LaDonna Kearse, MD
@signeddrk.bsky.social
Surg Onc Fellow @mdanderson.bsky.social.
DEI. SurgEd Enthusiast. Co-founder @cosef.org.
Mom. AKA 💕💚.
Views my own.
Previous bird app: @signedDrK
DEI. SurgEd Enthusiast. Co-founder @cosef.org.
Mom. AKA 💕💚.
Views my own.
Previous bird app: @signedDrK
Wrapped up my duties as @ras-acs.bsky.social Chair of the Communications Working Group at @facs.org #ACSCC25! Excited to see the amazing work the group will continue to do!
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Wrapped up my duties as @ras-acs.bsky.social Chair of the Communications Working Group at @facs.org #ACSCC25! Excited to see the amazing work the group will continue to do!
Dear colleagues,
I’m running for @ras-acs.bsky.social Secretary & would love your support! RAS ACS has given me so much & I’m dedicated to seeing its continued growth. I’m passionate about trainee/patient advocacy & finding innovative ways to support you during your career. Ballots in email.
Thx!
I’m running for @ras-acs.bsky.social Secretary & would love your support! RAS ACS has given me so much & I’m dedicated to seeing its continued growth. I’m passionate about trainee/patient advocacy & finding innovative ways to support you during your career. Ballots in email.
Thx!
September 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Dear colleagues,
I’m running for @ras-acs.bsky.social Secretary & would love your support! RAS ACS has given me so much & I’m dedicated to seeing its continued growth. I’m passionate about trainee/patient advocacy & finding innovative ways to support you during your career. Ballots in email.
Thx!
I’m running for @ras-acs.bsky.social Secretary & would love your support! RAS ACS has given me so much & I’m dedicated to seeing its continued growth. I’m passionate about trainee/patient advocacy & finding innovative ways to support you during your career. Ballots in email.
Thx!
Reposted by LaDonna Kearse, MD
We’re less than 2 months away from #ACSCC25! Early bird registration for Clinical Congress ends on Mon, 8/18. Residents, be sure to register on or before 8/18 to secure FREE registration. We look forward to seeing you all at our Surgery Resident Program!
www.facs.org/for-medical-...
www.facs.org/for-medical-...
August 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We’re less than 2 months away from #ACSCC25! Early bird registration for Clinical Congress ends on Mon, 8/18. Residents, be sure to register on or before 8/18 to secure FREE registration. We look forward to seeing you all at our Surgery Resident Program!
www.facs.org/for-medical-...
www.facs.org/for-medical-...
Reposted by LaDonna Kearse, MD
We had such a great time at this year's Leadership & Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC! Thank you to the approximately 500 surgeons from across the US who joined us to help shape the future of surgery and surgical patient care.
Check out the highlights from #ACSLAS25 👇🎥
Check out the highlights from #ACSLAS25 👇🎥
WATCH: Surgeons Exude Energy, Purpose at Leadership & Advocacy Summit
Surgeon leaders and advocates came together to advance their work at the 2025 ACS Leadership & Advocacy Summit.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We had such a great time at this year's Leadership & Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC! Thank you to the approximately 500 surgeons from across the US who joined us to help shape the future of surgery and surgical patient care.
Check out the highlights from #ACSLAS25 👇🎥
Check out the highlights from #ACSLAS25 👇🎥
Reposted by LaDonna Kearse, MD
The deadline is approaching to submit your spectacular case for @facs.org Clinical Congress 2025! Be sure to submit by May 5th!
🔗: redcap.facs.org/surveys/?s=R...
🔗: redcap.facs.org/surveys/?s=R...
April 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The deadline is approaching to submit your spectacular case for @facs.org Clinical Congress 2025! Be sure to submit by May 5th!
🔗: redcap.facs.org/surveys/?s=R...
🔗: redcap.facs.org/surveys/?s=R...
