#GItwitter Should a gastroenterologist be performing endoscopy in a surgery center without hospital privileges or a plan to have someone else cover? If the answer is no what would you do if it happened in your community?

#Medtwitter patient calling to demand to talk to on call GI at 2100 on a Saturday because cannot get into a patient portal. The portals cause a lot of problems. Last call like this was because patient was scared about an MPV being slightly elevated on a CBC. Tip of the iceberg.

At the risk of cancellation ot seems to me APPs fall victim to pharma jedi mind tricks at an alarming rate. #GItwitter #medtwitter

I think the field of medicine might improve if we 100% stopped considering research when selecting candidates for med school and residency. Those who love research would keep doing it (good). Those who don't love it would stop doing junk research (also good). Research might go

The enemy of better is worse and the enemy of competence is a hospital administrator.

A lot of unintended consequences here. This is a terrible policy. cnn.com/2025/01/07/bus…

Just paid my $220 annual extortion fee to ABIM. I am not completely against MOC but it is definitely a racket.

A friend of a patient from years ago stopped me in the airport today. Wanted to thank me for stopping a bleed an outside hospital had failed to find. That is why physicians do what they do.

Gastroenterologists should be proud of Bill Cassidy, M.D.. His speech today is an example of how DC should work. We all have concerns but he found a workable solution. ACG

Patient on Humira or biosimilar for years for IBD and Blue Cross is denying and requiring peer to peer. And likely I will be talking to a gynecologist.

A truly shocking finding: Graduates of top medical schools are the most likely to support vague notions of "social justice," and the least likely to actually work in socioeconomically deprived areas.

Very good first step but apply to all of the services. thehill.com/newsletters/he…

THREAD: The Nonprofit Touchdown UCLA Health is a state-funded, tax-exempt, nonprofit medical system. So why is it sponsoring an NFL team? Here’s how your healthcare dollars ended up in the Chargers’ locker room: 👇 UCLA Health Los Angeles Chargers

#GITwitter just that periodic post that we could use another gastroenterologist or 2 in Anchorage, AK. Would be with a group I share an endo center with. If you know anybody send them my way.

Medical school lecture by Dante King, UCSF and Mayo Clinic professor, last year White people are “psychopaths” and all white people are racist This still being taught at medical schools around the country They call it “anti-racism”.

I remember the drive to work on 9/11/2001. I was on active duty and was listening to the chaos on the radio. It was a horrible event but it reminded us all we are on the same team. Take a page from Charlie Kirk and discuss issues. You may not agree but you might understand.

Blaming Charlie Kirk for getting shot is like blaming a woman for being raped.

There is an axis of evil in health care that keeps prices rising. The hospitals, insurance companies, and Pharma. All 3 have power over the system through the government.

Workplace safety officers are investigating complaints from nurses at Alaska Regional Hospital that many of them have fallen ill from what they believe are hazardous air conditions at the hospital. adn.com/alaska-news/an…