Join us in celebrating APSA's 2025 award winners! Congratulations to this year's recipients of the M. Judah Folkman Award. View the full list here: buff.ly/y9L2hhA

After a 9 year intermission in the Midwest including 1 MD and 1 PhD, I'm going back to LA! I can't wait to become a surgeon at @UCLASurgeryRes! #Match2025

We are thrilled to have matched this incredible group to our UCLA Surgery family! We can't wait to welcome you to sunny Los Angeles 😎🌴 #Match2025

I was 17 when I scrubbed into my first surgery at OHSU. 17 years and (literally) half a life later I’m overjoyed to share that I will be starting my first attending job where it all started as an Assistant Professor of Surgery focused on Bariatrics and Foregut @OHSUNews

Dr Serena Lofftus @UCLASurgeryRes wins the best trainee paper at #PCSA2025 @PCSAsurg for her project on Patient-Based Decision Making for Narcotic Prescriptions after Ambulatory Breast Surgery. @JamesWuMD @JAMASurgery

New Pub Alert! @JRookMD highlights incr risk of #PerfAppendicitis for kids w High Deductible Health Plans. Incr LOS and costs follow. Great cross town collab bw @UCLASurgeryRes @KECKSchool_USC @ChildrensLA @RANDCorporation @AnnalsofSurgery journals.lww.com/annalsofsur…

The holiday spirit lives on! 🎄✨celebrating the incredible people who make our residency special and looking forward to the adventures of 2025! 🎉 #UCLAResidents #UCLASurgery

Endocrine surgery team @UCLAHealth completing our 13th adrenalectomy in 3 weeks. Pheopalooza, the revenge. @MashaLivhitsMD @1drchao @JamesWuMD @UCLASurgeryRes

The holiday cheer was in full swing at our Residency White Elephant Party! 🎁🎄Residents brought creative gifts, and faculty added to the fun with generous donations - thank you for making it extra special! 🥰 A heartwarming day filled with laughter and surprises. #UCLASurgery

FUN FACT: A thoracic surgeon is now the residency program director for @UCLASurgeryRes. Her name is Dr. Jane Yanagawa. 🫁uclahealth.org/departments/s…

What I heard at Grand Rounds Clifford Ho @AmCollSurgeons on Surgical Quality Improvement Do we have perfect data/metrics: No, but we still need to act Hope is not a strategize. Many quality projects fail because there is not high quality planning before launching the project.

Shoutout to resident Dr. #HaleyTupper for organizing two impactful #HealthyLungsCA events!🫁🎉 Nov 10: Raised awareness about #LungCancer screening in the community. Nov 12: Educated providers through a focused #CME session. Amazing teamwork with Dr. Sha'Shonda L. Revels! 👏

✨Congrats to @BrittRobinsonMD for being awarded the 2025-2026 @UCGHI GloCal Health Fellowship! 🌍 With this award, she’ll dedicate 12 months of research in Cameroon, advancing global health alongside expert mentors. We're so proud of you! #UCLASurgery #GlobalHealth #Research

Today’s #GrandRounds was a battle of surgical minds! 🧠💥 @ZachWeitznerMD & #BenTran debated medical vs surgical #weightloss therapies, while @KJBlairMD & @dzheng12 tackled #REBOA vs thoracotomy in trauma. Can they convince us? 🤔 Thanks for an engaging discussion! 👏

Happy #Thanksgiving! 🦃 Today, we give thanks to our incredible residents and program. Your dedication to UCLA, and most importantly, to our patients, inspires us every day. We are so grateful for each and every one of you! 🍁🥰