Cardiac #amyloidosis used to be mysterious, untreatable disease. Now w/ better mechanistic understanding & new modalities, there is bright hope for current & emerging therapies for #transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. Mark Ranek #PrecisionMedicine frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Dr. Ting Ting Hong & colleagues University of Utah College of Pharmacy UofU Nora Eccles Harrison CVRTI use plasma markers of brain injury (NfL), volume (NT-proBNP) & cardiac health (cBIN1 Score) to show assoc. of neural injury w/ volume. Cognitive decline in #HF avoidable w/ diuresis? Frontiers in Drugs Portfolio
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Congratulations, Dr Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin! #xenotransplantation Maryland CTSurgery Department of Surgery, University of Maryland

How rude… I thought this only happened in North Korea…

Xi Jinping’s predecessor was forcibly led away from the Party Congress. foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/22/chi…

This ain’t right

This study makes sense. At the end of the day, much of kidney disease can be viewed as a form of vascular disease.

Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential & Kidney Function Decline in the General Population - American Journal of Kidney Diseases. ajkd.org/article/S0272-…

Healthcare can be divided into prevention & intervention/management. Genomic screening is all about prevention - mostly cardiovascular diseases (including renal here) & cancers. So you’d think insurers would be all over this… MyHealthyMD Institute for Genome Sciences University of Maryland School of Medicine University of Maryland Medical System

I initially thought he was Dwight Schrute’s cousin. Perhaps, he will start a new beard trend? Kind of envious - I would only end up with a 'Fu Manchu' beard.
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RIP. Dr. Benacerraf was also involved with prenatal ultrasound of our daughter (a high risk pregnancy). My condolences to Dr. Libby and family.

Interesting conversation. May be time to move beyond P/LP nomenclature! What do you think, Liang Guo Libin Wang & Aloke Finn? Institute for Genome Sciences MyHealthyMD

Congratulations!!

Can’t wait to watch the recording! Gautam Ramani

Dr. Charles Rotimi from National Human Genome Research Institute helping us celebrate our Institute for Genome Sciences 15th Anniversary with the first keynote on ancestry, diversity, #genomics and #PrecisionMedicine . University of Maryland School of Medicine #DEI #Genomics

Someone asked me whom I am rooting for #ALCS : Houston Astros or New York Yankees. Seriously? As far as I know, this racist Yulieski Gurriel is still playing for the Houston Astros!

“For a public official or candidate to deny the election results without any credible evidence is a direct attack on democracy and a threat to the country.” Kareem Abdul Jabbar

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For those who grew up in 70’s watching “Johnny Sokko & His Flying Robot.” I said to my Apple Watch “Giant Robot, Launch!” & this is what I got.

Congratulations to my colleagues on being named Baltimore magazine #TopDocs !

Thank you for this, Maryland Chapter, American College of Cardiology & Stanley Liu, MD, FACC (he/him). Plus, physician burnout is a huge issue. Emelia J. Benjamin has highlighted the need for building career resilience. University of Maryland Cardiology University of Maryland School of Medicine