Luke Funk, MD, MPH
@lmfunk2.bsky.social
Minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon at UW-Madison and the William S. Middleton VA, health-services researcher, aspiring golfer
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We've got something for everyone! 🎁
The #AASAuction has it all:
🔹 Mentorships with top surgeons
🔹 Unique dining experiences
🔹 Gift cards to amazing places
🔹 Beautiful art pieces
➡️ Browse the auction and place your bids before it's too late! Check the app for auction info! #ASC2025
The #AASAuction has it all:
🔹 Mentorships with top surgeons
🔹 Unique dining experiences
🔹 Gift cards to amazing places
🔹 Beautiful art pieces
➡️ Browse the auction and place your bids before it's too late! Check the app for auction info! #ASC2025
February 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We've got something for everyone! 🎁
The #AASAuction has it all:
🔹 Mentorships with top surgeons
🔹 Unique dining experiences
🔹 Gift cards to amazing places
🔹 Beautiful art pieces
➡️ Browse the auction and place your bids before it's too late! Check the app for auction info! #ASC2025
The #AASAuction has it all:
🔹 Mentorships with top surgeons
🔹 Unique dining experiences
🔹 Gift cards to amazing places
🔹 Beautiful art pieces
➡️ Browse the auction and place your bids before it's too late! Check the app for auction info! #ASC2025
Reposted by Luke Funk, MD, MPH
🔥 These #GetOffYourAAS teams are ready to dominate:
UABout to Hustle
Kaolorie Killers
Cheese Curds & Cardio
Pit Pickers
MGH
Duke AAS Kickers
Scarlet Squad
Making Inactivity History
Taking Moonshots against Cancer
Chasethefoxchase
Whatdoesthefoxchase
Don't miss out! https://buff.ly/3Wnbq3O
UABout to Hustle
Kaolorie Killers
Cheese Curds & Cardio
Pit Pickers
MGH
Duke AAS Kickers
Scarlet Squad
Making Inactivity History
Taking Moonshots against Cancer
Chasethefoxchase
Whatdoesthefoxchase
Don't miss out! https://buff.ly/3Wnbq3O
January 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🔥 These #GetOffYourAAS teams are ready to dominate:
UABout to Hustle
Kaolorie Killers
Cheese Curds & Cardio
Pit Pickers
MGH
Duke AAS Kickers
Scarlet Squad
Making Inactivity History
Taking Moonshots against Cancer
Chasethefoxchase
Whatdoesthefoxchase
Don't miss out! https://buff.ly/3Wnbq3O
UABout to Hustle
Kaolorie Killers
Cheese Curds & Cardio
Pit Pickers
MGH
Duke AAS Kickers
Scarlet Squad
Making Inactivity History
Taking Moonshots against Cancer
Chasethefoxchase
Whatdoesthefoxchase
Don't miss out! https://buff.ly/3Wnbq3O
Reposted by Luke Funk, MD, MPH
TODAY is your last chance to save on your registration for ASC 2025 with our Early Bird rates! ⏳
Join us in Las Vegas from February 11-13, 2025 for the 20th Annual Academic Surgical Congress!
Secure your spot: https://buff.ly/49amNBB
Join us in Las Vegas from February 11-13, 2025 for the 20th Annual Academic Surgical Congress!
Secure your spot: https://buff.ly/49amNBB
December 13, 2024 at 2:20 PM
TODAY is your last chance to save on your registration for ASC 2025 with our Early Bird rates! ⏳
Join us in Las Vegas from February 11-13, 2025 for the 20th Annual Academic Surgical Congress!
Secure your spot: https://buff.ly/49amNBB
Join us in Las Vegas from February 11-13, 2025 for the 20th Annual Academic Surgical Congress!
