Chief, Division of Neurosurgery, Harbor UCLA Medical Center Professor of Neurosurgery, UCLA. Co-Chair, Editorial Board, JNS Spine
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Found the call schedule from my first attending #neurosurgery job . Took call every weekday, every other night , and a weekend a month for 4 years . 😂
Good times at @EmoryNeurosurg @GradyHealth !
Another south Asian concept for Bo to learn: karma
Tonight wasn’t the night our campaign had hoped for.
To everyone who stood alongside us, gave your time, and believed in what we set out to accomplish, thank you. I will never forget your dedication, your friendship, and, above all, your love for the great state of Texas.
As Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
My dreams for Texas and America remain undiminished, as does my faith in the indomitable spirit of the people of the Lone Star State.
I’m not going anywhere — because we have work to do.
Onward.
Thanks to @CNS_Update & @AnandMed for fueling us speakers up with coffee and H2O prior to our talks !
Always good catching up with my oldest friend in neurosurgery Dan Hoh , past president @CNS_Update
Everyone has to make a living I guess 🤷🏾♂️
Is this a joke post?
Unstated bias? That's the title and the entire analysis. Those with cognitive symptoms were 5x more likely to donate their brain.
15% had evidence of CTE? Where did you see that? 94% of those studied had CTE, the vast majority high stage.
Is this a parody account? Apologies if I don't get the joke of spreading misinformation on a serious subject.
Pretty cool to be on the agenda with @BCMNeurosurgery med school mentor Dr Valadka now at @UTSWNeurosurg
Enjoying the awesome multidisciplinary neuro trauma talks rn @CNS_Update from trauma surgery , orthopedics & neurosurgery!
Waiting to give my talk on vascular injury & spine trauma soon
The study cited in this ESPN article has major flaws :
1. The authors did NOT study the brains of 1,966 of the 2,362 deceased players (83%).
2. They are extrapolating (assuming ) the 75% CTE conclusion when the only actual data they have shows that about 15% of the deceased players had pathological evidence of CTE .
3. There is a massive unstated selection bias re: whose brains were donated. You don’t need to be brain surgeon to know why certain players’ families decided to donate their brains for a CTE study.
An estimated 75% of former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, the neurodegenerative brain disease tied to high-impact sports such as football, according to a new study.
espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/5031…
This study has already been debunked
An estimated 75% of former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, the neurodegenerative brain disease tied to high-impact sports such as football, according to a new study.
espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/5031…
Kaiser is well known in So Cal for abusive administrative practices towards its physicians. Not sure if its the model healthcare system for anyone except administrators.
Worth noting that Kaiser is fundamentally different from rest of American health care. The secret is not just integration; plenty of other "payviders" have failed miserably.
Kaiser has the advantage of being large enough to sustain a closed system (its patients only use Kaiser facilities, and those facilities only treat Kaiser patients). That means it has incentive to improve trajectories of care, not just episodes of care. It can also invest in infrastructure that others can't, e.g., comprehensive health records that enable better care coordination.
To change how American health care works, we have to change both the incentives and the infrastructure that underpin how care is delivered.
and the war on the middle class continues
It’s not up for debate @AmerMedicalAssn
