FractureLine

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we discuss the holidays, given that it is December 26th. We are joined by the FL crew (SarahAnn, Dr. Kaye, Dr. White, & Dr. Hanson). This opportunity to catch up and chew the fat is always sure...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we are doing a little throwback to our pre-Thanksgiving and post-CWIS Summit 2026 submissions deadline! We are joined by the FL crew (SarahAnn, Dr. Kryskow, Dr. Bauman, & Dr. White). We caught u...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we are releasing a long-awaited episode (recorded back in July)! We are joined by the FL crew (SarahAnn & Dr. White). This week, we catch up with Dr. Larry Lottenberg from Florida Atlantic Unive...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we are joined by the FL crew (SarahAnn, Dr. White, Dr. Bauman & Dr. Kaye). This week, we catch up with Dr. Sean Dieffenbaugher from Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC! We got a chance to hear his st...

Welcome back to the FractureLine and our first ever industry sponsored podcast with Irrisept, a self-contained jet lavage that contains chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) as a preservative to offer broad-spectrum activity against various microorganisms in a bottled solution for wound irrigation.  Thank you to Irrisept for your friendship and generous partnership. We look forward to more industry sponso...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we are joined by the FL crew (Dr. Kryskow, SarahAnn, Dr. White, Dr. Bauman & Dr. Hanson). We wanted to take a moment and catch up in preparation for the SUMMIT in a few short weeks! We talked ab...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we are joined by the FL crew (Dr. Kryskow, SarahAnn, Dr. White, & Dr. Hanson). Our special guest this week is Dr. Mauricio Velasquez, one of our CWIS surgeons from Cali, Columbia. He was invited...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we are joined by: Dr. Bauman, SarahAnn, Dr. Joe Forrester (CWIS Education Chair),& Dr. Samy Bendjemil. Dr. Bendjemil is new to the CWIS & FractureLine community. He just finished his fellows...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we are joined by most of the usual suspects: Dr. White, SarahAnn, (briefly) Dr. Bauman, & Dr. Adam Kaye (!!!). We welcome back the group from Northwell Health on Long Island, NY. This time Drs....

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we are joined by most of the usual suspects: Dr. White, SarahAnn, & Aaron Pugh. We are also happy to welcome back another CWIS stalwart, Melissa Webb (Trauma Physiotherapist, The Alfred Hospital...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we are joined by the usual suspects: Dr. Kryskow, Dr. White, SarahAnn, Aaron Pugh, Dr. Bauman, & Carl Hanson. We are also happy to introduce a new name to the rib fracture/chest wall trauma circ...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week, we are joined by a BRAND NEW FractureLine Family Member, Mr. Aaron Pugh, PA-C. He has been a part of the Intermountain family for many years and comes into this association with much to offer! We ar...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes back the team, including SarahAnn Whitbeck, Dr. White, Dr. Bauman, & Dr. Mark Kryskow. We welcome first-time FractureLine guests and soon-to-be-members (hopefully): Drs. Cate C...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes back the team, including SarahAnn Whitbeck, Dr. White, Dr. Bauman, & Dr. Carl Hanson. This is a special week as we approach Thanksgiving! As a special subject this week we disc...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes back the team, including SarahAnn Whitbeck, Dr. White, Dr. Kryskow, & Dr. Bauman. During November, we have had a push to "Fund The Future of Fractures," the yearly push to rais...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes back the team, including SarahAnn Whitbeck, Dr. White, Dr. Kryskow, Dr. Bauman, and Dr. Carl "Big Face Carl (BFC)" Hanson. We have been away for almost a MONTH (!!!), so we are bac...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes Drs. Jeffry Nahmias, MD & Sebastian Schubl, MD FACS (Trauma & Critical Care Surgery, University of California Irvine [UCI]). Dr. Nahmias is the director of the SICU for UCI...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes Dr. Babak Sarani, MD, FACS, FCCM (George Washington University Hosptial & CWIS President) & Dr. Fred Pieracci, MD (Denver Health, Denver, CO & Previous CWIS President)....

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes Drs. Everett Eriksson, MD (Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina) [CWIS Stalwart] & Dr. Matthew Sherrier, MD (Department of Orthopaedics and Physical Medi...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes Dr. Chris Janowak, MD, FACS. He works in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at the VA and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Dr. Janowak discusses his research in...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes the team on the anniversary of 8 years of CWIS! What a journey we have had, and how exciting it will be to go further into the future! We hear about what would have happened if soc...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, MD, MPH, FACS! Dr. Sidhwa is a rising CWIS Member! He works in Trauma and Critical Care at San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp, CA, and is CWIS's Treasur...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes Dr. Martin Kivilo, MD! Dr. Kivilo is a new medical graduate from Estonia and the first CWIS member from his country! He is interested in trauma surgery and met the CWIS team in Por...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes Drs. Rodney Gabriel, MD, MAS (UCSD) and Igor Filipovski, MD (CCryo Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK)! Drs. Filipovski and Gabriel are members of the International Society of Ultra...

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter! This week's episode welcomes Drs. Kieran McManus & Andrew Blythe (Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland)! We get to hear from them about their new articles published in the European Journal of...