The Department of Surgery at
@IUMedSchool
consists of 8 total divisions & is recognized for excellence in clinical care, surgical training, & research.
Dr. Caleb Matthews was supposed to graduate this year from our cardiothoracic surgery residency program.
Instead, Caleb passed away last November after 3.5 year battle against a rare form of lung cancer.
We miss him every day. ❤️
Please help us honor the legacy of Dr.
It's been about 16 months of donning an abundance of PPE - so this official
#iusurgery
Class of 2021 portrait is a refreshing change of pace!
17 more days until they are off on their next adventure! 🎓🥼👩⚕️👨⚕️
We announce with the heaviest of hearts that our former Chief of Trauma, Dr. Gomez, has died.
Dr. Gomez developed the 1st verified level 1 trauma center in Indiana at Wishard Hospital (now
@EskenaziHealth
). He was a beloved figure in our residency program and will be missed. ❤️
Congrats to Jennifer Choi, MD,
@jenchoi_iu
, associate prof of clinical surgery and program director of our
#generalsurgeryresidency
program
@IUMedSchool
, who has been appointed as associate dean for graduate medical education effective July 2022! 👏👏
We cannot wait to see the talents this cohort of trainees bring with them as they start their residency journey at Indiana University SOM Department of Surgery.
Be safe & have fun this weekend! You earned it! 🎉
#match2023
#iusmmatch2023
#gensurgmatch2023
#iusurgery
It's our pleasure to announce that the new Chief of Pediatric Surgery at Riley Children’s Hospital is Alan Ladd MD. Congratulations Dr. Ladd!
#iusurgery
Today marks Chairman Gary L. Dunnington, MD's last in-office day before retirement! He will be greatly missed by all of us! Congratulations and Happy Retirement,
@GLDunnington
!😀🏌🌴🌞️
Welcome,
@TonyYangMD
, Professor of Surgery, to the Division of Surgical Oncology
@IUmedschool
! Dr. Yang will focus on endocrine and pancreatic surgery, healthcare quality and safety research.
#IUSurgery
We want to congratulate
@TonyYangMD
on his appointment as the Vice Chair for Quality. Dr. Yang is a nationally renowned surgical quality and safety improvement expert, and we were extremely fortunate to recruit him this past fall.
@IU_SOQIC
@kbilimoria
@IUMedSchool
Our new
#IUSurgery
Chair
@kbilimoria
, brings a lot of energy and excitement to the Department of Surgery and brings expertise in
#SurgeryOncology
and quality research. Learn more about Dr. Bilimoria.
Dr. Waters ended the streak of
#iusurgery
#surgonc
faculty winners in the Best Faculty of the Year award presented by the 2020 General Surgery chief resident class!
Dr. Waters is routinely lauded for his teaching in both the OR and clinic settings. Congratulations Dr. Waters!
⭐BIG News! IU Surgery’s Pediatric Surgery (
@iupedsurg
) fellowship program now has approval from the
ACGME and ABS for a certified fellow rotation in Kijabe, Kenya.
This makes
#IUSurgery
the only Pediatric
fellowship with an approved international rotation in the USA!
Our
We are excited that Dr. McMaster is shedding her preliminary surgery status and becoming a categorical general surgery resident at
@UIowa_Surgery
as of 8/1/2020!
Good Luck Dr. McMaster. You earned it!
The Hawkeyes are getting a fantastic PGY 2 resident. Take good care of her!
Congratulations to Dr. Rescorla on receiving the 2022
@IUmedschool
2022 Inspirational Educator Award! His commitment to
#IUSurgery
has inspired and motivated learners to achieve success for more than 35 years! Well done!
@kbilimoria
Who will join us in Dr. Ritter's first general surgery residency class at Indiana University?
We find out in less than 24 hours!🎉
#Match2023
#gensurgmatch2023
All four of our residency programs had an outstanding
#match2023
season. We look forward to seeing our new general, plastic, cardiothoracic, and vascular surgery PGY 1s in June!
Congratulations to the newest cohort of
#iusurgery
trainees!🎉
Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS, vice chair of education at
@IUMedSchool
and president of the
@Surg_Education
, is working on a mental skills curriculum video to enhance performance of future and experienced surgeons.
#SurgicalEducation
We added an additional Associate Clerkship Director to our Statewide Surgical Clerkship team & were excited to find the perfect faculty member was already in our midst.
Congrats to Dr. Sade Imeokparia! We are excited to bring you into the fold of our
#iusurgery
#surged
team!
🎉Congratulations to Dr. Troy Markel, FACS, FAAP, [
@troymarkelmd
], on being appointed Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Surgery. Dr. Markle has an impressive list of accomplishments, including securing his first R01 totaling over $2.3m this past April to initiating
Today we celebrate the achievements of the
#iusurgery
#gensurg
class of 2022.
