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@JennFebb @UNMRadiology Congrats!! 🎊🍾

First day as Section Chief of Cardiothoracic Radiology!!! @UNMRadiology #chestradiology #xxrad #radjobs

Published this week in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging—Chest Radiograph and CT Findings in Patients Hospitalized with Breakthrough COVID-19. bit.ly/3ycZGnn @RadiologyCTI #COVID19

Big news indeed. CCTA finally receives 1A recommendation. Emphasis on optimization of preventative therapy. Includes factors for selecting CCTA vs. stress testing. A big win for patients! #YesCCT

RADIOLOGY New: Patients in the ED with GI or neurological symptoms: unsuspected #COVID19 in 64% of patients in portions visualized lung fields on cervical or abdominal CT. bit.ly/3bpyowQ #radiology @radiology_rsna

We observed malignant transformation in up to 18% of initially PET-negative nodules at avg time of 37 mos...when our #chestrads are tired of GGOs...we need to get back to outpt f/u LDCT! bit.ly/35hRZh5 @AURtweet @lung_ca_screen @davidsarkany1 @VChowdharyMD @varunmehtamd

RADIOLOGY just released Fleischner statement: scenarios for patient management for #COVID19 bit.ly/3bWFKIY @radiology_rsna #radiology

RCTI publishes an Expert Consensus Statement on Reporting Chest CT findings related to #COVID19 endorsed by @RSNA @thoracicrad and @RadiologyACR bit.ly/3braIc1

This amazing document was provided by Ana Kolansky and her team and Harold Litt and his team at the University of Pennsylvania. We hope you find it helpful. We thank them for sharing it with us to share with you. #Covid_19 #medtwitter #foamrad

Updated recs from @RadiologyACR re: CXR/CT & #COVID19 recognize CT being used to inform testing decisions where testing kits constrained but STRONGLY CAUTION normal CTs don't exclude COVID & shouldn't deter quarantine decisions + abnormal CTs nonspecific. acr.org/Advocacy-and-E…

Check out the ACR's recommendations for the use of chest radiography for suspected #COVID19 infection 👇 bit.ly/33ejBmf

#STRCOVID Michael Chung @MountSinaiNYC discusses imaging findings in pts w #COVID19 Do NOT use CT for screening!. 50% of early cases have no findings on CT. Findings include peripheral and peribronchovascular GGOs, basilar predominant OP pattern. #thoracicrad2020 Retweet!

Last 2020 STR Bootcamp session (and book give away) coming up! Thanks all! #treesandbuddies @thoracicrad @varunmehtamd @farouk_dako #thoracicrad @crismeyer @VeritasMeetings @ShravSridhar @Ragheed_Dulaimi @kkrodz @AbbasTuli @juleusz @Pratik_Patel_MD @ChilesCaroline

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STR networking at Joshua Tree @thoracicrad #treesandbuddies

Maryland Chest Alumni house party! #thoracicrad2020

The @RadiologyACR Lung-RADS 1.1 update for #lungcancer screening CT has been in the wild for about a month now. If you haven't had a chance to review what's new yet, check out this handy infographic.

#treenbuddies on the rooftop #apicalnightcap #thoracicrad

Great time with current and future cardiothoracic fellows #STR19 #thoracicrad @thoracicrad