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Les Cèdres, Liban. Septembre 2020.

The #COVID daily numbers in Lebanon follow the $-LBP exchange rates: reported “official” rate is around 1500; we are working lately with a rate closer to 3900, while the true number if all underserved areas/children/foreign workers/refugees are tested is probably closer to 8000.

Current prevention guidelines recommend the assessment of family👨‍👩‍👦 history to guide ASCVD risk prediction, particularly when therapeutic uncertainty exists. Learn more: bit.ly/2NNqjMm #cvPrev #CVD

My (failed) attempt at painting Starry Night vs. Najla Beydoun’s masterpiece.

SARS2 Risk Score (Sex, Age, Race, Socioeconomic, Smoking status): Simplified scores for risk of hosp/death for patients with #COVID19 dashti.bwh.harvard.edu/sars2/ Based on Mass General Brigham EHR data >12,000 pts rdcu.be/cf4fo Hesam Dashti Olga Demler Scientific Reports

Researchers identify brain’s role in broken heart syndrome news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/… via Harvard University

📍Spectacle Island | Reminded me very much of mediterranean landscape

Happy to share with our publication in JACC Journals with Charbel Gharios # Dr Moorthy # Dr Abdulhai Roger Blumenthal # Dr. Jaffa & Samia Mora!In asymptomatic individuals,high-grade #PVCs during recovery were associated with long-term risk of #CV mortality! bit.ly/3G05Zxb

As highlighted in this The New York Times column, work of Ahmed Tawakol Ahmed Tawakol and Mike Osborne is driving growing recognition of the importance of psychological stress in heart disease and providing insight into underlying mechanisms. Mass General Heart nytimes.com/2022/01/03/wel…

Congratulations Dr Chakhtoura and CaMOP stellar team! Our Systematic Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses of Controlled Trials on Vitamin D and Fractures was featured in Faculty Opinions in JCEM as being of special significance by Faculty Member Daniel Bikle. facultyopinions.com/prime/74103501…

Must read: new 2022 ventricular #arrhythmias and #SuddenCardiacDeath guidelines academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva… #ESCGuidelines #ESCCongress #cardiotwitter #medtwitter

Dr. Valentin Fuster explains the science behind the connecting the heart ❤️ to the brain 🧠 during the opening plenary at #ACCLatinAmerica.

Look who we found at #AHA22! Collaborator Charbel Gharios presenting results from zahifayad's PPG study investigating the link between stress, immunity, and atherosclerosis. AHA Science

Excited, proud, & honored to share our incoming interns of the Osler Medical Residency! An inspiring and passionate group who will shape medicine! Welcome to the Osler Family!🙌🥳 The Osler Medical Residency Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine

We are thrilled to welcome our new class of interns to the Barker Firm of Choice! What an incredible group! The Osler Medical Residency Natasha Chida, MD MSPH

Excited to share our study showing that exercise helps heart health in part by acting through the brain. By strengthening the prefrontal cortex, exercise cuts stress signals…which cuts heart disease events. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

In this paper on stress & CVD, we find a novel association between disruptions in the uncinate fasciculus and carotid atherosclerotic burden. Grateful to Ahmed Tawakol zahifayad for this opportunity and to Dave Mandy van Leent for all the help! academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti…

Statins in Patients on Dialysis: A Mortality Benefit? - led by Drs. Charbel Charios JaredSpitzMD Dr. Neil Stone Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center acc.org/Latest-in-Card… The Osler Medical Residency Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center Johns Hopkins Cardiology

In this study, statin therapy was associated with lower all-cause mortality in patients who are hyperlipidemic and on dialysis with #cvAMI requiring #PCI. Read the full expert analysis here ➡️ bit.ly/4jJS16B #cvPrev