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The official account for the Yale School of Medicine Department of Surgery.

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@YaleSurgery
Yale Surgery
6 years
Congratulations to @NitaAhujaMD for becoming the 15th Chair of the Surgery Department in its 205 year history and the first woman to lead the department. @WomenSurgeons @YaleMedicine @YaleMed @YNHH
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Yale Surgery
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Ecstatic to welcome our newest Section Chief of Breast Surgery, Dr. Rachel Greenup to the community! #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
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It's a match! Welcome to #YaleSurgery ! Meet our newest trainees 👉👉👉
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Our leader, Department of Surgery Chair Dr. Nita Ahuja, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine. @theNAMedicine #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Group photo from our "100 Years of Women in Surgery Past, Present, and Future" #GrandRounds . @WomenSurgeons @YaleMedicine @YaleMed @YNHH
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Yale Surgery
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It's #NationalDoctorsDay and there is 100% chance of sprinkles. Enjoy the treats #YaleSurgery !
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Yale Surgery
3 years
Persing to Pomahac: Plastics Passes Leadership Baton ... Here we go! #YaleSurgery @pomahacMD @YaleMed
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Yale Surgery
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Dr. Peter Gruber Leads CT's 1st Pediatric Heart Transplant. "Home and healthy for the holidays — it's the best gift ..." #YaleSurgery @YaleMed @YaleMedicine @YNHH
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Yale Surgery
4 years
It is with gratitude and pride that we announce a transition in leadership for the continued excellence of our #YaleSurgery aortic program:
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Yale Surgery
5 years
Too much talent to fit in a single frame! Thank you to our faculty, residents, students, nurses, staff & @ynhhealth @YaleMed leaders for your engagement in our State of the Dept address, and for all you do. You put the Y in Yale! #YaleSurgery #GrandRounds #AttitudeofGratitude
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Yale Surgery
30 days
Congratulations to the newest residents joining us @YaleSurgery ! We are thrilled to be a part of your surgical career. #Match2024
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Yale Surgery
5 years
First. Female. Cardiac. Surgeon. @cmpmd 🙌 #WomenInScience #HeartMonth
@YaleMedicine
Yale Medicine
5 years
“We need to talk to young people about [heart disease], especially college-age people … because, really, coronary disease starts at the age of 18.” – Yale Medicine cardiac surgeon Colleen Pietras, MD.
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Yale Surgery
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Dear @YaleIMed : Please take this little Tweet as a BIG thank you for your partnership, resilience, and contribution to our community as we weather COVID, together. We are grateful and proud to row by your side. Your friends, #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
4 years
The good news is, our Chief Residents graduated (we are SO proud). The bad news is, our Chief Residents graduated (we already miss them). Congratulations, COVID Chiefs! #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Congratulations to Dr. Kimberly Davis on being elected to the Trauma, Burns, Critical Care Board of the American Board of Surgery! @AmBdSurg @YaleMed @YaleMedicine
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Cue the fireworks! #YaleSurgery Drs. Arnar Geirsson, Benjamin Judson, and Derek Steinbacher promoted to Professor: @YaleMedicine @YaleMed @YNHH
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Yale Surgery
5 years
Congratulations, Dr. Kimberly Davis, now Secretary-Treasurer of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. You razzle-dazzle us daily, @kadtraumamd ! #YaleSurgery @traumadoctors
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Yale Surgery
5 years
“An academic promotion is not a gift, it is an achievement.” Congratulations to our recently promoted faculty. We are SO proud of you. 🥂 #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Surgery #GrandRounds this Friday at 7:30am at Fitkin Amphitheater. "100 Years of Women in Surgery: Past, Present, and Future", presented by Dr's. Ahuja, Perkal, Davis, Longo,and Killelea. @YaleMed @WomenSurgeons @NitaAhujaMD @kadtraumamd @BrigidKillelea
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Yale Surgery
3 months
Announcing the Prudence Stiltor Crozier Breast Surgical Oncology Annual Lectureship and Resource Fund. Under the guidance of @MehraGolshan , the fund will support an annual lectureship aimed at reducing the burden of #breastcancer . Learn more:
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Congratulations, Dr. Peter Yoo! Our General Surgery Residency PD to be inducted to the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Congratulations to Dr. Anees Chagpar, #BreastSurgeon , for obtaining the rank of Professor. @AneesChagpar @YaleMed @YaleMedicine
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Congratulations, Dr. Jonathan Cardella! Our Vascular Surgery Residency PD to accepted to elite ACS CASEL program. #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Congratulations, Dr. Nita Ahuja, on your election to @theNAMedicine ! And thank you for sharing the honor with our #YaleSurgery family.