Secure your spot: https://buff.ly/49amNBB
Reposted by Luke Funk, MD, MPH
Registration is OPEN for the 20th Annual Academic Surgical Congress! 🎉
Join us in Las Vegas from Feb 11-13, 2025, for an unforgettable experience. Early bird rates end December 13th! ✨
Register now and secure your spot: https://buff.ly/49amNBB
Join us in Las Vegas from Feb 11-13, 2025, for an unforgettable experience. Early bird rates end December 13th! ✨
Register now and secure your spot: https://buff.ly/49amNBB
December 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Registration is OPEN for the 20th Annual Academic Surgical Congress! 🎉
Join us in Las Vegas from Feb 11-13, 2025, for an unforgettable experience. Early bird rates end December 13th! ✨
Register now and secure your spot: https://buff.ly/49amNBB
Join us in Las Vegas from Feb 11-13, 2025, for an unforgettable experience. Early bird rates end December 13th! ✨
Register now and secure your spot: https://buff.ly/49amNBB
Reposted by Luke Funk, MD, MPH
The ACS Wisconsin Chapter meeting earlier this month featured surgical skills contests, presentations on abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia management, a resident panel, and more!
Second Vice-President Dr. Dennis H. Kraus provides a report. 📝
Second Vice-President Dr. Dennis H. Kraus provides a report. 📝
Trainee Competitions, Hot Topic Debates Highlight Wisconsin Chapter Meeting
Read Dr. Dennis H. Kraus's account of the early November meeting, including details on presentations, a surgical skills contest, and more.
buff.ly
November 29, 2024 at 8:20 PM
The ACS Wisconsin Chapter meeting earlier this month featured surgical skills contests, presentations on abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia management, a resident panel, and more!
Second Vice-President Dr. Dennis H. Kraus provides a report. 📝
Second Vice-President Dr. Dennis H. Kraus provides a report. 📝
Reposted by Luke Funk, MD, MPH
Discover how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are revolutionizing surgical research in the latest blog post on The Academic Surgeon! 🗺️
➡️ Dive deeper into this fascinating field: https://buff.ly/4g37MDJ @UABSurgery
➡️ Dive deeper into this fascinating field: https://buff.ly/4g37MDJ @UABSurgery
November 27, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Discover how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are revolutionizing surgical research in the latest blog post on The Academic Surgeon! 🗺️
➡️ Dive deeper into this fascinating field: https://buff.ly/4g37MDJ @UABSurgery
➡️ Dive deeper into this fascinating field: https://buff.ly/4g37MDJ @UABSurgery
Reposted by Luke Funk, MD, MPH
📝 Applications are due THIS FRIDAY for two-year faculty research fellowships. The fellowship will assist surgeons in the establishment of their research program with the goal of transitioning to becoming independent investigators.
Apply today! #SurgSky
Apply today! #SurgSky
ACS Faculty Research Fellowships
The ACS is offering two-year faculty research fellowships, through the generosity of Fellows, Chapters, and friends of the College.
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November 20, 2024 at 3:00 PM
📝 Applications are due THIS FRIDAY for two-year faculty research fellowships. The fellowship will assist surgeons in the establishment of their research program with the goal of transitioning to becoming independent investigators.
Apply today! #SurgSky
Apply today! #SurgSky
Lots of great advice in this article for med students and general surgery programs
As the authors note, @AcademicSurgery and @AmCollSurgeons are fantastic societies for students
Institutional Diversity in the General Surgery Residency Selection Process...
As the authors note, @AcademicSurgery and @AmCollSurgeons are fantastic societies for students
Institutional Diversity in the General Surgery Residency Selection Process...
November 20, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Lots of great advice in this article for med students and general surgery programs
As the authors note, @AcademicSurgery and @AmCollSurgeons are fantastic societies for students
Institutional Diversity in the General Surgery Residency Selection Process...
As the authors note, @AcademicSurgery and @AmCollSurgeons are fantastic societies for students
Institutional Diversity in the General Surgery Residency Selection Process...
Our youngest son captured my feelings perfectly about the seasons - esp in mid Feb in the upper Midwest.
Summer is better than winter.
And, it really is no fun to have ice chunks thrown at your face in a snowball fight…
Summer is better than winter.
And, it really is no fun to have ice chunks thrown at your face in a snowball fight…
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Our youngest son captured my feelings perfectly about the seasons - esp in mid Feb in the upper Midwest.
