Dr. Fayanju’s insights on the rising rates of breast cancer in younger women are crucial for raising awareness and encouraging preventive measures. Thanks for highlighting this growing concern and shedding light on the factors at play

This past weekend Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju, MD, was installed as the President of the Surgical Outcomes Club.  Congratulations @drlolafayanju.bsky.social

This past Saturday, Thoracic Surgery had their Fall Outing at the Penn Park Picnic Grove. Great food! Great friends! Great time had by all! The weather couldn't have been any nicer. For more pics, please visit:
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Yesterday was our biennial Faculty/House Staff photo that takes place after our yearly "State of the Department" in front of the John Morgan Building.

Congratulations to Mary Y. Wang, DNP, CRNP on her promotion to Associate Clinical Manager of Urology at PMWS
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We'd like to welcome (back) Jane Keating, MD, FACS this time as an Associate Professor of Surgery who will practice in all areas of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care at HUP, PPMC, and PAH. For more on Dr Keating, please visit: instagram.com/pennsurgery

Some outstanding work being done by members of our Housestaff🎉🥳🎉🥳

To promote secure storage of firearms, learn directly from owners what they are looking for in a lock: strong, tough, smooth to open, no glitches.
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We are proud to announce that Margaret Pichardo is a recipient of a 2025 Doctors Day Community Grant Award for her submission: “Characterizing Longitudinal Dietary Quality During Breast Cancer Treatment among Hispanic/Latina Women”.

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Predictors of return to work after traumatic injury: Associations of employment with long-term patient-reported outcomes ft. Joseph Kern (@pennmedicine.bsky.social), @ErinGDawson, @MarkSeamonMD & Elinore Kaufman (@pennsurgery.bsky.social) @pennldi.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congratulations to this year's @pennmedicine.bsky.social McCabe Fund Awardees! @PennRheum @PennRadOnc @PennRadiology #Dermatology @pennsurgery.bsky.social @PennNeurology @Penn_DFMCH @PennPulmonary @dbei-upenn.bsky.social @chopresearch.bsky.social @PennVet tinyurl.com/546y5nmc

Some of your favorite Penn Medicine and CHOP Department of Surgery Attending’s are proving that hard work and dedication pays off. Congratulations to all of you on your well-deserved promotion.

Bariatric Surgeon Maria AltierI MD discusses the various options for treating obesity, the role of the GLP-1 weight loss medications and surgery, and the mindset needed to be successful with weight-loss for the long term.
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Celebrity breast cancer announcements highlight rising rates in young women Breast cancer rates are rising faster in younger than older women. Doctors say multiple factors are likely to be at play, including lifestyle, hormones and environmental exposures.

Our Chief of breast surgery @drlolafayanju.bsky.social talks with @nbcnews.com about why we are seeing more and more young women diagnosed with breast cancer. www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

Neoadjuvant Therapy in Melanoma: Current Evidence and Future Directions of Investigation - PubMed Neoadjuvant therapy for advance-stage melanoma has had increasing momentum over the past decade owing to several landmark clinical trials. Neoadjuvant therapy has now been shown to confer multiple adv...

Drs. Saad Farooq, Jerica Tidwell and Giorgos Karakousis published a contemporary review of the neoadjuvant therapy landscape in melanoma.

Predicting Thoracic Aortic Dissection in a Diverse Biobank Using a Polygenic Risk Score: Discover why JACC is the ultimate publishing partner for your cardiovascular research.

Drs Jack DePaolo, Scott Damraurer et al. recently published a novel method of using common variant genetics to improve our ability to predict which patients will develop an aortic dissection.

Neighborhood, stage at diagnosis & treatment delay for breast cancer ft. I. Yoon (#Derm), S. Perez-Rojas, L. Elmore, A. Mateo, M. Pichardo, J. Tchou, J. Zhang, @drlolafayanju.bsky.social (@pennsurgery.bsky.social) & @rhubbbstat.bsky.social (@dbei-upenn.bsky.social) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Last night we celebrated Pete Atherton who will be retiring as a full time Penn Medicine employee after 31+ years. For more pictures of this DOS legend, please visit: instagram.com/@pennsurgery

Pilot Feasibility Study of Physical Activity to Manage... : Diseases of the Colon & Rectum ow anterior resection syndrome. DESIGN: Single-site, single-arm prospective pre–postintervention pilot feasibility study. SETTINGS: This study was conducted at a single academic institution via ...

Drs. Ariel Nehemiah, Erica Pettke, and Robert Krouse demonstrate the promise of using health coaching and physical activity to improve symptoms of low anterior resection syndrome and quality of life for survivors of rectal cancer.

In this Landmark Review, Drs Lily Owei and Heather Wachtel summarize the contemporary literature and guidelines and describe key principles in the evaluation and management of adrenal incidentalomas, a rising epidemic in the age of modern imaging.

Thank you Dr Julie K. Heimbach, The Mayo Clinic Director, William J von Liebig Transplant Center for giving this morning’s Division of Transplant Surgery D. Hayes Agnew Lecture. The full program is now available at:
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It’s Clinical Research Week at Penn. Our Division of Breast Surgery is currently raising awareness about clinical trial opportunities at Penn. More details can be found: www.pennmedicine.org/research-at-...

Congratulations to our Division of Trauma Program Manager Kristen Chreiman who was awarded Villanova University’s Louis Fitzpatrick College of Nursing Medallion; Distinguished Leadership in Nursing Practice Award.

Operative vs nonoperative treatment of acute cholecystitis in older adults with multimorbidity ft Rachael Acker, Sara Ginzberg, James Sharpe @ljk50 Jasmine Hwang @BakillahEmna Drew Goldberg, Elinore Kaufman & Rachel Kelz (@pennsurgery.bsky.social) @pennldi.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

ICYMI:
Last weekend our Division of Breast Surgery was represented by a team of accomplished researchers at the 2025 American Society of Breast Surgeons (#ASBrS2025).

ft. Patrick Mellors, @GillSaar (@penncancer.bsky.social), Ana Nottingham, @BrunoCasino, Maksim Shestov, @JoePlaner, Andrew Peterson, Yun Ying, Su Zhou, Jason Christie, Joshua Diamond, @mariacbasil.bsky.social (Penn Medicine) & Edward Cantu (@pennsurgery.bsky.social) insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

We will be represented by a team of
accomplished researchers at the 2025 American Society of Breast Surgeons.
We're encouraging everyone to visit the Poster & Oral Presentation Sessions to support faculty, trainees & students as they deliver impactful info on new & ongoing research projects.

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Could not be prouder of @pennsurgery.bsky.social resident Chris Neylan successfully defending his masters in translational research today 🤩

Variation in Techniques of Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in Neonates Undergoing Aortic Arch Reconstruction: A Comprehensive Review Despite the widespread adoption of selective antegrade cerebral perfusion (SACP) for neonatal aortic arch reconstruction, significant variability in techniques persists across institutions, thus refle...

In a review of neonatal aortic arch surgery literature, Michael A. Catalano, MD & colleagues identify & describe an alarming degree of variation in selecting antegrade cerebral perfusion practices, highlighting the need for further evaluation & optimization of techniques.