Nicky Mehtani
@nickymehtani
addiction & hiv physician @sf_dph | assistant professor @ucsfdgimzsfg | studying the role + accessibility of psychedelic therapies in SUD Tx | ❤✊🏾🏳️🌈🏔🌱
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https://neuroscape.ucsf.edu/profile/nicky-mehtani/ 10-05-2019 12:57:17
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Circling back to London Breed's Prop F because <excuse my french but> WTF: 1. Data do not suggest compulsory treatment is effective. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… 🙏 Steffanie Strathdee, PhD 🗡️ 🦠Superbug Slayer🗡️ & team 2. Fine, you don't like data or fair, these are heterogeneous studies. Stick w/me.. 🧵1/4
Safe consumption sites associated w ⬇️⬇️ OD deaths in surrounding neighborhoods. Compelling research in The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
Insurance companies have weaponized the prior authorization process, reports this The New York Times video op-ed This delays or stops care 1 in 3 doctors assert such delays have caused death or harm to patients Doctors’ offices have to hire staff purely to handle prior authorization
a personal update: I recently signed onto my 1st faculty role at a hospital I’ve admired since a kid. Grateful for the chance to delve into research close to my heart and work w patients + colleagues who inspire. Thanks to all who've been part of this journey 🙏🏾🙂 UCSF DGIM at ZSFG
Amid recent policies further criminalizing poverty, cautiously optimistic about our @sf_dph Street Med program: long-acting injectable antiretrovirals show promise for people experiencing homelessness with or at risk for HIV. Read more in POZ Magazine: poz.com/article/longac…
Written by my amazing friend and The Osler Medical Residency co-ACS Dr. John Woller, one of the very best doctors and educators I know. Amidst his family’s grief, he is still working to dispel myths about fentanyl exposure 🥺 nytimes.com/2024/08/04/opi…