Zach Smith

Farewell. I’m X’ing X. After years of posting in the good old days of #MedTwitter and a couple more years of passive lurking. I’m out. Follow along on my new endeavor. open.substack.com/pub/trialisttr…

@MLB RIP to Milwaukee’s Best. Truly one of a kind.

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Uecker, a legendary ambassador for our game. After a six-year playing career with the Braves, Cardinals and Phillies from 1962-67, Uecker spent more than half a century as “Voice of the Brewers” beginning in 1971. Uecker’s self-deprecating humor endeared him to a national audience. He appeared in popular movies, commercials, talk shows, and even starred in his own TV sitcom. As a broadcaster, he worked national telecasts, All-Star Games, and the World Series. His dry style and wit belied a deep knowledge and passion for baseball, all of which made him one of the game’s finest broadcasters. Uecker, a member of the 1964 World Series champion Cardinals, was the 2003 Ford C. Frick Award winner and a five-time Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year. He was 90 years old.

@EricTopol A book on aging that is actually evidenced-based! Kudos Eric! Looking forward to its release.

Excited to get the galleys of my new book today!

Hot off the press! @umichmedicine, and therefore @UMichGIHep is no longer submitting to @usnews rankings. THANK YOU - for all that is decent. @DrDrAbhishekS your voice has been heard.

Dominos are falling. How soon until these meaningless rank lists are obsolete/abandoned? dukechronicle.com/article/2023/0…

@MSawhneyMD @EHolzwanger @SultanMahmoodMD @SamIgbinedion @tberzin @BilalMohammadMD @vaibhav_manu @NealMehtaMD @RobTrasolini @JamesKStone @SaadAlrajhi 5 events vs 0 events in a 44 patient RCT. Hardly the new standard of care.

Prophylactic EUS-gallbladder drainage after SEMS for malig. CBD + cystic duct obstr.: RCT 📎tinyurl.com/2wmxyc37 Cystic duct obstr confirm. on MRCP/ERCP 44 pts ▶️SEMS 🔸Prophyl. EUS-GB drain gr = 0% ac. chole. 🔸Control gr = 23% ac chole New standard of care?

@Dr_mike08 @Angel_Rojas_E @MarijoRojasMD @mauriciorincons @RodriguezParra_ @jeanvemer @neilRsharmaMD @Calvo_Gastro_sv @ViryOregel Are you kidding?!?! The patient's name and age is all over these images. Please delete. This is egregious.

Fem 75a Historia de dolor abdominal crónico , elevaciones ⬆️⬆️⬆️ de Amilasa y Lipasa. Opciones ? @Angel_Rojas_E @MarijoRojasMD @mauriciorincons @RodriguezParra_ @jeanvemer @neilRsharmaMD @Calvo_Gastro_sv @jeanvemer @ViryOregel

Credit goes to @nauzerforbes. This is his brainchild.

@Dr_mike08 This is appalling, honestly. Did you get this patient's consent to post a photo of him/her sedated on the internet? A photo of one of their most vulnerable moments. Is this what #MedTwitter has become? What is the point of this?!

ERCP TEAM 🖤

First tweet in ages... Reminder that posting procedure details with an identifiable date (e.g. "look at that I did today") is a #HIPAA violation as it links treatment, date, and location, which are all PHI. Seeing a lot of that recently on #GITwitter

The end of game reaction from the @DeerDistrict!! 🔊

“Should peer reviewers be paid to review academic papers?” thelancet.com/journals/lance… Earlier: “I do peer review and I want you to pay me four hundred and fifty dollars.” jamesheathers.medium.com/the-450-moveme…

@LizzieAbyMD OUTSTANDING book! Great choice.

After three consecutive call weekends, I'm finally done with weekend call as a general GI fellow‼️ Learned a lot, but definitely ready for some uninterrupted sleep next weekend 😴 #GITwitter #LiverTwitter

Very excited about this paper after a rough start! Grant application to @ASGE for this project was not funded. Abstract to #DDW2020 was rejected. Updated abstract was oral presentation @DDWMeeting 2021. #persistencepaysoff @LeifSaager @ZachSmithGI @JohnVargoMD

Thrilled to coauthor a publication with the amazingly talented @LCCummingsMD (and our other all-star collaborators) on choice of anesthetic technique for ERCP. giejournal.org/article/S0016-…

🏆 | Oxford win the men's #BoatRace2022! Congratulations, @OxfordUniBC 👏 🎬 | @BBCSport

The @Gemini Boat Race The Men’s Boat Race winner is OXFORD Congratulations @OxfordUniBC Well rowed @CUBCsquad #TheBoatRace #TheGeminiBoatRace #BackInLondon #TheChampionshipCourse #CambridgeBlue #OxfordBlue

@ericpaulimd Hey, if a slime robot wants to wake up at 2:00 am and retrieve an ingested foreign body, fine by me.

My days as an endoscopist are numbered…. I’ve been replaced by slime.

@Dr_Qumseya_2020 And save a lot of money thieme-connect.de/products/ejour…