Seriously! Sharlene Day, Neal Lakdawala, Michael Emery, MD, MS, Jeffrey Geske, MD , & Lindsay Davis hit it out of the park as #HCMS2023 scientific sessions organizing committee today! That is how it’s ✅! 🤛🏽💪🏽🙏🏽

Who wants to fill these big shoes for the #HCMS2024 sessions?! Hit us up!!

〽️Strong Cardiology representation #MidwestACC from the U-M Department of Internal Medicine training programs and ALL mentored by the formidable Claire Duvernoy. Talk about legacy! 〽️
Michigan Cardiology Michigan Internal Medicine Residency

🎶The Room Where It Happens 🎺

What a growth experience for me! So many amazing possibilities. Stay tuned! Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Medical Society strategy session while at American College of Cardiology

I know, I know. You don’t hear from me for months & a flurry today. Last shout out of the day. Many congratulations Katherine Fell on winning Michigan Chapter ACC poster award & to mentors Chaitu Madamanchi & Prachi Agarwal Lots of great 〽️ posters! Michigan Cardiology U-M Health Frankel CVC

Between AHAMeetings & Twitter blowing up, this is a late tweet. Erika J. Parisi gave a great athlete #COVID19 case presentation #AHA2022 facilitating discussion by Kimberly Harmon Sharlene Day aaron baggish Martin Maron, MD Rachel Lampert. Go Blue! 〽️ Michigan Cardiology U-M Health Frankel CVC

My real life physician Mom inspired my awe & admiration. Claire Duvernoy is cut from same cloth. Humbled to listen to her Legacy Lecture Michigan Chapter ACC. Said she owed her whole career to her Dad but everyone knows better. 💪🏽 📚 🏃🏿‍♀️ ❤️ = 🔑 to her success. U-M Health Frankel CVC Michigan Cardiology

Another example of making sure to optimize GDMT before intervening on mitral regurgitation in HFrEF. ARNI for the win & I have seen this IRL! GDMT works! 👏🏽 👏🏽

I had the honor of presenting KCCQ data for REDWOOD-OLE #latebreaking #clinicaltrials #HFSA2022 today.
🔑 70% had min 5 pt ⬆️ w/ 12 wk aficamten tx, sustained at Wk24 w/ signif high-responder proportion
🔑 ~50% NYHA III @ BL ✂️ <10% @ Wks 12 & 24
🔑 Aficamten crushed LVOT obstn

Dr. Seidman is a true GIANT in the field of inherited cardiomyopathies. I always learn when I listen to her share her thoughts. Looking forward to being there! Join us!

Dr. Braunwald will be speaking at the #HCMS22 Scientific Sessions Sept. 30 in Washington, DC.
Dr. Braunwald is a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital & the distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School hcmsociety.org/events

Exercise is probably the single best way to extend lifespan.

You need to exercise like your life depends on it.

Because it does.

Here's why.
👇🧵
/1

The future for patients with #HCM is promising.

Aficamten in oHCM (REDWOOD-OLE)
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

The sacrifices that have to be made for the love of science. Daniel Jacoby being the test patient for a CPET demonstration at SEQUOIA-HCM IM. Sharlene Day would have happily volunteered! #aficamten

SEQUOIA-HCM kickoff meeting today! Fady Malik MD PhD “summarizes 5y of preclinical work into 3 slides”. My bench/translational buddies Adam Helms Eric Smith Andrea Dooley Thompson, MD/PhD Sharlene Day get it. The amount of curiosity, perseverance, love of sheer will is truly awe-inspiring. #aficamten

What an awesome day! Mavacamten approved for oHCM Tx today!! Thanks to all the scientists from bench to bedside, trial teams and most of all the HCM patient community! news.bms.com/news/corporate…

Shout out to:
⚡️HCMA - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association & HCMBeat for decades of incredible advocacy work
⚡️all the scientists toiling over gels, datasets & enrolling patients in clinical trials
⚡️all the patients & families who have persevered as we learn
Today is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day.

Best line in the article: “But the lack of intention to harm does not mean that harm is not being done.” I had not heard the term “institutionalized misogyny” before; makes sense. But this picture? I’ve never casually washed dishes in heels & dress.

It’s great. To be. A Michigan Wolverine!! 〽️

We’re looking forward to welcoming you!!

On the eve of my youngest son’s birthday, running into this poem & article sums up so many memories past & present. Bye baby boy, my love.

The most traumatic part of getting my kids vaccinated was the removal of the bandaids that they felt needed to be on just a little bit longer. Shots, not biggie, removing the bandaids… real tears.