What a remarkable exchange. The head of ABIM criticizing physicians for taking up hobbies, implying that time away from work is for doing MOC. ABIM seems stunningly out of touch.

Do you share ABIM Foundation president Richard Baron ‘s perspective that physicians should not take up interests like photography because this may cause them to no longer be competent in medicine ? His suggestion that physicians should not pursue outside interests is the tone

Maintenance of Certification (#MOC): When we (physicians) took our medical degrees, residency training, and commitment to lifelong learning & patient lives…and got duped into paying ABMS millions of $$$ for the privilege (ahem, requirement) of taking time away from the

There is a list of 10-14 physicians listed on the ABIM website that governs the MOC program. Padding the CV always helps with the next clinical trial, pharmaceutical offer, academic position, major society advancement. I believe 2-3 were former presidents of their societies.

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Emily Fridenmaker IMHO, burnout is directly proportional to loss of control. No amount of lectures to anyone is going to fix this until physicians regain a reasonable amount of autonomy over how they practice medicine.

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Fantastic effort Ahmed Al-Kaisey peterkistler MBBS PhD FHRS Alex Voskoboinik Geoff Wong louise A/Prof GeoffLee and team The Royal Melbourne Hospital University of Melbourne #CardioTwitter. Another factor to consider when deciding on therapeutic strategies for #AFib JAMA JAMA Cardiology the limbic

Big congrats to Keisuke Yasumura, MD for the excellent presentation and DoctorKini for the supervision. Vishal R. Dhulipala Derek Pineda Amit Hooda, MD,FACC, FSCAI Shockwave Medical Ziad Ali Isha Ranadive, MD MPH Kartik Kumar Dr. Gilbert Tang Sahil Khera Parasuram Krishnamoorthy MD Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital

"I have buildup of cholesterol plaque in the heart arteries? What can I do to shrink this buildup?" Best evidence for atherosclerosis regression: get LDL-C to very low levels GLAGOV trial of PCSK9i when added on top of statin LDL-C levels very low (like in 30s, 40s)

White Coat Investor How about Massachusetts?

Here is a nice schematic from our first @aahks health policy fellowship meeting outlining what everyone is discussing - reimbursements to hospitals have a law factoring in inflationary benefit while physicians do not

Taxpayers pay $15+ Billion annually for physician residency training so an unregulated nonprofit (ABMS) can remove "Certified" status for not purchasing their unproven proprietary continuing education product (MOC). Join the fight and email ACGME now bit.ly/4bRJKKP

Great to work on the largest CT simulation to date of redo #TAVR feasibility in patients following S3 valves with Dr. Gilbert Tang Parasuram Krishnamoorthy MD DoctorKini and team Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital. Implant depth and commissural alignment - both affect #TAV-in-TAV options

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This matters!!!! Joe Biden CMSGov U.S. FDA Dr. Robert M. Califf Physicians are exhausted!!

BREAKING: FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division opened new portal to hear about the monopolies controlling healthcare and stifling competition. Please take a minute and make them aware of the ABMS monopoly! Westby Fisher, MD @AaronGoodman33 chadi nabhan MD, MBA, FACP Marty Makary MD, MPH Vinay Prasad MD MPH Submit a

Red Flag = No MOC?? Did you know that ABMS advocates for MOC via NAMSS (National Association of Medical Staff Services) to every medical staff office in the United States? FTC, DOJ and HHS are listening, ALL PHYSICIANS comment now: justice.gov/atr/webform/su…

The government has been de-valuing physician care for decades. Physician payment from 2005 -> 2021: -2.1% Non-physician payment during the same period: +206.5% This is the problem with administrative pricing. It follows the whims of congress and CMS bureaucrats without any

Our state of the art review of calcified coronary lesions: Imaging, prognosis, preparation & treatment sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital