Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD
@elliotthaut
Trauma Surgeon, Quality/Safety @HopkinsSurgery @HopkinsMedicine, Research @JohnsHopkinsSPH, @EAST_TRAUMA Past-Prez, @NatTrauma @StopTheClot @TSACO_AAST Editor
Proud to be a newly minted Professor of Surgery at @HopkinsMedicine @hopkinssurgery @HopkinsACCM @JohnsHopkinsEM @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Thank you to all the mentors and colleagues who have helped me along the way.
Congratulations to Drs. Christopher Abularrage and @elliotthaut on being awarded the rank of Professor of Surgery within the Department of Surgery!
Hey, @grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.
Reminds me of that little notebook @bryanacotton1 carries around to document all the instances where this happens to him.
Just this week I told the residents at trauma morning report that “If you’re feeling uncomfortable, it means you’re going to learn something.” @dperdom0
Real talk.
Trauma/ACS Fellowship graduation party tonight for 3 amazing @hopkinssurgery @HopkinsTrauma fellows. Good luck in your new jobs. @jdotjuhng @JosephSakran




Some days this sounds stupendous.
My findings after 2 years of retirement: 1. Daily bathing is optional 2. Every day is Saturday 3. 4 rotating outfits that stay in your laundry room are all you need. 4. You roam nonchalantly through grocery stores 5. All of the corporate speak slowly disappears 6. Your…
Another big win for Dr. @JuliaColemanMD: We’re proud to share she earned her first NIH K08 grant—on her first try! Her $816K award supports research into estrogen-treated platelets and better blood products. Join us in congratulating her and supporting this vital work! 💉🧬
This averages one case every two years. How do you propose teaching/learning these rare procedures?
Agree. Need to learn the uncommon trauma surgery maneuvers like the liver tamponade balloon. @LisaKodadek onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1007/s0…
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Having a couple of 2-month rotations on the Trauma service does not even come *close* to exposing you to the full spectrum of things that can and do happen. Many of the things that are done and the systems that are in place are there to deal with relatively uncommon events.
Over 40% of emergency general surgery patients were diagnosed with a 🆕 chronic disease during their surgical hospitalization How could EGS serve as a portal to healthcare? 🤔 ➡️ bit.ly/40SQTqn
This might be the greatest injury prevention post of the year. Sharks out here minding their business, but humans? 48K gun deaths. 46K car crashes. Well played, @PennTrauma you really tore into the data. 🦈👏 #SharkWeek #TraumaTwitter
🦈 It’s Shark Week! But here’s what really puts you at risk in the U.S.: 🔫 Gun violence: ~48K 🚗 Car crashes: ~46K 🏠 Falls: ~44K 🚶 Pedestrian: ~7.5I 🦈 Sharks: ~1–2 Focus on real dangers. Stay safe. #InjuryPrevention #SharkAwarenessDay
🦈 It’s Shark Week! But here’s what really puts you at risk in the U.S.: 🔫 Gun violence: ~48K 🚗 Car crashes: ~46K 🏠 Falls: ~44K 🚶 Pedestrian: ~7.5I 🦈 Sharks: ~1–2 Focus on real dangers. Stay safe. #InjuryPrevention #SharkAwarenessDay
A final piece of advice from Holly Butcher - written the day before she passed away from cancer at just 27: “It’s a strange thing knowing you’re going to die young. At 26, I thought I had time… To fall in love. Start a family. Grow old. But cancer doesn’t care about plans.…
If I had more time in my life, I would definitely use artificial intelligence to generate a parody photograph of the current Coldplay cheating scandal featuring @docmartin22 and @bryanacotton1. Unfortunately, you’ll just have to imagine it and laugh out loud.
Check out the #EASTLandmarkPapers Resource in #TraumaSurgery & #AcuteCareSurgery for heavily-cited papers as well as more recent defining papers that have changed the way patients are managed: bit.ly/48mithE #EGS #InjuryPrevention #SurgicalCriticalCare #SurgMentoring
Our Prehospital Blood Transfusion Coalition Clinical Practice Guideline is now in press! Built for civilian EMS—whether starting a new program or refining an existing one. tsaco.bmj.com/content/10/3/e… @elliotthaut @HandtevyMD @RedCross @CDCemergency @NAEMSP @HopkinsMedicine @NAEMT_
The Prehospital Blood Transfusion Coalition Clinical Practice Guideline is now in press! Built for civilian EMS—whether starting or refining programs, a resource for systems already giving blood in the field. Honored to work with this amazing team! tsaco.bmj.com/content/10/3/e…
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
Traumatic portacaval shunt with associated grade V liver injury and right renal artery injury with renal ischemia after a GSW. Hemodynamically normal, no respiratory failure, and no neurological deficits Initial labs show cytolysis and coagulation disorders but no renal failure
Antibiotics for trauma patients with severe splenic injuries? Authors found AAST grade ≥III splenic injuries were not associated with increased infection risk during their ICU stay ➡️bit.ly/3Iw0DjH