NYU MD, bioethicist, speaker, historian, author, contributor to NYT, WaPo & Slate, and NPR guest. Past president, Amer Assoc. for Hist Med. Thoughts my own...
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Here's a piece of mine in the Hastings Bioethics Forum on a fascinating new graphic novel. Would you take a shot for science? @NYULH_DeptofMed @NYUGSOM_DGIMCI @nyugrossman @hastingscenter @aahmhistmed
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Glad to write this for the Hastings Center Bioethics Forum!
Most troubling part about removing uncomfortable truths from history is the whitewashing that follows. If you disagree, the answer isn’t to erase them,it’s to challenge them w/ thoughtful counterarguments.🤔
NEW HC Bioethics Forum essay by @barronlerner bit.ly/47EEFFN
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The cancellation of the 7/10 meeting by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is deeply troubling. ⚠️
Why does this matter?🤔Because your access to preventive care such as cancer screenings depends on it.
NEW Hastings Bioethics Forum essay by @barronlerner bit.ly/4eVB5sy
My thoughts on the latest threat to good science: The Scientific Good Guys: Let’s Save the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - The Hastings Center for Bioethics @nyulangone @aahmhistmed @pophealthNYC @NYUGSOM_DGIMCI thehastingscenter.org/the-sc…
@MetroNorth Did you know these time monitors have been broken for weeks at Hastings on Hudson? Thanks for your interest.
What a moving tribute to the amazing Sarah Langs, who generates the best baseball stats of anyone. Please make a donation to her ALS charity! #FistBumps4ALS.
This will be an amazing AAHM meeting! Send in an abstract or just come to Boston in the springtime!
Hey #histmed! Is your submission in for AAHM2025? We want to see you in Boston for our centennial - get those proposals in! histmed.org/boston-2025/
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Hey #histmed! Is your submission in for AAHM2025? We want to see you in Boston for our centennial - get those proposals in! histmed.org/boston-2025/
Glad to commemorate Betty Ford's impressive candor when she developed breast cancer 50 years ago. In today's @NYTimesOpinion. @pophealthNYC @nyulangone @NYUGSOM_DGIMCI @aahmhistmed @AmericanCancer @bettyfordcenter nytimes.com/2024/10/03/opini…
So leased to write about Wendy Kline's new book on the history of the pelvic exam. It's hard to read about the abuses but as always, history informs the present @nyulangone @pophealthNYC @aahmhistmed @KlineWkline @statnews
statnews.com/2024/09/30/pelv…
Important essay on the future of the CDC.
I joined my fellow former CDC directors to share why weakening the agency that leads our health protection would cost lives and damage the economy. Read our new op-ed in @statnews: statnews.com/2024/09/05/cdc-…
My recent NEJM podcast!
Dr. @barronlerner, a professor @nyugrossman, discusses the steps physicians can take to better understand their patients’ values and connect with them in a way that could help restore trust in the medical profession. Listen to the full interview: nej.md/4fKVeRZ
This is a great companion piece to my recent article in the NEJM about medical expertise. Congrats to the authors!
🚨 New paper 🚨
How to maintain trustworthiness when doctors act as policy advocates
Long read in The BMJ @bmj_latest
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So glad to write on medical expertise--a neglected topic--for the NEJM. There is a brief podcast if you can't access the article. Check: nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
In an era when physicians’ expertise is widely questioned, rather than assuming that it can be restored with better data, we need to understand how patients process both information and misinformation. Read the Perspective by Dr. @barronlerner: nej.md/3yHBQEN
ALT At a time of great political discord, traditional libertarian, anti–public health arguments caught fire in predominantly conservative populations. Perspective Barron H. Lerner, M.D., Ph.D.
Glad to write on medical expertise--a neglected topic--for the NEJM. It may be behind a firewall but you should be able to listen to a brief podcast where I sound informed but a little nasal @nyulangone @aahmhistmed @NYUEmpathy @NYUGSOM_DGIMCI
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Glad to be quoted in this carefully written article about pros and cons of screening mammograms for women in their forties. Rita Rubin has done a great service in bringing together varied opinions.
Screening mammograms starting at 40 or at 50? Annually or every other year? Experts disagree on what @barronlerner calls "a very controversial topic that to some degree is a toss-up." My latest for @JAMA_current: bit.ly/44qE9HI
My thoughts on the latest mammography recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. What should we do with a good, but not great, test? @nyulangone @statnews @pophealthNYC @NYUGSOM_DGIMCI @AmericanCancer @RWJF
statnews.com/2024/05/02/brea…
More from me on Kate Middleton and other “celebrity patients.” @nyulangone @pophealthNYC @AmericanCancer
How Patients Can Cope With Celebrity Cancer News patientpower.info/navigating…
I’m not speculating about her diagnosis, but Kate Middleton is the latest celebrity patient @statnews @nyulangone @aahmhistmed @pophealthNYC
What Kate Middleton's cancer revelation might teach the world - STAT statnews.com/2024/03/24/kate…
So pleased to be a part of this terrific @AmExperiencePBS documentary on the history of the Pap test along with Deirdre Cooper Owens and Ameenah Shakir. Tuesday 3/26 at 9 PM EDT. @nyulangone @aahmhistmed @pophealthNYC @AmericanCancer
