“There’s definitely places where atherectomy is very helpful,” said Dr. Caitlin Hicks MD, MS, an associate professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “But it’s definitely being used inappropriately, and that’s when bad things happen.” propub.li/428c0Cs

Would love to hear from my ophtho/anesthesia #MedTwitter colleagues your thoughts on cataract surgery sedation & the anesthesia workforce. See ASA Monitor article linked below ASA® FAER IARS360 Early-Stage Anesthesiology Scholars UCSF IHPS UCSF Anesthesia and Perioperative Care pubs.asahq.org/monitor/articl…

Some interesting ideas on how to shape Medicare's drug price negotiations such that we get the right medicines to patients, save tax dollars, and still maintain incentives for innovation. Four ways to make drug price negotiations work for everyone  thehill.com/opinion/health…

So Merck has sued the Biden administration over the drug negotiation provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. What’s it arguing? And are those arguments any good? The complaint is here: documentcloud.org/documents/2383…

‼️We are pleased to share that Dr. Mignote Yilma MIGNOTE YILMA, MD, who Dr. Ryutaro Hirose has mentored, was selected by the ASTS Foundation to receive the 2023 ASTS-Takeda Socio Economic and Racial Disparity (SERD) ASTS Grant worth $50,000🥳🥳

Extremely grateful for the mentorship and support from Dr Hirose, UCSF Transplant UCSF GS Residency UCSF Surgery! Humbled by this opportunity from ASTS to work on early barriers to #LT NCSP at UCSF National CSP

Fresh off the press! Our multi-center safety-net hospital study found that only 28% of patients with MELD >15 were referred for #LT evaluation Coauthors ⁦Kali Zhou⁩ ⁦Nicole Kim MD, MPH⁩ ⁦⁦JAMA Network Open⁩ jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Great presentation by Colleen Flanagan, MD highlighting that women with aortic ectasia progress more rapidly to repair. Are our current surveillance guidelines appropriate for women? NB: These guidelines are informed by trials of mostly male patients. #VAM23 UCSF Vascular Surgery Kaiser Permanente Research NorCal

Fantastic presentation from superstar #trainee @SanujaBose showing harm from tibial vascular interventions for #claudication regardless of disease severity. #WeCanDoBetter #Appropriateness JHH Vascular Surgery Hopkins Surgery #VAM23

Enjoying the BEST-CLI vs BASIL-2 debate which featured work by our very own Iris Liu, MD Michael S. Conte, MD UCSF Vascular Surgery

Front page Sunday The New York Times - doesn't get much bigger than this. #Approrpriateness in the treatment of #claudication is finally getting the public attention it deserves. 👏 Jessica Silver-Greenberg 🕵🏻‍♀️ Katie Thomas Robert Gebeloff Follow below for a short #Tweetorial on the #CMS data behind this

Technical tips from Clara Gomez-Sanchez and Michael S. Conte, MD? Yes please!

As a 3rd yr med student, I got the unsolicited (enraging, gendered) advice that going into surgery would make me a "bad wife & bad mom." 60% of participants delayed childbearing due to demands of medical training; >75% regretted this decision at least 'a little bit'.

The private equity-owned anesthesia group billed Medicare 1.5 years after services were provided, so Medicare denied the claim. You might think the group would just eat the cost... but instead, they sent the bill to collections. kffhealthnews.org/MTcyNTMzMg via KFF Health News

Another damning example of gross procedural overuse in the treatment of #PAD from ProPublica. These news articles call out #outliers- but this is becoming a pattern. #WeNeedToDoSomething #Appropriateness Society for Vascular Surgery Society of Interventional Radiology American College of Cardiology propublica.org/article/pennsy…

The front page of tomorrow's The Daily Tar Heel – I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours. Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

🤖 Exciting news‼️Dr. Johannes Kratz and 4th-Year Resident Dr. Alyssa Murillo are featured in WIRED Magazine! They're delving into the fascinating world of robot-assisted surgery and its transformative role in education. Don't miss this insightful read👉 tinyurl.com/4s7twdae