We appreciate TODAY for raising awareness of cancer screenings. However, we would have loved to have seen #lungcancer included. Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer. But only 4.5% of high risk Americans are getting screened. We need a segment on lung cancer screening! #LCAM 🤍

Calling all general thoracic medical professionals! Submit your abstracts, Move Night submissions and PCP scholarship applications for the GTSC 2024 Annual Meeting! Application Deadlines are Dec. 1st! Learn more at gtsc.org/2024-Annual-Me… CTSNet The Society of Thoracic Surgeons AIS Channel

Scholarship opportunity for med students & general surgery residents! The STS Looking to the Future Scholarship Program offers mentorship and free registration to #STS2024 for aspiring cardiothoracic surgeons. Deadline: September 29. bit.ly/LTTF2024

We are so honored to announce that our next Distinguished Lecture will be this Monday, April 3rd, at 5pm ET with the esteemed Dr. Martin Tammemägi! Join us to learn more about his leading work with #lungcancer  risk prediction models!

Zoom Link: partners.zoom.us/j/8363461317

#VisualAbstract from 'Multi-institutional Care in Clinical Stage II and III Esophageal Cancer.' Read the article from Kristen Rhodin, MD MHS, D’Amico, and coauthors: doi.org/10.1016/j.atho… @vigneshr11 Betty Tong, MD MHS

Hey Zwifters! Join us for our next Ride-a-Long on Saturday, February 11 at 11AM East Coast time. All members of the club will receive an invite on February 6. If you are not in our club, join now!

#ridehardbreatheeasy

How can we expect change when lung cancer screening continues to be left out of the conversation? We need national leaders like CDC Cancer and CPSTF to step up and ensure that lung cancer screening is included. ACS National Lung Cancer Roundtable Douglas E Wood Ella Kazerooni 〽️

Proud go be a part of this amazing organization ⁦WomenInThoracicSurg⁩

.The Society of Thoracic Surgeons’s 59th Annual Meeting starts tomorrow! Register now: sts.org/meetings/calen…

Please also join us for the specific events listed below!

#WTS Members, we look forward to our Reception and Annual Meeting on 1/22 at 5:30pm, Hilton San Diego Bayfront!

#WTS #STS

Updated data from American Cancer Society:
#Lungcancer remains the #1 cause of cancer related deaths in the USA for both men + women.
#LCSM OncoAlert LUNGevity Foundation GO2 for Lung Cancer LungCancerAmerica Lung Cancer Research Foundation acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/ca…

Rockstar expert panel at AATS #ThoracicSummit22 discussing PROMS and clinical trial outcomes. They also happen to be amazing WomenInThoracicSurg. Isabelle Opitz Yolonda L. Colson MD, PhD Shanda Blackmon, MD Cecilia Pompili MD PhD FACS Gita Mody

Congratulations to @JulieKosovec for winning the poster competition at AATS #thoracicsummit22 ! Terrific work! DukeCTSurgery Duke Surgery

The Ride Hard Breathe Easy charity bike ride is underway! Team DCI is embarking on a 26-mile ride to raise awareness and money for the Duke Lung Screening Program Patient Support Fund Duke Cancer. So far, $15k has been raised. To schedule a screening: dukehealth.org/treatments/can…

#lungcancer

RT if you're wearing Duke Blue today 🔵😈

Women in Thoracic Surgery would like to cordially invite you to our second virtual speed mentoring event with women #CTsurgeons . Open to all trainees interested in #CTSurgery

June 14, 2021, 7-8pm EST
Register here: surveymonkey.com/r/3Q63MMP

Thank you to Medistim for sponsorship.

A Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech I am. 🐝

#MayThe4thBeWithYou

We are so incredibly excited to announce that the WomenInThoracicSurg Scanlan Traveling Mentorship Award applications are now open! Deadline to apply is December 31, 2020.

Thank you to Scanlan International for making this award possible

Link here for more details -> wtsnet.org/awards-mentori…

Accepting applications for the 2021 WomenInThoracicSurg Brigid Scanlan Traveling Mentorship Award! Open to medical students and GS residents, an opportunity to visit a WTS member 👩🏻‍⚕️😷Lauren Kane Daniela Leah Backhus MD MPH FACS Shanda Blackmon, MD Mara Antonoff, MD, FACS Katie S Nason

Y’all

Important slide from Dr Wood's (Douglas E Wood) #ACSCC20 lecture.
Lung cancer cause more deaths than the next 3 cancers combined. What is sixth on the list? Lung cancer in never-smokers!!
#EndStigma . Fund lung cancer research. Promote #screening
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons #tssmn #LCSM