my thoughts exactly....http://wapo.st/spL9ka...we need more DIAGONAL interventions to strengthen health systems

The USPSTF advises women w/ average risk of breast cancer be screened biennially b/w ages 50-74. 81% of Breast Cancer Centers recommend women get screened annually. This is NOT evidenced based. Rita Redberg, Deborah Grady, and I explain why - jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Excited 2 share this work by James Salazar, Jenn Claytor, Vinay Guduguntla, Rita Redberg, and me re: the lack of diversity among editors at top medical journals. We need to double down on DEI efforts and need internal/external accountability. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… UCSF IM Chiefs

Sepsis causes ~15% of hospital deaths. We need reliable, externally validated, EHR-integrated clinical decision aids to allow for early sepsis tx. The Epic Sepsis Model isn't it. @RWGrantMD, Anthony Lin, and I explain in JAMA Internal Medicine bit.ly/35LThSx UCSF IM Chiefs

Medicine's technological embrace has fundamentally altered the nexus between life and death. I reflect on this and more in my Doximity op-med - bit.ly/3JUr66d. #MedTwitter do you recall your first encounters with suffering and death as a trainee? UCSF IM Chiefs

Prognostic discussions are hard in advanced cancer when prognostic uncertainty abounds. We need to lean into & accompany our patients through that uncertainty so that they can make informed GoC decisions. Read more in my Doximity op-med - opmed.doximity.com/articles/good-… UCSF IM Chiefs

Being a PCP during residency is one of the most challenging roles, ever more so during COVID - a PCP's job is never done. Without greater investment in primary care, American health care is imperiled. Read more in my Doximity op-med - opmed.doximity.com/articles/bend-… UCSF IM Chiefs

Had a blast presenting a clinical case with Dr Nancy Choi as part of Society of Hospital Medicine #ShmConverge22 UCSF IM Chiefs UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine at SFGH

haha nyti.ms/tlwn6c - i have to say though that in my experience sean penn's j/p hro is actually engaging in good work in Haiti

Direct-to-consumer drug ads incentivize the development of drugs w/ marginal benefit and high cost that Pharma can then promote directly to patients putting providers in a bind. Such ads have no value. Read more in my latest Doximity op-ed - opmed.doximity.com/articles/why-i… UCSF IM Chiefs

On the heels of SCOTUS’ devastating Roe decision, clinicians need to inform themselves and their patients of how to continue accessing reproductive care incl medication abortion regimens. Dr. Daniel Grossman et al explain more in JAMA Internal Medicine - jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Thanks This account is no longer active. and NIAID News for this wonderful program that support scientists and biomedical research!

thanks for the invitation, it was an honor to meet the esteemed Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law group and talk about our favorite topic - improvements in care for patients through evidence based regulation. FDA/CDRH Industry FDA CDER

Thanks nature News for covering our new study (pre-print) on the infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant breakthrough infections and reinfections in the incarcerated population. Check it out! nature.com/articles/d4158…

*New Doximity Op-Med* Lack of reproducibility of evidence in health science remains a pressing issue. Nutrition science exemplifies this, complicating clinicians' ability to counsel patients. Is there a way fwd? Read more: opmed.doximity.com/articles/no-pa… UCSF Department of Medicine UCSFHospitalMedicine UCSF IM Chiefs

great article by Laurie Garrett in Foreign Affairs about changing Global Health funding landscape - fam.ag/Atmfta

couldn't have expressed it better myself - speaks to the moral and ethical complexities of working in an intl setting bit.ly/GHB4W4

Jim Kim an inspired choice for next WB president; let's hope he can change the institution and not the other way around nyti.ms/GIx1Gk