Elisha Wachman, MD
@elisha_wachman
Neonatologist @The_BMC @BUMedicine | Vice Chair for Research BMC Peds | Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome researcher
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https://profiles.bu.edu/Elisha.Wachman 08-05-2018 15:35:59
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Trauma-informed and individually-tailored approaches to evaluating protective concerns in substance-exposed newborns are effective and safe! Great thread below by lead author Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH on our new study from #PAS2024 & JAMA Pediatrics.
1/ 🚨💡🧵 *NEW from #PAS2024 & now out in JAMA Pediatrics*
Our quasi-experimental analysis shows Boston Medical Center reduced #ChildProtectiveServices reporting for prenatal substance exposure by 45pp w/o adverse consequences during the birth hospitalization.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…
Very proud this is being publicized now - our teams at Boston Medical Center and friends at MassGeneral News pushing back on draconian prohibition rules re: reporting pregnant PWUD at birth to DCF. This policy rooted in stigma & ⬆️ OD risk when people stop their MOUD
wbur.org/news/2024/04/0…
Thanks to Nathaniel Weixel and The Hill for the opportunity to share the ongoing struggles we are facing caring for kids with #asthma in the midst of all this #inhaler #chaos
(Though I wish that photo included a #spacer 🤷🏻♀️)
Christy Sadreameli William Feldman
thehill.com/policy/healthc…
Excited to share our new review in Pediatrics on NOWS: Davida Schiff, MD Margarida Mascarenhas, MD MMSc
Advances in the Care of Infants With Prenatal Opioid Exposure and Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38178779/
Kate Standish presents on the new Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine guidelines for SUD at PNQIN of Massachusetts Boston Medical Center Kelley Saia Davida Schiff, MD Miriam Harris, MD, MSc
The dream team! Lab lunch. Project RESPECT Boston Medical Center Kelley Saia Hira Shrestha Jeffery Boateng Elizabeth Taglauer, MD PhD