resident internist & psychiatrist; views mine alone
Milwaukee, WI
Joined April 2009
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Daniel Pham retweeted
"It took a long time for me to see anything he saw in me simply because of my name" -- Morning Joe plays El-Sayed the video of Bill Clinton in 2007 praising his valedictory speech
Daniel Pham retweeted
Gimme three months and his golf buddies in Florida wouldn’t even vote for him.
I’ll smoke him by 7. Bet on it.
🚨BREAKING: Republicans' odds to flipping the Michigan US Senate seat JUMP OVERNIGHT.
Michigan - 2026 US Senate
🟥Mike Rogers 44.3% (+3.7)
🟦Abdul El-Sayed 40.6%
Polling average via Pollsmax.com.
Abdul El-Sayed has become the Democratic frontrunner, and compared to his primary opponents—Mallory McMorrow and Haley Stevens—he performs by far the worst against Mike Rogers.
If El-Sayed ends up being the nominee, Republicans will be the heavy favorites to flip Michigan's US Senate seat later this year.
Daniel Pham retweeted
The first Democrat physician in the senate. And she’s a pediatrician. Love this for us bc we’ve had enough doctors in high office as enemies of social progress! (And for her cuz she’s probably getting a raise.)
Daniel Pham retweeted
The parallels…it’s peak…
Unearthed video: Bill Clinton praises the 2007 University of Michigan senior speaker, Abdul El-Sayed, on his commencement speech
"I don't want to embarrass your senior speaker. But I wish every person in the world who believes that we are fated to have a clash of civilizations and cannot reach across the religious divides could've heard you speak today. I just wish every person in the world could've heard you speak today."
Daniel Pham retweeted
I'm no lawyer but I can't think of a way ChatGPT could be *more* clearly doing something akin to practicing medicine without a license. This was very hard to read! nytimes.com/2026/10/27/well/…
Daniel Pham retweeted
In an absolutely wild interview, the doctor who oversaw the botched Christa Pike execution told NY Mag: “I’d like to be remembered as a Renaissance man. Someone who has an advanced appreciation of life.”
nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
Daniel Pham retweeted
I’ve long been a GLP-1’s 4 All advocate, and think the case for making them universally accessible has only gotten stronger as more evidence comes out showing their benefits across diseases (arthritis, fatty liver, etc) and as costs come down.
I also think figuring out how to do GLP-1’s 4 All will provide a blueprint for radically rethinking pharma pricing in general - something we sorely need beyond this class of drugs
Only a few of the national political figures are saying much about the policy implications of GLP-1s, the new class of miracle drugs that promise to reverse America’s obesity epidemic.
@semaforben spoke to Gov. B Pritzker, the only one who has talked openly about his own treatment and taken concrete steps to expand coverage of the drugs to include weight loss.
semafor.com/article/10/28/20…
Daniel Pham retweeted
The best team all season left no doubt. Congrats to the @Brewers and everyone in Milwaukee on your first World Series title!
Thanks for the feature!
A study of adults who received pharmacotherapy for alcohol and opioid use disorders (AUD and OUD) suggests missed opportunities for earlier treatment. See the key results: jwat.ch/3VrGt0P
ALT A quote from NEJM Clinician highlights the necessity for primary care clinicians to screen for AUD and OUD: “These findings highlight the need for primary care clinicians to screen for AUD and OUD, discuss pharmacotherapy, and either initiate treatment or refer patients to addiction medicine” Rebekah Rollston, M.D., M.P.H., reviewing Pham DX, et al. Receipt of pharmacotherapy and association with healthcare utilization among US adults with alcohol or opioid use disorder, 2022–2023. J Gen Intern Med 2026 Aug 25 The background is a gradient of blue to purple.
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Daniel Pham retweeted
A study of adults who received pharmacotherapy for alcohol and opioid use disorders (AUD and OUD) suggests missed opportunities for earlier treatment. See the key results: jwat.ch/3VrGt0P
ALT A quote from NEJM Clinician highlights the necessity for primary care clinicians to screen for AUD and OUD: “These findings highlight the need for primary care clinicians to screen for AUD and OUD, discuss pharmacotherapy, and either initiate treatment or refer patients to addiction medicine” Rebekah Rollston, M.D., M.P.H., reviewing Pham DX, et al. Receipt of pharmacotherapy and association with healthcare utilization among US adults with alcohol or opioid use disorder, 2022–2023. J Gen Intern Med 2026 Aug 25 The background is a gradient of blue to purple.
Daniel Pham retweeted
Ppl will experience meds differently. Buprenorphine (mono product) has fewer undesirable side effects vs combo, which I rarely Rx. High bup dose significantly increases retention but few ppl receive high doses. Injectable bup is great. Irresponsible to broadly say it “sucks.”
Daniel Pham retweeted
Just 4.8%of U.S. adults with alcohol or opioid use disorder received FDA-approved medication treatment last year.
Those who did were more likely to end up in the ER or hospital
Why? A new study highlights a striking gap between treatment and outcomes. buff.ly/61uEKi6
Little late but sharing my first article in @JournalGIM examining receipt of medications for alcohol and opioid use disorders and healthcare utilization among US adults.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10…
#AddictionMedicine #SubstanceUse #HealthServicesResearch
Daniel Pham retweeted
If statins could be characterized as a “vitamin” (holding constant all benefits and risks) effectively 100% of worries and concerns about their use would evaporate and TikTok influencers would rave about their heart protective grandeur.
Daniel Pham retweeted
This is a great opportunity for people to learn the difference between a coroner and a medical examiner.
A medical examiner is a physician who is trained in pathology, an expert in determining the cause of death.
A coroner is literally anybody who wants the job.
After the Pennsylvania Health Department announced Wednesday that one of the two people whose deaths in the state were associated with measles was an infant, the coroner involved in the case has said he does not consider measles to be the cause of death. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
Daniel Pham retweeted
I find it odd how proposals, discourse around "improving chronic disease management" typically excludes discussion about increasing the frequency of primary care physician visits, which is the place/time where these diseases are managed.
Doctordle #378
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Today’s real-world case on Doctordle is from NEJM! A 5-year-old boy presents to the ED with fever and rash. See how many tries it takes you to determine the diagnosis at doctordle.org.
ALT Smartphone displaying a medical diagnosis game called Doctordle, featuring a clinical case from the New England Journal of Medicine. The case involves a five-year-old with fever and rash.
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