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Congratulations to Dr. Dan Boffa, #ThoracicSurgeon , for obtaining the rank of Professor. @YaleMed @YaleMedicine
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Yale Surgery
4 years
And in our spare time, we research. "Three of the five PIs to receive grants are residents. Dr. Lee Ying is a PGY-1 intern; he submitted the winning proposal during orientation week." #YaleSurgery #COVIDHeroes @YaleMed
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Yale Surgery
5 years
Celebrating the brave, bright women surgeons in our Department who are paving the way for positive change in Medicine. #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay #WomenInMedicine
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Yale Surgery
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"Give yourself permission to hang out in the transition zone—between the trapeze bars. Allow yourself to dwell in the only place where change really happens ... Hurtling through the void, you may just learn to fly." #YaleSurgery #Graduation2021 #COVIDChiefs
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Yale Surgery
3 years
Thank you, @DrQuinnCapers4 for leading such an inspiring Grand Rounds and dialogue on Diversity as Actionable Excellence in academic medicine! #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
5 years
We love math. We love pies. And we love any excuse to geek out + eat dessert — at the same time. 🙌🥧 #PiDay #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Thank you to Dr. Doherty @gmdoherty for a great Surgery presentation today at #GrandRounds .
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Yale Surgery
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Happy #PiDay from the Yale Department of Surgery! We're all about precision, whether it's calculating volumes or perfecting our pizza toppings. Let's celebrate the mathematical constant π with the most delicious "pie" of all. *Pizza not pictured. Devoured in approx. 3.14 minutes.
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Yale Surgery
5 years
. @YaleSurgery wears pink in proud support of #BreastCancerAwareness & the life-saving #breastcancer research initiatives here at #Yale .
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Join us September 29 for Hack the OR 2018 - the inaugural surgery themed hackathon at Yale School of Medicine. If there’s something you want to improve in surgery, tweet it with #hackyalesurg . More info at . @YaleMed @HackYaleSurg
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Yale Surgery
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In a profession where success is measured not only by medical breakthroughs but also by the lives touched and the suffering alleviated, #NationalDoctorsDay celebrates the impact of each and every doctor. Read the message from our Chair @NitaAhujaMD :
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Vulnerability is the pathway to change! Thank you, Deputy Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Dr. Darin Latimore, and to all who shared in our important discussion on racism, violence, and taking positive action as a community. #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
3 years
No faculty promotion is average, but this one's extra special! Dr. Nwanmegha Young is first to rise rank in new clinical track. #YaleSurgery #NextGenLeaders
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Yale Surgery
3 years
New England Surgical Society has graciously extended complimentary viewing to the #YaleSurgery community. Zoom details sent via Outlook.
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Yale Surgery
3 years
It's BPO Official. Welcome, #YaleSurgery Faculty! @YaleMed @YaleMedicine
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Yale Surgery
4 years
"Let 'Patients First' be your North Star." Inspiring Grand Rounds dialogue with esteemed guest, Dr. Toby Cosgrove. #YaleSurgery @YaleMedicine @YaleMed @YNHH @ynhhealth
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Proud platinum sponsors of the Academic Surgical Congress! #ASC2020 #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
5 years
Dear #YaleSurgery Faculty, you wowed us all this morning! Thank you for inspiring our academic mission. #GrandRounds
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Yale Surgery
4 years
"Diversity is everyone's job," Alexa Canady, MD reminds us of our individual commitment to reading the world, each other and each patient, through other eyes. #YaleSurgery @YaleMedicine @YNHH @ynhhealth
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Great New Haven Register article about Dr. David Mulligan talking about telemedicine and transplantation advances. Part of the Top 50 advances at Yale New Haven Hospital series. @davidcmulligan3 @YaleTransplant @YNHH @nhregister @YaleMedicine
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Yale Surgery
5 years
Welcome to the #YaleSurgery family, Interns!
