Vishal Khetpal, MD, MSc (@vishal_khetpal) 's Twitter Profile
Vishal Khetpal, MD, MSc

@vishal_khetpal

Cardiology fellow @BrownMedicine 🫀. Writer (portfolio👇🏽). Bylines @slate, @undarkmag, etc. VC scout @necessaryvc. Okie. Tweets my own.

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Just spent over an hour in conference with my medical colleagues making complex treatment decisions about drugs with complicated side effect profiles and we didn't need to call a federal judge for advice even once

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"I’ve never met anyone who decided to go into medicine in order to work for a big organization that makes them feel like they don’t matter." dooz.us/3WzUFBh Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA

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For @slate, I spoke with Maryam, a medical student in Gaza, about Gaza’s health system, surviving in a war zone, and what she would want readers in the US to know: slate.com/technology/202…

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Opinion: RFK Jr. should look to what his uncle might have done: a large-scale public health program meeting people where they are. trib.al/CO01edX

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For STAT, I wrote about RFK Jr.’s nomination, his disqualifying views, the MAHA movement, and why America needs a Marshall Plan for obesity—not wellness conspiracies. Thanks Torie Bosch for publishing! statnews.com/2024/11/25/rfk…

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Mexican and Canadian fruits and vegetables are ubiquitous in American grocery stores. Tariffs will put them further out of reach for many Americans. trib.al/m5ANZQ5

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Healthy eating is already too expensive—now with tariffs, it’s about to get much worse. My latest for STAT : statnews.com/2025/03/10/tru… Thanks Torie Bosch for publishing!

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For a generation, statins have been among the most powerful tools we have to prevent heart disease. But too few people take them. In my first column for STAT, I argue for an overdue step: making them available over the counter. statnews.com/2025/09/02/sta…

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“Hypertension notifications, alongside the growing suite of health metrics in the Apple ecosystem, are not population health tools,” a cardiologist writes. trib.al/367wljf

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Apple’s new “Hypertension Notifications” may be slick — but I see more caveats than headlines. My latest column for STAT explores how this sits uncomfortably between wellness and medicine. Thanks Torie Bosch for editing and publishing! statnews.com/2025/10/13/app…

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For MIT Technology Review, I wrote about AI-derived coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores—potentially a public health breakthrough, but with thorny ethical and financial implications. Special thanks to Edward Hulten Adam Rodman ter.li/VishalK