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@NatalieADrucker

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surgical critical care fellow, pediatric surgeon, wife, mom, recovering volleyball player, and lover of ice cream

Houston, TX
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@NatalieADrucker
Natalie Drucker
4 years
@SKeisinWang To clarify, I am signing out to an oncoming chief resident to take over my service so that I can focus on labor and delivery. @IU_Surgery is very family friendly and understanding that health and life are *usually* more important than surgery!
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@NatalieADrucker
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3 years
Playing doctor with my 4-year-old daughter- Me: what are we fixing today? Her: Princess Belle doesn’t have a butthole, we need to make her a new one!! #pediatricsurgeryfellow @APSASurgeons
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Natalie Drucker
6 months
When you think your husband is going to give you a foot massage, but forget he's a vascular surgeon just casually checking your DP pulse 😅 @SKeisinWang #vascularsurgery #surgeryfam
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
Casually woke up after sunrise this morning! Pedi surgery fellowship is officially over! 🥹 it's been an amazing and intense 2 years and can't imagine a better place to have trained. @klally1 @KuoJenTsao @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
10 months
It's raining outside and raining cases my first 36 hours on call as an ATTENDING pediatric surgeon! #finally #toobusyforsunrise @UTH_Pedisurg @UTHealthSurg @memorialhermann
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2 years
They say you should dress for the job you want! @klally1 @UTH_Pedisurg @APSASurgeons
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2 years
18 month follow-up tweet! Our son, Connor, is thriving. This photo was actually taken at 28 weeks when I was admitted for bedrest (during COVID) after being found to be 5cm dilated at a routine OB appointment. My preterm labor was presumably due to cervical insufficiency (1/4)
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S. Keisin Wang
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Wife in labor but still running her surgical service. Stronger than I am! #ILookLikeASurgeon @NatalieADrucker
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Natalie Drucker
9 months
Got to be the "parent reader" in my daughter's (6) class today. Of course I read Madeline and we talked about appendectomy and surgical scars! One kid couldn't stop sharing about all the places he's vomited - it was epic. Post-fellowship life is sweet! #surgeonmom
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
When your fave scrub turns down the glitz and glamour of CV surgery to stick with the pedi gen surg team...🥰🥰🥰 (a 💕 note in my loupes box)
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
So hardcore I travel with my own instrument set @MDAndersonNews @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Occasionally making bedtime- one benefit of #homecall ! Keep @UTH_Pedisurg in mind as you’re preparing those rank lists, future pediatric surgeons!
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Natalie Drucker
3 years
Congrats to all the #pedsurgbestsurg applicants who matched today! Can’t believe it’s been a year since the interview journey with my 48ish soulmates! @APSASurgeons
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@NatalieADrucker
Natalie Drucker
2 years
Gun violence is now the #1 cause of death in children of all ages. It has to stop.
@APSASurgeons
APSA Surgeons
2 years
View the full response from the APSA Board of Governors here: @WhiteHouse @ATFHQ @nytimes @NPR
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Natalie Drucker
9 months
The @UTH_Pedisurg fellow graduates each get a custom bobble head displayed in the library! It seems they think I'm really tall ... tag yourselves! We are (pedisurg) family!
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2 years
Happy July 1st from the @UTH_Pedisurg team! @hwcaplan
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2 years
Team lunch! @UTH_Pedisurg in the running for the favorite @UTHealthSurg rotation this year!
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
It’s possible to do it all, and LOOK at this guy! He’s the best and loves his mommy! (4/4) #MedTwitter #ILookLikeASurgeon #surgtwitter
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2 years
The perks of living - oops, I meant working - in the peds hospital! @UTH_Pedisurg @MAustinPediSurg
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Stuck! This is why 2 #pedsurgbestsurg fellows should never go in the same elevator! At least we have chief of surgery @klally1 working to try to get us out! @UTH_Pedisurg
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2 years
Hogwarts School of Surgery: Pretty clear message with the fellows as house elves! Happy Halloween from the @UTH_Pedisurg crew! #pedsurgbestsurg #halloween2022 #HarryPotter
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
Best graduation ever! Cowgirl clothes, fanny packs, family togetherness, hugs from unlikely huggers! Thanks for everything @UTH_Pedisurg
@KuoJenTsao
KuoJen Tsao, MD
1 year
What a great night!! Congratulations to @NatalieADrucker for finishing pediatric surgery fellowship @UTH_Pedisurg The best is yet to come!
