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Pleased to show off my new Healthcare Unfiltered T-shirt on a beautiful day in Pittsburgh! Thanks chadi nabhan MD, MBA, FACP!! Always looking forward to next great episode. Strongly recommend to podcast lovers: Ryan C. Augustin MedTweetorials MedEd Pittsburgh TwoOncDocs UPMC Hematology & Oncology Fellowship Program

Ever wondered about the staging of myeloma? Why is it so confusing? Why are there three stages (as opposed to 4)? How many staging systems are there? What all contributes to risk? Heres a 🧵 that goes over the past, present and future of myeloma staging. Read on! #mmsm

Who is geriatric assessment not being utilized in routine clinical care for older adults with cancer? William Dale, MD, PhD, FASCO from City of Hope asks the tough questions and proposes some answers. ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.12…

Why should Medicare negotiate prescription drugs prices? 1/ In 2003, we passed a law that Medicare must cover prescription drugs (Part D). This was good. We simultaneously BANNED them from negotiating the price of the drugs. This was insane— it was a bad provision to start with.

CD-19 CART therapy and orthostatic hypotension: a single center retrospective cohort study. Joshua Levenson, MD Ashish Patel, Ziyu Huang, Mounzer Agha, Kathleen Dorritie. International Cardio-Oncology Society Pitt Cardiology #CardioTwitter #CardioEd #MedEd #Cardiooncology #oncology pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35382903/

I rarely tweet personal things, but my med school bestie just matched her #1 rank for Trauma Surgery and I AM SO PROUD!!! Like I tell people about my type of medicine, I hope none of you ever require her care. 😂

We have another SPECIAL(ty) treat for you #MedTwitter! Please join us on 9/26 at 7pm EST for a conversation with the brilliant Casey McQuade, MD, MS Ed. and Raisa Lomanto Silva, MD in this week’s clinical reasoning VMR. We can’t wait to see you! bit.ly/31LWIKg

The Department of Surgery lost a cherished member of the team this week after a long illness. Katie Iles joined us as a resident in 2018. We grieve her loss and she will be deeply missed, but we will remember her and the contributions she made to our department.

I’ve yet to be disappointed by Dr. Manning’s threads, but this one especially struck a chord. Many of my “weak ties” require a trivial investment, often no more than a daily courtesy. My returns of good cheer and friendly faces all through the hospital are immeasurable :)

A great thread! The social dynamic is very important, and something that’s hard to establish as a student or resident when the setting and players change so frequently.

It’s already been a week since Fellowship Match Day, but we are just as proud now as we were then! Check out our match results here: residency.dom.pitt.edu/fellowship-mat…

Meet our ⁦ASH⁩ #ImageBank team!!! so excited to work with ⁦Kamran Mirza MD PhD - کامران مرزا⁩ ⁦Aaron Goodman - “Papa Heme”⁩ ⁦Aristotelis Tsirigos⁩ to bring you the best educational material one image at a time!! Huge thanks to ⁦Girish Venkataraman⁩ for his support as we transition in! ⁦#ASH22

Congratulations to Dr. Jane Schell for being promoted to Section Chief of our Palliative Care & Medical Ethics section! 🎉 Dr. Schell has developed a communication curriculum for nephrology fellows on #pallcare topics and attained numerous other achievements in #palliativecare.

I met Dr. Bui 5 years ago at my residency interview day Pitt General Internal Medicine, and she has been an inspiration ever since. A true leader in patient-centered care. Congrats Dr. Bui!!

Rechallenge with immune checkpoint inhibitor-based therapy in advanced urothelial cancer seems feasible with manageable toxicity, but further data is needed to optimally select patients. Read more from Leonidas N. Diamantopoulos, MD & colleagues: ow.ly/NKZB50M1qvW

1/18 🤔Why does the diagnosis of Streptococcus bovis bacteremia immediately raise the specter of colon cancer? If colon cancer leads to barrier disruption and translocation of bacteria into the blood, shouldn't E. coli bacteremia raise the same concern? Is S. bovis unique?

Ultrasound: “no evidence of cholecystitis” Op report: “gangrenous cholecystitis with extremely friable tissue. Purulent drainage with manipulation of gallbladder.” I've seen this many times. Thread 1/