Summer is better than winter.
And, it really is no fun to have ice chunks thrown at your face in a snowball fight…
Summer is better than winter.
And, it really is no fun to have ice chunks thrown at your face in a snowball fight…
What do bariatric surgery pts and providers think about communication after surgery?
1. Pts are hesitant to follow-up if wt loss is suboptimal
2. Personalized communication is key
Fantastic job by @uwsmph med student @chloelam98 leading this...
1. Pts are hesitant to follow-up if wt loss is suboptimal
2. Personalized communication is key
Fantastic job by @uwsmph med student @chloelam98 leading this...
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
What do bariatric surgery pts and providers think about communication after surgery?
1. Pts are hesitant to follow-up if wt loss is suboptimal
2. Personalized communication is key
Fantastic job by @uwsmph med student @chloelam98 leading this...
1. Pts are hesitant to follow-up if wt loss is suboptimal
2. Personalized communication is key
Fantastic job by @uwsmph med student @chloelam98 leading this...
Can you use electronic health record data to predict who will gain weight? Our machine learning analysis suggests likely not. More informative datasets are needed.
Great job by @wiscsurgery T32 residents @jmurtha5 @DrDJawara leading this work @JSurgRes...
Great job by @wiscsurgery T32 residents @jmurtha5 @DrDJawara leading this work @JSurgRes...
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Can you use electronic health record data to predict who will gain weight? Our machine learning analysis suggests likely not. More informative datasets are needed.
Great job by @wiscsurgery T32 residents @jmurtha5 @DrDJawara leading this work @JSurgRes...
Great job by @wiscsurgery T32 residents @jmurtha5 @DrDJawara leading this work @JSurgRes...
How should medical journals and publishers respond to ChatGPT and other AI platforms that can simulate human writing?
@AnnalsOpen @CarlaPughMDPhD #ChatGPT
https://journals.lww.com/aosopen/Fulltext/2023/03000/Response_to__Comment_on_The_AI_and_I__A.43.aspx
@AnnalsOpen @CarlaPughMDPhD #ChatGPT
https://journals.lww.com/aosopen/Fulltext/2023/03000/Response_to__Comment_on_The_AI_and_I__A.43.aspx
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
How should medical journals and publishers respond to ChatGPT and other AI platforms that can simulate human writing?
@AnnalsOpen @CarlaPughMDPhD #ChatGPT
https://journals.lww.com/aosopen/Fulltext/2023/03000/Response_to__Comment_on_The_AI_and_I__A.43.aspx
@AnnalsOpen @CarlaPughMDPhD #ChatGPT
https://journals.lww.com/aosopen/Fulltext/2023/03000/Response_to__Comment_on_The_AI_and_I__A.43.aspx
"That's where the stigma of obesity comes in. The idea that the patient can do it with diet/exercise. You'd never do that to a pt with HTN or heart disease or type 2 DM." @MarsApovian
Great piece. #weightbias hurts us all.
...
Great piece. #weightbias hurts us all.
...
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
"That's where the stigma of obesity comes in. The idea that the patient can do it with diet/exercise. You'd never do that to a pt with HTN or heart disease or type 2 DM." @MarsApovian
Great piece. #weightbias hurts us all.
...
Great piece. #weightbias hurts us all.
...
What are the socioeconomic barriers to weight loss after bariatric surgery? Our qualitative study found 5:
1. Challenging employment
2. Limited income
3. Unreliable transportation
4. Unsafe/inconvenient neighborhoods
5. Limited health literacy
@ASMBS...
1. Challenging employment
2. Limited income
3. Unreliable transportation
4. Unsafe/inconvenient neighborhoods
5. Limited health literacy
@ASMBS...
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
What are the socioeconomic barriers to weight loss after bariatric surgery? Our qualitative study found 5:
1. Challenging employment
2. Limited income
3. Unreliable transportation
4. Unsafe/inconvenient neighborhoods
5. Limited health literacy
@ASMBS...