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Dusting off the emergency NICU Bovie... never know when you may need it! #ecmo #pedsurgbestsurg @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
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When you're a pediatric surgeon and your dog is vomiting- can't miss that duodenal obstruction double bubble! Thanks to our wonderful vet, Adson is now recovering with dinner in bed from laparotomy and retrieval of a plastic/phyto-bezoar! @APSASurgeons
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1 year
Sunrises with the @UTH_Pedisurg team!
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2 years
All girls again! Paused for a beautiful sunrise midway through rounds! @UTH_Pedisurg @akzamora7 @UTHealthSurg #whoruntheworld #ilooklikeasurgeon
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Love my @UTH_Pedisurg family!
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2 years
Mixed emotions for the start of a new year! @akzamora7 the office is ready for you!!! @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
#pedsurgbestsurg @StJude pediatric surgery oncology course! Great to see my peeps. Class of 2023 #bestclassever @LindelDewberry @lstafman @BarbaraCoonsMD
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Natalie Drucker
3 years
Once an @IU_Surgery resident always an IU resident! Thanks @AllieMcDowMD for helping the class of 2021 prepare for our oral boards!
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
My new flowery cheerful personalized lead! @UTH_Pedisurg and @klally1 protecting me from radiation! #broviacsallday #ILookLikeASurgeon
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
If you ain’t a 🐊 you’re gator bait! @StJude pediatric surgical oncology course with all my @UFSurgery peeps!
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
Today on NICU rounds one of my patients was doing kangaroo care (or skin-to-skin) with her dad. His happy face reminded me of @SKeisinWang when our babies were in the NICU in residency and made my day. Such an important part of the NICU experience. I love my job!
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Natalie Drucker
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Can't imagine a better place to train and work! Who wouldn't want to be a fellow here? You could join our championship costume team! Happy Halloween from @UTH_Pedisurg !!! @APSASurgeons #pedsurgbestsurg
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8 months
First attending sunrise pic! Happy Sunday! @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
Team sunrise and team breakfast! Residents' favorite rotation AGAIN! #latestartsaturday #pedsurgbestsurg @UTH_Pedisurg @UTHealthSurg
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
Excited to join the group! #pedisurgfamily
@KuoJenTsao
KuoJen Tsao, MD
1 year
Last clinical day for @NatalieADrucker Time flies when you have fun everyday. Master of the sunrise pic!!! So happy she’s staying on with us @UTH_Pedisurg Congrats, Natalie!!
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8 months
Lucky day for me- brand new faculty getting a fellow for clinic! (Ignore the guy in the back) @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
6 months
When the night surgical ICU team is all @UF alumni you gotta get at least one game day chant in! It's great 👏🏻 to be 👏🏻 a Florida GATOR! #gatornation @UFMedicine 🐊 🐊
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Natalie Drucker
9 months
Lunch date with fellows class of 2023, 2024, 2025 @UTH_Pedisurg #notafellowanymore
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
Yay!!! So excited! Welcome to our crazy family!
@UTH_Pedisurg
UT Pediatric Surgery
1 year
Congratulations Jennifer Yonkus! Jennifer will join our training program in 2024. We are so excited to have her! @APSASurgeons @apstpd
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
You know you've made it as a fellow when the resident brings a box of medium gloves through the NICU just for you! #bighands #tinynurses @UTH_Pedisurg @memorialhermann
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Natalie Drucker
9 months
Look at this future pediatric surgeon (kidding, or am I? @SashaTrauma ) adjusting our ECMO parameters this morning! @UTH_Pedisurg @UTHealthSurg @marinapetsalis
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Natalie Drucker
5 months
At @UTH_Pedisurg we have to designate a "speaking fork" so we quit interrupting each other! So passionate about Hirschsprung disease! @allisonspeer5
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
Ecmo team celebration! 10ish ecmo-free days at @memorialhermann @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
8 months
It's the most wonderful time of the year (in the @UTHealthSurg Shock Trauma ICU call room) 🎄 ⭐️🕯️🎅🏼 🎄
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Natalie Drucker
3 months
3 pediatric surgeons at #ABA2024 so far and 2 of them are named Natalie! #Eclipse2024 @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
6 years
So grateful to @troymarkelmd for being a great mentor for the last 2 years! #cureNEC #backtoresidency
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Choices for VV in neonates. What age/size are you comfortable with an Avalon? Who is using the new Crescent? Learn more at the surgical critical care session NOW! @APSASurgeons #pedsurgbestsurg
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
NICU rounds before sunrise! It's an amazing day when your whole team buys their own flashlights to #letthebabiessleep . @APSASurgeons @UTH_Pedisurg @UTHealthSurg #surgerytwitter #pedsurgbestsurg
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Natalie Drucker
8 months
The @UTH_Pedisurg and @memorialhermann ECMO team is so excited to welcome @ECMO_Bob as visiting professor! It's going to be a great 2 days!
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Getting our learn on at the @PCPLC1 colorectal course in Cincinnati! @DanielleHsuMD @MDKawaguchi @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Perhaps unpopular opinion: #pedsurgbestsurg fellows do not need SPF in our daily face lotion. #selfcare #WorkLifeBalance #wellness
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Natalie Drucker
3 years
@IU_Surgery Class of 2021! Couldn’t have asked for a more amazing crew to do the last 7 years with! Can’t believe it’s (almost) over! #ilooklikeasurgeon #surgery #surgtwitter 📸 inspo: @GreysABC
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Getting our #ecmo education on with @mhartingmd !! Make sure you orient it like this! @APSASurgeons @ELSOOrg @ELSOeducation . I know @BWGrayMD will also love this!
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Pedi surg fam at @UTHealthSurg graduation #pedsurgbestsurg
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Happy Holidays from the @UTH_Pedisurg team! And the NICU's favorite Flat Santa! @UTHealthNeo
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Natalie Drucker
5 months
Thanks to the people of city of Houston for a trauma reprieve so we could all eat lunch together! #wearyourseatbelt #lockyourguns @UTHealthSurg
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Natalie Drucker
3 years
Can’t remember the last time I opened a door for myself #gensurgchiefyear #finally #ilooklikeasurgeon
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Dr. Glaucomflecken
3 years
Hanging out with the general surgeon
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Everybody smile and say “ECMO”! An impromptu meeting of the minds. @UTH_Pedisurg @klally1 @mhartingmd @ELSOOrg #MedTwitter
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Fellow appreciation is priority number 1 at @UTH_Pedisurg . thanks @allisonspeer5 !!
