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Chris Moriates, MD

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Chris Moriates, MD

@ChrisMoriates

Chief of Hospital Medicine @losangelesVA and Professor of Med @UCLA. Executive Director @costsofcare

Los Angeles, CA

Joined January 2013

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Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Feb 15, 2024
The coffee was mediocre at best, but for this man it was worth risking his life for. My essay, "The Coffee Contract," in @JHospMedicine about remembering what really matters in the hospital: …mpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jh…
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Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Mar 20, 2020
My wife is seriously over here sewing me surgical masks in anticipation of us running out at the hospital at some point❤️ #COVID19
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Sep 10, 2020
The UT football stadium where there will be a home game on Saturday with 25k fans. View from the 5th floor COVID unit.
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Jun 24, 2020
Is there any more clear sign that our hospitals are not actually financially structured to care for sick people than having an influx of sick people and hospitals saying they are concerned about remaining financially viable
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Jul 10, 2018
I just tried to explain the whole #Medtwitter saga to my wife Wife: wait, so the guy who kneeled in his scrubs had a fake acct that called the eye guy racist and it turns out he had been harassing someone called dr meow-something? Me: yeah, that’s about right @DGlaucomflecken
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Mar 13, 2020
One positive thing from national #COVID attention - people are seeing what us hospitalists already know: that ID docs are some of the smartest, most helpful and interesting people around. Appreciate your ID specialists!
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Jun 23, 2020
If you’ve ever visited the Texas medical center area in Houston, it is enormous - biggest in the world. Hard to imagine running out of beds there. Just heard adults now being admitted to Texas Children’s Hospital due to overflow. Texas, we are facing a rapidly worsening crisis
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Feb 8, 2019
“Retreat” is the nicest possible way to say “5-hour meeting”
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Jun 18, 2017
Don't ever tell a patient "I am just covering." Youre a doctor now and when you are covering, you are that patients doctor #TipsForNewDocs
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Oct 4, 2023
Is it a good time to mention that in 2004 UCLA wouldn’t give me an interview for Medical School? 😆
Department of Medicine at UCLA Health
@DOM_UCLA
Oct 2, 2023
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Chris Moriates (@ChrisMoriates) to the DoM. He joins our leadership team as the incoming chief of the hospitalist section at @LosAngelesVA. Learn more about Dr. Moriates at bit.ly/46dYeB8
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Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
May 10, 2018
Patients don’t “refuse” things you recommend, they “decline” or “prefer not to.” No need to make this a power struggle. Seeing yourself as a team w patients is more effective, and more satisfying for you #TipsForNewDocs #WordsMatter jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Dec 15, 2020
As a frontline hospitalist that cares for COVID patients, it was my turn to get vaccinated Hospitalists are proud to lead from where we stand and get vaccinated because we care about our community #SelfieShot #ProtectTexasTogether
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Jan 29, 2019
Ok it’s happening. Today a resident quoted landmark NEJM study that came out AFTER I was done with residency training and stated “it’s a pretty old study though”. Oof.
Chris Moriates, MD
@ChrisMoriates
Mar 12, 2020
As the systems around us seem to fail us, one thing Americans can be sure of: the doctors, nurses, PAs, pharmacists, custodians will cont to work to help as many people as we can, providing care and comfort. To be a part of this group feels like a tremendous gift and privilege