Ruchika Talwar
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Ruchika Talwar
@RuchikaTalwarMD
medical director, specialty value-based care @VUMCHealth | uro cancer surgeon, asst professor @VUMCUrology | team @_backtableUro | views are my own
- This weekend, I married my high school sweetheart… and to top it all off, today, I matched at my #1 choice for @UroOnc fellowship!!! So ecstatic to be joining the fantastic family @VUMCurology 🤩🤩🤩 It really can’t get better than this!!!!
- Very excited to share our newest study on #Rx spending out NOW in @JCO_ASCO‼️ What impact can @mcuban’s @costplusdrugs have on Medicare oncology drug spending? 🧵👇🏽 🚨💰from $228.1 million to $2.15 BILLION if generics were purchased via MCCPDC! 💰🚨
- What economic impact could @mcuban’s @costplusdrugs have on Medicare urologic drug spending? 🧵 🚨💰$1.29 BILLION if generics were purchased via MCCPDC💰🚨 Our new analysis in @JUrology 👉🏽 auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU… @BrianCortese_ @UroCancerMD #UroSoMe
- Two years ago, after dating for 13 years, I married my high school sweetheart in a 4 day long celebration of love, tradition, culture, family & friends ♥️ I share a lot of medicine, urology & policy tweets but today wanted to share something different 😉
- An absolute 🌟🌟🌟 lineup of urologists honored for incredible work, including the one & only, most deserving, @UroCancerMD! Dr. Chang is a phenomenal surgeon, clinician, researcher, teacher, mentor, sponsor & leader. But above all, just one of the best darn people ever 🫶🏽♥️🤩
Over 20 winners will be recognized at our Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, next May. The ceremony will celebrate physician researchers and educators for their contributions to the field of medicine, the specialty of urology and the AUA. ➡️ bit.ly/46OJNmx #AUA24 - Disappointing to see urologist @RepGregMurphy perpetuating hateful rhetoric about DEI in medicine 👎🏽 📢 Initiatives that diversify our workforce are NOT dangerous 🚨We NEED physicians who identify with the communities we serve ‼️Data shows that this IMPROVES quality of careInserting identity politics and disregarding academic merit in medical school applications is a dangerous trend that is destroying the integrity of our institutions. Today, I am proud to introduce my bill, the EDUCATE Act, which bans DEI initiatives from medical schools across
- White bridal sweatsuit, champagne with a straw, and traditional bridal henna. My version of “something old, something new” 😂🍾🥂🤣 A 5-day Indian wedding, @SUO_YUO fellowship match, and the start of chief year… it’s gonna be a whirlwind of a week!!! 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
- It’s going to be hard to follow the likes of some 💫 leaders in urologic health policy like @HansArora @kvnkoo & @JLangstonMD but I’m thrilled to work on Capitol Hill to advocate for our patients & profession! Thankful for the support from @urogeek & @VUMCurology @SWIUorg"After a two-year pause, the H. Logan Holtgrewe Legislative Fellowship returns with a fellow who embodies the passion and knowledge necessary to advance change in the healthcare space: @RuchikaTalwarMD." - @EugeUrology #AUA22 #UroSoMe Full Press Release➡️ow.ly/wVKh50JaxfX
- The multitalented @VUMCurology chief resident aka “cocktologist” @RohanBhallaMD — creative in his clinically correlated names too! 😂🍸
- It's #MatchWeek2021, and I have a few thoughts: #SaveGME #MedEd 1⃣I'm SO impressed with all who are openly sharing that they did not match. Normalizing these stories will change the stigma surrounding not matching/the SOAP process. This is NOT failure, it's part of the journey
- I am SO PROUD of our @PennUrology superstars! Congrats @bofengchen for matching @NYUUrology @AndreaYeguez3 & @AmandaEJones we’re THRILLED you’ll be staying on board!🤩 Welcome @madhu_parmar12 & John Sobieski! Come July, we’ll be 60% women!😍 @SWIUorg #AUAMatch #UrologyIsFemale
- Good morning from DC!☀️🏛️ Kicking off the #AUASummit23 bright and early this morning! Doing something new this year 👉🏽 excited to partner with @urotoday to bring this important health policy content to the entire urology community! Follow along, we need your advocacy! 👀
- Happy birthday to the one and only @PennUrology legend, Alan J. Wein!!! Got the chance to get the residents together for a virtual birthday celebration 🥳🎂
