Women who operate together brunch together ๐ช๐ผ๐ฅ
Table rounds ft:
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Cardiothoracic surgery
General surgery
Vascular surgery
Orthopedic surgery
Urology
Well-caffeinated interns are the happiest interns โ๏ธ Shout out to our awesome wellness committee for the endless supply of free coffee in the resident workroom.
We know ERAS submissions are just around the corner but we just took our first early acceptance. Welcome to the world Milo ๐ Congratulations
@KateOttMD
Oh my gourd! ๐ We are so excited for our first annual pumpkin carving/decorating contest. Time to see which surgery residents OR ๐ช skills will give us pumpkin to talk about.
@NMSurgery
@McGawGME
@NorthwesternMed
Help us in welcoming Florian Dufrene Logan to the world! Huge congrats to Charles & Monica. With an EM/surgery power combo for parents you are in good hands for life, Florian ๐๐
Yet again another smashing success of a
#wellness
retreat for team
#purplesurg
Delicious breakfast topped off by some refreshing kayaking on this perfect Chicago summer day โ๏ธ๐ถ๐ณ
Congrats pgy-3 Steven Papastefan on an absolutely beautiful wedding. You and Christina are an amazing couple and we are happy we could celebrate with you!
Proud to present our visual abstract 2022-2023 edition ๐ thanks to superstar
@BorstJohanna
for putting this together to highlight how great our program and residents truly are!
We have a double dose of cuteness for you all this morning welcoming two of our newest
@NMSurgery
members Malakai (L) and Kilian (R) born just one day apart! Strong work from PGY-3
@RaheemBell5
(& wife Arielle) and PGY-5
@KateOttMD
(& wife Kathryn). ๐๐
Look at these graduates all dressed up & ready for fellowship! We canโt wait to see the amazing things youโll accomplish in your careers. Know the offer is always there to come back for a slice of deep dish, shot of malort, or gallbladder to remove. Thanks for everything!
Calling all
#gensurg
applicants
In current times itโs now more important than ever to get the inside scoop on residency programs via
#SoMe
platforms. We invite you to follow
@NMSurgery
@purplesurg
& our insta (below) for updates on exciting virtual events coming your way!
We had an absolute blast at out annual retreat! Brunch at a favorite neighborhood spot followed by an architecture tour on an absolutely stunning day โ๏ธ
Some of our residents pictured at an excellent robotic bariatric surgery session last night.
So we will use this opportunity to tell all 2020-2021
#generalsurgery
applicants, we hope you didnโt *bypass* our program on your ERAS submission!
Weโd love to (virtually) meet you!
The moment youโve all been waiting for
#generalsurgery
2020-2021 applicants ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Youโre invited to our official
@NMSurgery
Residency Virtual Townhalls
Three different dates with three different topics 1๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ
We hope to see you there ๐๐ท
Happy Wednesday! Meet
@ZazaNorah
#InternSpotlight
Hometown: Libertyville, IL
Hobbies: traveling, movies, reading, hiking
Favorite Chicago restaurant: Greek Islands
Favorite thing to do in Chicago: Divvying on the lake
Fun fact: I have a boating license! โต๏ธ
Why
@purplesurg
Wednesday? Because when youโre on your apprenticeship rotations and have zero inpatients sometimes you get to wake up to views like this ๐
Congrats to everyone who matched today and, we are not biased, but especially to those who matched into the best specialty ever general surgery!! We are so excited for you!
#Match2021
#GenSurgMatch2021
Why
@purplesurg
?!
Our chair
@DrHasanAlam
making great points now at the virtual town hall
-Largest healthcare system in the 3rd largest city in US
-Culture that is supportive & enriching with superb training
-Impressed with Northwesternโs history, excited about its future
We cannot believe applications for the 2020-2021 cycle are just around the corner
Seems like just yesterday we met all our awesome new interns during their interview season. Now theyโre almost one month done ๐ฑ
Look out for our
#InternSpotlight
series coming soon!
Huge congrats to Dr. Jessie Ho
@JessieHo_
Physician-Scientist Training Program resident researcher, for receiving the NHLBI F32 award entitled โRole of peptidylarginine deiminase in modulating macrophage functions in sepsisโ You are a super star!
Happy National Women Physicians Day! Here is a few snapshots of some of the many incredible women in our program! Rock stars all around ๐
#NationalWomenPhysiciansDay
From CTA runoff to 26.2 mile runoff the marathon vibes from these two were 2+ palpable.
Congrats to everyone who participated in the Chicago marathon today!
An excellent resident round table with our visiting professor Dr. Allan Kirk from
@DukeSurgery
. Thanks for taking the time to share your wisdom with us!
You know what they say surgical residency is a marathon not a sprint. Congrats to some of our very impressive residents and their running feats of late! From half marathons, to triathlons, to the esteemed Chicago marathon we got it all covered! ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
โSANTA! Oh my God! Santa, here?! I know him! I know him!โ Turns out our belated Santa is our incredible education team who worked hard behind the scenes these past few weeks to organize getting care-packages from our loved ones and families ๐ฅบ
Pictured here we have
@MattSnyderMD
assisting our youngest, and hardest working, intern to help get our work room into the holiday spirit โจ No such thing as too young to work on good hand-eye coordination
A warm welcome to Dr. Andre Campbell from UCSF here for the Harold Method Lectureship. Thank you for spending time with us today and answering our questions!
ERAS submission date is just around the corner and we are SO excited for all the
#generalsurgery
applicants!
Did you miss our virtual town halls? Check out the recordings from all 3 sessions here
First month of the new year down! Congrats to everybody from first time chiefs to first time interns. Our trauma team celebrated in style Friday night with some riverside pizza and cheers ๐ฅ๐
After last nightโs annual chief roast, Northwestern may need to open a burn center ๐ฅ Such a fun night with our awesome graduating chief residents, thanks for being such great sports!
First round of interviews was a success
@NMSurgery
!! We enjoyed virtually meeting you all. Such impressive candidates. The future of surgery is bright!
Happy Fatherโs Day to our fave purplesurg dads. We wish you a day, week, year, lifetime of continued dad jokes in the OR where medical students feel obligated to laugh.
First
#InternSpotlight
, meet Ryan Jacobs!
@RyanJacobsMD
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
Hobbies: Volleyball, guitar, basketball, hiking
Favorite Chicago Food: Italian Beef
Fun fact: Has summited 16 mountains > 14,000 feet in elevation
Happy to have you in the PurpleSurg family, Ryan!
Thanks Dr. Ladner for a wonderful journal club and being an excellent host! We had a blast eating
@LouMalnatis
and discussing HCC screening & STROBE guidelines
Hope every one hard a safe and delicious turkey day! We have so much to be grateful for at
@NMSurgery
. In these unprecedented times we want to give a special shout out to our amazing ICU nurses. Thank you for always going above and beyond and taking amazing care of our patients!!