Ryan and I just returned from the Astros game. It was very nice of Stephanie to give us the tickets. But let me just say that the Astros suck. Allow me to repeat myself. THE ASTROS SUCK! I'm so not impressed with their lack of enthusiasm and teamwork. I'm disgusted with them. On the other hand, the Texas Rangers won 11-2 tonight over the Blue Jays. This is yet another reason why Dallas is better than Houston. I also need to shout out to Pedro Martinez and the Boston Red Sox for winning their game over the Angels. It was Pedro's 5th straight descision, and the win helps out the Rangers in the standings.
Today at work was interesting. Grand Rounds was 0700 followed by regular rounding and shooting the shit with Drs. Estrera and Safi. I really can't express how much I respect and admire these two guys. They really are two of the best surgeons I've ever met, and I couldn't be more happy to be rotating with them this month. Also, I must admit I have an "academic crush" on Dr. Tam Huynh, the vascular surgery attending at UT, for quite a while now. What is an "academic crush"? I don't know, I think I just made it up. But I digress.... Dr. Huynh is the smartest and one of the nicest women alive. Seriously. If I ever need to learn something, I'll scrub in with her and I'm golden. Awesome lady. She just finished her maternity leave after having her baby without complications. Anyway, the big case today was the repair of a descending aortic pseudoaneurysm. It turns out that I actually found the aneurysm on the patient's CT scan, which I will include shortly. I will also describe what this type of injury is and why it can be deadly. In the meantime, use your imagination.
Shortly the blog will be transformed into a new format. I've found a better template, and I will be making the switch in the near future. Keep your eye out for it.
Today at work was interesting. Grand Rounds was 0700 followed by regular rounding and shooting the shit with Drs. Estrera and Safi. I really can't express how much I respect and admire these two guys. They really are two of the best surgeons I've ever met, and I couldn't be more happy to be rotating with them this month. Also, I must admit I have an "academic crush" on Dr. Tam Huynh, the vascular surgery attending at UT, for quite a while now. What is an "academic crush"? I don't know, I think I just made it up. But I digress.... Dr. Huynh is the smartest and one of the nicest women alive. Seriously. If I ever need to learn something, I'll scrub in with her and I'm golden. Awesome lady. She just finished her maternity leave after having her baby without complications. Anyway, the big case today was the repair of a descending aortic pseudoaneurysm. It turns out that I actually found the aneurysm on the patient's CT scan, which I will include shortly. I will also describe what this type of injury is and why it can be deadly. In the meantime, use your imagination.
Shortly the blog will be transformed into a new format. I've found a better template, and I will be making the switch in the near future. Keep your eye out for it.
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What does "Grand Rounds" mean? It sounds kind of similar to "Ground Round", but I'm sure it has anything to do with meat. Thanks for the explanation.
"Grand Rounds" is a term that describes the meeting of all the physicians and other health care people for a particular specialty to go over an interesting case (and how it was managed), present new information about current treatments, or discuss problems with the hospital or staff. This is similar to "rounds" which take place every morning in which the physician reviews each of his or her patients and decides how to manage their illness that day. Usually, grand rounds is a forum for physicians to learn the most current techniques for treating disease. For instance, let's say I'm a surgeon at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. Once a week, all the surgeons and residents will meet one morning and invite a guest speaker to discuss a brand new technique for removing the appendix. Afterwards, questions are asked and then everyone goes to work with the most current information regarding appendix surgery. It's basically a great forum for the exchange of ideas. However, in a large teaching hospital, it's also a way in which to teach the residents how to be better doctors.
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