Eric Widera, MD @EWidera
Professor of Medicine @UCSF. Focused on Geriatrics, Hospice, Palliative care, and medical education. Podcasts at https://t.co/U5ErQk8xvf geripal.org San Francisco Joined July 2009-
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How would you have reacted on your ward service/consult team/clinic? #meded (From Reddit r/medicine)
@voydboiii "We gave red Gatorade to the varsity track and field team and yellow Gatorade to the rest of the school. Mile times among people who drank red Gatorade were significantly better than those who drank yellow Gatorade."
Testing serum electrolytes in the week after starting an SSRI/SNRI is not associated with a reduced risk of a hospital visit with hyponatremia. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…
Could digital pills improve medication adherence in persons living with dementia? A qualitative study. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…
There are a very few instances in medicine where exercise is contraindicated. Long COVID (Post–#COVID-19 Condition) is not one of them. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
#PalliativeCare Nursing & ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium) with @BettyFerrellPhD, ELNEC founder. We discuss its origin, impact on nursing education, special role of nurses in palliative care + more. Episode bit.ly/GeriPalEp308 - hosts @AlexSmithMD | @EWidera
I doubt USC would have cancelled a football game for similar reasons.
I've always thought that @X's (Twitter) Community Notes were the best addition to the platform. Great to see @JAMA_current article on this as an effective measure rather than more perverse measures like censoring or shadowbanning. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
“Paxlovid should only be reimbursed for patients in two scenarios: If someone is moderate to severely immunosuppressed.” Good to see evidence in draft recs from expert committee for the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). cbc.ca/news/health/pa…
Here’s the real reason PG&E rates are skyrocketing in California : California Public Utilities Commission — the five-member agency appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that regulates private energy utilities — has failed to do its job. sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…
Customizable Hospital Palliative Care Impact Calculator 🔗 capc.org/documents/1124/ Input operations—staffing and salaries, total patients seen, initial and follow-up visit mix, and local billing rates—to estimate the total financial impact of hospital’s palliative care team.
BMJ just published a piece that Philip Morris is funding smoking cessation courses on @Medscape (where one question had no option that included quitting smoking. I just got to see their ad for the courses & it looks spot-on to me for industry-supported CME bmj.com/content/385/bm…
A joy talking AI & healthcare on the @GeriPalBlog podcast w/ @AlexSmithMD & @EWidera. On top of discussions re: will AI replace MDs and on deskilling, you'll hear me sing/play a song (at start) and demo GPT-4 telling a young parent she has cancer (@ 19:00) geripal.org/promise-and-pi…
Promise & Pitfalls of AI: Will AI transform #Healthcare? Is AI more empathetic than human clinicians (recent studies say Yes). Will AI de-skill clinicians? + much more. Guest @Bob_Wachter, Chair of Medicine at UCSF. Episode bit.ly/GeriPalEp307 - hosts @AlexSmithMD | @EWidera
I love connecting with old friends at annual meetings!! Can’t go wrong with lobsters!! Dr. Widera is chatting with our lunch @EWidera
A thread about Medicare Advantage, its tendency to deny claims for post-acute care and rehabilitation for older Americans, and our new @jags paper. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
Parkinson's Disease is synonomyous with aging--most patients in 70s, 80s, 90s Yet RCT of a new treatment for PD has an age cutoff of 75. Seriously? How did this get through IRB? Time to put a stop to Ageism in medical research nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Lovely dinner with our preconference faculty! @SoniaMKhunkhun @EWidera @KateCallahanMD
On my way to Boston to help give a Tuesday pre-conference on “Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine for Internal Medicine Physicians” lead by @SoniaMKhunkhun and @hfernandez01. Drop me a line if you are in town on Tuesday or Wednesday if you want to meet up #IM2024
Jared Rubenstein, MD @DrJRubenstein
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Nathan Gray MD, FACP @NathanAGray
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Shunichi Nakagawa @snakagawa_md
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Anand S. Iyer, MD, MS.. @anandiyermd
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JAGS @AGSJournal
11K Followers 1K Following Premier journal for geriatrics clinical science, innovative models of care, and health policy that impacts geriatrics professionals and those they serve.
Mariah Robertson MD M.. @MLRobertsonMD
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UCSF Geriatrics @UCSFGeriatrics
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GeriPal - A Geriatric.. @GeriPalBlog
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CAPC @CAPCpalliative
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Nicole L. Stout DPT, .. @NicoleStoutPT
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Jared Rubenstein, MD @DrJRubenstein
8K Followers 5K Following Pediatric palliative care doctor and fellowship director. I help people talk about hard things. Views are my own. My videos and writing on website below. he/him
Nathan Gray MD, FACP @NathanAGray
6K Followers 860 Following Palliative Doc at Johns Hopkins : meddling at the intersection of health and art 🖍. Tweets and art are my own. he/him.. https://t.co/CEUct1g5Y7
Shunichi Nakagawa @snakagawa_md
28K Followers 523 Following Director, Inpatient Palliative Care Services at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Associate Professor @ColumbiaMed. Clinician-Educator.
