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When I read articles like the one from the Wall Street Journal, it triggers a dual conflict within my own reflections. On one side, there's the allure of Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV), a concept championed by futurist Ray Kurzweil, suggesting that scientific progress might one day enable us to live more years than we age. It sparks a fascination with the prospect of technological advancements reshaping the trajectory of our lives. On the flip side, I grapple with a more personal belief — the idea that the length of life isn't the sole measure of its richness. For me, it's about the quality of the moments lived within that time. I contemplate how longevity, rather than being an end goal, should serve as a tool, a means to craft a life filled with purpose and significance. Yet, even as I ponder these philosophical tensions, I can't help but acknowledge that for individuals like the person who received the first full eye transplant, as mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, life surely changed for the better. It's a testament to the transformative power of medical breakthroughs and the profound impact they can have on an individual's lived experience.

This panel of oculoplastic surgeons, neuro-ophthalmologists, endocrinologists, & comprehensive ophthalmologists examine the latest clinical evidence & clinical practices shedding light on the diagnostic obstacles in TED! https://bit.ly/4emC2tl

My next international talk - is on the ACNS - Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons - Japan chapter ACNS YNS webinar Kindly find the zoom link for the ACNS YNS webinar of Aug 27, 3.30 pm India Time: Link - https://lnkd.in/g2bfmJF3 The passcode is acnsyns

Iris Reijmerink presented our work on stress and fatigue in the operating theatre at the International Meeting on Behavioural Science Applied to Surgery and Acute Care. - Fatigue causes a decrease in effort investment, leading to a drop in performance. This is unless the stakes are high. - Surgeons will uphold effort investment despite fatigue, demonstrating a high level of motivation. - In residents, effort investment decreases when fatigued, possibly as the stakes are lower due to the presence of a supervising surgeon. - While the effort investment will most probably protect task performance, future research should focus on the integration of quality indicators to confirm this.

This Journal Club is being sponsored by the SVS vascular Young Surgeons Section in an effort to highlight top-notch work published in the Journals by young vascular surgeons   Date/time: Wednesday January 10 at 6pm CENTRAL   Registration link:  https://lnkd.in/enNhqX6W   Hosted by: Wash U (Zach Wanken) USC (Greg Magee)   Articles:   The financial burden associated with endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal and pararenal aortic aneurysms using physician-modified fenestrated-branched endografts https://lnkd.in/eZuCP2Tx   Symptomatic carotid webs require aggressive intervention https://lnkd.in/e8dxHaSA

🔃 A framework for decision-making, Cynefin Workshop This full-day workshop is set to take place on Sunday, the 5th of May in Cape Town, South Africa at ICIGS 2024 🌍 🏥 #Cynefin workshops are designed to engage participants in thinking differently about a generic area of a specific problem/collection of problems within their context. The design is constructed based on insights from complexity and cognitive science. The Cynefin framework is a sense-making #framework that can guide #decisionmaking and #management approaches. Workshops are designed to break pattern entrainment and allow for ritual dissent. Approximately 80% of the training is participative, with 20% instruction and guidance by a trained facilitator. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gKpQDHtV Facilitated by Dr Charmaine Cunningham, as part of UCT Global Surgery. Dr Cunningham is a senior lecturer in the Division of #EmergencyMedicine at the University of Cape Town.

Just added to the program! If you have been recently diagnosed with Chiari, with or without a syrinx, you may ponder many challenging questions about your future. Conference Host, Dr. Gerald Grant, will help answer some of these questions: 🔹What is the long-term risk of conservative management (no surgery)? 🔹Is surgery inevitable and should I just get it over with now while I am younger? 🔹Will Chiari shorten my lifespan? 🔹Does Chiari and or syrinx ever resolve on its own without surgery? Learn more about Dr. Grant: https://lnkd.in/eR362z3y #dukeuniversityhospital

Hip Arthroscopy and Case Volume Analysis of 468 surgeons shows high volume surgeons had ⬆️ revision rate (12.6 vs 10.3%); surgeons w/o sports med fellowship had ⬆️ 2 yr THA conversion (2.2 vs 1.3%) 69% of surgeons = low volume (<40) https://ow.ly/cTyi50SQLrU

The demands of neuro- and thoracic surgeons may be different. But what can evolve if you bring different disciplines together to collaboratively work in an environment that allows more efficient and more comfortable results?  https://lnkd.in/er3WfCZi #TeamHealthineers

This Journal Club is being sponsored by the SVS vascular Young Surgeons Society in an effort to highlight top-notch work published in the Journals by young vascular surgeons   Date/time: Wednesday January 10 at 6pm CENTRAL   Registration link:  https://lnkd.in/enNhqX6W   Hosted by: Wash U (Zach Wanken) USC (Greg Magee)   Articles:   The financial burden associated with endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal and pararenal aortic aneurysms using physician-modified fenestrated-branched endografts https://lnkd.in/eZuCP2Tx   Symptomatic carotid webs require aggressive intervention https://lnkd.in/e8dxHaSA