
Billy Silverstein
@wksilverstein
General Internist interested in Resource Stewardship, Quality Improvement and Teaching High-Value Care
@Sunnybrook @GIMToronto @ChooseWiselyCA @JAMAInternalMed
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https://sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.asp?t=13&m=1107&page=530 01-05-2010 19:30:45
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Thank you to the The Intern At Work and The Rounds Table for this really fun podcast experience featuring the new CSIM Choosing Wisely Canada internal medicine climate conscious recommendations. Tune in next week for part 2 with Billy Silverstein Owen Luo medicinepods.com/infographics/c…

Don't forget to check out our newest infographic on Planetary Health —it's out of this world! 🌎 Live now on medicinepods.com ‼️ The Rounds Table The Intern At Work #Medtwitter #InternalMedicinePodcast #MedicinePods


This interview with Billy Silverstein and Owen Luo was very eye opening! Do you ever think about the carbon footprint associated with the tests you order? Mathilde Gaudreau-Simard Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

The 30% of unnecessary tests, treatments, and procedures in healthcare also contribute to healthcare's carbon footprint. Read our commentary in The Lancet Planetary Health on how Choosing Wisely Canada has engaged societies to develop new climate-focused recommendations. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…


A recent #ChoosingWisely🇨🇦 article in Canadian Family Physician shares guidance on decreasing routine and repetitive blood tests in hospitalized patients. Read the full article: loom.ly/q1JxFvQ

cmaj.ca/content/197/1/… Honoured to be able to publish this case that was very close to my heart. This is the story of an 86 year old with CLL who developed rhombencephalitis due to John Cunningham virus. Thank you to Billy Silverstein Elliot Lass Mario Masellis and Dr Valerie Kim

Very pleased to share Eight Ways General Internists Can Practice High-Value, Low-Carbon Care: The CSIM Climate Conscious Choosing Wisely Canada Recommendations, published today in JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine link.springer.com/article/10.100… Mathilde Gaudreau-Simard Nabha Shetty Owen Luo

New #ChoosingWisely article in JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine! Mathilde Gaudreau-Simard, Nabha Shetty, Billy Silverstein, Owen Luo, and Valeria Stoynova highlight eight ways general internists can practice high-value, low-carbon care with the help of our Climate-Conscious recs: loom.ly/yHO2jKw 🌎


📢 Calling all #InternalMedicine chief residents JAMA Internal Medicine is accepting applications for its Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship Program. Chief residents interested in medical education or research & a career in academic medicine should apply. ja.ma/4ldhmau


Are you an incoming Chief Resident? Are you interested in medical editing and reducing low value care? If so, consider applying to the JAMA Internal Medicine Teachable Moments Editorial Fellowship! Link to apply is here - jamanetwork.com/pages/jama-int…

Pleased to share our work in JAMA Internal Medicine that shows criteria-based initially reduced vitamin D testing. testing has increased to baseline since. Further efforts are needed to promote stewardly ordering Michael Hillmer Jonathan Zipursky Ontario Ministry of Health Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Department of Medicine University of Toronto

In this editorial, Drs. Hillmer and Silverstein contextualize the results of a recent trial using digital nudges to try to improve uptake of preventive care. Read the full editorial: eviden.cc/3Hek1kw Billy Silverstein
