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AJS Student and Resident Scholar (STARS) Committee

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Trainees dedicated to establishing the community 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾, resources 📲 & mentorship 🧠 to make academic surgery accessible! Subdivision of @AmJSurgery 🔪

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Joined December 2022
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We are excited to celebrate our 2025-2026 ✨STARS✨ members on this #membermonday This shining group has accomplished so much this year so far and we are not done yet 🥳
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Fascinating trauma work!
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WHICH BRAIN INJURY GUIDELINES ARE REALLY BIG ON SAFETY? A RETROSPECTIVE COMPARISON AND COST ANALYSIS OF BIG CRITERIA AT A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER 🔪 @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr @ajs_stars Link: americanjournalofsurgery.com…

WHICH BRAIN INJURY GUIDELINES ARE REALLY BIG ON SAFETY? A RETROSPECTIVE COMPARISON AND COST...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains one of the most common indications for trauma center admission and is a frequent driver of intensive care unit (ICU) utilization.1–3 Patients with mild TBI,...

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We are excited for our next 🌹roses and thorns🌹 of academic surgery session with Dr. Williams! He has such an impressive resume and we look forward to having him join us! Register below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @AmJSurgery
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Great article!
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Preoperative Use of POTTER: Not Magical, But Clinically Impactful 🔪 @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr @ajs_stars Link: americanjournalofsurgery.com…

Preoperative use of POTTER: Not magical, but clinically impactful

Emergency General Surgery (EGS) is a distinct surgical population1 with a disproportionate burden of adverse outcomes and system-level costs relative to elective surgery.2–7 While acuity of present...

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Optimizing Both Sides of the Scalpel 🔪 @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr @ajs_stars Link: americanjournalofsurgery.com…
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Prehospital Tranexamic Acid Decreases Mortality, Transfusion Requirements, and Improves Shock Physiology in Trauma Patients Receiving Whole Blood 🔪 @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr @ajs_stars Link: americanjournalofsurgery.com…
Prehospital tranexamic acid decreases mortality, transfusion requirements, and improves shock...

Prehospital tranexamic acid decreases mortality, transfusion requirements, and improves shock...

Hemorrhage remains one of the leading causes of preventable death after traumatic injury, with a substantial proportion of fatalities occurring prior to hospital arrival. Rapid and effective prehos...

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Congrats to the 🌟STARS🌟members who put out the second piece in their intern year survival series! Check out our tips on managing the floor! sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @amjsurg @camila_guetter @Jengeller1 @BrianCarterMD @EdoardoManca @Adrienne_PDavis @KaiserSadiq @cannesi_MD
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Association Between Postoperative Complications and Recurrence-Free Survival in Patients with Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer 🔪 @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr @ajs_stars Link: americanjournalofsurgery.com…
Association between postoperative complications and recurrence-free survival in patients with...

Association between postoperative complications and recurrence-free survival in patients with...

Among patients with HR+/HER2− breast cancer, 30-day postoperative complications were not associated with recurrence-free or overall survival, suggesting complications may not adversely impact...

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The humbling experience of the surgical intern year 🔪 @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr @ajs_stars Link: americanjournalofsurgery.com…

The humbling experience of the surgical intern year

The surgical intern year is a uniquely transformative experience. It felt like I was a vessel made of clay molded and fired by my life prior to starting residency. There were innumerable high-press...

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Congratulations to STARS members Lamario Williams and @Jengeller1 on their publication in @AmJSurgery on “The humbling experience of the surgical intern year” ⭐️ Such an impactful piece! americanjournalofsurgery.com…
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Don’t miss this article! 📝
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Robotic (Minimally Invasive) Whipple: Primetime or Experimental Pipedream 🔪 @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr @ajs_stars Link: americanjournalofsurgery.com…

Robotic (Minimally Invasive) Whipple: Primetime or Experimental Pipedream

In 1935, Allen Oldfather Whipple performed the first one-stage pancreatoduodenectomy, establishing the foundation for an operation that has since undergone nearly a century of technical refinement....

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Impressive paper!
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Underutilization of Parathyroidectomy Among Dialysis Patients with Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism 🔪 @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr @ajs_stars Link: americanjournalofsurgery.com…

Underutilization of parathyroidectomy among dialysis patients with tertiary hyperparathyroidism

Tertiary hyperparathyroidism (THPT) is often diagnosed post-kidney transplant (KT); Parathyroidectomy is curative. Pre-KT THPT increases post-KT THPT risk; however, epidemiology among dialysis...

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Extra extra read all about it 📝 Our next ⭐️STARS⭐️ newsletter has just landed! If you want to join our email list, send us a DM! We love to bring our mission of making academic surgery accessible direct to your inbox with upcoming events and recent features 🔪 @AmJSurgery
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Tonight ⬇️
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🌹Roses & Thorns 🌹 Our next session will feature Dr. Johnson from @UMichSurgery @UMichPedsSurg! Join us on Monday 10/5 at 6pm CST. Register below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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🌹Roses & Thorns 🌹 Our next session will feature Dr. Johnson from @UMichSurgery @UMichPedsSurg! Join us on Monday 10/5 at 6pm CST. Register below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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See below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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The @AmJSurgery is seeking an Editor to manage the peer review of papers in the field of endocrine surgery (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal) and breast disease! Info to apply 💥⤵️🔪📋💯 @ajs_stars @BrenessaL @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr
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⭐️STARS⭐️ members @Jengeller1 and Anika Doppalapudi are at @traumadoctors this week in Dallas, TX @AmJSurgery 📝
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Arms Race: Robotic Platform Adoption Patterns in Colorectal Cancer Surgery 🔪 @herbchen @pferrada1 @PipeCabreraV @CiruAndes2 @SWexner @TomVargheseJr @sminaev2015 Link: americanjournalofsurgery.com…
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Congratulations to our ⭐️STARS⭐️ team on their publication regarding our recent 🌹roses & thorns🌹session with Dr. Ibrahim! @AlizehAbbas16 @WendelynOslock @Jengeller1 americanjournalofsurgery.com…
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Great #surged read! Congrats to the authors!
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One of the coolest things to be a part of with some incredibly impressive medical students and some of the most supportive faculty in surgical education! 📝🤓 @MeryemCGuler @ElizabethSpitz9 @TatarianMD #surged sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Congratulations - @Jengeller1 et al from the ⭐️ STARS ⭐️committee on the first of a series of articles for new interns on how to thrive during intern year. This article serves as the primer for what will be a multi-part series! 🥳 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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