Okay, so I got to do something really cool with my MUCH cooler mentors @susannewarnermd.bsky.social @drcnclarke.bsky.social!
Check out our @socsurgonc.bsky.social podcast on ensuring a diverse workforce in surgical oncology, feat Drs. Clarke, Stewart IV, & Shubeck. Moderators: Dr. Warner & myself.
Check out our @socsurgonc.bsky.social podcast on ensuring a diverse workforce in surgical oncology, feat Drs. Clarke, Stewart IV, & Shubeck. Moderators: Dr. Warner & myself.
April 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Okay, so I got to do something really cool with my MUCH cooler mentors @susannewarnermd.bsky.social @drcnclarke.bsky.social!
Check out our @socsurgonc.bsky.social podcast on ensuring a diverse workforce in surgical oncology, feat Drs. Clarke, Stewart IV, & Shubeck. Moderators: Dr. Warner & myself.
Check out our @socsurgonc.bsky.social podcast on ensuring a diverse workforce in surgical oncology, feat Drs. Clarke, Stewart IV, & Shubeck. Moderators: Dr. Warner & myself.
Reposted by LaDonna Kearse, MD
‼️🚨: new @facs.org ACS Bulletin article fresh off the press! 📰
Learn how AI can benefit you as a trainee and as a program during the Match Day process, while also understanding the limitations of this tool.
🔗: www.facs.org/for-medical-...
Learn how AI can benefit you as a trainee and as a program during the Match Day process, while also understanding the limitations of this tool.
🔗: www.facs.org/for-medical-...
February 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
‼️🚨: new @facs.org ACS Bulletin article fresh off the press! 📰
Learn how AI can benefit you as a trainee and as a program during the Match Day process, while also understanding the limitations of this tool.
🔗: www.facs.org/for-medical-...
Learn how AI can benefit you as a trainee and as a program during the Match Day process, while also understanding the limitations of this tool.
🔗: www.facs.org/for-medical-...
Reposted by LaDonna Kearse, MD
Registration is now live! Be sure to register (for FREE) for the Leadership and Advocacy Summit. There's also still 8 days left to apply for the 2025 ACS Leadership and Advocacy Summit Resident Travel Award.
Travel Award: facs.org/for-medical-...
Register: facs.org/for-medical-...
Travel Award: facs.org/for-medical-...
Register: facs.org/for-medical-...
January 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Registration is now live! Be sure to register (for FREE) for the Leadership and Advocacy Summit. There's also still 8 days left to apply for the 2025 ACS Leadership and Advocacy Summit Resident Travel Award.
Travel Award: facs.org/for-medical-...
Register: facs.org/for-medical-...
Travel Award: facs.org/for-medical-...
Register: facs.org/for-medical-...
January 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
…bleets (if that’s what we’re calling posts) will be slow while my fingers continue to defrost. 🥶
Not feeling very thankful for this weather, but on a positive note, this has forced me to put the Xmas tree up much earlier this year. 🎄
Not feeling very thankful for this weather, but on a positive note, this has forced me to put the Xmas tree up much earlier this year. 🎄
November 29, 2024 at 10:46 PM
…bleets (if that’s what we’re calling posts) will be slow while my fingers continue to defrost. 🥶
Not feeling very thankful for this weather, but on a positive note, this has forced me to put the Xmas tree up much earlier this year. 🎄
Not feeling very thankful for this weather, but on a positive note, this has forced me to put the Xmas tree up much earlier this year. 🎄
I’ve reached the “it’s so cold I want to cry, but if I cry my tears will freeze” stage of winter.
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November 26, 2024 at 11:56 AM
I’ve reached the “it’s so cold I want to cry, but if I cry my tears will freeze” stage of winter.
Reposted by LaDonna Kearse, MD
It’s the International Day to End Violence against Women and Girls!
1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#NoExcuse
1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#NoExcuse
November 25, 2024 at 8:26 AM
It’s the International Day to End Violence against Women and Girls!
