Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc
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andrewmibrahim.bsky.social
Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc
@andrewmibrahim.bsky.social
Surgeon-Scientist building for health, Vice Chair, Board Director, ex- C-suite | Improving health through evidence and design
#MedSky, #SurgSky, founder #VisualAbstract #HealthinAllDesign
www.SurgeryRedesign.com
Largely helping doctors find the info they need and curating it without us having to login into 5 places or comb through 30pgs of PDFs. And a more acute version for early alerts of time sensitive conditions (eg. Stroke)

I agree the role of AI in PA problematic and concerning.
September 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Reposted by Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc
First up: A study led by Adrian Diaz (alum of our National Clinician Scholars Program) and @andrewmibrahim.bsky.social, showing that emergency surgery patients were more likely to die at hospitals owned by #privateequity firms than those with other ownership: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Hospitals Acquired By Private Equity Firms: Increased Postoperative Mortality For Common Inpatient Surgeries | Health Affairs Journal
Private equity (PE) firms have increasingly invested in US hospitals, raising concerns about their effects on the quality of surgical care. We evaluated the impact of PE acquisition of acute care hosp...
www.healthaffairs.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Reposted by Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc
4. Art's Principles
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Arthur (Art) Gensler built a world class architecture firm and kept track of his pearls a long the way. There is a great chapter about "boomerangs" and how to handle your top talent always being recruited from competitors.
March 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reposted by Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc
3. Health Design Thinking
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I often have someone in medicine me, "I love design, but I don't know how it fits into medicine." If thats you, this would will help a lot. It's full of great examples where design can elevate processes, products and delivery.
March 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Nice! Will check it out!
March 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thanks for this work. I think there is a larger concern that because the reporting in MAUDE is entirely voluntary, it’s likely underreporting … ie. there’s a large “did not report” category, too, that never makes the database. It should be much more proactive / automated.
March 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
4. Art's Principles
amzn.to/3FCZRQs
Arthur (Art) Gensler built a world class architecture firm and kept track of his pearls a long the way. There is a great chapter about "boomerangs" and how to handle your top talent always being recruited from competitors.
March 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
3. Health Design Thinking
amzn.to/43GpY2X
I often have someone in medicine me, "I love design, but I don't know how it fits into medicine." If thats you, this would will help a lot. It's full of great examples where design can elevate processes, products and delivery.
March 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM