June 15th, 201902On Monday, 40 surgical residents from the prestigious Hospital for Ultimate Surgery found themselves without a job due to their fellow intern’s ACGME survey. Every year, the academic head of medical education, ACGME, conducts a survey of every resident to ensure resident well-being and training. It takes anything less than...
By now, everyone has seen the videos of the da Vinci robotic surgery system being used to skin a grape, and the memes that have gone along with it. Here is what was left on the cutting room floor, behind the drapes:
– Wheeling in the da Vinci robot and all its accoutrements
– Yelling at the first assistant for docking the...
Morgantown, WV – Third year medical student, well-known gunner, and surgery aspirant Ian DeBakey has gone where no medical student has gone before. While many students purchase suture supplies and trauma shears for their surgical clerkship, Ian DeBakey decided to do a little more. In an unprecedented move, DeBakey visited his local...
Morgantown, WV – Third year medical student, well-known gunner, and surgery aspirant Ian DeBakey has gone where no medical student has gone before. While many students purchase suture supplies and trauma shears for their surgical clerkship, Ian DeBakey decided to do a little more. In an unprecedented move, DeBakey visited his local...
Morgantown, WV – Third year medical student, well-known gunner, and surgery aspirant Ian DeBakey has gone where no medical student has gone before. While many students purchase suture supplies and trauma shears for their surgical clerkship, Ian DeBakey decided to do a little more. In an unprecedented move, DeBakey visited his local...
May 9th, 201901As medical providers, we are all aware that the current trend in medicine is for patients to have 24/7 access from anywhere to any specialist. Electronic ICUs are popping up all over. Virtual Skype visits are on the rise. Telemedicine is becoming more popular. As the distance between patient and provider increases, we are left with a...
AKRON, OH – After working in academics for over 20 years in Gynecology, Dr. Marshall thought she had seen it all. But a whole new level of stupid walked into the room on November 11th, 2018, whom we will call Medical Student #584 (MS584)
“I was performing the initial incision for an abdominal hysterectomy, and a small amount...
GomerBlog returns to help distinguish between two similar but often confused entities.
The “G” in G-tube refers to “gastric” or “gastrostomy.” A G-tube is a type of feeding tube in which a tube is inserted through the abdominal wall directly into the stomach so that nutrition can be provided. The...
BOSTON, MA – A major breakthrough took place today as a general surgeon at the Massachusetts Generalizable Hospital performed and successfully completed the world’s first open laparoscopy.
“Today is a milestone day for the field of general surgery,” explained pioneering general surgeon, Dr. Jens Norlin, who...
BOSTON, MA – A major breakthrough took place today as a general surgeon at the Massachusetts Generalizable Hospital performed and successfully completed the world’s first open laparoscopy.
“Today is a milestone day for the field of general surgery,” explained pioneering general surgeon, Dr. Jens Norlin, who...
