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Francois Luks

@francoisluks.bsky.social
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MedSpeak Illuminated: The history and practice of medical illustration (a.co/d/95PaNKa) TEDx talk: youtu.be/Rd6y9gvC53M www.rhodeside.art He/His

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/10/2025
The University of Virginia became the fifth school to rebuff a White House proposal to give universities preferential treatment if they uphold a set of government demands.
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University of Virginia Won’t Join White House’s Compact for Colleges
It was the fifth school in a matter of days to refuse an offer of preferential funding treatment from the government, even as the White House has threatened schools that do not sign up.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 15/10/2025
Congratulations to Brown University. An institution dedicated to timeless principles must not yield to temporary improper pressures.
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Brown University president declines invitation for Brown to join federal Compact
In a letter to the White House, President Christina H. Paxson wrote that Compact provisions restricting academic freedom and undermining autonomy would impede the University’s ability to fulfill its m...
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Brown rejected the compact! www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
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Francois Luks @francoisluks.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
At #ACSCC25 session on Ethics - providing care to undocumented immigrants, Sarah A. Moore, MD asks “why we are here;” No place I’d rather be than here, where there is a glimmer of light in these increasingly dark times. Thank you to Dr. Moore, @jennwhittington276.bsky.social and others!
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Francois Luks @francoisluks.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Just 2 months until @facs’s #ACSCC25. Excited to offer the first-ever Didactic Course on Medical Illustration for surgeons, with @StephCohenMD.bsky.social, @AndrewMIbrahim.Bsky.social et al! Want to learn about (improving) visual communication? Register here: www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20618...
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Francois Luks @francoisluks.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Thrilled to present the DC03| Medical Illustration Workshop Course at the #ACSCC25 with Drs. Stephanie Cohen, Andrew Ibrahim and others. Register today! www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20618...
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Francois Luks @francoisluks.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Art IN surgery. Art AND surgery. The art OF surgery. Surgeons are creators, innovators, visual thinkers/communicators. Read about all facets of visual art in a special issue of Surgery. Proud to be @StephCohenMD’s wingman; 🙏 to @swexner.bsky.social and Maria Baimas-George, MD for the opportunity!
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Francois Luks @francoisluks.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Today is #InternationalWomensDay ànd #HasbroChildrens Heroes Ball! Shout-out to all our 👧🏼👩🏻🧑🏽‍🦳🧑‍🦰👳🏻 colleagues, mentors, trainees and friends! (It’s *Dr.* Potatohead to you!) With apologies to @malikafavre.bsky.social, @NewYorker.com and #Hasbro for (mis)appropriation. #ILookLikeASurgeon
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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
"The Canterbury Pulpit confronted the bully pulpit on the greatest possible stage." This is such as well written article that warrants not only reading but sharing. May her words and her courage open hearts so we can listen deeply to each other and heal our country.
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The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’ (Gift Article)
Bishop Budde locked eyes with President Trump and made a plea for mercy — and the war over spiritual authority in America was ignited anew.
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Sassy0210 @sassy0210.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Brilliant.
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Francois Luks @francoisluks.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Excited to “open” @facs.org’s #ACSCC25 with a workshop on Medical Illustration, with @bidmcresearch.bsky.social’s Stephanie M. Cohen, @AndrewMIbrahim.bsky.social and Sarah A. Chen! Want to draw better, create visual abstracts, improve your visual communication skills? We can help… #SurgSky
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Francois Luks @francoisluks.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
So - Ask, don’t tell? The Hypocritic Oath?
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Francois Luks @francoisluks.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
What she said. What they both said. And it’s not just pediatric.
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Francois Luks @francoisluks.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Great puns to accompany a display to promote our living related donor kidney transplantation program. (Robert F. Kidney, Jr. was rejected)
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