Want to be a surgical oncologist? Want to be a surgeon-scientist? Are you a junior resident who wants to do research? Or just want to know what CDH-1 is?
Listen up to this informative episode featuring Dr. Jeremy Davis, Surgeon-in-Chief at National Institutes of Health, as he discusses all these topics and much more.
Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at NIH:
https://ccr.cancer.gov/training/clinical/surgical-oncology
Just in time for oral boards, we have another episode of our Mock Orals series. Dr. Langenfeld (@seanlangenfeld) takes our guest residents Jon Abelson (@jabelsonmd) and Paul Johnson (@dr_johnson2012) through 6 colorectal board scenarios.
We are two days before our oral boards, and this is what we are going to say for our surgical descriptions. We hope you find these helpful.
Big thanks to Geb Black, a Major in the US Army, and a trauma fellow at UT Southwestern.
&
Matt Smith a vascular surgery fellow at Cornell/Columbia combined fellowship in NYC.
Dr. Jennifer LaFemina leads our second grand rounds series with a wonderful update on the treatment and management of Melanoma.
Dr. LaFemina practices at UMass and is the Program Director of General Surgery as well as an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
As mentioned, if anyone has other great ideas for topics and guests to lead our Grand Rounds series please let us know!
Dr. Tomoaki Kato is a true pioneer in multi-visceral transplant surgery. In this episode he discusses everything from intestinal transplantation, to ex-vivo surgery, and tips on portal vein reconstruction.
This is the second episode of our journal club series with Annals of Surgery. In this episode, Dr. Kaafarani will discuss his recent paper "Surgical Risk Is Not Linear: Derivation and Validation of a Novel, User-friendly, and Machine-learning-based Predictive OpTimal Trees in Emergency Surgery Risk (POTTER) Calculator," presented at the 2018 meeting of the American Surgical Association and recently published in Annals of Surgery.
You can download the calculator following this link:
http://jack.dunn.nz/nsqip-vis/
September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month, and we have an important episode on the topic featuring Robyn Symon and Dr. Pamela Wible to discuss the film Do No Harm (www.DoNoHarmFilm.com). Robyn Symon is the writer, producer, and director of Do No Harm. Dr. Wible is a family physician who is featured in the film for her commitment to physician suicide prevention. For tickets to the NY pre-screenings, go to: https://donoharm-ny.eventbrite.com To schedule a screening at your institution, email: info@DoNoHarmFilm.com Dr. Wible is available 24/7 at: http://www.idealmedicalcare.org/contact/ National Suicide Prevention Line: 1-800-273-8255 Dr. Wible's Keynote in Chicago referenced in the podcast: http://www.idealmedicalcare.org/33-orthopaedic-surgeon-suicides-how-to-prevent-34/ Previous Behind the Knife episodes addressing wellness and burnout with tips for surgeons are available: Dr. Taylor Riall on Burnout - http://www.behindtheknife.org/podcast/dr-taylor-riall-tackles-burnout-and-importance-of-coaching-surgeons/ Dr. Charles Brunicardi on Work-Life Balance - http://www.behindtheknife.org/podcast/dr-charles-brunicardi-surgeon-songwriter-performer/ Dr. Rothenberger on Burnout - http://www.behindtheknife.org/podcast/dealing-with-complications-and-burnout-dr-rothenberger-tackles-difficult-issues-no-one-likes-to-talk-about-2/
Dr. John Lawrence is has lived an interesting medical career. Currently a Pediatric Surgeon practicing at Maimonides Medical Center in New York, Dr. Lawrence has been with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors without Borders since 2009. He has visited the limits of the earth providing medical care abroad.
We discuss his background, his career with MSF, and most importantly his profound experiences. Dr. Lawrence also walks us through performing a Caesarian section as part of Tips and Tricks. Something that is foreign to many current General Surgeons.
Please join us for this interesting podcast and if you are interested in opportunities to help, follow the link below!!
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pedsurgery
Our last medical student and intern survival guide episode. I am sure this won't be the last you will hear of Dr. Georgoff and Dr. Nikolian on Behind The Knife.
Thanks to Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian for their production of this episode.
