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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

New research from our team in @JGastroSurg: Medicaid expansion led to significantly better outcomes for patients requiring colorectal surgery.
The data is clear: when we remove financial barriers, lives are saved.

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#HealthEquity #ColorectalSurgery

Thrilled to share our new 14-year systematic review in the American Journal of Surgery. The data shows a persistent lack of racial/ethnic reporting in colorectal research—a gap we must close for #HealthEquity .
Awesome work by the whole team to get this across the finish line!
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Brandon Nimmo is the first millionaire to flee Zohran Mamdani's Communist New York City

So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.

Got it.

Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.

Zohran Mamdani is wearing a suit and walking toward assembled cameras. A headline reads: How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor. Photo by Shuran Huang

The arc of Zohran Mamdani's success is nothing short of staggering. At the start of the year, he was polling at 1%. Now, at age 34, he will be New York City’s youngest leader in more than a century. nyti.ms/43Mi5Z3

Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it

Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."

I think this is the first moment where I’ve seriously contemplated that they aren’t going to win one while I’m alive

I think there’s probably an underestimate of how good the Mets farm is at this point. I am prefacing this by saying our first 101 meeting is in a few days so this is me spitballing on all of this and you should not take it as The Position of BP, but…

Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease

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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”

In the US alone.

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Congratulations to Aryeh Metzger on his publication in SURGERY. Fragmented care in rectal cancer was associated with worse outcomes for Medicaid patients, women and those that live far from the hospital. @heatheryeomd.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social

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Cuomo is not inevitable. Tell everyone you know not to rank him and why. Email, text, call and talk with folks directly. We can defeat this guy.

We had great poster presentations from our NYPQ surgery residents at #ASCRS25 ! Congratulations Julie Hong, Victoria Yuan and Ninon Forter-Chee-A-Tow! @ascrs.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social

Phillip Hwang, NYPQ surgery resident, gave an awesome talk about how we can use AI LLMs to help translate colorectal patient instructions to different languages. #ASCRS25 @ascrs.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social

Aryeh Metzger, WCM surgery resident, presented on how area deprivation index affects surgical outcomes in colorectal cancer patients in Queens, NY @ascrs.bsky.social @heatheryeomd.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social

I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

As a surgeon, I know the value of precision. A scalpel allows for careful, targeted intervention—minimizing harm while addressing the problem. But when you’ve already taken a chainsaw to the body, switching to a scalpel won’t stop the hemorrhage.

Outline of the talk: 3, 2, 1…and 4
- 3 words: Origin, Culture, and Impact; the 3 critical for building a better world
- 2 stories: how Japanese children age 2 to 5 run errands independently; why we smile in photos
- One leadership approach: Bison go directly into the storm

#ASC2025

Thank you @academicsurgery.bsky.social @universitysurgeons.bsky.social for the awesome #ASC2025! The NYPQ surgery team is going home but we were honored to take part! We are excited for 2026 in Orlando!

Daniella Abramov, NYPQ surgical intern, gave a great talk about how race and ethnicity is underreported in patient demographics and hasn’t improved in plastic surgery journals. #ASC2025

“The mission is to inspire and develop young academic surgeons … we will bend but not break.” @academicsurgery.bsky.social
⁦‪‬⁩President ⁦‪Dr Callisia Clarke #ASC2025

#ASC2025 cold open: Powerful call to action by SUS president @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social Surgeons must lean into the storm and #BeTheBison

Dawn Chirko, Cornell MS4, presented on how language concordance affects rectal cancer outcomes at #ASC2025 . @heatheryeomd.bsky.social

Dr Omar Font-Torres, NYPQ surgery resident, presents on reporting of minority race and ethnicity in patient demographics in breast surgery journals. #ASC2025

Shahenda Khedr, NYPQ surgical research coordinator, gave a fantastic presentation on how NYPQ used tailored ERAS protocols to minimize disparities for vulnerable patients in Queens. #ASC2025

Dr Veronica Layrisse-Landaeta, NYPQ chief surgical resident, presents on how language barriers affect the prehospital care in trauma patients. #ASC2025