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academicsurgery.bsky.social @academicsurgery.bsky.social · Feb 11

We've got something for everyone! 🎁

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➡️ Browse the auction and place your bids before it's too late! Check the app for auction info! #ASC2025

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academicsurgery.bsky.social @academicsurgery.bsky.social · Jan 21

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academicsurgery.bsky.social @academicsurgery.bsky.social · Dec 13

TODAY is your last chance to save on your registration for ASC 2025 with our Early Bird rates! ⏳

Join us in Las Vegas from February 11-13, 2025 for the 20th Annual Academic Surgical Congress!

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academicsurgery.bsky.social @academicsurgery.bsky.social · Dec 6

Registration is OPEN for the 20th Annual Academic Surgical Congress! 🎉

Join us in Las Vegas from Feb 11-13, 2025, for an unforgettable experience. Early bird rates end December 13th! ✨

Register now and secure your spot: https://buff.ly/49amNBB

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American College of Surgeons @facs.org · Nov 29

The ACS Wisconsin Chapter meeting earlier this month featured surgical skills contests, presentations on abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia management, a resident panel, and more!

Second Vice-President Dr. Dennis H. Kraus provides a report. 📝

Trainee Competitions, Hot Topic Debates Highlight Wisconsin Chapter Meeting

Read Dr. Dennis H. Kraus's account of the early November meeting, including details on presentations, a surgical skills contest, and more.

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academicsurgery.bsky.social @academicsurgery.bsky.social · Nov 27

Discover how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are revolutionizing surgical research in the latest blog post on The Academic Surgeon! 🗺️

➡️ Dive deeper into this fascinating field: https://buff.ly/4g37MDJ @UABSurgery

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American College of Surgeons @facs.org · Nov 20

📝 Applications are due THIS FRIDAY for two-year faculty research fellowships. The fellowship will assist surgeons in the establishment of their research program with the goal of transitioning to becoming independent investigators.

Apply today! #SurgSky

ACS Faculty Research Fellowships

The ACS is offering two-year faculty research fellowships, through the generosity of Fellows, Chapters, and friends of the College.

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2820521?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=062624

Institutional Diversity in the General Surgery Residency ...

This Viewpoint examines the challenges faced by students ...

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

Lots of great advice in this article for med students and general surgery programs

As the authors note, @AcademicSurgery and @AmCollSurgeons are fantastic societies for students

Institutional Diversity in the General Surgery Residency Selection Process...

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

Our youngest son captured my feelings perfectly about the seasons - esp in mid Feb in the upper Midwest.

Summer is better than winter.

And, it really is no fun to have ice chunks thrown at your face in a snowball fight…

Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

work!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022480423002342

ScienceDirect

www.sciencedirect.com

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

What do bariatric surgery pts and providers think about communication after surgery?

1. Pts are hesitant to follow-up if wt loss is suboptimal
2. Personalized communication is key

Fantastic job by @uwsmph med student @chloelam98 leading this...

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022480423002226

ScienceDirect

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

Can you use electronic health record data to predict who will gain weight? Our machine learning analysis suggests likely not. More informative datasets are needed.

Great job by @wiscsurgery T32 residents @jmurtha5 @DrDJawara leading this work @JSurgRes...

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

be disclosed.

Seems sensible to me.

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

Welp, looks like @ElsevierConnect just established an ChatGPT/AI policy:

https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/publishing-ethics#Authors

It embraces AI technology in an effort to enhance manuscript writing, but notes that AI should not replace key aspects of research and should...

Publishing ethics | Elsevier policy

View the standards of expected ethical behaviour by all p...

www.elsevier.com

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

How should medical journals and publishers respond to ChatGPT and other AI platforms that can simulate human writing?

@AnnalsOpen @CarlaPughMDPhD #ChatGPT

https://journals.lww.com/aosopen/Fulltext/2023/03000/Response_to__Comment_on_The_AI_and_I__A.43.aspx

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/weight-loss-obesity-drug-2023-01-01/ via @60minutes

Recognizing and treating obesity as a disease

Lesley Stahl reports on how obesity is misunderstood, and...

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

"That's where the stigma of obesity comes in. The idea that the patient can do it with diet/exercise. You'd never do that to a pt with HTN or heart disease or type 2 DM." @MarsApovian

Great piece. #weightbias hurts us all.
...

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36180301/

Socioeconomic disparities and bariatric surgery outcomes:...

Interventions targeting socioeconomic barriers to weight ...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

What are the socioeconomic barriers to weight loss after bariatric surgery? Our qualitative study found 5:

1. Challenging employment
2. Limited income
3. Unreliable transportation
4. Unsafe/inconvenient neighborhoods
5. Limited health literacy

@ASMBS...

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

Fantastic work from @WiscSurgery resident @jmurtha5 and the rest of the team

The finding that these cut-points existed in the overweight category - as opposed to class 1, 2, or 3 obesity - is notable.

How should BMI be incorporated into screening algorithms for cancer?

Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

Our analysis of electronic health record data from nearly 280,000 patients found that multiple cancers were associated with an increasing BMI

Two had BMI "cut-points" where the risk of cancer increased - kidney and uterine

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01178-0

Obesity and “obesity-related” cancers: are there body mas...

Despite compelling links between excess body weight and c...

www.nature.com

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

Me: “Interesting…I didn’t know they still sent out phone books.”

11 y/o son: “What’s a phone book?”

Me: 😶

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Luke Funk, MD, MPH @lmfunk2.bsky.social · Nov 20

We’re hiring! Our VA research group is looking for a health behavior coach (bachelors level) who will administer a behavioral intervention as part of a VA-funded RCT.

Details here: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/648657800

@VAsurgeons
@WiscSurgery

Program Assistant - Health Behavior Coach/Study Intervent...

The Program Assistant works as a member of the research t...

www.usajobs.gov