Trauma & Acute Care Surgeon and Innovation leader @HartfordHealthC and @UConn SOM. Father and husband.
Hartford, CT
Joined January 2009
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Tonight, 2,118 surgeons representing 84 countries are being welcomed as Fellows of the American College of Surgeons.
Congratulations to our newest FACS! 👏
#ACSCC26
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We provide a practical guide to creating miniature 3D models of chest wall anatomy, utilizing only consumer grade tools, to accurately visualize rib fractures for patient education and surgical planning.
@AshishMBakshi; @psyoo; @philkimmd; #TripleBeanTechnologiesLLC; #HartfordHealthcare, #HartfordHospital
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So proud and excited to share our research team’s efforts to publish a practical guide for 3D printing miniature patient chest wall models! More to come.
We provide a practical guide to creating miniature 3D models of chest wall anatomy, utilizing only consumer grade tools, to accurately visualize rib fractures for patient education and surgical planning.
@AshishMBakshi; @psyoo; @philkimmd; #TripleBeanTechnologiesLLC; #HartfordHealthcare, #HartfordHospital
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In the STITCH trial, small-bites fascial closure for elective midline laparotomy was associated w/ reduced long-term incidence and size of incisional hernias vs large-bites closure. At 13 years, cumulative incidence and width of hernias >20 mm were lower w/ small-bites technique.
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This month’s EAST Monthly Literature Review on Quality, Safety and Outcomes is brought to you by Christopher Dente, MD, Phillip Kim, MD, MBA, Daniel Holena, MD and Shivani Badve. Thank you to our sponsor @HaemoneticsCorp! Read the EASTLitReview here and share your feedback: bit.ly/4tTMi34
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Excited to share our new JTACS paper, which provides a practical, low-cost guide to 3D printing chest wall anatomy from routine CT imaging. Grateful for our research team and for Hartford HealthCare Research's support for advancing innovative research!
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🧵regarding the Gigli saw:
A simple but effective tool for cutting bone. As usual, we'll go over its design, how to use it, and why such a basic device still exists in the surgical toolbox in 2026.
We'll also cover its history and the tragic fate of Leonardo Gigli.
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Ever wonder how to communicate value to your hospital leadership as an ACS Surgeon? Well we sat down with @pbatesmurphy and @PhilKimMD from the AAST Health Economics Committee to discuss they’re latest paper on this topic on our Committee Spotlight Turnover time. Check it out!
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A panel session at The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2024 annual meeting sponsored by the AAST Healthcare Economics Committee was held to discuss making the case for the value of ACS locally, and how to effectively communicate your case to hospital leadership.
@philkimmd @pbatesmurphy @dianehaddadmd @DavidASpain @DrJtrauma #JoTACS #TraumaSurg #SurgTwitter #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #MedEd #EmergencyMedicine
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Our findings demonstrate that 28 fr chest tubes that are irrigated have smaller amounts of retained hemothorax when compared to irrigated pigtail catheters in this swine model. Volume of irrigation does not seem to have any effect on amount of retained hemothorax
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REBOA = higher mortality (47% vs 36%), more transfusions, longer time to OR. No survival benefit. Check the new study by Hatchimonji et al. bit.ly/441iuXH and Jansen's commentary bit.ly/48a2TYi.
@jhatchmd @dianehaddadmd @pdowzicky @markseamonmd
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Large language models (#LLMs) can simplify surgical instructions to a similar readability level as human-simplified versions while maintaining fidelity, though physician oversight is necessary. ja.ma/4n41gzJ
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Patients with GCS ≤6, SBP ≤70 mmHg, AIS in abdomen ≥3, and AIS in extremity/pelvis ≥4 were most likely to benefit from REBOA and had a higher survival rate by >30% than general trauma population.
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So...how does your hospital decide how many surgeons are required to provide adequate coverage?
This sounds like a simple question - but @pbatesmurphy has shown how complex the answer can be.
In this conversation, we discuss the crazy but predictable results of his recent paper - the almost 80% US hospitals are understaffed from an acute care perspective
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The results open up a whole conversation about surgical culture, compensation, and how we provide adequate care for our patients.
@EAST_TRAUMA @CANUCSurg @CAGS_ACCG @rbarbosa91 @bryanacotton1 @coldsteelpod
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Nearly one-quarter of pediatric firearm-related homicides occurred at home. Young children were more often affected.
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Our research team at @HartfordHealthC have found practical methods to easily 3D print a patient’s chest wall anatomy for visualization for < $5 each. We are writing this up as a practical guide, stay tuned! (Image posted with patient’s permission)
Honored to attend the Len Jacobs annual lecture and hear Dr. @JosephSakran speak on Gun Violence Prevention. This is our lane.
At #AAST2025 and attended an excellent panel lunch session “AI in Trauma/Critical Care-the Future is Now.” AI tools are here and available, and surgeons need to be intimately involved in the creation and review of these tools!