The future of #AI in healthcare depends on governance as much as innovation. A new @facs.org viewpoint examines responsible AI use in prior authorization through evidence, #policy, and #advocacy. 🎙️ www.podbean.com/ep/pb-q8cna-... 📄 www.facs.org/for-medical-... #Surgery #HouseofSurgery

Next stop: @ucirvine.bsky.social! Grateful for the strong foundation built at @gwu1821.bsky.social through incredible mentorship, operative experience, and lasting friendships. Excited for a new city, new challenges, and continued growth as a surgical trainee. #Surgery #MedSky #SurgSky

Fun time at DC ACS All Surgeons Day representing GW on the podium and in the skills competition!

🆕 @facs.org Bulletin Article explores risk mitigation strategies for #pregnant #surgeons. Strong work by @ras-acs.bsky.social Membership workgroup! www.facs.org/for-medical-...

Outstanding work by @jasb805.bsky.social and @cosef.org highlighting disparities in experience for preliminary vs categorical #surgery residents, with non-designated prelims reporting lower satisfaction, higher #burnout, and fewer #mentorship & #research opportunities. #SEW2026 #ASE2026 #SurgEd

SCORE lecture for my amazing peers at GW #Surgery

@facs.org #ACSLAS26 this weekend in #WashingtonDC. For residents, the leadership summit is free, and there is a nominal fee for the advocacy summit. Hanging out with @ras-acs.bsky.social is always a fun time! See you there! Registration: www.facs.org/for-medical-...

TAILGUT CYSTS: -Rare retrorectal tumors -Best evaluated with MRI, biopsy is rarely indicated -Complete excision prevents recurrence and malignancy -Routine coccygectomy is no longer recommended Article Link 🔗: doi.org/10.1097/RC9.0000000000000095 Thanks to the @usf.edu #Colorectal #Surgery Team!

Scrubbed out of an inguinal hernia repair to present a poster at #AMAmtg. Great way to end the week!

Hierarchy in #surgery: a tool for structure or a barrier to safety and innovation? In my editorial for the American Journal of Surgery, I explore resistance to change and strategies to empower trainees while preserving surgical excellence. #SurgEd www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thrilled to present a poster of our work at the 2025 @ama-assn.org Research Challenge! Grateful to my team and mentors!

Hi #Medsky / #Surgsky I'm Kaiser Sadiq, prelim @gwu1821.bsky.social resident applying #Surgery in #Match2026. Proud to serve as @ras-acs.bsky.social Membership Secretary, AAPI-MSRF Research Chair, and on @sages.org committees. Outside the hospital, I'm either at the boxing gym 🥊 or a rock concert🤘

First presentation being introduced as a GW #Surgery resident!! Also really happy to support Swetha’s first presentation at a national meeting, presenting our work! Big thanks to the entire team and all my mentors!! #SAAS2025

Hernia tissue lab with the best surgeons in the making at GW Surgery

Join the House of #Surgery! @facs.org invites International Members—residents, students, and trainees worldwide are welcome. #GlobalSurgery

Abstract submissions are now open for AAPIMSRF virtual #research symposium!! Abstracts are due by September 12th with notification of acceptance by the 20th! Apply now: bio.link/aapischolars #Match2026 #MedSky

Excited to announce that our case report was accepted to @amcollegegastro.bsky.social #ACG2025!!

Better late than never. It's been a long road to Day 1... #IMG #Surgery #Match2026

Register for the next @surgicaleducation.bsky.social SIMPL #SurgEd #Research Webinar on Jul 9, 6 PM EST: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Dr. Andrew Krumm: From EPAs to Milestones: Measuring Competency in the Age of #AI

🚨↑ #BMI in loop #ileostomy ↑ risk: -#Hernia (Stoma/Parastomal) -#Stoma outlet obstruction -#Skin #complications -Longer OR time -Delayed reversal ⚠️BMI >30 = 2x complications risk BMI >25 Recs: → Pre-op #weightloss → Consider #mesh at reversal doi.org/10.1007/s00464-025-11887-y @sages.org #SAGES2025

Two abstracts accepted for #ATAThyroid2025! Shout out to both of the fantastic teams!

Triple acceptance for the Tripartite Meeting #ESCP25!! As always, thanks to my amazing team, Eugenia, Patricia, Swetha, Rishab, Andres, and my incredible mentors, Drs. Eisenstein, Lopez, and Bennett!!