@stewartwjames
James W. Stewart II, MD, MSc
5 years
This is @YaleSurgery . My co-interns and I are about to break barriers in the surgical realm. Wait on it. 🙏🏾 The support from the department has been phenominal. This program is the best of the best. @YaleMed
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Best domino effect ever! One living donor leads to 18-person kidney exchange at #YaleSurgery . Dr. Peter Yoo shares the story with @wnpr
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Our very own Mr. Clean, Dr. Geoffrey Nadzam demonstrates proper hand-washing on @WTNH at 5:30 p.m. Grab your popcorn! Wash your hands first. #handwashingawarenessweek #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Good Storytelling + Good Science = GREAT Impact! Thank you @JosephSakran for inspiring our #YaleSurgery brand narrative, and what it really means to lead!
@SheaCGregg
Shea Gregg, MD
4 years
@JosephSakran A true leader, friend and gun research advocate has come to @YaleSurgery Grand Rounds. We thank you for your insights and all you do for our local and national communities! Great talk! @pferrada1 @TopKniFe_B @djskarupa @najsw @EAST_TRAUMA #gunviolence #ThisIsOurLane
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Yale Surgery
3 years
Dr. Alan Dardik passes the AVAS presidency to Dr. Ronnie Rosenthal. #YaleSurgery
@VAsurgeons
Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS)
3 years
Dr.Dardik's #AVAS21 Presidential address: #Veterans need our love, care & humanity. Every day veterans show us #honor #humility and #service ." @adardik @YaleSurgery @YaleSurgRes @VetsExperience
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Yale Surgery
7 months
In the latest episode of Cancer Registry World, Dr. Rick Greene speaks with thoracic surgeon Dr. Daniel Boffa about quality benchmarks for the Commission on Cancer and Dr. Boffa's path from carpentry to medicine. Listen:
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Dr. Klingensmith from Washington University will be presenting Surgery #GrandRounds this Friday May 18th at 7:30am at the Fitkin Amphitheater. Topic is "Competency Based Education in Surgery" @meklingensmith @WashUSurgery @YaleMed
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Four weeks and +10 surgeons stronger, since our last #YaleSurgery faculty meeting.
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Brian recalls little from the night he suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm, and #YaleSurgery Drs. Naiem Nassiri and Arnar Geirsson helped save his life:
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Yale Surgery
4 years
#YaleSurgeryCitizen PSA: This is your Monday p.m. reminder that, however socially distanced, we are a tight-knit community; and without you, there would be a big gap. We need you and we appreciate YOU! #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Congratulations, @Yale_Urology Graduates! *Not sponsored #YaleSurgery
@JuanDeslogesMD
Juan Javier-DesLoges, MD, MS
4 years
@adamlud I thought now would be a good time to relive this moment, the Adam Ludvigson doppelgänger appearance at the Yale urology graduation @jeanniesu @Yale_Urology @YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
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The Department of Surgery has awarded 5 research teams with funding to navigate current challenges in surgical education. Topics include bi-directional feedback and surgical skills development. Learn about the projects: @MehraGolshan @_KarthikPrasad_
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Congratulations to Dr. Boffa, Associate Professor of #ThoracicSurgery , for being named the Clinical Program Leader for the Thoracic Oncology Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital. @YaleMedicine @YNHH @YaleCancer
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Yale Surgery
5 years
A beautiful celebration of life today for our gentle, brilliant, wry International Man of Mystery; our dear friend + generous colleague, Dr. Deepak Narayan #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
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#YaleSurgeryCitizen PSA: This is your Monday p.m. reminder that you can handle anything and everything this week throws your way. You are appreciated, respected, and our community wouldn't be the same without your unique contribution.
