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A Journey to Self-Acceptance and Surgical Residency

Association of Women Surgeons

I … Continue reading "A Journey to Self-Acceptance and Surgical Residency" Woods, MD Being comfortable with my queerness is not something that always came easy to me.

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Pride in the Operating Room: How the Structure of Surgical Residency Can Keep Us in the Closet

Association of Women Surgeons

Tyler Crawley Pride in residency is difficult, especially in surgery. How you are evaluated and how you are … Continue reading "Pride in the Operating Room: How the Structure of Surgical Residency Can Keep Us in the Closet"

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MEET OUR TEAM: Co-Founder & COO, Dave Terry, DO

The Surgicalist Group

Dr. Terry was named Surgical Resident Educator of the Year during his residency at Michigan State University’s Mt. If you are interested in becoming a surgicalist, you can complete this form. David Terry, D.O., is board certified in both general and peripheral vascular surgery through the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery.

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MEET OUR TEAM: Founder & CEO, Mit Desai MD, FACS

The Surgicalist Group

His residency was at UIC-MGH in Chicago, where he was the Chief Resident and Surgical Resident Teacher of the year. Desai graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a B.S with Honors in Microbiology in 1992 and Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1997.

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Knowing Me, Knowing You: What Can We Learn From Familiar Surgical Teams?

Incision

Rotating training programs create regular influx and outflux of surgical residents and trainee nurses. In a healthcare unit, shift patterns often prevent the formation of consistent operative teams — routinely bringing unfamiliar professionals together to fill rotas and maintain services.

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LEARJET ANESTHESIA – THE EARLY DAYS OF HEART TRANSPLANTATION

The Anesthesia Consultant

When Stanford learned of a brain dead donor with a normal heart at a distant location, the following choreography occurred: 1) a matching donor was identified and told to come to Stanford Medical Center immediately; 2) a team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and a heart-lung perfusionist was paged to Stanford Medical Center immediately to prepare (..)

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THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DOCTOR VITA BY RICK NOVAK

The Anesthesia Consultant

The surgical resident and the scrub tech held suction catheters in the abdomen, but the stream of blood bubbled upward past the catheters. He took a scalpel from the scrub tech, and in one long stroke made an incision down the midline of the abdomen from the lower end of the breastbone to the pubic bone. A red sea rose between them.