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The Magic Number 63 — Redefining the Geriatric Age for Massive Transfusion in Trauma

L’Huillier JC, Logghe HJ , Hua S, Myneni AA, Noyes K, Yu J, Guo WA, J Surg Res, 2024My publicationFrom colleagues

In this cohort, 63 years was the age cutoff at which differences in massive-transfusion futility thresholds between older and younger patients became statistically significant (34 vs. 40 units, p = 0.04) — challenging the conventional use of 65 in trauma research.

Explored in Research

Disparities Fact Sheet

Indian Health Service, 2019

AI/AN people living in IHS service areas have a life expectancy 5.5 years shorter than the U.S. all-races population. Compared with all Americans, their death rates are 3.2 times higher from diabetes, 4.6 times higher from chronic liver disease, and 2.5 times higher from unintentional injuries.

Explored in Native American Health

The Evolving Surgeon Image

Logghe HJ, Rouse T, Beekley A, Aggarwal R, AMA Journal of Ethics, 2018My publicationFrom colleagues

The “abrasive white male surgeon” stereotype is not just inaccurate — it actively harms patients who lower their expectations for respectful care, deters medical students from surgical careers, and distorts how colleagues interact with surgeons who don’t fit the mold.

Explored in #ILookLikeASurgeon · Research · Speaking & Press · Writing

Best practices for surgeons’ social media use: statement of the Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons

Logghe HJ , Boeck MA, Gusani NJ, Aulet TH, Bhayani NH, Bryczkowski SB, Chuen J, Cohen ME, Hoyt DB, Huang LC, Ibrahim AM, Jones CD, Klingensmith ME, Kothari AN, Litle VR, Nagarajan N, Najarian KA, Pigazzi A, Scarlet S, Selby LV, Stamp NL, Whisler J, Wren SM, J Am Coll Surg, 2017My publication

The first formal consensus statement on social media use from a major surgical organization — establishing professional norms at a moment when physician social media was expanding rapidly but without institutional guidance.

Explored in Advocacy · Research

A Collaborative Case Study: The Office of Native Medicine

Joe et al, American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 2016

At the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility on the Navajo Nation, traditional Navajo practitioners are on staff and work with physicians every day in the hospital and clinics, offering cultural diagnostic services, joining rounds and training staff. Patients, families and many providers valued having them there.

Explored in Native American Health

Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites

Hoffman KM, Trawalter S, Axt JR, Oliver MN, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016

In one study, about half of White medical students and residents endorsed false beliefs about biological differences between Black and White people, such as thicker skin, and those who held more of them rated a Black patient’s pain lower and made less accurate treatment recommendations.

Explored in Advocacy: Health Equity

Twitter usage at Clinical Congress rises markedly over two years

Logghe H , Maa J, Schwartz J, Bull Am Coll Surg, 2013My publication

Among the earliest documented analyses of Twitter use at a major surgical conference — written at a moment when physician social media was still widely dismissed as unprofessional or trivial.

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Indians Into Medicine (INMED)

University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences

In 1972 there were only 26 American Indian physicians in the country. Since its founding in 1973, INMED has supported the graduation of more than 280 American Indian physicians, with programs from seventh grade through graduate school.

Explored in Native American Health