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Adam Cifu
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Adam Cifu
@adamcifu
Internist, professor, patient. Author: Ending Medical Reversal; Symptom to Diagnosis; Sensible Medicine. Podcasts: S2D & Clinical Excellence. Loves Baseball.
- It's a little hard to listen to the parade of experts telling us of the milder disease caused by omicron as my hospital overflows with cases. It's the denominator, stupid.
- A fact that should not have taken years in practice to realize: most people in poor health did nothing to deserve it and pretty much anyone that enjoys good health should consider themselves fortunate rather than deserving.
- After eavesdropping on residents talking about days off this weekend. Me: When I was a resident we never had days off. If they tried to give me a day off I came in anyway. Resident: Sounds like you needed therapy.
- UpToDate should have a function that the 3rd time you look something up a pop appears saying, "You have reviewed this topic multiple times. You will never learn it. Please give up."
- I'm no rock star lecturer. But I sit through a lot of lectures by people who should not be making the amateur mistakes they do. Here are some suggestions regarding the things that bug me most. What would you add?
- Saw a patient in their 10th decade this week. They declined 3 of my 4 recommendations. Not much I could say...
- I'm considering randomizing my patients, with consent of course, to virtual visits with one of these two doctors to see who has better outcomes.
- Dinner conversation after teaching my 15-year-old daughter about Pap smears. Me: Do you know which medical school George Papanicolaou went to? Her: No🙄 Me: The same one as Anthony Fauci and your dad. Her: Seems like one of those people hasn’t quite measured up.😘 Me: Ouch
- Anybody have a good name for the hydroxychloroquine/azithro/ivermectin combo capsule I am getting ready to market?
- Saw 2 of my patients with HIV this week: one in her 90s, one in his 80s. Had you told me this would be my experience in 1994, I would have assumed you were insane.
- About half my class failed our first organic chemistry class freshman year of college. Our professor, Claude Wintner, responded with an hour long lecture on time management and study skills. The most important lecture I ever attended. Not sure where I’d be without it.
- Me, joking, "I feel bad. My flu shot made me sick." 12 y/o daughter, "That's correlation not causation." #proudparent
- I think it might be time to fight misinformation fire with misinformation fire. Since I got the COVID shot I have lost 10 pounds, decreased my 5K time, been twice as productive at work, and become a better parent. What has the vaccine done for you?
