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's episode welcomes Dr. Dustin Nowotny, DO! We were also joined by SarahAnn, Dr. White, and Dr. Kryskow. We get to hear from Dr. Nowotny and his paper, soon to be published in Surgical Technology Onli...

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. Bradley Thomas (Atrium—Carolinas Medical Center; Trauma/Critical Care Surgeon & CWIS Development Chair) and Stephanie Jensen (Atrium—Carolinas Medical Center—PGY-3 soon to...

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 some FractureLine favorites and friends! We talk with SarahAnn, Dr. White, Dr. Bauman, and Dr. Faliks. First, we bust some myths about medicine and the human body that SarahAnn has...

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 group back! We talk with the 'ol stalwarts. We also get to hear from Drs. Falicks and Schmitt (CWIS members and leaders of Case Review) about the upcoming Case Review Series th...

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 new faces to FL! We talk with trauma team members at Riverside Methodist in Columbus, OH (CWIS Member Dr. William DeVoe; SICU Director Dr. John A. Bach; and intern Dr. Anthony Rizz...

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 gathers the gang back together! We talk chest tubes and so much more. We discuss size, length of time to leave them, and whether we can study them to help create a standard for their use 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 is a reflection of our FL stalwarts about CWIS 2024. What they loved, what surprised them, and where they think we will go next. There is talk of presentations, of our learners and their am...

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 is an extra special episode! In anticipation of CWISummit 2024 (April 11th-13th, 2024), we bring you last year's reflections. You will hear from some CWIS giants about the 2023 Summit, their excitement fo...

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 take the time to answer the most common questions SarahAnn has received about the Summit! From nightly activities to locations of tasty grub to dress code, we have it all here! We also get an opp...

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 look within ourselves for some self-reflection! SarahAnn had a series of questions that got to the core of the FL stalwarts. We get to hear about mentors, a close-call case with Dr. Doben, time t...

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 once again by special guests: Drs. Kyle Schmitt (Aventura Hospital and Medical Center) and Bradley Faliks (HonorHealth Surgical and Trauma Specialists)! They gave us the low-down on th...

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 took a personal dive! The question was posed: "If the current you met yourself when you had just started fixing ribs, what would they be amazed at?" or "How has your practice been impacted the mo...

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 touched on some critical topics! As the title suggests, we chat about the dress code for the Summit (a common topic for SarahAnn to be asked). There are options of do's and do nots (no spoilers h...

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, FractureLine met with Dr. Mathieu Hylands (Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada)! Dr. Hylands describes himself as a "newly minted" Trauma/Surgical Critical Care physician who encountered many q...

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, the FractureLine Friends met with Dr. Husayn Ladhani (CU Department of Surgery, Denver Health)! Dr. Ladhani is a recent graduate/survivor of his fellowship with Dr. Pieracci, who will be taking his...

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, the FractureLine Team dives headfirst into the discussion of Length Of Stay (LOS) as a metric for success in rib fixation. Opinions are mixed about the details but **(SPOILER ALERT)** the overarchin...

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, the FractureLine Team has brought in a new segment. Going forward we will be adding a section to discuss a clinical case(s) of the week, with the goal to add some education back into the pod. We wil...

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, the FractureLine Team met with Dr. Jen Brewer (PGY-5 UConn w/ Dr. Doben). She is one of CWIS's multi-year Resident members. Dr. Brewer is also the 2024 Winner of EAST's Essay Contest, making her the...

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, the FractureLine Team met with Dr. Andy Doben, MD, FACS (CWIS President). Dr. Doben has led us through the 2023 year and now into 2024, and we get an inside look at his reflections on the year and h...

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, the FractureLine Team met with Dr. Crystal Zhang, MD, MPH (PGY-5 at Ascension St. Vincent and rising CWIS star). Dr. Zhang has jumped into CWIS membership with attendance at CWIS International and a...

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, the FractureLine Three (sorely missing some core colleagues) gathered to discuss CWIS's most major event of the year, CWISummit2024! It is even revealed where this year's business meeting will be he...

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, the FractureLine Friends gathered to discuss America's stuffing-est holiday, Thanksgiving! The cast answers questions about all parts of the tradition and brings some "hot takes", i.e. there are opi...

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, the FractureLine Friends met with a CWIS titan, Dr. John Edwards (Sheffield, England). We circled back on our newest fundraiser: Funding the Future in Fractures, hammering home the importance this h...

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, FractureLine, CWIS President Dr. Andy Doben (Hartford, CT), and CWIS's Chair of the Development Committee, Dr. Brad Thomas (Charlotte, NC) illuminated the goals for the society and introduced its' n...

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, the gang is almost all back together! We are chewing the fat in this one! Dr. White gets a haircut and we learn how he inspired Fabio, SarahAnn recalls high school chemistry, Dr. Bauman talks shoes,...