Anand S. Iyer, MD, MS.. @anandiyermd
7K Followers 6K Following Associate CMO @uabmedicine | Pulmonologist | Beeson Scholar | Creator: @pallipulm & @geripulm | Go Blazers | Views = mine
JAGS @AGSJournal
11K Followers 1K Following Premier journal for geriatrics clinical science, innovative models of care, and health policy that impacts geriatrics professionals and those they serve.
Mariah Robertson MD M.. @MLRobertsonMD
6K Followers 5K Following she/her | Asst Prof & APD @JHGeriatrics | #homecaremedicine | #ThisisGeriatrics | mama & wife | Baltimore, hon | @mymorningjacket superfan | Views are mine.
Mike Wasserman @wassdoc
4K Followers 33 Following Grampa, husband, dad, ironman, geriatrician. "Focus on solutions, not blame; Channel understanding, not anger."
Kimberly Acquaviva �.. @kimacquaviva
12K Followers 7K Following Preppy, nerdy, queer @UVA professor striving to make healthcare LGBTQIA+ inclusive. Quaker. Views are my own & don't represent my employer AT ALL.
Ben Thompson @BenWThompson
2K Followers 1K Following #PalliativeCare PD / Division Chief, #MOUD #AddictionMedicine, #hpmclassof20 #HPM #HAPC. Father, Husband, Tar Heel
Alex Smith, MD @AlexSmithMD
8K Followers 4K Following Co-founder: GeriPal Podcast, ePrognosis | Work: Professor UCSF palliative & geriatrics | Exec Editor JAGS | Personal: father, cyclist, backpacker, Warriors fan
UCSF Geriatrics @UCSFGeriatrics
5K Followers 906 Following #Geriatrics Division, University of California, San Francisco @UCSF | Improving the lives of #olderadults through teaching, discovery, and the care of patients
GeriPal - A Geriatric.. @GeriPalBlog
11K Followers 637 Following A geriatrics, hospice, & palliative care podcast for every health care professional. You'll laugh, learn, and maybe even sing a little. CME available.
Lucy McBride, MD @drlucymcbride
27K Followers 4K Following Primary care MD | #BeyondThePrescription Pod | fmr @HarvardMed, Johns Hopkins | Words @TheAtlantic @WashingtonPost @USAtoday | Are You Okay?👇
CAPC @CAPCpalliative
18K Followers 1K Following The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is dedicated to increasing quality, equitable #palliative care services for people living with a serious illness.
Christian Sinclair, M.. @ctsinclair
13K Followers 6K Following Outpatient #PalliativeCare doc in KC, fan of @theKCCurrent, advocate for safe bicycling/mobility for all ages and abilities, ready to play a board game anytime
Sandra Shi @shisadoctor
2K Followers 666 Following Geriatrician @harvardmed, researching frailty, prognostication, and post acute care in complex, multimorbid older adults. Former @UChicagoMed, Views are my own.
Ken Covinsky @geri_doc
10K Followers 5K Following Clinician-researcher @UCSF Geriatrics. Director, UCSF Older Americans Independence Center. Passionate about improving quality of life for older persons.
Lee Lindquist @LeeLindquistMD
7K Followers 5K Following Geriatrician, Chief of Geriatrics at Northwestern University, MBA Kellogg grad, Research focusing on helping seniors successfully age-in-place. Go Cubs!
Samantha Winemaker sh.. @SammyWinemaker
5K Followers 2K Following Palliative Care MD, Co-Host @waitingroomrev 🎧, Assoc Clin Prof @MacPalCare, Advocate +ve change in healthcare, own views, stories changed, IG sammy.winemaker
Paul Williams @PaulNWilliamz
17K Followers 1K Following Internist, Curbsider. Opinions my own, and tweets and retweets are not medical advice. He/him/his @[email protected]
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Siyab Panhwar, MD @DrSiyabMD
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Crom Acosta, RN, MSN,.. @AcostaCromwell
189 Followers 1K Following Geripsysch clinician-researcher @IDEALab; supporting hospitalized older adults #evidence-informed#interdisciplinary#patient/family engagement#TQM Leadership
Grace Yang @GraceMYangMD
159 Followers 144 Following Palliative care physician doing health services research
David Jones @DavidJonesBrain
2K Followers 461 Following Neuroscience, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Complex Systems, AI, Alzheimer's Disease and Multimodal Neuroimaging, tweets are my personal opinion
David Auerbach @DavidIAuerbach
472 Followers 343 Following Health Economist, dad, game player, hiker, cycler, and classical music enthusiast.
Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD
58K Followers 2K Following Harvard/Brigham Infectious Diseases doctor, writer, @CIDJournal editor, educator. Prefer baseball to football, pizza to sushi, dogs to cats, Beatles to Stones.
