dad, dogdad, trying to be as cool as my wife, geriatrician in my free time. My tweets are my own, no representation of others’ views.
Richmond, VA
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Mike Weissberger retweeted
Help RVA by helping elect @SpanbergerForVA
ALT Canvas kickoff for Spanberger
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But they're BOTH so OLD! Gandalf can barely remember his passwords and even forgot that people called him Gandalf (yikes), while Saruman betrayed the Free Peoples of middle-earth and led an insurrection that stormed Helm's Deep. You can see how they're equally bad choices.
ALT Gandalf the Grey
ALT Saruman
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Percentage of pediatric and internal medicine specialty programs that filled in this week’s NRMP fellowship match.
ALT Graphic showing program fill rates for pediatric and medicine specialties. One-hundred percent of cardiology programs filled; 98-99% of GI, Heme-Onc, and pediatric GI programs filled, too. On the other end, just 43% of pediatric ID, 41% of pediatric nephrology, and 33% of geriatric programs filled.
Mike Weissberger retweeted
Did you know?
There is ✨no evidence✨ that texture modified diets
-Prevent death/pneumonia
-Improve QoL, nutrition status, oral intake
In oropharyngeal dysphagia
It's time to rethink mushy food&NPO
On top of thickened liquids!
Mike Weissberger retweeted
I asked, “What do you like to see on discharge summaries?”
I received 100+ responses.
6 tips on writing the ideal discharge summary (and improving patient care):
Mike Weissberger retweeted
just thinking about that time when the Supreme Court ruled that a 35 foot safety buffer for abortion clinics was a violation of the first amendment
Mike Weissberger retweeted
My daughter and I surviving the night in Ukraine. We are real people at war with crazy dictator and we need the world’s support right now
#StandWithUkraine
Mike Weissberger retweeted
A May 2021 study from the @theNASEM concluded that primary care is the only discipline of medicine where a greater supply is equated to improved population health, longer lives, and greater equity.
Not one of many, the only discipline of medicine.
Mike Weissberger retweeted
Anti-science. Anti-health. Anti-common sense.
For as hard as we’re busting it to take care of COVID patients, this is what we get from the AG.
Disgusting.
Mike Weissberger retweeted
TODAY (Oct. 12) is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 2 election. In-person registration at your local voter registration office ends at 5 p.m. Find your office at elections.virginia.gov/local…. Or register online at vote.elections.virginia.gov until midnight. Get #ReadyToVote
Mike Weissberger retweeted
One team. One fight. One VCU.💛🖤
ALT A thank you to the 99.9% of our team members who complied with the COVID-19 vaccine requirement.
Mike Weissberger retweeted
On this last day of #WorldAlzheimersMonth, please consider joining the @RamsForMemory Walk To #EndAlz team! act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2021…
Mike Weissberger retweeted
Diagnosis I’ve seen missed when a UTI is blamed for AMS: stroke, seizure, bacteremia, medication withdrawal.
Things We Do for No Reason: Obtaining urine testing in older adults with delirium without signs or symptoms of urinary tract infection
@ORourkeJr @MMemari88 @MariAleMendozaD @DoctorBhav @SocietyGIM @HopkinsMedicine @umiamimedicine
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