It's a healthcare economy, and the rest of us are just living in it.
Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA
@tomvarghesejr.bsky.social
🦋 Dad, Husband, Thoracic Surgeon. 🦋 Chief, Section of Gen Thoracic Surgery Univ. of Utah. 🦋 Immediate Past Prez, Society of University Surgeons. 🦋 Editor-in-Chief, Journal of American College of Surgeons 🦋 Following/ Repost ≠ Endorsed #MedSky
BREAKING The Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche as U.S. attorney general. The vote was 50-49.
The moment Collins announced she was a no on Blanche, you KNEW they had the votes.
In the ruling, the judge notes that Meta created a “public nuisance” by being a significant contributor to the state’s teen mental health crisis.
New Mexico Court Orders Meta To Pay Nearly $1 Billion Over Child Safety Issues
In the ruling, the judge notes that Meta created a “public nuisance” by being a significant contributor to the state’s teen mental health crisis.
forbes.com
We continue to strive to be better in medicine- but not lest we make the perfect be the enemy of the good. #graphicmedicine
Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.
Do you know what China's been doing while we've been dropping bombs and allocating more money for new weapons? Beating us on alternative energy, manufacturing, high speed rail, technology, microchips, and infrastructure.
Episode 45 of #TheOperativeWord, featuring host @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social and authors Serena Lofftus, MD and James Wu, MD, FACS from UCLA Health is live. 🎧Listen today at: theoperativeword.podbean.com
News!!!! Two New York state residents who are former MV Hondius passengers will complete quarantine at home, as promised. (1 of 3 from NY will remain in Omaha, by choice.) This is the right policy. Good for NY for getting this right, after concerns they might not. It’s safe and morally correct.
📣 Don't miss the latest Behind the Knife episode, featuring Editor-in-Chief @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social and Douglas E Wood, MD, FRCSEd, FACS as they discuss their recent JACS publication and the new ACS Workplace Standards Framework. 🎧: app.behindtheknife.org/podcast/sust...
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
Don't miss the latest episode of the Operative Word, featuring host @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social 🎧 ➡️https://theoperativeword.podbean.com/e/e43-development-validation-and-comparison-of-machine-learning-models-for-predicting-pediatric-surgical-site-infection-using-the-nsqip-p-database/
Please join us for this @facs.org webinar with @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social and Julian Smith about AI in journal publishing and manuscript writing. What a treat to have two editors-in-chief to give us the final word! (pun intended 🤣) www.facs.org/for-medical-...
A mesmerizing sight on Florida's coast, eagle rays surf the waves in groups, conserving energy while hunting for food in shallow waters. Nature's beauty in motion awaits you.
🎉JACS welcomes Ivy N Haskins, MD, FACS, and Douglas Tyler, MD, MSHCT, FACS as CME Editor and CME Advisor. Their expertise will help shape high-quality, clinically relevant educational content
I hate how consistently the best way for me to figure out what I should write when I have no idea what to write is to just start writing it. It literally always works. And I forget that it works every time.
Friday's sunny blue skies begged me to bike the Sun Road again. It was both shocking that McDonald Creek right now had no snow flanking the river. But still lovely brain laundry. Glacier National Park #nationalparks #biking #bicycle #spring #drought #rivers #glacier #montana #brainlaundry
📢Hear from Editor-in-Chief, @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social, on the highlighted cover articles for the April issue of JACS. 📑 Full issue at: journals.lww.com/journalacs/p...
Jake Greenberg has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Ryan Broderick for For his outstanding work on the Advanced Laparoscopy and Fluorescence Guided Imaging Courses! A great addition to SAGES courses for residents and fellows!
CBS NEWS: The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier will deploy to the Middle East amid the war with Iran.
A #MatchDay2026 message from Editor-in-Chief @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social 🥳 . Congratulations to all!
A checklist I wish citizens & organizations would use when selecting leaders: ⏹️ Does this candidate love their community? ⏹️ Does this candidate have a plan for their community? ⏹️ Does this candidate have an exit plan, so that the next leader can build on their success? #Leadership
Blessed to work with this incredible team @acsjacs.bsky.social . Excited about the work and collaborations ahead 🙏🏾 📸 @ American College of Surgeons headquarters
The natural habitat of the Ecuadorian dart frog is over 7,000 miles away from the Russian penal colony — near the Arctic Circle — where Alexei Navalny was being held.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 8mo agoBREAKING Russia Used Ecuadorian Dart Frog Poison to Assassinate Alexei Navalny Full Story: bit.ly/4rbCksS