Maryanne Demasi, PhD @MaryanneDemasi
51K Followers 1K Following Investigative journalist, PhD, Researcher, TV presenter/producer, ex-@ABCTV. @Brownstoneinst Fellow. Subscribe to my Substack 👇🏼
UCSFHospitalMedicine @UCSFDHM
694 Followers 251 Following We are UCSF Health Hospital Medicine and affiliated with ZSFG and SFVA Hospital Medicine (https://t.co/fkuXT9GaQt).
UCSFDGIM @UCSFDGIM
675 Followers 74 Following Excellence in providing primary and preventive health care, conducting innovative research, and training the best future doctors.
UCSF Cardiology @UCSFCardiology
2K Followers 518 Following Pioneers in cardiac patient care, #research & teaching. State-of-the-art treatments & research, 3 clinical sites in #SF, 9 prestigious #cardiology fellowships.
Jonathan Davis, MD, M.. @JonathanDavisHF
3K Followers 628 Following Director @sfhealthnetwork HF Program Zuckerberg SF General Hospital @zsfgcare @ucsfcardiology. New Dad x2! Alum @WUSTLmed⬅️ @UCSFmedicine⬅️ @cornell he/his/him
Marlene Martin (she/e.. @MarleneMartinMD
1K Followers 1K Following Latina addiction & hospital doc. Passionate about equitable care, addiction, Latine health, & safety net systems improvement @zsfgcare @UCSF. Opinions mine.
Andy Lai, MD, MPH @andyrlai
590 Followers 72 Following @UCSF hospitalist, best uncle ever, devotee of Chicago sports | music | all the arts. Riffing on medical discoveries, high-value & palliative care, good people
Shelley Varner-Perez,.. @ChapVp
452 Followers 975 Following Spiritual care researcher trained at OHSU & Princeton. Board certified healthcare chaplain. Health sciences PhD student. Views my own. (she/her/hers)
Kristina Balangue MD .. @kgbalangue
294 Followers 713 Following internist,geriatrician,palliativist:so here for the good&bad&everything in between. pop culture off days,she/her/hers. tweets my own, RTs not endorsement/advice
Stacie Dusetzina @DusetzinaS
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Reshma Ramachandran @reshmagar
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215 Followers 291 Following covering FDA and drug pricing @InHealthPolicy • cinema on the side •
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Jane H Euler @jheuler
51 Followers 746 Following Seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly. End of Life Doula, MS PalCare. #presentforyouco, #transitionwithtranquility, #hpm, #hapc, #palliative
John Lowry @DrJohn5885
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151 Followers 165 Following Associate Director of Clinical Services Division of NYU Geriatrics and Palliative Care
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92 Followers 375 Following @NCCDP is leading a global transformation in care for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
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912 Followers 730 Following FatherOf4, husband, MedEdDreamer, GIMproud, HMproud, love a good puzzle (of any kind)
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812 Followers 1K Following Creating a culture of innovation that emphasizes creativity, disruptive thinking, and interdisciplinary collaboration to understand and promote neuroresilience.
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Julien Charles Prévo.. @JulienPrvost5
425 Followers 511 Following PharmD, MSc. spécialisé en soins ambulatoires. Opinions sont les miennes. Compte professionnel
Jaime Perales Puchalt.. @JaimePeralesPu
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Deborah Cohen @deb_cohen
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Ray Moynihan @raymoynihan
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349 Followers 516 Following The Dyspnea Society's mission is to promote research of the mechanisms, measurement and management of dyspnea (shortness of breath or breathlessness).
FDA Whistleblower @FDAWhistleblow1
747 Followers 106 Following Ron Kavanagh, Clinical Pharmacologist, Ex-FDA Reviewer. 7 yrs w Neuro/Psych. Fired 4 reporting felonies to FBI & 4 1st Amendment speech & petitions to Congress.
Ashwini Ronghe @AshwiniRonghe
235 Followers 908 Following Incoming PCCM fellow. Palliative Care fellow at Cleveland Clinic. Cat Mom. Bibliophile. Meandering through medicine and life.
Helena Dolphin @HelenaDolphin
415 Followers 562 Following Geriatric Medicine SpR & PhD candidate investigating t-VNS effects on autonomic stability, cognition and inflammation in MCI @TrinityMed1
Dr. Nadia Sethi @nadia_sethi
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Leena لينا, MD, M.. @Leen_Heme
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Michael Kentris, DO @DrKentris
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Eric Stulberg @elstulberg1
396 Followers 533 Following Neurology at @uutah. Here for Neuro & epi learning. Interests: stroke, neuroprog & recovery, dementia; HSR & causal inference
M. Elisabeth @ChildrenNeedUs_
2K Followers 1K Following Former PICU/ER RN | | Boston Children’s & UCSF alumna||#NBA|| July is #TDF|| With acute Covid subsiding tweeting about various subjects that I care about.
