Dr. John Balmes @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social is an inspiring physician-scientist who has long researched & advocated for #CleanAir - hope you are able to check out his talk & many other science advocates on Mon 2/23 #StandUpforScience @standupforscience.bsky.social @indivisiblesf.bsky.social

So proud to have been included on this paper to emphasize the importance of primary palliative care in the practice of pulmonary and critical care! @anandiyermd.bsky.social @donsullivan.bsky.social @erinkkross.bsky.social @annalsats.bsky.social @atsblueeditor.bsky.social @lekshmimd.bsky.social

BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. (1/2 🧵)

Great work Dr. @bradbutchermd.bsky.social & team, thank you for all you do to raise awareness about #PICS! Great collaborating w/ Drs. Ann Parker & Sammy McGowan on our chapter re: #PICS & COVID overlap. Bravo to a dream team of authors collaborating on this 🫁

Applications are open for the ATS 2026 Underrepresented Trainee Development Scholarship! Each awardee will receive a $1,000 travel scholarship, a certificate of achievement, complimentary conference registration, and one year’s ATS membership. Apply before March 9: site.thoracic.org/conference/a...

Today is #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay, a time to celebrate women physicians and honor Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in the U.S. to earn a medical degree. Her work opened doors for generations to come. Learn about the #WiCM Interest Group: www.chestnet.org/membership-a...

A very happy National Women Physician's Day to you! Today is the birthday of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), the first woman to get an MD in the United States. Let's talk about Blackwell. 1/19

Big news, dorks: We're going NATIONAL! Join us for our National Day of Action on March 7th in Washington DC, or at one of our satellite rallies across the US. We're taking back our science, health, and democracy! Find or host your local rally! standupforscience.net/march7 (Link in bio!)

"We care for our patients because they are human beings. Our patients are being harmed. People are dying unnecessarily." We took an oath. Our own country is preventing us from keeping it. #Medsky

Calling all healthcare workers! Please sign this petition and also call your Senators. Tell them to say no to ICE! #MedSky #NurseSky #EpiSky

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

“Don’t kill nurses” is I thought something we all agreed on

How does the @atscommunity.bsky.social #ICUPAUSE structured ICU-to-ward handoff tool perform in the real world? Our study in @critcareexplore.bsky.social found that our sites employed "Flexible Fidelity" to make this tool work best for them journals.lww.com/ccejournal/f... #ImpSci #QI #MedSky #MedEd

Do you have a #Jeopardy system? With winter viruses in FULL swing #MedEd programs need to design sustainable ways to provide #Jeopardy coverage for trainees & faculty alike-✅ our piece w/ Drs. @larissathomas.bsky.social & Berman in @journalgim.bsky.social : link.springer.com/article/10.1... #MedSky

🚨 Registration has been extended until January 12, 2026! 🚨 Apply now for ATS 2026 Early Career Programs: Fellows Track Symposium Resident Boot Camp New Faculty Boot Camp ow.ly/RJrQ50XmIKT #ATS2026 #EarlyCareer #MedicalEducation

🚨 Registration has been extended until January 12, 2026! 🚨 Apply now for ATS 2026 Early Career Programs: Fellows Track Symposium Resident Boot Camp New Faculty Boot Camp https://ow.ly/RJrQ50XmIKT #ATS2026 #EarlyCareer #MedicalEducation

January is National #Mentoring Month! Is your new year's resolution to be a better mentor or mentee? Check our our piece on Mentorship in Times of Uncertainty for best practices & how to navigate these times as a mentor & mentee alike: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @alka-kanaya.bsky.social

I don't know what to say regarding the gun violence tragedies that have occurred over the last 24 hours. We never have enough blood for transfusion. The Red Cross website can help you identify donation sites near you through your ZIP code. www.redcrossblood.org

The ignorance and data denialism of FDA intent of putting a black box on Covid vaccines when the evidence of benefit is overwhelming, even among children www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Scientific evidence shows, once again, there is no causal link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines cause adults. - @drtedros.who.int

I am currently on ID consult service. I saw my first severe case of post influenza staphylococcal pneumonia of the season today - very sick patient admitted to the ICU. Every patient I have seen so far admitted with influenza this week is unvaccinated. The vaccines keep you out of hospital! Get 💉💉💉

I used this graphic today to explain chest tubes to my MICU team, not realizing it was from @lekshmimd.bsky.social Source: psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/chest...

