If race = social construct, then why do tools in medicine still use race as a proxy for genetic difference? #medtwitter Grateful to be part of this work w/ Darshali Vyas and David S. Jones. Our piece on the use of race-correction in clinical algorithms: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Grateful to have been part of this work, driven by a tension many of us feel between how we learned about race in medical school as a social construct and how it is used clinically. Our piece on the use of race-based correction in clinical algorithms:

Thank you Julia Simon for your interest & drive to cover the VBAC story so powerfully- what an exciting change in the works! Read & hear more on VBAC here: whijournal.com/article/S1049-… revealnews.org/episodes/repro… Audra Robertson Meadows MD, MPH Nawal Nour, MD, MPH, MBA Dr. Khady Diouf & Dr. Julianna Schantz-Dunn

Race-based clinical algorithms may use overly-simplistic and possibly racist assumptions to adjust a patient’s medical results. We want AHRQ to review the use of these algorithms to make sure they aren’t worsening health outcomes for people of color. wired.com/story/lawmaker…

So excited to hear from Priska Neely that the writer of #NewAmsterdam listened to our Reveal investigation and read Darshali Vyas' paper into the use of race in the VBAC calculator and how it may be leading Black and Latinx women into c-sections they don't need. 📻 -> 📺!!!

The new VBAC calculator is out! Audra Robertson Meadows MD, MPH Nawal Nour, MD, MPH, MBA michellemorse Leo Gordon Eisenstein, MD Julia Simon Priska Neely

We’re outside different UN Missions in NYC to tell their leaders to stop blocking global vaccine access. Their protection of pharmaceutical greed is preventing us from vaccinating the world. #FreetheVaccine #EndVaccineApartheid

Honored to contribute to the NEW 2021 CKD-EPI #race-free #eGFR equation in our latest research published in NEJM today. I learned a ton about equations. Importantly, the main lesson is that #race should NOT be incorporated into #biological tools. bit.ly/3i3nfrY

Thrilled to welcome our newest cohort of co-fellows!! Welcome welcome @cosgriffc Sirus Jesudasen, MD Alnardo Lora 🇩🇴 Laura McNamara Louisa Mounsey Darshali Vyas! July will come faster than it seems, and we very much look forward to it!

NEW in The Lancet Digital Health. Led by Darshali Vyas we discuss how the use of race in ASCVD risk reifies the concept of race as biological, the challenge of adjusting predictive models for social determinants of health, and a hopeful path forward. #HealthEquity thelancet.com/journals/landi…

LBaddour Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases Mayo Clinic CV Mayo Clinic Cardiac Surgery Thank you LBaddour. Teamwork made this idea become reality. Started with a informal chat at idsa. I get by with a little help from my friends. @asherjs Darshali Vyas Ellen Eaton Josh Barocas, MD @simkimmel all other co-authors. Very proud of this.

DUET Team on the MGH experience & initial outcomes of a multidisciplinary model to care for patients w/ drug use endocarditis! Sarah Wakeman David M. Dudzinski MD Lucas Marinacci, MD Dr. Benjamin Bearnot MGH IM Residents

A study in OFID found that more efforts are needed to integrate harm reduction strategies and improve follow-up in the multidisciplinary care model for drug use-associated infective endocarditis treatment. 📄:bit.ly/3Me1TFL #IDSAJournals Paul Sax Jonathan Li Darshali Vyas

I am so proud to announce the Chief Residents who will serve the MassGeneral Medicine Residency program for AY23-24. Drs. Josie Fisher, Sara Khosrowjerdi, Blair Robinson, and Darshali Vyas. So so excited for them to lead the residency program! 👏👏👏👏 MGH IM Residents

Good morning from our F1s enjoying dim sum during their #POCUS course Tufts Medical Center! @cosgriffc Darshali Vyas Alnardo Lora 🇩🇴 Laura McNamara Sirus Jesudasen, MD

Grateful for your leadership and mentorship as always Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH !! 🤩 MGH IM Residents

Great start to the morning with Darshali Vyas examining the real world impact of changing PFT reference equations Harvard Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship #ATS2023

We welcome the intern class of 2023 to the MGH Dept of Medicine. We had an incredible afternoon at our annual clambake at my home. So wonderful to see the future of medicine. Inspired by their energy and optimism. It is going to be a terrific year. ❤️