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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

How do you operate on surgical emergencies in an #Ebola hot zone? It seems almost impossible. Here are the lessons learned in the operating theatre during the West African outbreak in 2014. #LessonsFromChaos

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Ebola spreading from #DRC to #Uganda and WHO declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. If you work in global health, you might want to get a copy of “Operation Ebola: Surgical Care during the West African Outbreak” published by @hopkinspress.bsky.social

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

An Idiot. An A**hole. A Surgeon. A Father. Here’s the first page of my #memoir Would you keep reading?

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

all while parenting in Alaska (and filling a freezer with salmon). It’s a lot, but sometimes doesn’t quite feel that way. Maybe this is the cocoon phase: “Just Adam” is there, but a newer version is forming.

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Hundreds showed up to say goodbye to Inlet View Elementary School @asdschools (they’re even giving away pieces of the gym!) #Anchorage

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

And we’re not gonna be able to get home for a bit. #alaskathings

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Something to keep an eye on.

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Everyone has an agenda. Most miss the lesson. I did at first. Dubai next week: finding the folks who want to learn from chaos. #LessonsFromChaos #DubaiFutureForum

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Inlet View Elementary School. Anchorage, Alaska. Guess it’s a sign the new building is almost complete 😎

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Typhoon Halong destroyed several coastal villages in western Alaska, forcing the evacuation of as many as 2,000 people. Homes have been flooded, pushed off their foundations and, in some cases, swept entirely out to sea. Here, floodwaters inundate the village of Kotzebue. Photo by Alaska DOT.

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

After years of going into war zones and disaster areas, I now live in Alaska and am a stay at home dad for two boys. I traded one type of Chaos for another. #LessonsFromChaos #Parenting

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Son and school buddy carved ‘67’ pumpkins today, guess what grade they’re in? 🙄

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Years in war zones taught me humanitarian work isn’t heroic. It’s mostly improvisation, survival, and failure. That’s Lessons From Chaos.

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Scrubbing for surgery in Sierra Leone

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Memoir update: 47k words, 82 chapters. New working title: Lessons from Chaos: Notes of a ‘Simple’ Surgeon. Grateful for the encouragement so far, it keeps me writing. Chapter 1: An Idiot. It begins with this Newsweek cover. Opening days of the war in Slovenia, I was next to the photographer. 😬

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Family Outdoor School in Denali. Thanks Alaska Geographic!

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

NYC visit. Visit to Ellis Island hits differently given current environment

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Mother’s Day, Alaska style 😎

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

“From Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe: An Unconventional Surgeon’s Journey” aka what the Heck am I doing Here?” Chapter 1: An Idiot. It begins with this Newsweek cover. Opening days of the war in Slovenia, June 1991. I was next to the photographer. 😬

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A.L. Kushner @alkushner.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

And again, thousands protest in Anchorage #Alaska