World’s First Human-To-Human Heart Transplant – Performed in Africa

๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐——’๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—›๐—จ๐— ๐—”๐—ก-๐—ง๐—ข-๐—›๐—จ๐— ๐—”๐—ก ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—ง – ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—˜๐—— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—”๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—” ๐Ÿซ€ Africa played a notable role in the history of heart transplantation. On December 3, 1967, […]

Cost Barriers to Surgical Care

๐—–๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—•๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—š๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ – ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—˜-๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—™๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ Mrs A. is a woman living somewhere in rural Africa. […]

World Cancer Day

๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!๐ŸŽ—๏ธ Cancer affects millions of lives, and for many, surgery is the difference between life and loss. Yet access to safe, timely cancer […]

Unfolding February

๐”๐๐…๐Ž๐‹๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐…๐„๐๐‘๐”๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐Ÿฉท A month of compassion, science, and love, from World Cancer Day to celebrating Women and Girls in Science, and beyond. ๐Ÿฉบ๐Ÿ”ฌโœจ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  […]

Surgical Pioneer Spotlight: Dr. Edgar Rodas

๐‘บ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ท๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’†๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’๐’•๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•: ๐‘ซ๐’“. ๐‘ฌ๐’…๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘น๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’” – ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ถ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘น๐’๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† When mountains and poverty block access to care, one surgeon redefined […]

The Ultrasonic Scalpel โ€“ A Quiet Shift in the Operating Room

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ โ€“ ๐€ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฆNot every revolution in surgery arrives with noise or spectacle.Some arrive quietly, in cleaner planes, […]

2026 Tech Trends in the Operating Room

๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’๐’๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’…๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’š As we enter 2026, the operating room (OR) is changing. It is no […]