Congrats to Dr. Utibe Essien for receiving the 2024 Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award from SGIM. His research focused on eliminating racial disparities in healthcare access earned him this prestigious distinction. Learn more uclahs.fyi/4dG6Qom

🗝️takeaway: High deductible health insurance plans are associated with WORSE OVERALL & CANCER SURVIVAL. Cancer survivors are at unique risk. Dr Justin M. Barnes will present this #healthpolicy research THIS AFTERNOON ✅#ASCO24 Oral Abstract Session ⏰ TODAY 2:45–5:45PM CDT 📍S100a

The Debesh Banerjee oncology fellows take on #ASCO24 with their work on value, education, and access. These rockstars are working to build a better future for patients with cancer. 2023-2024 Fellows: Drs Justin M. Barnes and Haydeé Verduzco 2022-2023 Fellow: Dr Meera Ragavan, MD MPH

We are thrilled to announce Dr. Vineet Arora (Vinny Arora MD MAPP) as our new Chairperson of the Board of Directors! Vinny has helped lead us from the beginning, and it's exciting to have her in this important role for the organization. Read more: prweb.com/releases/costs…

Vinny is definitely one of the most impactful people in my -- and countless others' -- professional lives. I am proud to have her in this important role for our organization. Costs of Care Vinny Arora MD MAPP Neel Shah, MD Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO September

🚨Updating my bio for #ASTRO24: Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center It's bittersweet to leave my amazing colleagues at Memorial Sloan Kettering Radiation Oncology, I have really thrived here. But excited to return home to Houston & for my new collaborators in TX starting Sept 2024. 🙏

Today’s Grand Rounds speaker starts with a shot across the bow

During the first 7 years of Dell Medical School we created a comprehensive GME care transformation training program. In our new JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine article, we explain the different components and outcomes for our graduates: link.springer.com/article/10.100… (Open Access)

"I come to you today to speak about the harms of medical debt as an expert in the field, and also as someone with personal experiences with the financial devastation that patients & families feel after a cancer diagnosis." Honored to testify in DC today: help.senate.gov/hearings/what-…

Great Department of Medicine at UCLA Health #GrandRounds by VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Hospital Medicine chief & UCLA_GIMHSR professor Chris Moriates, MD on "Building Trust to Save Our Patients and Ourselves"

Now accepting nominations for our 7th annual Steven Schroeder Award🏆 We've been so proud to partner with The Leapfrog Group to recognize healthcare CEOs addressing both quality AND affordability - submit by Oct. 15th! Chris Moriates, MD Leah Binder Vinny Arora MD MAPP prweb.com/releases/costs…

Medical students that participated in Choosing Wisely Canada STARS gained knowledge as it relates to resource stewardship, change management skills, and catalyzed a commitment to incorporate high-value care into future practice. Link for more - link.springer.com/article/10.100…

It is a profound honor to receive the VA David Worthen Rising Star Award for excellence in health professions education. I am beyond grateful for the village of people- mentors, colleagues, trainees, and patients- who have helped to shape me as a physician and educator.

Fantastic Costs of Care retreat with some passionate and committed change makers.

#TipsForNewDocs Patient doesn’t accept your recommendation. How to proceed and document? No: "Patient refuses X.” Yes: "Patient declines X due to __. I explained indications, risks, benefits of X: ___ and the potential consequences of declining X: ___. " #kittlesonrules

Choice quotes from a moving Grand Rounds: “It’s our responsibility to be trustworthy” “Systems don’t care. Only people care.” “We would’ve found something to connect. We just had to look” Trust is the currency of transformative clinical care, for patients and practitioners.

1/ ‼️ NEW in JAMA Internal Medicine. In our latest, Michelle S. Keller, PhD and I introduce a new research framework for older adults: “Deprescribing Equity.” A brief 🧵 on why this framework is needed and our recommendations for how we can achieve this goal. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Track in Care Transformation? ➡️ real-world experiences &skillsets that are increasingly valuable in modern healthcare delivery. #MedEd folks: Does your institution boast of anything similar? Chris Moriates, MD @losangelesVA @DellMedicalSchool #GME rdcu.be/dNmgl

Why should you come to UCLA for IM residency? We are dedicated to promoting your ability to reason through cases. Below (every other week) is courtesy of our UCLA Internal Medicine Chief Residents We have also launched a new weekly conference dedicated to clinical reasoning hosted by me and Will.

Medicine is both 🎨 and 🔬. In this Perspective, Chris Moriates, MD shares a story of humanity in the 🏥. #MoreThanAJournal doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13…