Steven Chao MD FACS
@schaomd.bsky.social
Colorectal Surgeon/Research director NYP Queens, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery Weill Cornell Medicine, father of toddlers, married to a geriatrician who keeps me young
You can tell Donald Trump is spiritually a New York Met because everything is turning to shit halfway through a 4 year deal
Hail to the Chiefs! Society of Asian Academic Surgeons “very recently immediate” President Tejal Brahmbhatt, new President Daniel I Chu, President-elect Jennifer Kuo; the brilliant beautiful Dr Navneet Sandhu; and some other 🤡. That’s a wrap on #saas2026, Aloha #saas2027 in Hawai’i! 🏝️ 🏄🏼♀️ 😷 👩🏻⚕️🎻 🐅 🐉
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
New research from our team in @JGastroSurg: Medicaid expansion led to significantly better outcomes for patients requiring colorectal surgery. The data is clear: when we remove financial barriers, lives are saved. Read: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mK3s,Op-4... #HealthEquity #ColorectalSurgery
Thrilled to share our new 14-year systematic review in the American Journal of Surgery. The data shows a persistent lack of racial/ethnic reporting in colorectal research—a gap we must close for #HealthEquity . Awesome work by the whole team to get this across the finish line! tinyurl.com/fvumbtcs
Brandon Nimmo is the first millionaire to flee Zohran Mamdani's Communist New York City
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism. Got it.
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 12mo agoLarry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.” He will continue teaching. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social · 12mo agoMamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
The arc of Zohran Mamdani's success is nothing short of staggering. At the start of the year, he was polling at 1%. Now, at age 34, he will be New York City’s youngest leader in more than a century. nyti.ms/43Mi5Z3
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
I think this is the first moment where I’ve seriously contemplated that they aren’t going to win one while I’m alive
I think there’s probably an underestimate of how good the Mets farm is at this point. I am prefacing this by saying our first 101 meeting is in a few days so this is me spitballing on all of this and you should not take it as The Position of BP, but…
Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
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Congratulations to Aryeh Metzger on his publication in SURGERY. Fragmented care in rectal cancer was associated with worse outcomes for Medicaid patients, women and those that live far from the hospital. @heatheryeomd.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/c/1lEd9_vecJ...
Cuomo is not inevitable. Tell everyone you know not to rank him and why. Email, text, call and talk with folks directly. We can defeat this guy.
Peter Sterne@petersterne.com · last yr.NEW POLL from Data for Progress, conducted May 30-June 4: www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/202... Andrew Cuomo - 37% Zohran Mamdani - 31% Undecided - 8% Adrienne Adams - 6% Brad Lander - 6% Scott Stringer - 5% With RCV: Cuomo - 51% Mamdani - 49%
We had great poster presentations from our NYPQ surgery residents at #ASCRS25 ! Congratulations Julie Hong, Victoria Yuan and Ninon Forter-Chee-A-Tow! @ascrs.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social
Phillip Hwang, NYPQ surgery resident, gave an awesome talk about how we can use AI LLMs to help translate colorectal patient instructions to different languages. #ASCRS25 @ascrs.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social
Aryeh Metzger, WCM surgery resident, presented on how area deprivation index affects surgical outcomes in colorectal cancer patients in Queens, NY @ascrs.bsky.social @heatheryeomd.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y agoThe Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
As a surgeon, I know the value of precision. A scalpel allows for careful, targeted intervention—minimizing harm while addressing the problem. But when you’ve already taken a chainsaw to the body, switching to a scalpel won’t stop the hemorrhage.
Outline of the talk: 3, 2, 1…and 4 - 3 words: Origin, Culture, and Impact; the 3 critical for building a better world - 2 stories: how Japanese children age 2 to 5 run errands independently; why we smile in photos - One leadership approach: Bison go directly into the storm #ASC2025
Thank you @academicsurgery.bsky.social @universitysurgeons.bsky.social for the awesome #ASC2025! The NYPQ surgery team is going home but we were honored to take part! We are excited for 2026 in Orlando!
Daniella Abramov, NYPQ surgical intern, gave a great talk about how race and ethnicity is underreported in patient demographics and hasn’t improved in plastic surgery journals. #ASC2025
“The mission is to inspire and develop young academic surgeons … we will bend but not break.” @academicsurgery.bsky.social President Dr Callisia Clarke #ASC2025
#ASC2025 cold open: Powerful call to action by SUS president @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social Surgeons must lean into the storm and #BeTheBison
