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Please, PLEASE proofread your AI notes.

PA here but currently on medical leave due to a serious medical illness in myself. As a result Ive had a ton of appointments with...

Heart valve implanted upside down

https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2026/06/ohsu-told-13-year-olds-parents-she-was-dying-before-seattle-doctors-discovered-massive-mistake-17m-suit-says.html?outputType=amp Basically, OHSU is being sued for a surgeon implanting a cardiac valve upside down, and unsurprisingly the 13yo patient did not do well post op....

Please stop ordering food allergy panels

This is a PSA to everyone ordering food panels because they dont want to miss an allergy. To those of you who order these, most...

I love hearing from senior doctors about old customs that are totally illegal now.

Hey, I'm a GY surgeon in South Korea. I love talking about how different things were in the 90s. Some stuff was literally illegal, but nobody...