🧵for new residents and students: Over the last year, I've done 9 threads on different suture materials. Included here are links to each of these. I'll leave this 'pinned' for now. They are: Prolene, silk, Vicryl, PDS, Ethibond, Nylon, Monocryl, Chromic, and barbed sutures.

May is time for Grillin’ and Chillin’ but look out for chicken bones! We don’t need any more perfs! UAMS Health UAMS Cancer UAMS Department of Surgery Artist; Merritt Prince

Fantastic Grand Rounds today at UAMS Cancer. Dr. Joe Phillips gave a very thought provoking and inspiring talk about food deserts as predictors of readmission after esophagectomy. Thank you for coming to visit! Joseph D. Phillips, MD FACS UAMS Health UAMS Department of Surgery Dartmouth 🌲

Margo & I are a therapy dog team with Central Ark Pet Partners. Through UAMS Volunteer services we visited F8, Surg Onc Clinic, and many valuable team members behind the scenes. Lots of tail wags & smiles from Margo. UAMS Health UAMS Cancer UAMS Department of Surgery #doodle

Splish-splash hibiclens bath before getting in the pool?!? Grab your shades and sunblock. Waterpark theme- F8 is the coolest 😎 place to be all summer! Art cred: Merritt Prince

Incredible talk about leadership in Surgery at the #HWSS2024 by Dr. Herb Chen. Humble + Smart + Hungry -> Ideal team player.

Great talk by Dr. Chris Streck of MUSC about valuable lessons learned through training and research in Pediatric Trauma. #HWSS2024 UTHSC Department of Surgery Chris Streck

After the graduation speeches & awards the ALDO (Andy Lundberg Day Off) band is tearing it up. #HWSS2024 Frontman Andy Lundberg was one of my chiefs back when I was an intern in 2001.

Dr. Orcutt is a fantastic surgeon and we are so fortunate to have her on our team!

Great event at Wordsworth Books. Arkansas author Eli Cranor spoke about the writing process, inspiration, and read excerpts from his new release- Broiler. Bonus guitar playing & singing Johnny Cash. WordsWorth Books Eli Cranor. Thank you!

Calling thoracic surgeons! Join us in Boston (or virtually!) for the Rescue Lung Society Rescue Lung Society conference Oct 25. International, multi-disciplinary speakers & attendees on all things Lung Cancer Screening, including great talks from these surgeons:

Lovely morning teaching surgical & non surgical #airways in our UAMS Health #ACSAPDS intern curriculum American College of Surgeons Thanks to Drs Katie Kimbrough Matthew Steliga MD FACS & Roberts UAMS Department of Surgery for sharing their expertise! Thanks to Andrew Richardson Cook Medical--MedSurg Division for support #MedEd

“A” is for Airway! Great time teaching surgical airway access to our PGY1s. Cric, perc trach, surgical trach on porcine tracheas. Great lab UAMS Centers for Simulation Education and thank you for inviting me Karen Dickinson

Our whole team on F8 is a gold medal winner every day. Teamwork makes the dream work!! Art credit: Merritt Prince UAMS Health UAMS Department of Surgery UAMS Cancer

Looking fwd to next Wednesday, Aug 14th 6-8pm. Dr. Matthew Fox from University of Louisville Cardiothoracic Surgery will be our guest speaker at the quarterly UAMS Chest Club meeting! Registration for in-person or virtual attendance go.uams.edu/ChestClub

This will be a great opportunity to learn about management of tracheal stenosis from Dr. Fox. This Weds 8/14 6-8pm. Virtal or inpatient: RSVP Go.Uams.Edu/ChestClub UAMS Health University of Louisville Cardiothoracic Surgery

Margo joined me at UAMS Health for a few hours today. Lots of tail wags visiting great team members on F8, SONC clinic, & other places. We also had a few student mentoring meetings etc. She loves coming to work & even has her own card. Makes the day just a little better.