Still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. Interventional pain physician. fam med, palliative trained. (he/him)
San Francisco, CA
Joined May 2014
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Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
A lot of attention being paid to #PaidLeave this morning, and rightly so, but there is another once-in-a-generation benefit on the chopping block: dental coverage for seniors.
Contributing to the challenge is a rift among dentist groups over who should receive it.
Advocates see a once-in-a-generation opportunity to add dental coverage for seniors, but one question divides them: How many of the more than 60 million Americans on #Medicare should receive it?
📝: @besables
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Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
Lindsay Bell, @TessieOctober, and @MSMEDU #FamilyMedicine Residency Director, Riba Kelsey joined the @GeriPalBlog to discuss #palliativecare training for trainees from diverse backgrounds and the lack of diversity in the #HPM workforce.
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Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
Great journalism like this probably played a part in @US_FDA changing the label for #Aducanumab to restrict it to mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's. @AmerGeriatrics @jasonkarlawish -nytimes.com/2021/07/07/healt…
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Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
Imagine: you can spend $56 billion on improving care for older adults. How would you spend it? A relevant question in light of a new Alzheimer's drug that could cost that much annually -- and more. My latest. khn.org/news/article/paying-…
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
Have you considered using buprenorphine to treat chronic pain? This article provides clinical recommendations on appropriate use of buprenorphine and conversion strategies for switching to buprenorphine from full mu-agonists for chronic pain management. ow.ly/1V4t50EzoSv
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
On Monday morning after rounds, I felt like I got stabbed in the pelvis with a samurai sword. I was quickly diagnosed with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and rushed to surgery. They drained 750cc of blood from my pelvis and stopped the hemorrhage. Here are my reflections:
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
Our Prospective Multicenter Trial of Peripheral Nerve stimulation for lumbar spine pain. @ASPN_PainNeuro @ASRA_Society @NANS_ION @IntlNeuromod @NANSRFS academic.oup.com/painmedicin… – at Charleston, WV
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
I find it frustrating that we can land on Mars and do cool science, but I cannot easily access the medical records for my patients from the hospital or clinic down the street.
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
Communication IS the most challenging procedure! And just like a hand sewn anastomosis..it can be taught..and must be practiced! #primarypalliativecare #surgpallcare @Surgpallcare @UCSFSurgery @divpallmeducsf @UTSW_Surgery @UTSWPalliative
Communication is the most challenging procedure. It requires continuous, deliberate practice, like all the other surgical skills.
Check out my piece in @JAMAInternalMed
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Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
Age + pain = worse cognitive function
Pain takes up a lot of brain function, it needs to be adequately treated
Association between chronic pain and long-term cognitive... : PAIN journals.lww.com/pain/Fullte…
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
I'm curious about the continued use of "pro-Trump demonstrators" or "protesters." When it happens in other places, stopping a democratic process by force is referred to as terrorism or insurgency.
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
I spent time in a @UWHealth COVID unit on Tuesday, a day the state announced a record 92 deaths, hospitals were at 89% capacity and legislative leaders revealed they still have no concrete plans to act buff.ly/3nIPrRb
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
The only people who love their health insurance are the ones who haven't had to use it.
#carenotinsurance
#openenrollment
#qualityoverquantity
#directprimarycare
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
As a person who has lived in the midwest most of my life, I'm sick of being reduced to the electoral college vote.
As a journalist who has spent my career here, I'm sick of editors not being interested in the stories I'm telling them are important b/c they're not about politics.
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
Fairly impressed that Trump knows the names of the 3 vaccine companies. But Biden’s answer on Covid and the need for a real plan is more impressive, and important.
Alex Sable-Smith, MD retweeted
THREAD: Why did the US run out of masks, gloves and sanitizer as COVID-19 swept the country?
@AP’s @JulietLinderman and @MendozaMartha spent seven months investigating the collapse of medical supply chains with @frontlinepbs and @GlobalRepCentre
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