We are immensely proud of our Chair, Dr. Susan Manzi, who was elected to American College of Physicians Mastership (MACP). Those elected are distinguished citizen physicians - extraordinary innovators in Internal Medicine who inspire those around them to pursue excellence.

Akshay Khandelwal, MD, System Chair of AHN's Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Named to American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees AHN Akshay Khandelwal MD MBA
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How to identify vertebrae 💡

Seeing a lot of procalcitonin hate.

26+ RCTs is not weak evidence, folks. Just make sure you have a good stewardship program if you want procalcitonin to work to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.

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BABY PENGUIN: 🐧 Congratulations to Melissa and Reilly Smith on the birth of your healthy baby girl! Our very own Dr. Cypher recently delivered Navy Smith at AHN Wexford. 💚

Superb visiting professor today with Joe Rocco from NIAID. AM report, round table, & a terrific Grand Rounds. The topic, HLH! We learned a ton! Highly recommend.

A decorated hooper, of course we got him in for a few with his residency buddy and host Tom Robertson (the winner 🏆)

AHN is very excited to share our plans to transform the Allegheny General Hospital campus with a 10-year, $1 billion investment that will feature a new cardiovascular tower and expanded emergency department, among other upgrades. highmark-health.shp.so/a/K1iK4Q

Better late posting than never. Huge congratulations to the winners of our Resident Grand Rounds Competition 🥳🎉🎊 PGY1 Ravi Shankar Ranganatha presenting on EBM of Physical Fitness and Strength Training, and PGY2 #Xiarepati presenting on LLMs in Healthcare. Great job y’all!!!! 👏👏👏

Himsikhar Khataniar IBDJournal & CC360 Aakash Desai, MD Gursimran Kochhar MD AHNIMres AHN Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Great job! Important paper because we are now increasingly seeing patients on GLP-1’s and it’s good to know what outcomes it can have in certain populations.

Great interactive talk with this amazing group of residents! Hope you had as much fun as I had 😁

Great talk on bradycardias today by cardiology fellow Lucas Battel, MD 🫀

Line of the day, “Consider Lyme disease, especially in Ticksburg!” 😂

Family dinner with the best night team AHNIMres

Rheum 🤝 Renal!

Excited to be hosting Leon Ford AHNIMres soon! #TRIUMPHS

Maryann Dundon, C-TAGME Dr. Natt Balaji Jagdish, DO H. A. Valand, MD Dylan Winters TaimurSohailMuzammil AHNIMres UMiami Health System On to this ridiculously good and ridiculously packed talk by 🌟 AHNIMres team #MarioCastagnaro Maryann Dundon, C-TAGME Monica Sieber & Dr. Nicole Sacca D.O. on the CCC process that they have developed 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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📌Right on the heels of #IM2024 , I'm excited to share this article: “Not Superheroes: Holding Space for Physicians to Grieve” published on the Annals of Int Med Fresh Look Blog as an ACP volunteer.

📌5-minute read; perfect for a busy Monday❗️

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Key findings:

🔹Similar weight loss in IBD & non-IBD groups

🔹Higher weight loss compared to liraglutide but lower compared to tirzepatide

🔹 No increased risk in IBD-specific adverse events