Rachel Appelbaum, MD

In honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, we wear orange to honor the lives lost and forever changed by this epidemic. Together we can work towards a safer future. #WearOrange #EndGunViolence

We are so happy to celebrate our Trauma Survivors on #TraumaSurvivorsDay @VUMChealth  #NTSD2025

Ensuring adequate trauma care across the state is an issue everyone can support. Happy to represent @VUMChealth and TN Public and Teaching Hospitals Association @ReganWilliamsMD @alexjahangir @abpeetz @tak42796 @msmith_rn @mike_smith_ @AppelbaumMD @rb_kal_el

Today's #FollowFriday is @EAST_TRAUMA President-elect, Dr. Mayur Patel (@PatelTrauma) 📣📢 #east2025 Congratulations from TSACO! We wish you a smooth transition and a productive term!

Vanderbilt Section of Surgical Sciences Community Outreach at Second Harvest Food Bank @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes @VUMCTrauma

Incredible Grand Rounds from Drs.Streams and Beyene! REBOA pro con debate. @JCRStreams @ViennawithaB @VUMCTrauma @VUMCSurgery

Teaching Residents Patient-Centered Communication: A Call for Standardized Programming #communication #SurgeryResidency #professionalism #communicationskillsareteachable pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39393176/

We conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the current data on handoffs and transitions of care in ACS patients and evaluate the impact of standardization and formalized processes. #HandoffsInACS @AppelbaumMD @JenFreemanMD @EAST @SofyaAsfaw journals.lww.com/jtrauma/abstra…

Division helipad picture day! @VUMCTrauma @AmeliaMaiga

Wellness is a systems issue - the solution should be treated as such. We review wellness from a systems perspective to provide consensus on incorporating wellness into a quality, ACS system.#SystemWellness @AppelbaumMD @JJcolemanMD @traumamom4 @TraumaMPH journals.lww.com/jtrauma/abstra…

Review of wellness literature to provide a framework for an acute care surgery system that works for our provider #SystemWellness @EAST_TRAUMA Dale Butler, Joseph Stirparo @JJcolemanMD @traumamom4 @TraumaMPH journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fullte…

Next up in the newest guidelines from the AAST Critical Care Committee: Antibiotic prophylaxis in injury: a AAST Critical Care Committee clinical consensus document ➡️bit.ly/45b4UAk

Now available (and open-access): There are 3 important new guidelines from the @AAST Critical Care Committee. The first of these that we will highlight covers the evaluation and workup of fevers and infections in the SICU. Click here (not the photo) ➡️bit.ly/4enWo5x

June is Gun violence Awareness Month. Last year people and institutions from all over the country participated in raising awareness. Join the project by purchasing your T shirt here customink.com/fundraising/aa…

Five years ago this week, my co-resident took his own life. My heart still aches and always will to know he was hurting and we didn’t know. Instead of planning our chief year, we made other arrangements. #SuicidePrevention #NotJustAMonth #PhysicianWellness #SystemWellness

AAST Women in Trauma Surgery March session, incredible perspective and reflection on building your tribe. Determining your “why” and how to support one another. Thank you to our panel @JJcolemanMD @KLKaups @scrubbedin and attendees! @traumadoctors @traumadoctorsam

Thank you for sharing your paper with the @TSACO_AAST community. We especially appreciate these take-away lessons on best practices and barriers

Engaging trauma survivors and caregivers to assure research is meaningful and respectful #IREP @PCORI @AppelbaumMD @AnnaNewcombPhD @rochelleami9 @elliotthaut @SteinSister @NatTrauma @TheHAVI @ATSTrauma @TSACO_AAST tsaco.bmj.com/content/9/1/e0…

Today marks our 4th Future is NOW Nashville session! The children learned about the musculoskeletal system from Dr.Andrew Gregory, an Orthopedic surgeon who specializes in Sports Medicine. @VUMCTrauma @VUMCSurgery @futurehealersky

Catching up with my EAST mentor, Ani Kohli, MD! #EAST2024 #EASTMentoring @EAST_TRAUMA @anikohli