To all the dads who say #ILookLikeASurgeon, Happy Father’s Day!

I’d like to express my gratitude to the male surgeons who have shared the joys and challenges of parenting with me personally as well as with the Twitterverse. I have been touched and inspired by conversations of balancing family and career with both male attendings and residents. For those of us who enjoy #SurgTweeting, I think we have all smiled at the #SurgParenting pics that pass through our Twitter feed.

Synergistic with the role modeling shared through the #ILookLikeASurgeon movement, seeing the #SurgParenting photos of male surgeons integrating career and family life has been inspiring for all genders.

#SurgDads, thank you!

Dress Like Your Dad Day at church today. #surgparenting pic.twitter.com/NCq2MqkfSp

— Brad Dennis (@TraumaDawg) June 19, 2016

@LoggheMD How’s this? Then and now, with daughter Emily. #ProudDad #ILookLikeASurgeon pic.twitter.com/DGpCPWG9pm

— Scott LeMaire (@scottlemaire) February 3, 2016

My little girl today. Will #ILookLikeASurgeon tomorrow. @LoggheMD pic.twitter.com/vlYGhkajOb

— Sam Atallah (@SamAtallahMD) August 22, 2015

@mcsassymd Should note that @DocSelbs also got some great action shots. Look at the concentration! #SurgParenting pic.twitter.com/cMzcIsibZN

— Luke V. Selby, MD (@LVSelbs) June 18, 2016

So, this happened @mghfc today: Teddy Bear Clinic! #SurgParenting @SurgTweet pic.twitter.com/Nd8JIa7xJY

— Joel Thomas Adler (@joeladler) June 4, 2016

#SurgParenting #LittleMan is on the way to #TeamSurgOnc @DocSelbs pic.twitter.com/NbhRB7bRjy

— Luke V. Selby, MD (@LVSelbs) May 12, 2016

And just like that, she wraps her hands around my heart. #surgparenting pic.twitter.com/v06DXco17r

— Dr Eric Levi (@DrEricLevi) May 7, 2016

@mcsassymd @DrEricLevi my dad never missed a recital, built a treehouse, coached little league. Did it all. And FACS pic.twitter.com/umCcYDoXsx

— Joel Topf, MD FACP (@kidney_boy) May 5, 2016

My current and your future boss. #SurgStory #SurgParenting #ReadingHenryFordsBiography pic.twitter.com/vXB5qImfaT

— Amir A. Ghaferi (@AmirGhaferi) April 13, 2016

Keeping the tradition alive... #SurgStory @joeladler pic.twitter.com/hxtGW4GkVn

— Amir A. Ghaferi (@AmirGhaferi) April 7, 2016

#surgparenting done right. Where's Waldo with Loupes. pic.twitter.com/cWxMRuZM6X

— Dr Eric Levi (@DrEricLevi) March 29, 2016

Today @DocSelbs & I expanded our #SurgParenting brood & got #LittleMan a baby bro. Everyone doing well, dad v. proud pic.twitter.com/HcNeIC9rDc

— Luke V. Selby, MD (@LVSelbs) March 28, 2016

Enjoying #postcall day after my first laparoscopic TEP hernia repair. Feeling #Blessed #SurgParenting pic.twitter.com/FsCRu5gk0O

— John Vance (@JohnFVanceDO) March 23, 2016

Apple. Trees. This kid's got no chance #ILookLikeASurgeon #pressuremuch? @Kfraserkirk pic.twitter.com/rXoy9fVViG

— dr grant fraser-kirk (@grantfraserkirk) February 8, 2016

Testing out the new shades for Hawaii. #PCSA2016 won't know what hit it! #longflight #loudcrying pic.twitter.com/RILTg3SzO3

— Matthew Martin (@docmartin22) February 1, 2016

#ILookLikeASurgeon Look like a future surgeon.....or two! pic.twitter.com/s1jYoBe0aU

— Matthew Martin (@docmartin22) October 29, 2015

I suppose surgical skills do help with parenting sometimes. #SurgParenting pic.twitter.com/11Mmuxp5LL

— Dr Eric Levi (@DrEricLevi) December 20, 2015

#ILookLikeASurgeon For The first time time My youngest son (3rd Y Med school) scrubbed in with me Yesterday. pic.twitter.com/WQynqSrjRb

— Andrés Hanssen (@anhanssen) December 10, 2015

Saturday mornings with dad. #SurgParenting pic.twitter.com/aJ3n6fC3VU

— DrChrisMerry (@drchrismerry) October 31, 2015

Dress Like Your Dad Day at church today. #surgparenting pic.twitter.com/NCq2MqkfSp

— Brad Dennis (@TraumaDawg) June 19, 2016

Am I just getting older, or are these WTA presenters getting younger and younger? @TraumaDawg @goscar #WTA2016 pic.twitter.com/FFRREFn8Rj

— Matthew Martin (@docmartin22) March 2, 2016

Good looking kid! Can't believe its been 1 yr for my 2 little B-EASTS @AdilHaiderMD @EAST_TRAUMA #EASTKids #EAST2016 pic.twitter.com/cHZDW19ouk

— Matthew Martin (@docmartin22) January 12, 2016

Heading out for Western Trauma - Tahoe or bust! #WTA2016 pic.twitter.com/hzwG0QbaIz

