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Thomas Lew, MD

@ThomasLewMD

Clinician, educator, hospitalist, dreamer, eater, USA Today Opinion Columnist

Joined December 2018
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Opinion: As a fellow physician who believes in data-driven science, I cannot stand by as our elected leaders relitigate and harass this public health hero. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
GOP's Fauci witch hunt is more than just bad political theater | Opinion

GOP's Fauci witch hunt is more than just bad political theater | Opinion

Dr. Fauci deserves better than being harassed, and we deserve better than our congressional representatives leading such an embarrassing witch hunt.

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Opinion: Trump doesn't recognize the debt we owe veterans | Opinion usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
Trump doesn't recognize the debt we owe veterans | Opinion

Trump doesn't recognize the debt we owe veterans | Opinion

At a time when our forces are in harm's way, the people who care for them at home through Veterans Affairs are being stretched thinner and thinner.

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Opinion: Trump says nurses aren't professionals. He's unprofessional. | Opinion usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…

Trump says nurses aren't professionals. He's unprofessional. | Opinion

We should be making it easier to pursue nursing and PA school rather than driving students away with the possibility of crushing student loan debt.

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Science should not be controversial, but @SecKennedy continues to threaten expert medical and scientific institutions for being “too woke.” Read more from @ThomasLewMD: usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
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Opinion: RFK Jr. says cancer screenings are too 'woke' now. As an actual doctor, I disagree. | Opinion usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
RFK Jr. says cancer screenings are too 'woke' now. As an actual doctor, I disagree. | Opinion

RFK Jr. says cancer screenings are too 'woke' now. As an actual doctor, I disagree. | Opinion

RFK Jr. is considering dismantling the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. This would be a disaster for public health.

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RFK Jr. is an unserious man. But his misinformed vaccine policy will be deadly. | @ThomasLewMD - USA TODAY buff.ly/DFJKFB7
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Opinion: I'm a doctor. Let me explain why reelecting Trump threatens your health. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…

Opinion: I'm a doctor. Let me explain why reelecting Trump threatens your health.

In just over a week, we again have a choice between a leader who advocates for evidence-based public health versus the opposite.

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🎉🎉#HIRINGNOW🌟🌟 The Division of Hospital Medicine is starting a new section - the Sequoia section (#hospitalist run off-site ward in #RedwoodCity). This is an exciting time to join our team! @Neera_Ahuja @StanfordDeptMed Apply here ➤ med.stanford.edu/hospitalmed…
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"Even though this would be a win for all Americans – and humanity – that apparently did not outweigh the politics of making a Democrat look good. This is the definition of party over country," writes @ThomasLewMD. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…

Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden

The Moonshot program was the largest, organized effort by the U.S. government to find cancer cures. Congress voted it down.

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Replying to @DocWithBowtie @michellebr00ks @jenreadlynn @ToledanesGian @JHospMedicine @PatriciaTranMD @MahaArhait @marishaburden @GabyFrankMD @mdefoe3 @SocietyHospMed @brettradler
Awesome discussion on writing medical op-eds - so important to counter all the disinformation out there! @ThomasLewMD
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"Even though we are out of the pandemic and COVID-19 is not nearly as lethal as it was four years ago, make no mistake – it still kills," @ThomasLewMD writes. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…

COVID, flu and RSV are still here. The 'tripledemic' doesn't care that we're over being sick.

An errant cough may lead to a sweet grandma whom you stood in line with at the grocery store dying in the hospital.

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In an article for @USATODAY, #StanDOM's @ThomasLewMD discusses how the medical community must guide the use of #AI "for the benefit & not the detriment of our patients & community at large." bit.ly/3RiER3Q
Will AI and ChatGPT replace doctors like me on the other end of the stethoscope?

Will AI and ChatGPT replace doctors like me on the other end of the stethoscope?

Are robots and AI going to take the place of the human on the other end of the stethoscope? These questions may not be as abstract as we think.

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"I feel like a broken record for advocating for vaccinations and boosters again. But family members of patients still argue with me that the vaccinations are conspiracies, even while their loved ones are surviving on oxygen," writes Dr. Thomas K. Lew. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
I'm a doctor still treating COVID patients. I'm getting the booster – you should, too.

I'm a doctor still treating COVID patients. I'm getting the booster – you should, too.

Very sick patients dying from COVID-19 has become rarer. The pandemic is over and the US has moved on. But we still need boosters to fight variants.

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"The ebbs & flows of one pandemic have hidden the growing presence of another widespread disease: #opioid dependence & abuse," writes #StanDOM's @ThomasLewMD in this @USATODAY opinion piece. bit.ly/43RHMo9
COVID has been hiding another epidemic. We have to do more for our opioid patients.

COVID has been hiding another epidemic. We have to do more for our opioid patients.

The COVID-19 pandemic's ebbs and flows have hidden the growing presence of another widespread disease: Opioid dependence and abuse.

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"Doctors like me continue to treat innumerable patients with opioid-use disorders, and more than 2,000 Americans will die per week from overdose. That is a pill that this country cannot afford to continue swallowing," writes contributor @ThomasLewMD. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
COVID has been hiding another epidemic. We have to do more for our opioid patients.

COVID has been hiding another epidemic. We have to do more for our opioid patients.

The COVID-19 pandemic's ebbs and flows have hidden the growing presence of another widespread disease: Opioid dependence and abuse.

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"The whole premise that scientific data needs to persuade and win over the masses to be true is flawed. Science is science, and objective data that can be reliably reproduced is true whether people believe it or not," writes @ThomasLewMD. usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
Joe Rogan, RFK Jr. don't get it: Vaccine science isn't up for debate

Joe Rogan, RFK Jr. don't get it: Vaccine science isn't up for debate

Dr. Hotez is right to call out Joe Rogan podcast's misinformation, and he is right to not partake in the spectacle that would be this RFK Jr. debate.

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Rogan's RFK Jr., Hotez debate isn't worth having. Science is real Many thanks ⁦@ThomasLewMD⁩ ⁦@USATODAY⁩ appreciate the support usatoday.com/story/opinion/v…
Joe Rogan, RFK Jr. don't get it: Vaccine science isn't up for debate

Joe Rogan, RFK Jr. don't get it: Vaccine science isn't up for debate

Dr. Hotez is right to call out Joe Rogan podcast's misinformation, and he is right to not partake in the spectacle that would be this RFK Jr. debate.

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Happening tomorrow! #Stanford students, post-docs, residents, and affiliates: Join us for an expert panel and skill-building session on global health communications and advocacy on May 10! @StanfordMed @StanfordDeptMed @StanfordJourn globalhealth.stanford.edu/ev…
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Time is running out to submit nominations for #SGIMCaliHawaii Leadership & Awards! What are you waiting for? The deadline is 12/5! @mpmesias @ThomasLewMD bit.ly/3gbw19r
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Don't forget to submit your work & sign up to be a peer reviewer for this year's #SGIMCaliHawaii Regional Meeting! Meeting theme: Cultivating Inclusivity: Reimagining Whole Patient Care. The deadline is 10/10! @mpmesias @ThomasLewMD bit.ly/3UNIPlM
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