Surgeon in Training | 🇩🇴NYC-Charlottesville| UVA Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Future Colorectal Surgeon | Views are my own
New York, USA
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Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
For decades, surgery departments often had Grand Rounds on Saturday mornings.
Everyone was expected to attend, so that meant almost no weekends off.
Over time, these moved to weekdays but it took the enactment of duty hour limits in 2003 to get rid of the last holdouts. 🧐
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
In 1889, William Stewart Halsted ’fired’ G.H, who was patient #2 from his inguinal hernia series, for“insubordination“.
G.H got out of bed several times, and took a cathartic. He was discharged on postop day 7.
Halsted went on to blame him for the hermia recurrence. 🤔
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
Hi @RobertKennedyJr :
I am a Professor at Harvard & AUB, and an Arab surgeon-scientist. I produce science. Not enough for Nobel, but hey, I am trying. Coffee on me if you want to meet one day.
#ArabScientist
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed while campaigning this week that Arabs "don’t produce science" or "win the Nobel Prize." Here are some of the Arab scientists and scholars who have won the Nobel Prize and other accolades in their field. trib.al/j7Wnuc2
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
Remember that our surgical ancestors didn't have to operate on people that are as old and complex as now, on anyone that required 'critical care' afterward (those patients just died), or on patients with BMI > 40.
Also: *much* more extremity work, and less on major organs.
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
In January 1887 two dogs, known to history only as “a small young dog” and “a medium-sized dog”, gave their lives in William Halsted’s simple experiment that would teach generations of surgeons that bowel anastomoses needed to include the submucosal layer or they would leak. 🫡🧐
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
At cardiology’s request, the R4 and I put one of these in overnight, and at signout you’d have thought we discovered Bigfoot or something.
Are trauma/SCC fellows placing any Swan-Ganz catheters in 2026? I can never figure out if these are supposed to be going away or not. 🧐🤷♂️
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
Join us for an unforgettable evening!
We’re bringing together members, colleagues, and friends for a special evening outside the scientific program.
Gala Attire: African attire or African-inspired accents are encouraged.
🔗 RSVP by 10/31 at sbcrs.org/annual-meeting
This is such a cool intervention.
Imagine the surgeon doing liposuction, shaking the fat to break it down, and injecting it via an endoscope to close a fistula. This works, and the concept is known as autologous nano-fat transplantation.
This case presented by Dr Rushil Solanki at #UEGWeek shows how this is used to close a refractory fistula in a 24 year old lady with Crohn’s disease.
By injecting adipose-derived stromal cells, we can now promote tissue regeneration rather than simply closing defects.
Say hello to the era of regenerative endoscopy 👏🌟 #ESGEatUEGWeek
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
Ok, but in my defense, I *did* also pick up the books on the kids’ school reading list.🧐
The academic equivalent of weekend house chores is answering emails, working on pending manuscripts, addressing reviewers’ comments, working on pending proposals, and rereading for the tenth time that one paragraph you’re still trying to make sense of.
And if bandwidth allows, choose which part of the house you’re cleaning today.
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
All "gut" sutures are going away. Because apparently one farmer in Europe that raises the sheep that meet standards is retiring. Such an interesting story!
One more chapter filed in the history of sutures.
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
Just when the USMLE loses its Jehovah's Witness transfusion ethics question, they gain a botched lethal injection resuscitation ethics question.
Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee's attempt to execute her via lethal injection, is intubated, on a ventilator, and remains unconscious in a Nashville-area hospital, her attorneys said in a court filing.
cnn.it/4hJprTt
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
🧵OK, I'm doing a talk next week to a group that won't have any idea why I'm there, so I'm going to repost some of my older 🧵
This one is on the 'figure-of eight' and also the 'pursestring' sutures.
We'll go over what they're for and some technical pointers and pitfalls.
Adelso T. Jackson retweeted
That’s a wrap on #ACSCC26! 💙
Our favorite part of Clinical Congress will always be bringing the House of Surgery together to learn, catch up with old friends, make new ones, and celebrate this incredible community. Thank you for making these past few days so special!
Next stop: San Diego! See you October 16–19 for #ACSCC27!
It was heartwarming to meet a prominent and inspiring surgeon such as yourself. Safe travels back to Bogota!
See you next year!
Amazing experience meeting surgeons from every part of the world and share knowledge and expertise ! A phenomenon that only can happen in the house of surgery! Dr @Adelso22 your future is brighter ! Only at the @AmCollSurgeons 2026 Clinical Congress in Washington, D.C.! @pferrada1 @TomVargheseJr @SWexner @pturnermd
I have to say, @AmCollSurgeons really knocked it out of the park this year. Got to connect with old friends, made new ones. Presented our lab’s research. The sessions and activities were all outstanding!
The House of Surgery had it all.
#ACSCC26 @RASACS
