Clancy J. Clark, MD, FACS

OpenEvidence Creates the First AI in History to Score a Perfect 100% on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) | OpenEvidence Knowledge-based assessments remain a foundation of medical education. However, leveraging these resources for learning requires detailed and verifiable feedback.

🤔Trying to wrap my head around this one.

🔥The word is out. It is spreading like wildfire among trainees🔥

OpenEvidence: OpenEvidence Creates the First AI in History to Score a Perfect 100% on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) www.openevidence.com/announcement...

Using Data to Inform Preoperative Discussions This Viewpoint considers the value in discussing surgical outcomes and complications with patients.

📈 “Textbook Outcomes” have been explored in liver and pancreas surgery helping us understand ideal outcomes 🏆 🥇

This viewpoint really does an excellent job in explaining how we can use this data in the real world.

Using Data to Inform Preoperative Discussions url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

New SAGES Guideline: Intraoperative Imaging of the Common Bile Duct: A Systematic Review www.sages.org/publications...

Thrilled about the future of liver cancer care with Histosonics at Virginia Mason!!🎯
Histotripsy = incisionless, non-invasive treatment powered by sound waves.
The future is here.

#Histotripsy #InnovationInMedicine #LiverCancer #Histosonics #VMFH #virginiamason

✨Congrats to our HPB Fellow Dr. Maina for her excellent presentation on transcystic CBD stone clearance using EHL at the WA ACS Meeting ✨🎖️

Thank you Cristina Ferrone for being our Grand Rounds John Ryan guest speaker at Virginia Mason Medicine Center #virginamason #vmfh

The New England Journal of Medicine Perioperative Durvalumab in Gastric Cancer A Research Summary based on Janjigian YY et al. | 10.1056/NEJMoa2503701 | Published on June 1, 2025 Visual representations of the patients in the trial and the treatments they were assigned. Read the full Research Summary at NEJM.org.

In resectable gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer, adding durvalumab to perioperative chemotherapy improved event-free survival and pathological complete response, with no major increase in high-grade adverse events. Full MATTERHORN phase 3 trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/437IXTF

PanTher Initiates Phase 1b Clinical Trial of Absorbable, Long-Lasting, High-Dose Chemotherapy Patch for Pancreatic Cancer PanTher Therapeutics today announced that the first patient has been treated with PTM-101 in a Phase 1b trial in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Congrats to Scott Helton and our amazing pancreas surgery team at Virginia Mason for implanting the first PanTherTx device for treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer 🙌🙌 www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

Catching up with old friends at #Connect2025

🦾 robotic liver and pancreas surgery is here and now 🦾

Moments at our national meeting dedicated to improving cancer surgery care #SSO2025 #HPBSurgery

Inebilizumab for IgG4-Related Disease | NEJM Quick Take Video Summary from The New England Journal of Medicine — Inebilizumab for IgG4-Related Disease

For patients with IgG4-related disease, there are no approved therapies. Research findings on the efficacy and safety of inebilizumab ― a monoclonal antibody that targets and depletes CD19+ B-cells ― are summarized in a new Quick Take video. nej.md/421enZX

#MedSky #RheumSky

Finally catching up with Heidy Cos superstar surgical oncology fellow at Wake Forest

💜💜Longview Washington is lucky to have the multigenerational Kirkpatrick Family Care. Thank you for allowing our liver and pancreas surgery team to visit and learn how we can better serve your patients!! 💜💜

VM HPB robotic team hard at work 💙 💙

💙💙 Robotic bile duct surgery at Virginia Mason! What a great team!! #vmhpbsurgery #vmmc #vmsurgery #hpbsurgery

💚📸 The CCF team is going GREEN for World Cholangiocarcinoma Day! 💚📸

The CCF team is proud to wear green today to support the cholangiocarcinoma community. ✨

Who else is wearing green today? Drop a 💚 in the comments! 👇 #WorldCCADay #GREENforCCA

Register Now for Events in Nashville and Seattle Cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) Awareness Month is a time to come together, share stories, and strengthen our community. This February, Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Volunteers are hosting three...

Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation is sponsoring a patient and caregiver event in Seattle on Sunday Feb 23, 2025. If you are interested, follow this link to sign up. #cholangiocarcinoma #cholangiocarcinomafoundation #GREENforCCA

www.cholangiocarcinoma.org/february-is-...

Check out our updated CCF Awareness Store and treat yourself to some new merch in honor of #ccaawarenessmonth

Eternally grateful to the members of @univsurg.bsky.social for the honor of serving as the 85th President of this storied organization from 2024-2025.

The Presidential speech was delivered 2/11/25 in Las Vegas, and I’ve completed my term. Will post when the speech is available online.

#ASC2025

Young Surgeons: Become RAS/YFA Liaison for ACS Committees Surgeon trainees and young Fellows play a vital role in the surgical workforce and leaders within the ACS.

🔈 Young surgeons: Apply to become a Resident and Associate Society (RAS) or Young Fellows Association (YFA) liaison to an ACS committee, workgroup, or advisory council.

🗓️: Applications are due March 3. Check out the list of current opportunities! @ras-acs.bsky.social

Map of Juneau Alaska

Mountains near Juneau Alaska

Lecture at Bartlett Hospital

Thank you to the wonderful providers and staff at Valley Medical Care, Bartlett Regional Hospital, and SE Radiation Oncology in Juneau for allowing us to visit and share the story of our HPB surgery program at @VirginMason. We appreciate our nearly 50 years of collaborative patient care.

Persistent hard work pays off, literally

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February is National Cancer Prevention Month- a time to take charge of your health. 💜 When it comes to #pancreaticcancer, knowledge is power. Learn about the seven steps you can take to reduce your pancreatic cancer risk. 💬 For more information, visit pancan.org.

Fewer people than before are being diagnosed with and dying from cancer in Appalachia, but cancer incidence and death rates remain substantially higher compared to elsewhere in the U.S.

🔗📝 Learn more about the findings from @acsjacs.bsky.social — https://buff.ly/3EuHJrA

Tag the first person that pops up when you type "@" and let them know they're coming with you to #PanCANPurpleStride on Saturday, April 26! 💜👟 Register for the event near you and start fundraising today at purplestride.org!

Volume Matters: Examining The Management Of Necrotizing... : Annals of Surgery morbidity, and mortality. Methods: Adult patients admitted with NP were identified in the 2016-2019 Nationwide Readmissions Database 2016-2019. Hospital volume cutoffs were defined by tertiles of t...

Management of Necrotizing Acute ⚡️ Pancreatits in the modern era

🇺🇸 25K acute pancreatitis (20% necrotizing)
🪡 14% underwent procedural intervention

🏥 Low volume > open necrosectomy vs. MI / endoscopy
👍 High volume > improved survival / resources

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#SurgSky #HPBSky

Sunrise over the Appalachians in Virginia

Things we see when driving across the country

IIx sporting new massive “SuperDrive” 1.44 MB 3.5 inch floppy 💾

C-stand or Century Stand

In surgery we have special names for equipment and a classic is the right angle, sometimes called a Lahey, Gemini, Shallcross, or Mixter. Today I learned about something totally different but similarly specialized, the C-stand or Century stand used in theatre. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-stand