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Yale Surgery
6 years
You are invited to the First Surgery Grand Rounds of the 2018-2019 academic year to be held on Friday, September 7, 2018 at 7:30 am in the Fitkin Amphitheater. @NitaAhujaMD will be presenting the "State of the Department". @YaleMed @YaleMedicine @YNHH
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Congratulations to Dr. Stitelman for receiving the 2017 Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Award for "Fetal Cure for Spina Bifida".
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Yale Surgery
5 years
Delighted to welcome Dr. Raul J Guzman to the #YaleSurgery family, as our Division Chief, Vascular Surgery @YaleMed ; Chief, Vascular Surgery @YNHH ; and Surgeon-in-Chief, Heart + Vascular Center @YNHHealth
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Yale Surgery
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We don't like to play favorites, but we really LOVE our residents, fellows + program directors! #ResidentAppreciation #YaleSurgery @TheSugarBakery
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Yale Surgery
4 years
💓 x 100 #YaleSurgery
@ynhhealth
Yale New Haven Health
4 years
The 100th robotic mitral valve repair surgery was performed at @YNHH by the robotic cardiac surgery team, marking a milestone for this Heart and Vascular Center procedure. YNHH is the only hospital in New England offering robotic mitral valve repair: .
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Yale Surgery
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Fridge-worthy. 📸 #YaleSurgery
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Yale Surgery
5 years
Honored to host Dr. Jo Shapiro of @BrighamWomens , together with colleagues across the Yale surgical services, at our inaugural Professionalism lectureship. #YaleSurgery #GrandRounds
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Yale Surgery
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Congratulations our 5 abstract competition winners — all women! 💁🏼‍♀️💥 #SurgeryResearchDay2019 @WomenSurgeons
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Congratulations to @ArnarGeirssonMD who is the next #CardiacSurgery Section Chief.
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Yale Surgery
3 years
Join us for a heart-to-heart. #YaleSurgery @BPTHOSP
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Yale Surgery
4 years
Easy, Breezy, Beautiful! Stunning #YaleSurgery research takes COVER of @ScienceTM
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Yale Surgery
5 years
“Diversity is about excellence, not equity.” @DrVickersUAB #grandrounds
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Yale Surgery
6 years
Read about @NitaAhujaMD in the latest @YaleCancer Centerpoint Magazine. @YaleMed @YaleMedicine
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Yale Surgery
6 years
A job well done and a big thank you to @DianaFarmerMD from @UCDavisSurgery with the Robert J. Touloukian, MD lecture during Surgery #GrandRounds today. @YaleMed
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Yale Surgery
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Dr. @michael_caty made a great presentation during Surgery #GrandRounds talking about the State of the Department. Thank you Dr. Caty for all that you have done for the department.
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Yale Surgery
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Too bad we don't have hooves....
@YaleMed
Yale School of Medicine
6 years
Skin cancer spreads in humans, but not in some hoofed animals. Why? Cutting edge research from @YaleWestCampus Wagner & Levchenko labs, plus @sidichen
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Yale Surgery
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Dr Goldenring’s advice to surgeon scientists: 1. Build a mentorship tree. 2. Keep your rejection letters for future perspective. 3. Find friends. 4. Do the “stupid” experiments (they sometimes bring about the biggest findings). #SurgeryResearchDay2019
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Yale Surgery
7 years
Dr. Davis talks to @NBCConnecticut about how @YNHH trains for mass casualty events.
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Yale Surgery
5 years
Congrats to our #YaleSurgery resident Shirley Liu, who just presented her research to the @AmCollSurgeons . Outstanding presentation & great questions! #WomenInSurgery #ACSCC2018
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Yale Surgery
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Welcome to @YaleSurgery @YaleMedicine @YaleMed @YNHH Dr. Danielle Haakinson, Assistant Professor of @YaleTransplant
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Yale Surgery
6 years
@KristinYu7 @YaleMed @gsurgstudents Please join our 2nd annual symposium.
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