The grief after violent death (homicide, suicide, accident, war, disaster) is unique and often very isolating. My hope is this talk will help survivors feel less alone and will help others support survivors while they work to make meaning out of the worst day of their lives.

Hopeful. Just started.

All Trauma/Surgical Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery fellows interesting in upping your ACS robotics game. Applications now open for the 2025-2026 AAST ROBO-TRACS program! Deadline October 30th. Will include monthly webinars and a hands-on training day at @IntuitiveSurg lab in Atlanta. @traumadoctors @traumadoctorsam Apply: aast.org/education/robo-trac…

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻 In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year. Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it. ***** "I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude. My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found. At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me. At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul. At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being. At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible. Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever. I’m writing this to tell you something simple: Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again. Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS. You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless. You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours. With love and gentleness, Patricia Routledge ***** Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

If you're having surgery problems I feel bad for you son, I've got 99 problems and a G-tube...is in fact one. High-yield, practical, important stuff ➡️ 🎧app.behindtheknife.org/podca…🎧 Great work from @DukeSurgery @DukeSurgRes @LewActually @georgoff

#chronicillness folks: I have a dear friend who is dying from malnutrition secondary to #LymeDisease. If money were not an issue, is there any place in US you would suggest she go for treatment. She needs careful refeeding as well as treatment for Lyme and ??? Thank you❤️🙏

“I am a fully integrated human.” What if instead of talking about work-life balance, we started talking about work-life integration? Listen now w/ Dr. Melissa Red Hoffman @RedMDND —#traumasurgeon, #PalliativeCare #physician & truth-teller. 🎧intentionalsurgeon.com/liste… #podcast

You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re not too much. You’re carrying unprocessed trauma in your nervous system. And until you heal it, everything will feel harder than it should. Here’s what trauma is—and how to begin healing today (by a PhD psychologist): 🧵

BIG T TRAUMA🩸is back with a fascinating episode on TXA 💉🏥. Cut through the confusion with the help of @georgoff & trauma royalty: ➡️ Dr. Ian Roberts @LSHTM CRASH trial architect & TXA super expert ➡️ Dr. Gene Moore @DenverHealthMed living legend & coagulation master 🎧app.behindtheknife.org/podca…🎧

AI just killed PowerPoint. No more endless hours creating PPT. Here are 8 websites to create presentations with AI in seconds:

ICU Mechanical Ventilation (MV): There are many books & articles on the topic but this 8 years' old review has nice graphs/tables & a good discussion of the specific ventilatory approaches in ARDS and COPD:

Happy to announce this collaboration between @UVASurgery and @uvaurology for qualified candidates. Let’s find a match @cmf2x @KGUROmd #urologymatch2025

Hi baby! Our elephant family welcomed its tiniest member on Saturday night when Rose-Tu gave birth to a new calf 💕🐘

The recording of the @RenegadeRes @remissionbiome preliminary results meeting is up! 👩‍🔬

Bill Burr NAILED it about the LA fires on Jimmy Kimmel last night: “I think they did a great job, unlike the internet.” “Mismanaged…like some person on the internet knows how to manage the worst fire in LA, sitting there in his underwear.” Watch this.