Ezetimibe is cheap (<$10/mo), generic, safe, and guideline-based- but BCBSTX requires a PRIOR AUTHORIZATION before I can prescribe it to their members. BCBSTX showing how much they value 1) their patients' heart health and 2) our (doctors and nurses') time.

Fascinating story… imagining what might have been…

130 yrs ago this month, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Black surgeon at Provident Hospital in Chicago whose ancestors were slaves, performed what was then believed to be the first open #heart #surgery. A thread... (1)

To our smart, kind &generous graduates-we are so proud of the extraordinary physicians and leaders you are and look forward to watching your successful careers! Taylor Triana Nisha Raiker Laurette Mbuntum Lauren K. Truby mohita singh Lakshman Manjunath Gail Peterson Anish Bhatt UTSW Heart

#NCYIF23 ABSTRACT DEADLINE IS 2 DAYS WAY!! Submit your abstracts by June 22 propel your career as a #CardiovascularResearcher ➡️ ce.ceconcepts.com/NCYIF-23 Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Sadiya Khan Don Lloyd-Jones #CardioRenal #CardioMetabolic #CardioTwitter #Renal #Metabolic

Two decades after first meeting my friend and colleague Saad B. Omer while a student Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, I get to welcome him as inaugural dean of the UTSW O’Donnell School of Public Health! O'Donnell School of Public Health at UTSW

In 1998, Citibank and The Travelers Insurance Company merged. They hired legendary designer Paula Scher to create a new logo. In their first meeting, on a napkin, Scher drew what became the iconic Citi logo. As Scher got up to leave the room, someone from the Citi team asked,

Durably strong impact factor for JAMA Cardiology thanks to the leadership of Bob Bonow and the team. The best group to have weekly journal club with. Adrian “WE NEED RCTS!” Hernandez Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc Gregg Fonarow MD Ann Marie Navar Sadiya Khan Kristen Patton Sharlene Day Dr Roxana Mehran Robert Harrington Marc Sabatine @ajaykirtane

Our new 2022 Journal Impact Factor is 24.0, among the highest in our field. JAMA Cardiology receives more than 4.5 million article views annually and is one of 13 journals of the JAMA Network that includes JAMA (@jama_current).

🚨 LAST CALL for abstract submissions: #NCYIF23! SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT➡️➡️ ce.ceconcepts.com/NCYIF-23 Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Sadiya Khan Don Lloyd-Jones Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc #CardioRenal #CardioMetabolic #CardioTwitter #Renal #Metabolic #Cardiovascular #CardiovascularResearch

Cannot rely on Amazon to tell you good BP monitors when 4 out of 5 of top selling BP device don't pass validation test! Please review list of good ones in Validatebp.org first before spending your money Jordy Cohen, MD, MSCE Stephen Juraschek MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS

Ready for a deep dive into #retatrutide from Eli Lilly and Company Ania M. Jastreboff, MD, PhD ? You can bet I was excited to see 43 pages of supplemental appendix... nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… 🧵 1/ #obesity #endocrinology #endocrine #research

We welcome Joshua Liao to @UTSWNews and congratulate him on becoming our new Division Chief of General Internal Medicine! Thanks, Rachel Bonnema, for your service as Interim Chief! Thomas Wang, MD

2023 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

The majority of fish oil supplements have unjustified health claims jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac… JAMA Cardiology Ann Marie Navar UTSW Heart

One in five adults age 60 or older report taking fish oil supplements What ❤️ health claims are made despite neutral RCTs? Health Claims and Doses of Fish Oil Supplements in the US jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac… Ann Marie Navar Eric D. Peterson JAMA Cardiology

🏆Congratulations to our #NCYIF23 winner of the Jeremiah Stamler Distinguished Young Investigator Research Award @Amandatong2013 of @UTSWNews 🎊🎉🥳

First day back from maternity leave was made so much better by the awesome people I get to work with!

A *slight* height difference between my research mentor Ann Marie Navar and me but thankful to present our work at #AHA23 Circulation American Heart Texas

#AHA23 Lepodisiran single administration, highest dose in Phase I study- 94% Lpa lowering durable for 337 days Parag Joshi Karol Watson Pam R. Taub, MD❤️💃🏻 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…