Paediatric & Adult Airway Head & Neck Surgeon | Teacher | Thinker | Views mine | EricLevi.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mrujwxeewc2kMy newsfeed today is full of revisionist history and villainisation of one clinician scientist. The COVID years were really tough. And we all did whatever we could with the limited information we had. Stand up for truth and science. Stand up for community. Stand up for fairness.30 Jul 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrujwxeewc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mrockxjcck2jTrue or false? What are your positive and negative experiences with leadership?28 Jul 2026 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrockxjcck2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mr5owu6khs2oTeach your kids how to lose a game with grace and dignity.21 Jul 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5owu6khs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mr5ezqik2c2jI have been seeing a lot of aggression and violence on TV from a recent major sporting event. It makes me think that if pride, aggression and violent behaviour can go unchecked in front of millions, what would happen behind closed doors?21 Jul 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5ezqik2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mqxe4cra6c2pLooking through the timeline, it’s getting easier to pick out AI word output, sentences and images. They look and sound alike. It’s getting really boring.18 Jul 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxe4cra6c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mqnqxiirds2mThe ability to stay focused for a long time is critical. Teach your kids to pay attention. Drop the heroin-addiction of screens. Play a long game. Do long sports. Read books. Those who can master attention will lead those who can’t.15 Jul 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnqxiirds2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mqldw757c22qIf you can, go where you’ll grow and you get to help others grow. I know that this is not always possible for many of us. On the other hand, consider staying where you are and influencing culture so everyone can grow.14 Jul 2026 04:16 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqldw757c22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mqjrj57iis2rWe are complex human beings. We are designed to draw from multiple wells. Your wellbeing rests on multiple legs of the chair. I made this diagram 7 years ago to remind myself and my colleagues that if one leg is weak, the whole chair will topple over. Strengthen all the legs.13 Jul 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjrj57iis2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mqgzbgnng22fToday we had lunch with a lovely couple. We spoke about life and all of its ups and downs. We live in world where we use noise and chaos to hide our pain and loneliness. I suddenly felt a deep longing for peace and solitude.12 Jul 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgzbgnng22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mqfs6o2wmc2vThis is an uncomfortable fact. We can philosophise & theologise all we like, this is reality. Nothing we can do to cancel this, but there’s a lot we can do in response to this.11 Jul 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfs6o2wmc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mqerdmxpos22Am I the only one seeing this? Why is there no obvious collab yet between Kia and Star Wars? #starwars #kia11 Jul 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqerdmxpos22https://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mqbcocp6pk2hNo American cities made it to the top 10. The top three most livable cities on planet Earth hold 0.11% of the global population. I was born in a city that did not make it to the top 100. I migrated and now live in Australia’s most livable city and the world’s third most livable city.10 Jul 2026 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbcocp6pk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mqb4avo4lc23The algorithm steals your time and your attention. The algorithm cheapens your thoughts and dumbs down your ideas. The algorithm sharpens your tongue and poisons your words. Do not be conformed to the algorithm of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.10 Jul 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqb4avo4lc23https://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mqajxqdbj22oWhen you battle it out with tumours for hours you do get blood on your hands and faces sometimes. Head and Neck surgery involve the manipulation of many tumours wrapped around vessels, nerves and other critical structures. That’s why it takes up to 15 years & thousands of operations to produce one.09 Jul 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqajxqdbj22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mq7ibx3j522d2057. Time to go home after multiple procedures around the lingual nerve, hypoglossal nerve, great auricular nerve, marginal mandibular nerve, buccal nerve, zygomatic nerve and temporal nerve. Any guesses what procedures were done today?09 Jul 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7ibx3j522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mq66i5juo22tAs a surgeon I see families going through the trauma of surgery. I see many great examples of parenting. I also see many overprotective styles. And I see kids struggle as surgery can often be the first challenge the family encounter. How do you prepare your kids for life in the real world?08 Jul 2026 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq66i5juo22thttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mq3ioai2m224Drooling is a modifiable condition. Drooling matters to the children, young adults and families we look after. So it matters to us. Surgery may be beneficial in some patients. Do the right operation with the right technique for the right reason at the right time. #surgeon #surgery #drooling07 Jul 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3ioai2m224https://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mq223cq7ck2pSurgeons make mistakes too. We’re only human. #ENT #surgery #surgeon #ENTsurgery #ENTsecrets07 Jul 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq223cq7ck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mpz45pwmqk25Today, I am #Belgian! Go #Belgium! #fifa May your game be not intervened by corruption.06 Jul 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpz45pwmqk25https://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mpxtqwyfw2250730 Unit meeting 0830 first patient 1055 coffee 1058 patients 1345 coffee & sandwich 1350 patients 1630 airway conference 1700 unit meeting 1800 Phonecall to patients. 1845 admin 2000 leave clinic 27 patients, 8 phonecalls, 3 meetings. Rinse and repeat06 Jul 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxtqwyfw225https://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mphrccwnes2mTo all the teachers, trainers, and coaches out there. What do you think? Have you found students or trainees with a resistance to learning? They know it all and they don’t need any feedback? How do you encourage humility and a learning environment?30 Jun 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphrccwnes2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mpg6i7mvz22gLast week I spoke to about 1000 students at the Plenary for Melbourne Medical School Student Conference. This Sunday I will be sharing with my smaller community on Wisdom for Life from an ancient book. Crafting each message has been challenging. What would you say is a core life philosophy for you?29 Jun 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpg6i7mvz22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mpf5f2b5g22jThis day, a decade ago, I completed my Adult Head & Neck Surgery, Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship in Canada. It was the best year of my life professionally. I apprenticed under amazing mentors and did hundreds of complex surgical cases. #Canada was just amazing.28 Jun 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpf5f2b5g22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mpdzt5itfk2y28 Jun 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpdzt5itfk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mpcmpwjdgc2yCutting the throats of 2kg infants. Removing the tongue of a 5-month-old due to cancer. Securing the airway of a fetus while still connected to the placenta in an EXIT procedure. Retrieving an inhaled foreign body in a child who had out of hospital arrest.27 Jun 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpcmpwjdgc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mpa63gla3s2yI had to stop driving. I had to wipe the tears away. Her stories are identical to many of the patients I look after. This book tells you about the patients and the surgeon behind the knife. Breathless by Dr Tali Lando.27 Jun 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpa63gla3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mp6szomtkc26This religious season brings many of us down to our knees to pray prayers of desperation while others lift their hands in surrender. By religious season I mean the FIFA World Cup. #fifaworldcup202626 Jun 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6szomtkc26https://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mozzuz5sy22iDon’t romanticise or glorify surgery. It’s a long and lonely road.24 Jun 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozzuz5sy22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/drericlevi.bsky.social/post/3mow2i6lgvk22Never get tired of this. After multiple publications, book chapters and over 150 lectures written, my heart still smiles when I get this in my inbox. It’s because of the joy I get from…22 Jun 2026 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:vdjrt3bw6we3kmbtec5i6av4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mow2i6lgvk22