Jean-Claude Asaker, MD

[Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD MSc @SarasVallabhMD]

What a fun evening! Thanks to @DPhilbinMD for putting this together. @BrownUnivHealth @BrownMedicine @BrownCardiology @athenapoppas @JDawnAbbott1 @nishantshahmd @YashPatel_MD @AspryKarenMD @frankselke @cardiac_md @AsakerJean @kassisMD #ACC25

[Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD MSc @SarasVallabhMD]

Read our review on the vexing issue of #Arrhythmias in #CardiogenicShock published in Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy (@WeAreTandF) by superstar @BrownCardiology fellow, @AsakerJean - https://t.co/kYI8IUaWPR. Congrats to all co-authors! @BrownMedicine @BrownUnivHealth

[Jean-Claude Asaker, MD @AsakerJean]

@dr_oss @OmarHyderMD1

[Jean-Claude Asaker, MD @AsakerJean]

@EmilyMackeyMD I’m a Tufts alumni and your dad was a great inspiration and role model for all of us non-surgeons too! Very fond memories scrubbing into cases with him.

[Jean-Claude Asaker, MD @AsakerJean]

@alejandrofolch @paosmeade Congratulations!!

[Milad Sharifpour, MD @MSharifpourMD]

So if judges can practice medicine, can doctors practice law?

[C. Michael Gibson MD @CMichaelGibson]

When private equity is involved, the bills being sent out are about 20% higher. Dr. Glaucomflecken gives us a rundown of how private equity works and how it negatively affects patients being a profit based system.

#ThisWeekInMedicine

[Jean-Claude Asaker, MD @AsakerJean]

@theamymahar @relativityspace 6 hour delay in Boston now due to rocket launch

[Jean-Claude Asaker, MD @AsakerJean]

@Dr_KMCoop @DeepikaDevuniMD @UMassGI @UMass_Medicine @UMassIMResident Superstar

[NEJM @NEJM]

Ventricular fibrillation and sudden death triggered by a blunt, nonpenetrating, and often innocent-appearing blow to the chest without damage to the ribs, sternum, or heart (and in the absence of underlying cardiovascular disease) constitute an event known as commotio cordis. 1/9

[Jean-Claude Asaker, MD @AsakerJean]

@UMassCardio Fellows and residents*!

[Jean-Claude Asaker, MD @AsakerJean]

@mcuban Exactly. We are trained to use our knowledge, critical thinking, and skill set to make the best decisions to help our patient’s health and wellness. We are human at the end of the day- when we cannot fix our patients health issue, our responsibility is to comfort and do no harm

[Jean-Claude Asaker, MD @AsakerJean]

@afilippaios @UMassCardio @DigiCard10MD @UMassChan_PDM @UMass_Medicine Congratulations my friend!

[Jean-Claude Asaker, MD @AsakerJean]

Lebanon dealing with a huge cholera outbreak in 2022. This was a water pollution research project I shared with the health ministry in 2012. Sad to see public health conditions continuing to decline.

[Matters of the Heart 🫀 @MattersoftheH14]

#Cardiac #Amyloidosis

[Only In Boston @OnlyInBOS]

The Best Fall Hiking Trails in the Northeast according to Condé Nast:

Acadia National Park, ME

Mount Monadnock, NH

Mount Mansfield, VT

Mount Greylock, MA

Blue Hills Reservation, MA

Cold Spring, NY

Wissahickon Valley Park, PA

[UMass Memorial Health @umassmemorial]

Another historic first! 👏

The @UMassVascSurg team, led by @AndresSchanzer, was the first in THE WORLD to repair a diseased aortic arch using a retrograde three-vessel arch device that was custom-made for the patient’s anatomy.

[Thomas O'Brien, MD @heartdoctom]

Command central. Yes, this is all for one patient!! (Not pictured: the vent, the Impella, the ECMO circuit!) #ICU #Cardiotwitter God Bless our #Nurses 🤪🩺❤️

[Jean-Claude Asaker, MD @AsakerJean]

Case presentation at ASE 2022

[NEJM @NEJM]

A 17-year-old boy was admitted to the pediatric ICU with chest pain, syncope, ECG abnormalities, and elevated creatine kinase and troponin T. He had been well until 5 days earlier. https://t.co/lHpUa86wrd