— Matthew Martin (@docmartin22) February 28, 2016

#daddydaughterdatenight = a bunch of grown men crying when they play "Butterfly Kisses" pic.twitter.com/9CLlcsugLg

— Trent Wilson, MD (@TrentWilsonMD) February 13, 2016

Not a flattering post-call pic, but that's #SurgParenting for you.#ILookLikeASurgeon pic.twitter.com/Fgjj46LjgJ

— Christian Jones (@jonessurgery) February 28, 2016

That's more like it: #lazysunday with @prsjournal#ILookLikeASurgeon #surgparenting pic.twitter.com/Y4BXfkaC3L

— Dr. Daniel Liu (@danielzliu) December 6, 2015

I'm not gonna say this is the proudest moment of my life. But it's close. #SurgParenting #Ilooklikeastormtrooper pic.twitter.com/eky1kNkndR

— Drew Shirley, MD (@drewshirleymd) October 29, 2015

Meet our chief of the week: Parth Patel, MD https://t.co/7h0hlhOKjT #SurgTweeting #SurgParenting #MIS pic.twitter.com/BECyK5KaIS

— NJMS Surg Residents (@NjmsR) October 22, 2015

Having way too much fun on this #ColumbusDay with @SnapCircuits!
⚡️💡🔋🔊 #Science4Girls #SurgParenting #STEM pic.twitter.com/Ukbl6cKzGc

— Dr. Daniel Liu (@danielzliu) October 13, 2015

#ILookLikeASurgeon My daughter as an intern being mentored by an old friend @MontefioreNYC @EinsteinMed pic.twitter.com/oYCUr3k0MM

— Michael Zenilman (@mzenilman) October 9, 2015

Aiden learns surgical robotics @VaScienceFest with @CarilionClinic and @daVinciSurgery @IntuSurgNews #SurgParenting pic.twitter.com/2lzjG6qxFJ

— Farrell Adkins, MD (@FarrellAdkins) September 26, 2015

great music festival this weekend @onblackheath I'm celebrating equality in life for my children #ILookLikeASurgeon pic.twitter.com/ExqhoYvuZc

— Duncan Bew (@duncanbew) September 15, 2015

@LoggheMD Out with the family on a break, do #ILookLikeASurgeon?! @drheatherfurnas @KickAsana pic.twitter.com/wXBgIcDsJr

— Pallab Chatterjee (@pallabc) September 5, 2015

Future surgeon...she immediately blamed anesthesia for the mess #surgparenting #ilooklikeafuturesurgeon pic.twitter.com/sAvZbTDsJn

— Dan Parrish (@drdanmd) August 22, 2015

#ILookLikeASurgeon pic.twitter.com/irUGuO1PrC

— Christian Jones (@jonessurgery) August 14, 2015

Afterwork pediatric splinter surgery #ILookLikeASurgeon #ilooklikeadadtoo pic.twitter.com/boz5WxAEPF

— Dan Parrish (@drdanmd) August 12, 2015

Blessed to know @PorterOnSurg
His Powerful Storyhttp://t.co/3UEdaSVGvi#ILookLikeASurgeon #ILookLikeAUrologist pic.twitter.com/5qOjquwV6K

— (((StorkBrian))) (@StorkBrian) August 14, 2015

When career & family both suffer. Written for the #ILookLikeASurgeon campaign http://t.co/A5Piin6SDN pic.twitter.com/aQUTVr7yL5

— Chris Porter MD (@PorterOnSurg) August 16, 2015

@LoggheMD making surgery work #ILookLikeASurgeon #surgfamilies #flexible @Kfraserkirk pic.twitter.com/P5mjmoeH69

— dr grant fraser-kirk (@grantfraserkirk) September 13, 2015

Me and Michael going to church last Sunday. Love that guy, but he doesn't behave in Sunday school. That's why I help. pic.twitter.com/xjSCL47KoW

— Anthony Firilas (@FirilasMD) March 11, 2015

"Alright, kids! Hands to yourselves." #ILookLikeASurgeonScientist #PapaSurgeon #LabSaturdays pic.twitter.com/i5z1aRAm0e

— Drew Shirley, MD (@drewshirleymd) August 22, 2015

Thnk u Dr Robinson & awesome @BrighamWomens team- we r so blessed 2 welcome a lil girl @BWHSurgery #ILookLikeASurgeon pic.twitter.com/U2ubm0COKR

— Adil Haider (@AdilHaiderMD) September 4, 2015

#ILookLikeASurgeon #SurgParenting earning #Surf Desserts at @Challenge_Amer #ChallengeMaine #50WomenToKona #5Q pic.twitter.com/JAbC8iO7CB

— Luke V. Selby, MD (@LVSelbs) August 30, 2015

#SurgParenting on vacation @ThinkeryATX #ILookLikeASurgeon pic.twitter.com/7LAOtawH2c

— Niraj J. Gusani, MD (@NirajGusani) August 25, 2015

#ILookLikeASurgeon with my first (and best) surgical mentor #MyFathersDaughter pic.twitter.com/5X8luhQPLH

— Dr. Deanna Attai (@DrAttai) August 12, 2015