Love celebrating our amazing @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social IM residency Fellowship Match!! So proud of our residents!! 🎉🎉🎊🎊👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️💐💐🥳🥳🥂🥂

The #HCWvsHunger leaderboard has changed up again! Five hours left to donate to your favorite anti hunger organization and log that donation at HCWvsHunger.org! Anything can happen in these last hours…

How do we train well-rounded IM docs & support individualized career paths? Meet Block 2.0 & Inpatient Threads, 2 #MedEd #Innovations from @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Internal Med Residency. Read more from our team in @journalgim.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @bobwachter.bsky.social

“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025. Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”

Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative solutions are endangered by Medicaid cuts.

Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.

New paper 📣 In @journalgim.bsky.social, Drs. Butler, Velazquez Manana, @laurahuppert.bsky.social, Hsu, Babik, Trejo & I explore how IM residents make subspecialty career choices w/ a #qualitative approach. Read here! rdcu.be/eQ9Y6 Need #mentorship & role models to improve women & UIM representation!

According to the Trump admin, nursing isn’t a profession so they won’t qualify for student loans 🤬 We’re barely recovering from the last RN shortage and they want to create another one 😫 Literally zero patients survive the ICU without outstanding RN care. www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...

The ATS applauds the Tiburon town council for passing the strictest, most comprehensive tobacco and nicotine sales ban in the country. We encourage other cities to do the same to ensure the health of their populations and help people breathe better.   Read more: www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans. > 74 thousand trial participants affected jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/4

Thank you, OHSU PCCASM Division for an amazing visit! So amazing to connect with colleagues & mentors, learn from new folks & old friends #peermentorship, and brainstorm about possible collaborations. Thanks Drs. Drake, Gause, & Hubel for a lovely visit to Portland! 🫁🙏 @terrihough.bsky.social

Nominations are open for the Elizabeth A. Rich, MD, Award. The award recognizes an outstanding woman who has made contributions in pulmonary, critical care, & sleep medicine, and will be presented at the #ATS2026 Women’s Forum. Nominations close Nov. 24:

Happy one year off Twitter to all who celebrate

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

1/ Open enrollment for Obamacare (ACA) kicked off this weekend, during which more than 20 million families will shop for health insurance coverage. There's some sticker shock though: prices are up ~30% this year if tax credits aren’t extended. Here’s what else is happening in #publichealth 👇

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50. California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections. Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

The scariest thing you can do this Halloween season is forget to vote. 🎃👻

Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social (It’s also our kid’s birthday)

Traffic fatalities for kids rise on Halloween. Drive carefully. Study of 42 years of Halloweens and 1 ,580,608 traffic crashes reveals relative risk of a pedestrian fatality is 43% higher on Halloween compared with control evenings. A typical Halloween results in 4 additional pedestrian deaths.

Check out the collaborative learning series of seven modules on ATS Ed+ for clinicians treating patients with serious illnesses, made by the ATS and CAPC. Earn CME! #pallipulm @anandiyermd.bsky.social @donsullivan.bsky.social @pallipulm.bsky.social Read more: atsedplus.thoracic.org/capc/palliat...

ATS Scholar is accepting applications for our Editorial Fellowship program Learn more here: www.atsjournals.org/announcement... 📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025 @atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky

🎃 Don't be scared! You still have time to submit abstracts for ATS 2026! The ATS is accepting scientific abstracts and case reports on all aspects of respiratory disease, critical care, and sleep medicine for ATS 2026 Deadline is Nov. 5, 2025. Submit today: conference.thoracic.org/program/call...

Key points from Lekshmi Santhosh sepsis update at #UCSFMHP2025. Remember: give fluids early in shock but de-escalate quickly once hemodynamically stable. Hot off the presses: @NEJM study showing that many ICU sepsis patients don't benefit from arterial lines nejm.org/doi/full/10....

It's always a thrill to welcome > 500 hospitalists to my annual UCSF Management of the Hospitalized Patient conference in SF. I'll tweet 1-2 take-home points from talks over the next few days. Below: Lekshmi Santhosh on sepsis updates (incl. data hot off presses) #UCSFMHP2025

OBVI the new #ESICM #LIVES2025 #sepsis trials drop the day before my sepsis lecture 😆 Excited to read/digest/translate for #MHP2025 tomorrow!