Today, a physician working at the same productivity level is stuck with $32.36 per RVU—which means, adjusted for inflation, they’re effectively making HALF of what they used to. Think about that: same work, half the pay. Meanwhile: Hospitals get sweetheart site-of-service

#CRT2025 #JACC SimPub: 5-year valve performance is significantly better after CoreValve/Evolut #TAVI compared to surgery. The development of BVD in TAVI and surgery patients was associated with worsened 5-year clinical outcomes. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… #cvSurg

Superb work! Congratulations Yasser Sammour Sachin Goel and team. 👍

Join us on May 17, 2025, for the 9th annual Cardiology for the Non-Cardiologist at #HoustonMethodistHospital. Check out the interesting sessions happening. WilliamZoghbi Kershaw Patel Sachin Goel Valeria Duarte MD MPH

Check out the interesting sessions being discussed at Cardiology for the Non-Cardiologist at #HoustonMethodistHospital on May 17. WilliamZoghbi Kershaw Patel Sachin Goel Valeria Duarte MD MPH

🚨 Calling all incoming #ACCFIT! Join us for the 2025 Cardiovascular Fellows’ Boot Camp, Aug 8–10 in Houston! 💉 Hands-on training sessions (1 day) 📚 High-yield didactics (1.5 days) 🤝 Mentorship lunch and evening socials & dinners Spots are limited—register today!

Check out the interesting sessions being discussed at Cardiology for the Non-Cardiologist at #HoustonMethodistHospital on May 17. WilliamZoghbi Kershaw Patel Sachin Goel Valeria Duarte MD MPH

One of the recent fun cases: Transcatheter mitral valve replacement in an annuloplasty ring with tip-to-base LAMPOON due to high risk of Neo-LVOT obstruction Nadeen N. Faza, M.D. Stephen Little, MD Sachin Goel Neal Kleiman Hassaan B Arshad Isadora Mathias, MD Houston Methodist CV SCAI #ACCFIT #CardioTwitter

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖, 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝟖𝟐.𝟏%. Medicare’s physician payment formula (the Conversion Factor)? Down 9.9%. That’s not

Our new publ from COAPT in Circ CV Interv: Elevated natriuretic peptides were a stronger risk factor for death and HF hosp than prior HF hosp within 1 yr, although prognosis was worst if both were present. MitraClip improved outcomes regardless of risk.

1/ Heart failure severity does not impact relative benefit of M-TEER in patients with severe mitral regurgitation. Impact of natriuretic peptide and prior hospitalization on outcomes from the COAPT Trial ...

2/ Gregg W. Stone MD Samir Kapadia @slittlemd @nkleiman Sachin Goel #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

We really need to include on all medical invoices what portion goes to the Dr. Would go a long ways in shaping public perception about physician compensation.

Amazing day of learning from leading experts in Cardiology #CNC2025 WilliamZoghbi Houston Methodist CV Houston Methodist

SCAI wants lead-free cath labs and a better work-life balance for cardiologists ⁦Poonam Velagapudi⁩ ⁦Aditya Bharadwaj⁩ ⁦Giorgio A. Medranda MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI⁩ ⁦MIЯVΛƬ #IC⁩ ⁦Cardiovascular Business⁩ ⁦SCAI⁩⁩ ⁦David J. Cohen, MD, MSc⁩ ⁦Ankur Kalra⁩ cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/clinica…

My first Doctor as a child in the 70s was Dr. Flight. He came directly to our house. No nurse, no office, no administrator… just a Doctor and a patient. My dad would take his bill to work and they’d pay it.

Why does each US State require their own separate license to practice medicine?

All cath labs should have this Alan Lumsden, MD, CV Chairman/Director Charu Bavare MD MATKINS Alpesh Shah M.D. Joe Aoun Houston Methodist CV SCAI WilliamZoghbi Srihari S. Naidu, MD American College of Cardiology Sunil V. Rao

New milestone: We performed one of the first transcatheter tricuspid valve replacements-EVOQUE Edwards Lifesciences in a ❤️ transplant recipient. Grateful to our amazing team! Sachin Goel Stephen Little, MD Michael Reardon Nadeen N. Faza, M.D. Hassaan B Arshad Isadora Mathias, MD Catherine Teng Houston Methodist CV

Kind note from my scribe who spent about a year and a half with us. She will make an excellent physician and my best wishes in her pursuit for a career in Medicine. Houston Methodist MD BCMHouston McGovern Med School