1. Challenging employment
2. Limited income
3. Unreliable transportation
4. Unsafe/inconvenient neighborhoods
5. Limited health literacy
@ASMBS...
Our analysis of electronic health record data from nearly 280,000 patients found that multiple cancers were associated with an increasing BMI
Two had BMI "cut-points" where the risk of cancer increased - kidney and uterine
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01178-0
Two had BMI "cut-points" where the risk of cancer increased - kidney and uterine
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01178-0
Obesity and “obesity-related” cancers: are there body mas...
Despite compelling links between excess body weight and c...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Our analysis of electronic health record data from nearly 280,000 patients found that multiple cancers were associated with an increasing BMI
Two had BMI "cut-points" where the risk of cancer increased - kidney and uterine
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01178-0
Two had BMI "cut-points" where the risk of cancer increased - kidney and uterine
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01178-0
Me: “Interesting…I didn’t know they still sent out phone books.”
11 y/o son: “What’s a phone book?”
Me: 😶
11 y/o son: “What’s a phone book?”
Me: 😶
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Me: “Interesting…I didn’t know they still sent out phone books.”
11 y/o son: “What’s a phone book?”
Me: 😶
11 y/o son: “What’s a phone book?”
Me: 😶
We’re hiring! Our VA research group is looking for a health behavior coach (bachelors level) who will administer a behavioral intervention as part of a VA-funded RCT.
Details here: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/648657800
@VAsurgeons
@WiscSurgery
Details here: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/648657800
@VAsurgeons
@WiscSurgery
Program Assistant - Health Behavior Coach/Study Intervent...
The Program Assistant works as a member of the research t...
www.usajobs.gov
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
We’re hiring! Our VA research group is looking for a health behavior coach (bachelors level) who will administer a behavioral intervention as part of a VA-funded RCT.
Details here: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/648657800
@VAsurgeons
@WiscSurgery
Details here: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/648657800
@VAsurgeons
@WiscSurgery
We’re looking for health-services researchers to join us @WiscSurgery. Awesome opportunity to both develop and implement your mixed-methods skills and possibly lead a behavioral intervention RCT.
Madison, WI is a great place to live!
Info:...
Madison, WI is a great place to live!
Info:...
November 20, 2024 at 3:16 PM
We’re looking for health-services researchers to join us @WiscSurgery. Awesome opportunity to both develop and implement your mixed-methods skills and possibly lead a behavioral intervention RCT.
Madison, WI is a great place to live!
Info:...
Madison, WI is a great place to live!
Info:...
@WiscSurgery Surgical Jeopardy resident reps @hillaryrjohnson and @pbschwar…A solid first round victory!! Well done! Cleaned up on the bariatric questions too. No biggie. @WiscMIS #ASC2022
November 20, 2024 at 3:16 PM
@WiscSurgery Surgical Jeopardy resident reps @hillaryrjohnson and @pbschwar…A solid first round victory!! Well done! Cleaned up on the bariatric questions too. No biggie. @WiscMIS #ASC2022
I’m super impressed with every institution’s mileage but I’ve gotta ask:
What’s in the drinking water down in the Lone Star State?
@MDAndersonNews @UTSW_Surgery @TTUHSCSurgery all in the top 5.
Dang. Nice work!
#GetOffYourAAS @AcademicSurgery
What’s in the drinking water down in the Lone Star State?
@MDAndersonNews @UTSW_Surgery @TTUHSCSurgery all in the top 5.
Dang. Nice work!
#GetOffYourAAS @AcademicSurgery
November 20, 2024 at 3:16 PM
I’m super impressed with every institution’s mileage but I’ve gotta ask:
What’s in the drinking water down in the Lone Star State?
@MDAndersonNews @UTSW_Surgery @TTUHSCSurgery all in the top 5.
Dang. Nice work!
#GetOffYourAAS @AcademicSurgery
What’s in the drinking water down in the Lone Star State?
@MDAndersonNews @UTSW_Surgery @TTUHSCSurgery all in the top 5.
Dang. Nice work!
