The intensivists now belong to the ASE! An important milestone stands today in Washington, D.C. We established the Critical Care Echocardiography Council. It will benefit the careers of many colleagues and, above all, the safety and efficiency of patient care! American Society of Echocardiography @sccm

Thanks to John McManigle Duke Anesthesiology for making a CDH repair on ECMO seem like just another routine case Duke Children's

Congrats to all the residents and fellows graduating this year, and a huge thanks to ⁦UChicago Anesthesiology Residency Program⁩ for naming me teacher of the year again.

Surprising how many parallels there are between attributes of a good PM and a good anesthesiologist.

In 2019, the University of New Mexico’s neurosurgery residency program lost its accreditation. It took 23 NPs/PAs to replace the work of 8 residents… at ~5x the cost for the institution. My latest video: How Much Are Resident Physicians Worth? youtu.be/uLvb9vv03xE

We call bad scientific claims “pseudoscience” and bad philosophical arguments are “sophistry” but what’s the term for a garbage financial or economic projection based on worthless claims? Seems like there should be one.

Many leaders think that employees burn out because of their own failures to manage their time. But the top five causes of burnout could be avoided if leaders started their prevention strategies much further upstream. hbr.org/2019/12/burnou…

176 years ago today, the 1️⃣ successful public demonstration of the use of ether for surgical anesthesia was performed at MGH. Every year on Oct. 16, we celebrate #EtherDay, the birth of #anesthesiology and the transformation of surgery to a humane and often lifesaving therapy.

Really impressed by the #EchoGuide app American Society of Echocardiography! Never expected that such comprehensive information would be that easy to navigate with the intuitive UI. It has so much information while still being so easy to navigate.

Who else is making the jump?

Does anyone use an app to organize and read scientific manuscripts/journal articles that syncs across devices? I used to use Papers3 but it’s not supported anymore, and for now I’m not looking to go with Readcube.

Kevin McCarthy is repeatedly trying direct laryngoscopy, without using a different strategy or calling for help.

1/Millions of Americans with health insurance are denied care every year. Patients can appeal but most don't. Usually, the insurer wins without a fight. One sick patient decided to battle UnitedHealthcare in court. Here’s what happened. 🧵

Right Ventricular Failure: NEJM In-depth review on the right heart: @Brian_Houston12 Ryan J Tedford MD Will try to hit the highlights, but cannot substitute for the details in the full text! 👇👇

Are departmental infrastructure and workflows optimized for the delivery of high-quality and cost-effective perioperative care? ASA Monitor authors write about why this is a fundamental question. ow.ly/YKtR50NwnH2 @DrDianaMosquera Dinesh Kurian Jonathan Gal, MD

Doctors can’t accept a disposable pen from drug companies, but it’s ok for sitting judges to accept trips on luxury yachts? Do I have that right?

A sobering overview of healthcare trends this past decade. A lot of detail, but definitely worth the read. mattstoller.substack.com/p/how-obamacar…

Here is a nice schematic from our first @aahks health policy fellowship meeting outlining what everyone is discussing - reimbursements to hospitals have a law factoring in inflationary benefit while physicians do not