Christian, husband, foster dad, ophtho resident @VUMCEye, aspiring entrepreneur. Let's make the world a better place. Hobbies: 🧗♀️🎾🛩🌎⛷🚴🏻♂️🏋️
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PGY2 hasn’t gone quite as expected….
✅ Started fostering 3 teenage girls during the hardest block
✅ Wife gets pregnant and my entire class has to rearrange schedules
✅ schedule now with 5.5 months in a row of inpatient consults…
If you’re a residency applicant… (1/2)
Anyone able to connect me with teams/orgs/people doing work helping build/expand international Ophtho residency programs and surgical training? Especially in LATAM? Would love to learn more about what’s being done in this space.
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What happened at The Covenant School yesterday was a tragedy beyond comprehension. I want to speak directly to Tennesseans about the way forward.
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Let’s not forget, the @cmsgov $/RVU conversion has decreased reimbursement universally every year since 2020. 6% cut in reimbursement through a pandemic…in an economic setting of 4.5% inflation. How does that make sense to have over a 10% pay cut for our “healthcare heroes”? 🤨@AmerMedicalAssn @AMPAConline @ACEPAdvocacy
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Birthday gift came in a little early. Very happy to say I matched into @uiowaeye for ophthalmology residency! I am forever grateful to my mentors and my @VUMCEye family for their support over the years. @macularstar @basilkwilliams @jllindseymd #ophthomatch2023
Most interesting conversation I’ve overheard all week: Hospital admin was walking around asking floor nurses how to make their jobs better.
Their #1 request: more communication from doctors about the plans. Will 100% change the way I respond when I leave the room and nurse (1/2)
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Fed economists: Home price gains over the last 2 years could have produced a wealth effect for homeowners that drove one third of the increase in the CPI (non-shelter prices) federalreserve.gov/econres/n…
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For those medical students interested in ophthalmology without a home program, this session is for you!
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So glad I have had the chance to volunteer with @SiloamFHC as part of the @VUmedicine curriculum. Siloam truly excels in holistic patient care for our Nashville neighbors who are often overlooked by our healthcare system!
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Hey @Cigna! At what size do you allow patients to have their #popliteal #artery #aneurysms repaired? Do we follow the @VascularSVS guidelines or wait until they come in with a limb threatening emergency?
Asking for my patient with a 4.3 cm PAA you denied.
@DrPatGeraghty
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Massive respect to all the workers out in this weather. This electrician's job helping to restore power isn't for the faint hearted. Esp when he needs to unbuckle for a few seconds 🫣
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• United Health will PROFIT about $22.3 billion this year.
• 50% of hospitals will lose money this year.
• 47% of US healthcare workers plan to leave within the next 3 years.
That is the current state of US healthcare, and it should terrify everyone.
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Medicine is the profession where when the canary in the coal mine dies, all the leaders look around and ask:
"Why can't we get more resilient canaries?"
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This week I learned from a sleep expert @UCLA that if we go to sleep 1-2hrs later than usual we get none (zero) of the normal in-sleep bolus of growth hormone that night, regardless if we sleep in. In other words, keeping regular to-sleep times is as important as sleep duration.
Working 24hr Christmas shift for the second year straight… Santa, all I want for Christmas is no open globes, no angle closure, no ocular chemical burns, no retinal detachments, and no margin lid lacs within 200 miles of Nashville 🙏🏼 👁️ 🎅