#GetOffYourAAS @AcademicSurgery
“Vivien Thomas’s name matters because truth matters.”
The title of the article says it all.
Change the Name of the “Blalock-Taussig Shunt” to “Blalock-Thomas-Taussig Shunt” https://ja.ma/3znHoR3 via @JAMASurgery part of @JAMANetwork
The title of the article says it all.
Change the Name of the “Blalock-Taussig Shunt” to “Blalock-Thomas-Taussig Shunt” https://ja.ma/3znHoR3 via @JAMASurgery part of @JAMANetwork
November 20, 2024 at 3:27 PM
“Vivien Thomas’s name matters because truth matters.”
The title of the article says it all.
Change the Name of the “Blalock-Taussig Shunt” to “Blalock-Thomas-Taussig Shunt” https://ja.ma/3znHoR3 via @JAMASurgery part of @JAMANetwork
The title of the article says it all.
Change the Name of the “Blalock-Taussig Shunt” to “Blalock-Thomas-Taussig Shunt” https://ja.ma/3znHoR3 via @JAMASurgery part of @JAMANetwork
Massive respect for our health care colleagues in rural Wisconsin.
They are under-resourced, exhausted, and are fighting a huge Covid surge.
Vaccination rate in their community is awful - 35%
They need help....
They are under-resourced, exhausted, and are fighting a huge Covid surge.
Vaccination rate in their community is awful - 35%
They need help....
November 20, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Massive respect for our health care colleagues in rural Wisconsin.
They are under-resourced, exhausted, and are fighting a huge Covid surge.
Vaccination rate in their community is awful - 35%
They need help....
They are under-resourced, exhausted, and are fighting a huge Covid surge.
Vaccination rate in their community is awful - 35%
They need help....
Dang, random street in Dubuque, Iowa. I was not expecting this from you…
What an amazing tribute.
It has been more than a year since RBG passed away.
Her presence on the Supreme Court is sorely missed.
A true icon and hero.
What an amazing tribute.
It has been more than a year since RBG passed away.
Her presence on the Supreme Court is sorely missed.
A true icon and hero.
November 20, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Dang, random street in Dubuque, Iowa. I was not expecting this from you…
What an amazing tribute.
It has been more than a year since RBG passed away.
Her presence on the Supreme Court is sorely missed.
A true icon and hero.
What an amazing tribute.
It has been more than a year since RBG passed away.
Her presence on the Supreme Court is sorely missed.
A true icon and hero.
Covid vaccine mandates are very effective.
Yet, 89% of the legal interventions proposed at the state-level have IMPEDED Covid vaccine mandates.
Our state governments have failed us miserably.
https://ja.ma/3rIQDJo via @JAMA_current part of @JAMANetwork
Yet, 89% of the legal interventions proposed at the state-level have IMPEDED Covid vaccine mandates.
Our state governments have failed us miserably.
https://ja.ma/3rIQDJo via @JAMA_current part of @JAMANetwork
US State-Level Legal Interventions Related to COVID-19 Va...
This study assesses state-level legal interventions to pr...
ja.ma
November 20, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Covid vaccine mandates are very effective.
Yet, 89% of the legal interventions proposed at the state-level have IMPEDED Covid vaccine mandates.
Our state governments have failed us miserably.
https://ja.ma/3rIQDJo via @JAMA_current part of @JAMANetwork
Yet, 89% of the legal interventions proposed at the state-level have IMPEDED Covid vaccine mandates.
Our state governments have failed us miserably.
https://ja.ma/3rIQDJo via @JAMA_current part of @JAMANetwork
I just voted to help Dr. Ala Stanford become the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. Truly an inspirational story!
Vote for her here:
https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/vote/10/
Vote for her here:
https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/vote/10/
2024 CNN Hero of the Year voting | CNN
Get involved: Help decide which of the Top 10 CNN Heroes ...
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November 20, 2024 at 3:27 PM
I just voted to help Dr. Ala Stanford become the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. Truly an inspirational story!
Vote for her here:
https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/vote/10/
Vote for her here:
https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/vote/10/