Happening now! @apsa-outcomes.bsky.social and Quality Committees present #EvidenceBased guidelines for #RadiationStewardship for kids with #appendicitis

Before sunrise… @apsa-outcomes.bsky.social committee getting it done at #APSA25! Evidence-based medicine is our #LoveLanguage

Whew! Just finished a whirlwind day in Sacramento advocating to #FixPriorAuth and support MD wellness w #CMAdocs & #LAdocs. Big thanks to Sen Bob Archuleta & @pilar4ca.bsky.social for meeting with us!
#CMAdocs #CAleg @keckmedicineusc.bsky.social

Yesterday we trained an ENTIRE high school senior class how to recognize an #opioid #overdose & give #Narcan. Thank you to LACHP & @iasatusc.bsky.social for proving free #Narcan for >350 students. And biggest of thanks to our #CHLA and @keckmedicineusc.bsky.social volunteers!

#ASC2025 Next gen surgeon-scientist in action! @uscsurgery.bsky.social MS3 Emma Kirkpatrick presents findings from CHLA HOPE Lab. #opioid stewardship needs real-world rx utilization data @universitysurgeons.bsky.social @academicsurgery.bsky.social @iasatusc.bsky.social @marjorieo.bsky.social

Happening now! #ASC2025 Dr Ruby Barq presents findings from CHLA HOPE Lab highlighting significant lifetime costs associated with #opioid prescribing for preterm infants @keckmedicineusc.bsky.social @universitysurgeons.bsky.social

#ASC2025 Dr Jordan Rook presents findings from #MarketScan highlighting “Association of High-Deductible Health Plans and Complicated Appendicitis among Children.” Insurance type impacts pediatric surgical morbidity and costs! @universitysurgeons.bsky.social @dgsomucla.bsky.social

#ASC2025 Leading by example @dremamaullee.bsky.social challenges all surgeon-scientists to continue “Breaking Barriers: Achieving Gender Parity in Surgical Authorship” @univsurg.bsky.social @keckmedicineusc.bsky.social

#ASC2025 cold open: Powerful call to action by SUS president @tomvarghesejr.bsky.social Surgeons must lean into the storm and #BeTheBison

For my first Bluesky post, I will celebrate science! Kicking off #ASC2025 as Dr Ruby Barq presents data from CHLA’s HOPE Lab highlighting prevalence of opioid-related #PGX variants for high-risk infants. Will nextgen #opioid stewardship require personalized medicine? Stay tuned…