,MD American College of Surgeons #AAES2024

The Eucalcemic Patient With Elevated Parathyroid Hormone Levels, via Endocrine Society Endocrine Society Journals

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Sadly, NIH funding of thyroid research has decreased dramatically in the last ten years, from about $50M to $30M/year. What is going on???? AACE American Thyroid Association Endocrine Society Endocrine News
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38661525/

I feel so blessed.

We were star struck 🤩 to meet Jad Abumrad from Radiolab at #AAES2024 !

Thank you for teaching us about close listening, achieving resonance in conversations, and “parachuting into another person’s mind” to understand their point of view.

Residents Drs. Hattie Huston-Paterson and Young-Ji Seo presenting their work on “Rural #Thyroid Cancer Care” and “Impact of Margin Positivity” at #AAES2024 🦏. Congrats to both!

Incompletely ablated hyper-functioning thyroid nodule (s/p RFA). Gross findings at surgery.
SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025! BehindTheKnife

Headed to #AAES2024 in Dallas? Be sure to download the AAES events app (it is different from last year’s app)!

American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Rebecca Sippel Cord Quan-Yang Duh Barb Miller

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A few reasons why I’ve been late to see patients:

A child’s cancer relapsed, family devastated

An adolescent expressed suicidal intent

A child with life threatening anaphylaxis

Things that have never been the reason I was late:

Eating bon bons

Not valuing patients time

“Freedom of expression does not include the right to threaten or harass others and prevent them from engaging as equal participants in campus life. But the freedom of expression necessary for fulfilling the mission of a university – and for a democracy – does require allowing…

Superb thread.

A brief history of the colour orange:

“Back in 2015, for example, The Princeton Review was caught charging higher prices to students who lived in zip codes with large Asian populations.”

“Standardized tests are a means for all students, regardless of their background and life experience, to provide information that is predictive of success in college and beyond.
Indeed, when students have the option of not submitting their test scores, they may choose to withhold…