Hey @AubriWasHerName, I’m going to respond publicly because I think you ask a great question that others may want answered as well: can you have a family in #Surgery, particularly #CTSurgery? Short answer: yes! But I’ll say more.

1/X So first, a bit of my background: I’m an incoming gen surg resident and will pursue a CT fellowship. I have 2 kids, a 6yo stepson and a 2mo old. I was raised by a female CT surgeon who had 4 kids in gen surg residency (shoutout @jschwabe). My wife is a hospitalist attending.

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#MedTwitter: let’s have a chat about how to have professional, educational disagreements on #SoMe. In the last few days, I’ve seen a lot of trainees who feel they can’t voice an opinion anymore, and I’ve also seen attendings who feel that they can’t ever correct a trainee 1/ All of this started over a popular resident who claimed that tension pneumothoraces are a clinical diagnosis. Much, much debate ensued, and people were mean. Feelings were hurt. We can do better—here’s how 2/