Register for the next @surgicaleducation.bsky.social SIMPL Webinar on Jun 11, 5 PM EST: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #GlobalSurgBox: Using Affordable, Portable Simulation to Accelerate the Global Surgical Workforce with Dr. Yihan Lin #SurgEd #GlobalSurgery

Tell your Senators to support S. 1640 today! This legislation, if passed, would temporarily reverse the 2.83% cut and provide a 2% positive payment update, an increase equivalent to roughly half of the Medicare Economic Index (MEI) for 2025. physiciansgrassrootsnetwork.org/be-heard?vvs...

@ras-acs.bsky.social Membership Workgroup meets tonight at 9 PM EST. Sign up for the mailing list to receive the Zoom meeting link and agenda: tinyurl.com/sjft6nv4 @susanafortichs.bsky.social @facs.org #surgery #MedX #MedTwitter

Excited to have our work presented at the inaugural SAAS (Society of Asian Academic Surgeons) @latinosurgery.bsky.social joint meeting!! Grateful for my phenomenal team and mentors!!

Register for the next @surgicaleducation.bsky.social SIMPL Webinar on May 27, 5 PM EST: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Partnership and Place Based Surgical Education in Rural Rwanda: Appropriate Innovation for the Global South? A Case Study with Dr. Barnabas Alayande #SurgEd #GlobalSurgery

Preliminary➡️categorical ✅Positive Predictors: 📈test scores, 🇺🇸US grad, 🛂no visa needed. ⚠️Negative Predictors:⌛older age, ⚫Black/Hispanic Many face multiple prelim years, and some give up after devoting years and significant capital. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Last presentations before residency at @ascrs.bsky.social #ascrs2025! Grateful for the strong support from my amazing teams and mentors!

Looks like @sages.org aren’t the only one with fun ribbons!! @ascrs.bsky.social #ascrs2025

🎉 WE DID IT! Thrilled to share our @facs.org #ACS2025 acceptances: 🗣️ Full oral presentation: Colleen McDermott & @cosef.org 📌 Poster presentation: Griffen Allen & UW Honored to be part of these amazing #Surgery #Research teams!

Back-to-back presentations at @ddwmeeting.bsky.social feels like the old two-timer date trope 😂 As always big thanks to both teams! #ssat2025 #DDW2025

Felt incredible to share our work, connect with #JIPMER alumni, and engage with others who share my #research interests at #ssat2025 #DDW2025. Can’t wait for my oral presentations tomorrow! @ddwmeeting.bsky.social

If you want to learn about Single Incision #Robotic #Surgery, Tailgut Cysts, Pancreatic Ewing’s Sarcoma, or just want to come say hello, I’ll be at @ddwmeeting.bsky.social the next couple of days. Looking forward to connecting and of course learning! #SSAT2025 #DDW2025

Rounding out Florida @facs.org with another poster presentation. Strong showing from team @USF.edu!!

Thrilled to present our preliminary data from @usf.edu for single-incision #robotic #surgery at Florida chapter of @facs.org! Thanks to the team and especially to Dr. Marcet for being there! Next poster at 4 PM.

Old dog. Foreign pedigree. Years in the pound. But now? FOSTERED by @gwu1821.bsky.social!! One step closer to my forever OR and not slowing down… #Surgery #Residency #MedSky

Register for our next ASE SIMPL webinar, with Dr. Cara Liebert, next Tuesday, April 22 at 5pm ET!

Closing out @facs.org #ACSLAS25 by advocating for #HealthcareAccess, #CancerResearch, and #Trauma programs alongside team #California —inspired and ready for more!!

Always fun to catch up with @ras-acs.bsky.social!! Truly grateful to @facs.org for the travel award to attend #ACSLAS25

Water = Vodka or gin Diet Coke = Cuba Libre Coffee = Irish coffee You drink, just not what they do

🔥hot off the presses🔥 doubling the number of 🧬 loci for diverticulitis and shedding light on the basis of this diseases. Kudos to @pennsurgery.bsky.social resident first author Chris Neylan www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Missed our webinar this week? No worries – the recording and associated resources are available here: www.surgicaleducation.com/ase-cosef-pe...

Can magnets replace sutures in more GI operations?⤵️ #JACSinConversation journals.lww.com/journalacs/a...

🤕…on the bright side, both our abstracts got accepted for FC-ACS. Grateful to my mentors at @usouthflorida.bsky.social! #Match2025

Had a blast meeting some absolutely incredible people! Looking forward to next year! #sages2025

Gotta love @sages.org humor! We are on a break! #sages2025

What are you looking at? @cosef.org want to know. Get a $25 gift card to help understand how expertise shapes your intraop focus. #sages2025

Tony Stark vibes #Sages2025

Lap training gamified! #sages2025