I was asked yesterday if I had any networking advice for junior CT Surgery trainees. I shared these ideas and I hope they are helpful. #MedTwitter#CTSurgery#MedEd#MedStudentTwitter
Thank you! Starting Cvp was 20, pap 70s/30s. Coming off Cvp 8-10, pap down to 30/teens, lv function around 20%. Came off at P4 with epi 0.06. Extubated now. Doing well
1. Get on social media. It makes it easier to see emerging procedures and journal articles. Many junior and senior faculty are joining social media and are happy to respond to a direct message with great advice.
Awesome Dr Castro. Thanks for providing this video. Were you always doing it this way? What do you think is least important, pledgets or distance between sutures. Fascinating.
Hemi commando- aortic root replacement with aortic homograft and Mitral valve repair using the anterior leaflet of mitral valve that comes on the homograft. @JoseNaviaMD popularized it. I Learned it from @StephenSpindel and @AkiItohMD
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I think this is a great question. I wonder what @BoYangMD thinks about this. Nevertheless, I had a retrograde catheter in and gave a dose of cardioplegia after sewing in the patch and had excellent flow out of the left main.
Seems like aberrant rsca. I know you love Samurai, but true lumen seems easily accessible Seldinger here. When would you consider deviation from samurai? Would you cut down ax and do bypass to RSCA or just do dissection repair? Thnx for sharing.
5. National meetings are great but choose to go to a local or regional meeting at some point in your training. The meetings are more intimate and may be higher yield.
6. Lastly, if you are interested in working at a specific place reach out early. Check in with the chief at the program every 6-12 months and update them on your progress. When the time comes for finding a job this will prove helpful.