Your abilities, resilience, & commitment to the craft of Surgery is second to none.
We all look forward to seeing where you leave your mark next.
We are proud of you all ❤️
Thank you, Dr. Kyla Terhune
@VUMCSurgery
for providing insightful examples on giving feedback during our September
#IUSurgery
grand rounds this morning!
"The last time I saw the Match logo was 5 years ago to inform me I had not matched to any residency."
Neurosurgery was his plan, but trauma surgery is his future. We are so proud of Dr. Moore as he matched into his first choice for Surgical Critical Care fellowship!
#iusurgery
🎉Big CONGRATULATIONS to
@DrJasmine_MD
, General Surgery resident, on being inducted into the 2024 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society!
Election to Alpha Omega Alpha is an honor representing a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research, and
We are very excited to have IU alumnus Karl Bilimoria, MD,
@kbilimoria
, as our new Dept of Surgery Chair in August! Welcome! We look forward to accomplishing many things under your leadership!
Karl Bilimoria, MD, (
@kbilimoria
) has been named the Jay L. Grosfeld Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery. He's a native Hoosier and proud alumnus with a passion for mentorship and expertise in developing large, innovative programs.
Dr. Bilimoria presented his first State of
#IUSurgery
talk to a full house this morning, sharing our strengths in
#SurgEd
, clinical surgery, basic research, grant awards and pubs. He also shared a few laughs with residents and faculty afterward.
#Match2023
IU GenSurg PEC passed a new policy yesterday to allow protected time for our residents to exercise their right to
#VOTE
.
Led by PGY 4 resident Dr. Zaidi and the resident members of Resident Council, we are proud to add this to our formal policy book.
#surgtwitter
#civicduty
🥇
#IUSurgery
was awarded Clerkship of the Year as the highest-rated clerkship by graduating medical students at the
@iumedschool
Class of 2024 Awards Ceremony!
🤝This award recognizes our ongoing dedication to surgical education, research and innovation. As the top-ranked
Class of '23
#Awards
🎉 cont.
👏Big CONGRATS to:
Katie Stanton-Maxey, MD – Outstanding Teaching of Clinical Science in General Surgery
Brian Gray, MD – Outstanding Teaching of Clinical Science in Subspecialty Surgery
Department of Surgery – Outstanding Clerkship
#IUsurgery
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Steven Mong and Dr. Lindsey Mossler on being recipients of the 2024 Trustees' Teaching Award! This award is a testament to their excellence in teaching future leaders in medicine.
All awardees will be recognized in person at the All-School Meeting on
🕊️It is with great sadness that we share the passing of an esteemed colleague, surgeon, and academic mentor and teacher, Dr. Dale Rouch.
Dr. Rouch was an integral part of the medical community for over 35 years. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, especially his
👏Congratulations to
#IUSurgery
's very own
@jenchoi_iu
on becoming President of
@APDSurgery
!
⭐️We are so proud to see our faculty leading national organizations as they continue to pave the way for surgical education, training and innovation on a national scale.
Welcome to IU Surgery, Tarik Yuce, MD, MS!
[
@TarikYuceMD
]
Quick facts:
⭐FEL:
@OhioStateMed
and
@NorthwesternMed
⭐Assistant Professor of Surgery in General Surgery focused on MIS
⭐Research Focus: Bariatric surgery, with a particular interest in issues surrounding access to
Congratulations to our
#gensurg
PGY 2 resident, Dr. Doster and her husband, Pete! They added two little feet to both their family & our
#iusurgery
family last week 😍👶❤️
As you can see, Zeke is very well loved already by his siblings, Silas & Izzy.
#ilooklikeasurgeon
Welcome to IU Surgery, Ryan Ellis, MD, MS!
[
@RyanEllisMD
]
Quick facts:
⭐FEL:
@MSKCancerCenter
and
@NorthwesternMed
⭐Assistant Professor of Surgery in Surgical Oncology focused on HPB
⭐Research Focus: Optimization of complex cancer care delivery and pragmatic clinical
We warmly welcome Reilin Moore, MD, assistant professor of surgery, to our
@IUMedSchool
Department of Surgery team! Dr. Moore specializes in trauma-acute care surgery.
#IU
Surgery
Congratulations & welcome to our new intern integrated surgery residents in vascular, cardiothoracic, and plastic surgery that will be joining us this summer!
#iusurgery
Congratulations to Dr. Michael House (
@MaChHous
) on his interim Chair appointment for the Department of Surgery at
#iusurgery
!
Read more about Dr. House here in the November issue of
@IUMedSchool
#inscope
#iusurgery
is excited to announce that three of its trainees were inducted into the
@IUMedSchool
AOA chapter last night!
Congratulations to Drs. Mater, Hunter, and Hosfield!