You can contact them at:
or on Twitter
@georgoff
@VNikolian
If your heart stops when you think about cardiac surgery, we hope to ease your anxiety in our first episode featuring a cardiac surgeon! Dr. Danny Chu is professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and Director of Cardiac Surgery at the VA Hospital in Pittsburgh. Look out for a special re-appearance of Woo Do (@woosongdo)- he's back in this episode!
Two bonus episodes from our medical student and intern survival guide!
First up vascular surgery.
Thanks to Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian for their production of this episode.
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or on Twitter
@georgoff
@VNikolian
This is the first of a new collaboration between BTK and Annals of Surgery where we interview the lead author of an upcoming publication in Annals. Our guest host for this series is Karan Chhabra (@krchhabra).
In this episode, Dr. Christopher Wolfgang discusses his research on pancreatic cancer and using circulating tumor cells as a biomarker. The full text is currently available online, until November, at:https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/2018/09000/Circulating_Tumor_Cells_Dynamics_in_Pancreatic.4.aspx
Our last "BTK Medical Student and Intern Survival Guide" Please reach out to the hosts of this mini series to thank them for all of their work.
A big thanks to Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian
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Or on Twitter
@georgoff
@VNikloian
A big thanks to Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian from the University of Michigan who are the guests hosts for this mini-series.
Contact them at:
Or on Twitter
@georgoff
@VNikloian
A big thanks to Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian from the University of Michigan who are the guests hosts for this mini-series.
Contact them at:
Or on Twitter
@georgoff
@VNikloian
Our 9th Mock Oral Episode.
A big thanks to Dr. Salles who takes us through complicated upper GI and bariatric scenarios.
Dr. Salles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. She earned undergraduate degrees in Biomedical Engineering and French at the University of Southern California. She completed medical school, surgical residency, and a PhD in Education at Stanford University. She has been at Washington University in St. Louis since 2015 when she arrived here for a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Dr. Salles specializes in bariatric surgery. Her research interests including research related to obesity as well as gender equity and physician well-being.
Intern year has started! Make sure you are prepared by listening to our pearls for surgical interns.
How are you liking our Med Student/Intern series? Please give us feedback and episode ideas on twitter and by email at BTKpodcast@gmail.com
What topics do you want to hear?!
A big thanks to Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian from the University of Michigan who are the guests hosts for this mini-series.
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Or on Twitter
@georgoff
@VNikloian
Hernias can be confusing as there are many anatomical details that help differentiate them. This episode will get you on the path to being a "herniologist"
How are you liking our Med Student/Intern series? Please give us feedback and episode ideas on twitter and by email at BTKpodcast@gmail.com
What topics do you want to hear?!
A big thanks to Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian from the University of Michigan who are the guests hosts for this mini-series.
Contact them at:
Or on Twitter
@georgoff
@VNikloian
How are you liking our Med Student/Intern series? Please give us feedback and episode ideas on twitter and by email at BTKpodcast@gmail.com
Enjoy this weeks episode which is an intro to managing septic patients!
A big thanks to Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian from the University of Michigan who are the guests hosts for this mini-series.
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@georgoff
@VNikloian
Dr. Doug Smink (Program Director of the General Surgery Residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital) discusses his approach to evaluating and repairing paraesophageal hernias, as well as his thoughts on non-technical skills (such as decision-making, situational awareness, teamwork, communication, and leadership) which distinguish the Master Surgeon.
Some people love it, some people hate it, but we all need to know it. Benign and malignant breast disease. Check out this weeks episode to refresh on it.
Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian from the University of Michigan are the guests hosts for this mini-series.
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@georgoff
@VNikloian
Part 2 of key knowledge needed to appropriately work up and treat a trauma patient from the surgeon's perspective.
Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian from the University of Michigan are the guests hosts for this mini-series.
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@VNikolian
Episode two of our medical student and intern survival series. Knowing how to evaluate a trauma patient is one of the most important skills you can learn, and will constantly be learning and adding to throughout your career.
Thanks to Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian for putting this together.
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@georgoff
@VNikolian
Biliary disease basics for medical students and interns.
A big thanks to:
Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Vahagn Nikolian who can be contacted at
georgoff@med.umich.edu and vnikolia@med.umich.edu
or on Twitter at
Dr. Julie Sosa, new Chair of Surgery at UCSF discusses a variety of topics during this recent podcast. This includes leadership in surgery, resident burnout, thyroid cancer, and tips and tricks on central neck dissection.