In 2019, the University of New Mexico’s neurosurgery residency program lost its accreditation. It took 23 NPs/PAs to replace the work of 8 residents… at ~5x the cost for the institution. My latest video: How Much Are Resident Physicians Worth? youtu.be/uLvb9vv03xE

A tough part about flipping days/nights in residency for me is I keep forgetting to take my lil happy pill 🙃

Many students go into medical school knowing they want to go into industry or quickly become disenchanted with clinical medicine and finding industry as a worthwhile alternative career.

My career is just beginning, but I’ve already seen many patients significantly reduce their alcohol and MJ use once their ADHD symptoms are successfully treated with medication

How do you know that you are getting the absolute best price possible on your prescription medications?

My Rx to all my patients today: Spend 30 mins outside enjoying the snow day, Q4H #houstonsnow #htx #Enzo

Great discussion

Facility fees

What’s the easiest way for patients to shop around for the cheapest price of their meds?

VA EMR is death by 1000 clicks. Easily takes me twice as long to do things compared to other sites. Pls replace CPRS Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk

This is exactly why PBMs should not be allowed to offer Formularies. Excluding zepbound is as pay for play as it gets, and has nothing to do with clinical value to patients. It takes the control of patient wellness out of the hands of doctors and patients and into the hands of

The idea that nonprofit hospitals are somehow morally superior because their profits “stay in the hospital” rather than going to individuals misses the point of how incentives actually work in an economy. First, let’s be clear: nonprofit doesn’t mean non-revenue-maximizing. It

If we want to seriously have this conversation, it’s worth distinguishing between commitment for severe psychosis/mania vs for suicidal thoughts/behaviors. For the latter, I think there’s a real discussion to be had about the overuse of forced hospitalization.