🎉Congratulations to Principal Investigator for AAA-Shape and Division Chief of
@iu_vascular
,
@RMotaganahalli
, on the enrollment of the first patient in the AAA-SHAPE RCT. This pivotal trial will advance care and further understanding of abdominal aortic aneurysm sac behavior.
We came, saw, and conquered the virtual match season - just like our newest crew of
#iusurgery
residents starting in July 2021.
Welcome Hermona, Shahnur, and Dimitrios!
(1/7)
@IUMedSchool
🎉Big congratulations to
@AmandaJensenMD
on graduating from the Pediatric Fellowship Program! We wish you much luck and success on your transplant fellowship
@StanfordMed
and then onto Kansas City as a highly subspecialized pediatric transplant and colorectal surgeon!
#IUSurgery
We have the privilege of roasting our senior fellow
@AmandaJensenMD
and we had a blast doing it. Thanks for a great decade Dr Jensen. Stanford and Children’s Mercy are getting a good one.
Leadership can come in many forms and
@JBMatthews
from
@uchicagosurgery
shared what that journey can look like during our Grand Rounds this morning. We want to thank him for visiting and leaving us with his words of wisdom.
👉Don't forget to register for his upcoming panel
🌟 Join us in celebrating the remarkable achievements of Dr. Harikrishna Nakshatri, PHD! 🎉
Dr. Nakshatri was awarded not one, but TWO NIH R25 grants, totaling a remarkable $3.3 million over the next five years, and awarded the prestigious Komen Leadership Grant, generously
Congrats to
@KyleCarpenterMD
on his 2019
@IUPUI
Elite 50 award! The
#Elite50
recognizes top IUPUI grad./prof. students for their outstanding contributions to the campus & community beyond the classroom. He's at
@MoiMedicine
for research while finishing his MPH w/
@FSPH_IUPUI
!
We warmly welcome Jeanette W. Chung, PhD, Senior Research Professor, to the
@IUMedSchool
Department of Surgery team! Dr. Chung will continue to be a major driving force behind the success of SOQIC (Surgical Outcomes & Quality Improvement Center)
@IU_SOQIC
- now at
#IUSurgery
#iusurgery
PGY 2 Resident & first year Surgical Education Research Fellow, Dr. Dom Doster, was awarded two grants during ASE/APDS 2021 in April, securing 2 grants for her research projects in both robotic ergonomics and competency based education.
Congratulations Dr. Doster!
Our very own PGY 2
#gensurg
resident, Dr. Alison Bales, was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame this past weekend! Read more about Dr. Bales' journey from the basketball court to the operating room at our
#iusurgery
blog!
Hooray Hooray! We start bringing onboard our new administrative chief residents in general surgery today as we start to prepare the transition to the upcoming academic year.
Your
#iusurgery
2020-2021 Administrative Chiefs are Drs. Natalie Drucker and Daniel O'Brien!
We want to recognize and congratulate Megan Rendina and Dr. Katie Stanton-Maxey of
#iusurgery
on receiving awards from
@Surg_Education
during
#SEW2023
conference. Megan received Clerkship Coordinator Recog. Award and Dr. Stanton was inducted into the Academy of Clerkship Dir.
Over 35 members of the growing
@IU_SOQIC
team got together
@Regenstrief
to expand their vision for improving healthcare quality locally, regionally, & nationally through innovative research and how to develop junior faculty and residents. Learn more at
Congratulations to Sanjay Mohanty, MD, MS, an Assistant Professor of Surgery on receiving a K23 Grant from the NIH’s National Institute on Aging titled, “Using Routine Care EMR Data and AI to Develop a Passive Digital Marker to Predict Postop Delirium."
#iusurgery
Our recruitment dates for
#gensurgmatch2021
are below!
We are excited to start reviewing applications for our program. In order to ensure a comprehensive review of all applications, the first round of interviews will be emailed no sooner than Friday, October 30th.
Congratulations to our
#iusurgery
#gensurg
Class of 2019 as they all passed their
@AmBdSurg
Qualifying Exam! We are proud of you!
If you're a current MS 4 student wanting to pursue general surgery residency, check out the stats on our most recent graduating class!
On Friday the MS4 Transition to Residency course wrapped up. It was a great group of 60 students- including future general surgeons as well as ortho, neuro, plastics, CT, vascular, ENT, ophtho, IR & EM. Congratulations to all the students and incoming residents!
@IUMedSchool
⭐️Coming Soon to IU Surgery and
@IU_SOQIC
in October!
Help us welcome:
➡️Cary Schlick, MD, MS (
@CarySchlick
)
👩⚕️ Dr. Schlick comes to us from
@MSKCancerCenter
🏥Dr. Schlick is a health services and outcomes researcher with areas of focus in optimizing healthcare delivery