This is a robust prediction because the Ivy League has a lot of problems along many dimensions and the correction is overdue. They're going to take criticism from many corners of society and they deserve it. But not least among the type of people who making hiring decisions.
If you still have a college decision to make, would strongly reiterate this advice. The perceived value of an Ivy League degree is going to go down a lot. natesilver.net/p/go-to-a-stat…
I enjoy cooking, actually. I’m proud to put healthy, tasty food on the table for my kids I’d wager I have a lot more combat sorties than he does, too
Geriatrics is one of the most exciting specialties in #medicine. So glad to share my thoughts on @NextAvenue about why it's great and what needs to happen so we can care for all #olderadults. @ClinSTARCC @AmerGeriatrics @dgsomucla nextavenue.org/this-is-a-terr…
@voydboiii "We gave red Gatorade to the varsity track and field team and yellow Gatorade to the rest of the school. Mile times among people who drank red Gatorade were significantly better than those who drank yellow Gatorade."
Testing serum electrolytes in the week after starting an SSRI/SNRI is not associated with a reduced risk of a hospital visit with hyponatremia. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…
This story is absolutely shocking. Philip Morris International (PMI) spent millions to influence medical education by buying a series of “CMEs” at Medscape! How else has big tobacco tried to normalize vaping & influence the medical community? 🧵 1/ theexamination.org/articles/medsc…
Could digital pills improve medication adherence in persons living with dementia? A qualitative study. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…
@gushamilton @DrToddLee @ABsteward @JAMAPediatrics And when the urine cultures are taken in pts who are still taking abx vs. those are not, guess which patients have more + urine cultures. Basically the study showed no difference in recurrence of symptoms after Abx stopped, but + difference in urine cx +.
Misleading to claim #donanemab or any amyloid lowering Rx will allow an #Alzheimer’s patient to continue to drive independently. Inserting the claim immediately outside a respected KOL’s quote also risks wrongly attributing this to them. Not a good look @ProfRobHoward @pash22
Worried about the @US_FDA delaying its #donanemab decision? Don’t, neurologists say: bit.ly/3VWWXfC #NeuroTwitter #Alzheimers #AntiAmyloid
If radiation had an accelerated approval pathway - also based on surrogate endpoints like response rate - it would probably be approved in most settings. Which doesn’t make sense. Just FYI.
On Accelerated Approval 1) In life threatening diseases like cancer the rapid approval of promising new drugs based on phase II data and/or surrogate endpoints is reasonable because waiting for full approval may result in more lives lost due to delay in approval of active drugs.
Congratulations to Dr. Rainier P. Soriano on being awarded the 2024 Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award for his work advancing geriatrics education. He will receive the award at #AGS24. ow.ly/XaCz50RooEr
"Hyponatremia-associated hospital visits are not reduced by early electrolyte testing in older adults starting antidepressants" (JAGS 2024) - "future guidelines should reconsider routine testing recommendations" - agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…
#PalliativeCare Nursing & ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium) with @BettyFerrellPhD, ELNEC founder. We discuss its origin, impact on nursing education, special role of nurses in palliative care + more. Episode bit.ly/GeriPalEp308 - hosts @AlexSmithMD | @EWidera
Justice Kagan today: “The framers did not put an immunity clause into the Constitution. They knew how to; there were immunity clauses in some state constitutions. They didn’t provide immunity to the president. And, you know — not so surprising — they were reacting against a…
Retrospective analysis #palliativecare did not worsen survival (actually improved it) in this cohort of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis @GeriPalBlog @pallipulm @KathleenLindell @AAHPM @UAlberta strong work Dr. Jenny Lu-Song journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…
Doctors prescribe 4% more cancer drugs after drug rep visits but patients didn’t have better mortality outcomes says NBER study. Researchers found these “marketing payments induce physicians to expand treatment to healthier patients.” tinyurl.com/58m4v2v5
Superb and infuriating piece by @UCSF colleague (& great writer) @LouiseAronson about how her mom's clear, documented wish to avoid aggressive care at the end of life was ignored by a medical team locked into a we-did-this-so-we-must-do-that spiral. @NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Brilliant innovation - peer support program for Black/African American dementia family caregivers - former caregivers serve as mentors to current caregivers. Read about PI @KOMossPhD_RN here generations.asaging.org/why-pair-2-car… + listen to @GeriPalBlog pod: geripal.org/black-african-…
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