Javier Gomez-Valencia MD

Hospitals have convinced a generation of doctors that the building is the value. (Funny how that theory disappears the second there is a lawsuit) Without doctors: no admissions, no surgeries, no procedures, no E&M billing, no facility fees, no DRGs, no MCC/CC capture, no 340B scripts, no quality metrics. The building collects the fee. The doctor creates the value. That is the relationship. Time physicians started acting like it.

The cover of the Lancet. It says it all.

@ShaykhSulaiman @grok is this Palestine or Mariupol

Palestine is the most well documented Genocide in history.

Bro has just launched the ultimate description of today’s Russia

Amazing article exposing how Big Pharma abuses the patent process to artificially inflate lifesaving drugs: bit.ly/4iRX3Pg

This should be the new mid-city L line above Western Ave in Chicago (proposed in the 70s), instead it’s 🇨🇴 Bogotá.

Thanks for being a poster judge at the symposium, @InkedHeartDoc. The #Midwest #CardioOncology Symposium in #Chicago was a wonderful success! With over 100 attendees and 24 posters—plus even more abstracts submitted—it was a vibrant day of learning, networking, and idea exchange. Students, trainees, and attendees left energized, better equipped to care for #patients and move forward in their careers. That was the heart of our mission. #CardioTwitter #MedTwitter #MedEd #Cardiology #Oncology #Pharmacy #Medicine

Great to meet such a great cardio-onc group during the regional Cardio-onc symposium on current paradigms in CV care of cancer patients and survivors #cardiotwitter #CardioOnc

#MueveTuCorazón

Very dramatic visual

✨ Exciting day at @CookCountyHealth! Starting fellowship interviews for the next generation of cardiologists. Grateful to be part of the recruitment committee and to meet the brilliant minds shaping the future of cardiovascular care. ❤️🫀 #Cardiology #MedTwitter #Fellowship

NPO before elective cath lab? Data say rethink it. 1/ SCOFF RCT (Eur Heart J 2024, n=716): primary safety composite 12.0% (no-fast) vs 19.1% (fast) → non-inferior & superior, with higher patient satisfaction. 2/ TONIC (JACC:CI 2024, n=739): ad-lib food/drink vs standard fasting before coronary procedures → primary composite 8.2% vs 9.9% = non-inferior; less hunger/thirst. No food-related adverse events. 3/ CALORI (JSCAI 2024, n=198): liberal oral intake up to the procedure vs NPO after midnight → better well-being & satisfaction, no safety penalty (no ↑ emesis/aspiration/intubation). 4/ AJCC 2024 RCT (n=197): heart-healthy diet allowed vs NPO before elective cath → no safety signal, satisfaction ↑; thirst/hunger ↓. 5/ 📌 Big picture: Across multiple RCTs, routine NPO for elective cath under conscious sedation isn’t supported—comfort improves, safety is comparable or better with non-fasting. Time to modernize protocols. 💬 What’s your lab doing? #CardioTwitter #FOAMed

Join us: rushcardio-oncologysymposium.org in #Chicago, on Oct. 3rd. The abstract submission window has now closed, but it's not to late to register. Excited for an amazing day of learning in #CardioOnc, geared towards all involved in #cancer care. #physicians, #oncology, #cardiology, #internalmedicine, #pharmacy, #AdvancedPracticeProvider, #nurses. #MedEd #MedTwitter **Free for #medicalstudents, #residents, #fellows. @NMHheartdoc @sdent_cardioonc @Dr_Mike_Fradley @AartiAsnaniMD @DSadlerMD @md_addison @SPauwaa @AbusinSalah @braun_lynne @avirupguha @nakhtermd @RushUniversity

@Hragy @iamritu Fibrinous deposits/small thrombi are common on leads, especially when using tee or ice jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

This will be absolutely devastating in the medical field. ~30% residents are international medical graduates & ~10k of 43k residency spots are filled by docs with H1-B visas. Previously the h-1B fee was <$5,000. No hospital will pay a $100k fee for a $55k resident salary.

Reliability of left ventricular global longitudinal strain across acquisition and analysis techniques: a prospective comparative study @JGrapsa @EZancanaroMD @denisamuraru @VDelgadoGarcia @saramoscatelli7 @SilCastelletti academic.oup.com/ehjimp/article…

@HeartOTXHeartMD 🙏

Asking for some prayers for my parents today. It’s been a rough one for them. They had to put down their rescue dog today. What a great hospice family they were for “Popper” My dad had to show his Social Security card for a business transaction later in the day, and he was told that His number indicates that he’s dead. He asked, “if I’m dead with this Social Security number, how come I am still getting my Social Security checks each month?“ Bad day for the Erwins today and a perfect example of inefficiencies in big government.

@VLSorrellImages @ASE360 🙏 It’s just another day in the echo lab 🤣

#JADEL LOVE this! @ASE360

Your heart beats ~100,000 times a day. When was the last time you checked how well it’s doing? 🫀✨ 👀 Echo tells a story your stethoscope can’t… So tell me… Is your heart 🙂 or overwhelmed and 😕 #Cardiology #Echo #Heart

@HeartOTXHeartMD That ‘phoneless fool’ isn’t lost—he escaped the hamster wheel and found a waterfall instead. 🌊🐁 #Perspective #InkedHeartDoc”

Sent to me this morning from my oldest son. So true.