1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#NoExcuse
1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#NoExcuse
Currently finishing up Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler & on the lookout for fantasy fiction, sci-fi, & historical fiction and nonfiction #booksky recs.
Joining my kids in their 40-book reading challenge & want to show them it’s very doable & loads of fun!
Please drop any book recs below 👇🏾📚!
Joining my kids in their 40-book reading challenge & want to show them it’s very doable & loads of fun!
Please drop any book recs below 👇🏾📚!
November 24, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Currently finishing up Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler & on the lookout for fantasy fiction, sci-fi, & historical fiction and nonfiction #booksky recs.
Joining my kids in their 40-book reading challenge & want to show them it’s very doable & loads of fun!
Please drop any book recs below 👇🏾📚!
Joining my kids in their 40-book reading challenge & want to show them it’s very doable & loads of fun!
Please drop any book recs below 👇🏾📚!
#GlobalSurgery #SurgSky residents/fellows, our RAS- @amcollsurgeons.bsky.social Global Surgery & Membership working groups are excited to host a Q&A with Dr. Valery Vilchez Parra on Nov 25th at 8 pm EST/5 pm PST. Come hear about her journey and experiences! 🌍
Link: facs-org.zoom.us/j/91028466340
Link: facs-org.zoom.us/j/91028466340
November 20, 2024 at 7:04 PM
#GlobalSurgery #SurgSky residents/fellows, our RAS- @amcollsurgeons.bsky.social Global Surgery & Membership working groups are excited to host a Q&A with Dr. Valery Vilchez Parra on Nov 25th at 8 pm EST/5 pm PST. Come hear about her journey and experiences! 🌍
Link: facs-org.zoom.us/j/91028466340
Link: facs-org.zoom.us/j/91028466340
Reposted by LaDonna Kearse, MD
I am thrilled to join the #SurgSky community – it’s great to see so many familiar faces. Residents, as you navigate this year, don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions. Learn more about your opportunities here and keep working hard! www.facs.org/for-medical-...
Resident and Associate Society
For surgical trainees and young surgeons, the Resident and Associate Society of the ACS serves to familiarize you with College programs and leadership
www.facs.org
November 20, 2024 at 2:35 PM
I am thrilled to join the #SurgSky community – it’s great to see so many familiar faces. Residents, as you navigate this year, don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions. Learn more about your opportunities here and keep working hard! www.facs.org/for-medical-...
Made a starter pack for #SurgOnc! Planting the seed 🌱, excited to watch this network blossom 🌺
Let me know if you want to be added! #SurgSky #MedSky
go.bsky.app/P21N31C
Let me know if you want to be added! #SurgSky #MedSky
go.bsky.app/P21N31C
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Made a starter pack for #SurgOnc! Planting the seed 🌱, excited to watch this network blossom 🌺
Let me know if you want to be added! #SurgSky #MedSky
go.bsky.app/P21N31C
Let me know if you want to be added! #SurgSky #MedSky
go.bsky.app/P21N31C
#SurgSky trainees (all specialties), there’s still time to get engaged with RAS-ACS! Our Global Surgery & Membership teams are meeting this Wed, 11/20.
(join our Comms crew. We’ll show @sages.org & @cosef.org, we’re witty too 🤭)
💬 WhatsApp: tinyurl.com/36scfpnz
📧 Listserv: tinyurl.com/sjft6nv4
(join our Comms crew. We’ll show @sages.org & @cosef.org, we’re witty too 🤭)
💬 WhatsApp: tinyurl.com/36scfpnz
📧 Listserv: tinyurl.com/sjft6nv4
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
#SurgSky trainees (all specialties), there’s still time to get engaged with RAS-ACS! Our Global Surgery & Membership teams are meeting this Wed, 11/20.