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Natalie Drucker
8 months
It was so fun to spend the last 2 days with @ECMO_Bob for the annual Robert Gross lecture at @UTH_Pedisurg ! This man taught my pedi surgeon dad so much about ECMO when it was a new technology, and is still inspiring the new generation! #secondgenerationECMOsurgeon
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
@drkeithsiau Tension gastrothorax @ChelseaHunterIU our fave diagnosis
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Call Dr. Druckstarr for all your ECMO needs! @UTH_Pedisurg (reposted without our actual cell numbers 😳 since I’m basically famous)
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
So well rested and healthy-appearing that we got carded #sleepisoverrated #sleepwhenyouredead #pedsurgbestsurg @AAPexperience
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Natalie Drucker
3 years
Overheard as @SKeisinWang was putting our hellion to bed- “you will not beat me. I am the adult, you are a toddler.” #surgfam #theconfidenceofasurgeon
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6 years
Representing IU at the #ACSCC18
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2 years
Call us for your ECLS needs! We've got your back! @UTH_Pedisurg @mhartingmd @ELSOOrg
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Natalie Drucker
4 years
@briannenickel @KimiChernoby Again true! Within 1 hour of being admitted I had coverage for my service for the rest of the month
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Look out for this upcoming can't-miss session of #APSA2022 by the surgical critical care committee! Cannulation mysteries solved at 2:15PM. #pedsurgbestsurg @APSASurgeons @LauraBoomerMD @amvogelmd
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Natalie Drucker
6 months
I'm never alone in the @UTHealthSurg STICU call room- always have the (cardboard cutouts of) previous fellows to keep me company! #besties #PGY10
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3 years
Dreams do come true! @UTH_Pedisurg @klally1
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@MAustinPediSurg
Mary Austin
1 year
@UTH_Pedisurg enjoying team lunch back in Htown & a hospital luau to boot while our partners live it up at #APSA23 ! No FOMO here!!! #pedsurgbestsurg @NatalieADrucker
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
All girl @UTH_Pedisurg team on a Sunday morning! #ilooklikeasurgeon @MDKawaguchi
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2 years
My nuclear family met my work family! 😍
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Natalie Drucker
11 months
STICU is more lunch, fewer sunrises! @scottassen @MirandaWoodDO @UTHealthSurg
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Interesting perspective on open groin cannulation using a graft sewn to the femoral artery! Cardiac surgery input is always educational and appreciated! @APSASurgeons @LauraBoomerMD #pedsurgbestsurg #APSA2022
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Natalie Drucker
5 months
Great night with a great STICU team! Thanks for a fun month, even if it was the shortest of the year! #leapday2024 #pgy10 @UTHealthSurg @UTHCriticalCare
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
When I came back, my (male, senior, badass) attending ensured my time to pump. I graduated residency on time, passed my boards, and am a pediatric surgery fellow (my dream). Hubby, OP, has a job in vascular surgery at the same hospital. (3/4)
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Luckily Harry freed me with a hospital sock. Lucious upset about it
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
A special day at @memorialhermann when the nurses bring presents to their patients on days off! It's more than a job! So proud to work here! #pedsurgbestsurg
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Natalie Drucker
3 months
When a neonatal wet suction pleurevac gets accidentally delivered to the STICU, it's handy to have a pediatric surgeon around! The 200cc volume chamber may be an issue though. #trauma #SCCfellow #pgy10 #pedsurgbestsurg @UTH_Pedisurg @UTHealthSurg
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Natalie Drucker
1 year
This truly made me laugh out loud. Sorry on behalf of all of us to the medicine people out there
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Alfonso Hernandez-Acosta, M.D.
1 year
I came for the leukocytosis but I stay for the DRAMA 👏
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1 year
Happy July 1! Hug an intern today from @UTH_Pedisurg
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1 year
Dr. Cox is so pumped on this beautiful morning!
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Natalie Drucker
3 years
Can you tell I did my first PSARP last week? @LindaTLi @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
We even teach at 6:30 AM! @UTH_Pedisurg
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Natalie Drucker
3 years
So proud of my MS3 practicing his knots! @McGovernMed @UTH_Pedisurg is the best rotation, just ask Evan
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Natalie Drucker
6 years
Getting the first #eAPSA Essentials of Critical Care course off to a great start! #APSACritCare @SamirGadepalli @APSASurgeons
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Natalie Drucker
2 years
Graduation 2/3 of the 2022 season! @UTHealthSurg MIST @smonfared89 . And 2 UF Gators in one place @UFSurgery . Go Gators!
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Natalie Drucker
3 years
Love these badass women! 3 generations of fellows! #whoruntheworld #girlpower #ILookLikeASurgeon
@KuoJenTsao
KuoJen Tsao, MD
3 years
The hot seat for journal club is full @UTH_Pedisurg @akzamora7 @NatalieADrucker and Mart Arbuthnot
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