TTUHSC Department of Surgery

⁦@TTUHSCSurgery⁩ Tradition that we are keeping: Bring Your Parents /Family to Work Day ⁦@AtliSteinn1⁩ Dr. Valgardsson family all the way from Iceland 🇮🇸 ⁦@TTUHSC⁩ ⁦@umchealthsystem⁩ on his last day as a surgical resident … next stop ⁦@UMNews⁩

Learning about legal defense & documentation today during an informative grand rounds by Dr McKee!

Congratulations to @TTUHSCSurgery @OsaidAlserMD elected as the President of @TTUHSC @ttuhscmed House Staff AY 2025-26. Proud of your accomplishment and leadership. Thanks @sbrooksmd for the update.

Journal club is one of the many didactic components for TTUHSC surgery residents. Thank you to both Dr Brooks for hosting the most recent JC as well as Solventum for sponsoring- your support is what makes these events possible!

Congratulations to our chiefs who graduated this past Friday!!

Wonderful grand rounds today on robotic surgery by our graduating chief, Dr Sean Simpson!

Looking forward to the upcoming West Texas Cancer Symposium on 6/7 featuring speakers from our wonderful surg onc team! link to register: cmetracker.net/TTUHSC/Publish…

⁦@TTUHSCSurgery⁩ RESIDENT’s Wellness Day Pickleball

Learning about Financial Literacy from our chief resident Dr Theophilus Pham ⁦@TTUHSCSurgery⁩ ⁦@ttuhscmed⁩ ⁦@ttuhscmed⁩ - How not to die in the operating room

⁦@TTUHSCSurgery⁩ Family celebrating Avery’s Birthday 🎂 🎂 today … lots of fun ⁦⁦@justinvaughanMD⁩ ⁦@pamcvaughan⁩

Congratulations 🎊 To our newly minted Surgeons ⁦@TTUHSCSurgery⁩ ⁦@TTUHSC⁩ 1. Dr. Cody Clapp 2. Dr. Natalie Hodges 3. Dr. Jonathan Huynh 4. Dr. Atli Valgardsson Also, to faculty awardees: Drs Kidwell, Mcgill & Vaughan ⁦@justinvaughanMD⁩ #momentous

You’ll be missed Dr Bankhead!! Thank you for all what you did over the last 4 years; from taking care of our critical ill/trauma patients to establishing our research curriculum to mentoring our residents! 🤍 @BBankheadMD

Congrats to our Trauma Medical Director Dr Jayne McCauley for being awarded the Outstanding Off-Service Faculty Award at the TTUHSC EM residency graduation ceremony 🎉 @TexasTechEM @umchealthsystem @ttuhscmed @TTUHSC

Our very own graduating surgery resident Dr Atli Valgardsson presenting at ⁦@TTUHSCSurgery⁩ Grand Rounds ⁦@TTUHSC⁩ with his son and wife in attendance…. good luck 🍀 in your CT Surgery journey in U of Minnesota

9 days ⁦@umchealthsystem⁩ SICU/Trauma Call went extremely well with our SICU residents ⁦⁩ Dr. Hannah Moore & Dr. ⁦@lauren_pert⁩ - representing our topnotch residents ⁦@TTUHSCSurgery⁩ ⁦@TTUHSC⁩ skilled, compassionate & responsible ⁦@SCCM⁩

In recognition of her distinguished contributions to the field of infectious diseases, Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D., a @TTUHSCSurgery professor, was recently named to the 2023 Fellowship class by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (@aaas). ow.ly/RFSV50REVcf

Thrilled to announce that Better Bleeding Control was selected as a finalist in the @TechConnect360 Innovation Challenge in Washington DC next month. I’ll be presenting to a room of experts, investors, technology scouts, & military officials. So excited! (& a little nervous 😉)

Congratulations to all ⁦@TTUHSCSurgery⁩ Faculty members who are recipients of awards at today’s ⁦@TTUHSC⁩ Dean’s Faculty Appreciation dinner. Congrats Drs. Santana, Campbell, Griswold, Pang, Rumbaugh, Kidwell, Bharadia, Tres Haynes, Richmond, Mark Williams. ⁦

We’re excited to announce our Interim Chair, Dr Ariel Santos @traumamd1 who will assume his role in July following Dr Dissanaike @DissanaikeMD. Thank you Dr Dissanaike for your service and we look forward to welcoming Dr Santos! 🎉

To me the O.R. is one of the most sacred places on Earth. Our patients fully trust us to take care of them & literally fix the problem. The fact that we get to do that every day, & work w/ incredible residents who do the same, is a privilege we should never take for granted.💙