The official account for the General Surgery Residency Program at the University of Texas Medical Branch, serving southeast Texas & Galveston.
Galveston, TX
Joined March 2017
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Truly honored and grateful to receive the Raleigh Ross Award from the TexasSurgicalSociety, recognizing surgeons for their integrity, dedication, and commitment to patient care.
A special thank you to my family and mentors who have guided me along the way.
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As routines shift with the start of a new school year, nutrition can play an important role. @UTMBHealth experts Dr. Samreen, Dr. Stark, and registered dietitian Chelsea Hoover share insights on making nutrition a sustainable part of everyday life. 🍎 utmb.us/gon
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Once colleagues at @MGHSurgery, now 7 Chairs of Surgery at 7 different institutions, united by the @AmCollSurgeons Clinical Congress!
#ACSCC2026
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Meet South Texas Chapter ACS Vice President, Dr. Ravi Radhakrishnan! He is a Pediatric Surgeon at the University of Texas Medical Branch Health. His main goal as Vice President is to increase resident engagement with the South Texas Chapter ACS!
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Honored to host Dr. Gaby Velazquez as our visiting professor today @UTMBVascular Terrific talk on mesenteric ischemia 👏#vascular #vascsurg @UTMBSurgery
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Excited to announce our latest article in @JCM_MDPI: "The Contemporary Role of Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons in Head and Neck Reconstructions." We’re driving better outcomes, faster recovery, and lower costs!
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Knicks in 5️⃣, general surgery residency in 7️⃣. Thank you to @UTMBSurgery for teaching me, my co-chiefs for leading with me, my junior residents for trusting me, and my family for believing in me. Time to get to work @UMichPedsSurg 👶🏽
We are so proud of our graduating chief residents! They have left an incredible legacy here at UTMB and we cannot wait to witness their bright futures 🤩🥹
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I didn’t realize I had created a residency tradition until today’s graduation… Farhan Fridays and a little bit of chaos. 😅
Congratulations, Kevin Vu and George Coba! Proud of you both—now it’s someone else’s turn to experience your Fridays
Congratulations to Feras Shamoun on a fantastic fellowship match in complex general surgical oncology! Very proud 🥹🤩
She’s a star! Congrats to @JanaD_MD for a stellar fellowship match in pediatric surgery @childrensofms 😷👶🏽🔪
We are so proud of @SusanaFortichS for her exceptional fellowship match to cardiothoracic surgery at @MSKCancerCenter! 😷🫀🫁
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Final slide of my chief grand rounds presentation - each face has molded me in someway, whether knowingly or unknowingly, into the human and surgeon I am thus far. Grateful is an understatement 🙏🏽
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Huge congratulations to Dr. Matthew Takeuchi, our amazing first-year resident, for earning the Outstanding Resident Award! We're uplifted by our residents, and their incredible achievements
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Our super star chief resident Dr. Junji Tsukagoshi giving an outstanding chief talk on aortic dissections and the difference in CV surgical training in the US and Japan #vascsurg #VascularSurgery #AortaED @tj_TeamWADA
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Today we successfully hosted our Oral, Head&Neck Cancer Screening event. Appreciate the participation of our community and the efforts of our clinical team in providing access. Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this event effective and well attended #Galveston