(join our Comms crew. We’ll show @sages.org & @cosef.org, we’re witty too 🤭)
💬 WhatsApp: tinyurl.com/36scfpnz
📧 Listserv: tinyurl.com/sjft6nv4
(join our Comms crew. We’ll show @sages.org & @cosef.org, we’re witty too 🤭)
💬 WhatsApp: tinyurl.com/36scfpnz
📧 Listserv: tinyurl.com/sjft6nv4
Reposted by LaDonna Kearse, MD
#SurgEdSky superstars and supporters, the starter pack is finally here!!
Let’s all connect 🦋 (and share our favorite research *and* memes together)
Let’s all connect 🦋 (and share our favorite research *and* memes together)
Do you have the #SundayScaries? Fancy some surgical education? 🤓🧐
Start your week off on the right note by joining #SurgEdSky 📚
Reply to this post to join!
Start your week off on the right note by joining #SurgEdSky 📚
Reply to this post to join!
November 17, 2024 at 10:47 PM
#SurgEdSky superstars and supporters, the starter pack is finally here!!
Let’s all connect 🦋 (and share our favorite research *and* memes together)
Let’s all connect 🦋 (and share our favorite research *and* memes together)
I am anxiously awaiting the release of Onyx Storm by @rebeccayarros.bsky.social. I need to know what happens to Xaden and Violet. When will the next books in the sequel be out?
For any #booksky peeps impatient like me, found a teaser: www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
For any #booksky peeps impatient like me, found a teaser: www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
Rebecca Yarros’s ‘Onyx Storm’ Is Hotter Than Dragon Fire
The third book in the Empyrean series is set to be her biggest yet and we have the excerpt you’ve been waiting for!
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
I am anxiously awaiting the release of Onyx Storm by @rebeccayarros.bsky.social. I need to know what happens to Xaden and Violet. When will the next books in the sequel be out?
For any #booksky peeps impatient like me, found a teaser: www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
For any #booksky peeps impatient like me, found a teaser: www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
And just like that, my thoracic surgery rotation is done! 🫁 I’ve garnered such an appreciation for being above the diaphragm (but can’t lie, super thrilled to be below it again).
Chief year is flying! #7moCountdown
Chief year is flying! #7moCountdown
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
And just like that, my thoracic surgery rotation is done! 🫁 I’ve garnered such an appreciation for being above the diaphragm (but can’t lie, super thrilled to be below it again).
Chief year is flying! #7moCountdown
Chief year is flying! #7moCountdown
So excited! @amcollsurgeons.bsky.social just made the leap to #BlueSky. 🦋 Is there a #SurgOrgSky starter pack? #SurgSky #MedSky
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
So excited! @amcollsurgeons.bsky.social just made the leap to #BlueSky. 🦋 Is there a #SurgOrgSky starter pack? #SurgSky #MedSky
Can any #SurgSky or #MedSky peeps share their best methods for compiling intraop notes? Currently a Notes user, but wondering if there’s a better platform to store instrument/technical preferences/drawings. #SurgEdSky #MedEdSky
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Can any #SurgSky or #MedSky peeps share their best methods for compiling intraop notes? Currently a Notes user, but wondering if there’s a better platform to store instrument/technical preferences/drawings. #SurgEdSky #MedEdSky
I got a chance to publish my first medical illustration in Clinical Scenarios in Surgery! Catch more of my art in Ch. 51 - Crohn’s Disease with Small Bowel Stricture. 🎨✍️
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
I got a chance to publish my first medical illustration in Clinical Scenarios in Surgery! Catch more of my art in Ch. 51 - Crohn’s Disease with Small Bowel Stricture. 🎨✍️
Haven’t been here long but it’s super refreshing to be on this app. Feed is full of book recs, art, and kind, intellectual discourse. 🦋 #BlueSky
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November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Haven’t been here long but it’s super refreshing to be on this app. Feed is full of book recs, art, and kind, intellectual discourse. 🦋 #BlueSky