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Paul Kalanithi

@ParsOpercularis

Writer, neurosurgeon, sports enthusiast, dude with lung cancer (not necessarily in that order)

 Stanford, CA
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Joined January 2012
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@stanfordmed video of me, Cady, & family ending MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell show tonight at ~7:50 PST. #LCSM
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Bringing a Daughter Back From the Brink With Poems - NYTimes.com nytimes.com/2015/03/01/style…
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Celebrating the Life of Artist and Curator Susan O’Malley (1976–2015) | KQED Arts ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/03/02…
Celebrating the Life of Artist and Curator Susan O’Malley (1976–2015) | KQED

Celebrating the Life of Artist and Curator Susan O’Malley (1976–2015) | KQED

Christian L. Frock remembers the bright light and optimistic work of Susan O'Malley, a beloved Bay Area leader in the arts, gone too soon.

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My take on time, terminal illness and the mortal coil shuffle: stanmed.stanford.edu/2015spr… #lcsm
Before I go

Before I go

Time warps for a young surgeon with metastatic lung cancer

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Carr’s death & the stigma of lung cancer. If you die of an MI, no one tweets "Eat less bacon!" #LCSM wapo.st/1Bm4aqH @washingtonpost
David Carr’s death and the stigma of lung cancer

David Carr’s death and the stigma of lung cancer

Judgement was swift when an autopsy revealed that the New York Times writer died from lung cancer complications.

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“People don’t realize how few tools we have in psychiatry to address existential distress." That's psychiatry's job? newyorker.com/magazine/2015/…
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What ISIS Really Wants theatlantic.com/features/arc…
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Interesting talks in interesting bars, Feb 24th, San Francisco — Raising the bar rtbevent.com/splash-page-sf
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Went to SB XLIX w/@TeamDraft. Best part? @mixon_samantha. FWIW, we're @StanfordFball fans>SEA fans. Go Card! #LCSM scopeblog.stanford.edu/2015/…
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Watched 'All of Me' to prep for convo w/ Mike Gazzaniga re: split brains at the JCC tomorrow night. jccsf.org/arts-ideas/lecture…
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Real purchasing power varies by 40% across US. Yes, the dollar is near the weakest in the Bay Area. Avg $1= $0.82. taxfoundation.org/blog/real-…
Real Value of $100 by Metropolitan Area, 2014

Real Value of $100 by Metropolitan Area, 2014

Last week, we published a map showing how far $100 would take you in different states. For example, in states with low costs of living, like Mississippi, $100 had the same sort of purchasing power...

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nytimes.com/2015/02/08/style…
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Handy tool to find your California representatives & let them know you support vaccination findyourrep.legislature.ca.g…
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CA state Sens. Pan and Allen to introduce legislation making vaccines mandatory in public schools, like most states sd26.senate.ca.gov/news/2015…
What you want in a sports commissioner: 1st he lays down the law, now addressing obvious problems in NBA playoffs espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1…
Lung cancer the top cancer killer for women in developed countries. True in US since '80s, now more widely #LCSM cbsnews.com/news/lung-cancer…
Lung cancer a top killer of women in developed countries

Lung cancer a top killer of women in developed countries

Breast cancer is no longer the leading cause of cancer deaths for females living in Westernized nations

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CDC vax exemptions by state: South pro-vax, Pacific NW, SW anti-vax ... not your usual 'anti-science' states realclearscience.com/images/…
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When and why did GOP start courting anti-vax? Making a push for Marin County? Or is the anti-vax movement really that big?
FDA's new regs impede cancer gene testing - delays likely cost lives. Petition to withdraw new regs here. #lcsm change.org/p/protect-patient…
Sign the Petition

Sign the Petition

Tell the FDA to withdraw its proposed regulations for laboratory developed tests (LDTs). These regulations could limit patient access to life-saving tests and therapies.

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Ever wanted to know the real difference between the left & right brain? I'm talking w/ Mike Gazzaniga @JCCSF, Feb 10 jccsf.org/arts-ideas/lecture…
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