Colorectal surgeon, outdoor enthusiast, soccer afficionado.
Joined July 2013
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10 May 2025
A great story of #CRC care by our team:
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Proud to be part of this @VMFHealth team of #CRC experts.
@ASCRS_1 @jakaplan @JBrandlerMD @GutGalz @VMsurgery
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We're hiring a colorectal surgeon- come join us in Seattle! Broad and challenging practice, great partners (#humblebrag) and multiD teams in #CRC, #IBD, and #pelvicfloor
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@VMFHealth @ASCRS_1 @DCRjournal #ASCRS25 @SeattleSurgical @wachapteracs @JBrandlerMD
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18 Dec 2024
Expert Review on yesterday's #DCRJournal Resident's Corner: bit.ly/3ViPmXH
@GoffredoPaolo @L_WeaverMD @UMNSurgery @ValSimianu @RomiNavaratnam @dr_samehhany81 @DrE_UCSD @jabelsonmd @EKing719 @SoniaRamMD @justinmaykel @changtangMD @luciacolorectal @deanlute @juliomayol
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23 Mar 2024
This week I was fortunate to appear on @king5seattle with one of my amazing colleagues @ValSimianu to bring awareness to colorectal cancer and dispel some myths surrounding colon health and colorectal cancer.
Full video here:
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#ColorectalCancerAwareness
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12 Mar 2024
I look forward to everyone’s involvement in NEO-RT!
Clinicaltrials.gov link below.
@SWOG @eaonc @NRGonc @OncoAlert @OHSUNews @OHSUKnight @ValSimianu @pashtoonkasi @NiuSanford @CDNCancerTrials @manjuggm @MarkhitefordMD @drcarl_vancouvr
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1 Mar 2024
Look at this #dressinblue crew! Preventing, resecting (from many organs), and just all around kicking CRC butt! @VMFHealth there's a huge team behind every patient.
@VMsurgery @ASCRS_1 @DCRjournal @jakaplan @celinersoriano @GutGalz @HKennecke @amirbastawrous @lailara58
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24 Feb 2024
Team Laparoscopy: @ScottRSteeleMD @justinmaykel @RadhikaSmith @SWexner @CostedioMeagan @peterwmarcello1
Team Robotics: @MarkSoliman @amirbastawrous @vincentobiasMD @DanPopowichMD @ElizabethRaskin @tdfrancone
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24 Feb 2024
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Who is #obsessed enough to secure the #GoldenAnoscope this year? Find out 6/2/23 5:30 PM #ASCRS24 #Feud @ASCRS_1 @alexhawkinsmd @EKing719 @AtifIqbalMD @D_JafariMD @DavidLiskaMD
Contestants listed below!
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24 Feb 2024
Past Presidents: @drtracyhull @TomReadCRS @ConorDelaneyMD @AnnLowry12 @patrobertsmd Neil Hyman
Young Surgeons: @DavidKleimanMD @ValSimianu @jbmitchem @DrMarkhhanna @ColleenD11 Carrie Peterson
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6 Feb 2024
Prolonged operative time associated with longer LOS & higher probability of complications, but negative effect diminished with MIS approaches. Why? Find out in #DCRJournal: bit.ly/48dXiOl
@UnrulyDoc @ValSimianu @amirbastawrous @lailara58 @VMSurgery
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20 Jan 2024
#GI24 Dr. Fernandez: Analysis of WW databases suggests patients with Local Regrowth have high risk (22%) of Distant Metastases. IMO, WW should be done on clinical trial when possible ➡️ JANUS. @JoshSmithMDPhD @MarkWhitefordMD @adasarimd
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16 Jan 2024
Come be an APP with our superstar team and crush colorectal disease!
Versatile job includes OR, clinic, HRA/procedures... and NO CALL! You'll be part of multiD team treating cancer, IBD, pelvic floor, and more! @jakaplan @VMFHealth @VMsurgery @ASCRS_1
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25 Nov 2023
Excellent @JAMASurgery review article on the current and possible future role of liquid biopsy/ctDNA in the care of patients with colorectal cancer:
-Screening/diagnosis
-Need for adjuvant chemo
-Post-resection surveillance
Candidacy for watch-and-wait?
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20 Nov 2023
Me, every year at this time
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19 Nov 2023
🗣 "The record is 10-0... you could smash it. Don't hold back, boys."
Here's what France manager Didier Deschamps told his team as they led Gibraltar 7-0 at the half. Les Bleus went on to win 14-0. 🇫🇷
Like the mentality, or should they have eased off? 🤔
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19 Nov 2023
My all-time favorite Venn diagram 😆
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18 Nov 2023
Dr. David Etzioni 2006 @MNCRSurgery alumni giving the 2023 Frykman lecture on his career journey with surgical quality @MarcOsborneMD @LilianaBordei @CJahansouz @AnnLowry12
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17 Nov 2023
@MarkSoliman demonstrates #konoS anastomosis in #crohns. Will it become standard in 10 years time? @SeanLangenfeld @FicheraAlessand @FezaRemziMD @TAMISYoda #occ2023
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14 Nov 2023
Here’s your reminder that colorectal cancer will be the No. 1 cause of cancer-related death in people under 50 by 2030 @MNCRSurgery @ASCRS_1 @CCAlliance @CDC_Cancer
13 Nov 2023
Interesting new video on ultra-processed foods by @FT refers to the American Society for Nutrition @nutritionorg as a "food industry advocacy group" 👀
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9 Nov 2023
CT scan indices to predict IPAA reach. How? Read more in this month's #DCRJournal: bit.ly/48S5owH
@JohnRTMonsonMD @jendavidsmd @ScottRSteeleMD @Swexner @me4_so @ACPGBI @drtracyhull @ASCRS_1
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