Axel J Duval

MD 🇻🇪 l PCCM fellow @MountSinaiNYC via @RutgersIMres | IP/Lung cancer interest

[Udit Chaddha @udit_chaddha]

PlAcebo versus erector spINae pLane block for mEdical thoracoScopy Study (PAINLESS)

https://t.co/zKpiY60Ud5

Triple blind RCT of ESP with bupivacaine v placebo for MT

💉ESP may NOT reduce post op pain (measured by VAS)

🛑Premature termination of study limits firm conclusion

[Udit Chaddha @udit_chaddha]

https://t.co/sA49FI5sWO
Our experience in accessing a dry pleural space with an optical trocar
✅Successful pleural biopsies obtained in all cases
✅No complications

Benefit:
▶️detecting early pleural disease
▶️don’t have to wait for fluid reaccumulation after a thora

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

[Udit Chaddha @udit_chaddha]

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Our Pleural Service now has 3 ongoing Pleuroscopy trials (below).

With growing interest in IP and pleural diseases, hopefully we can get more up and running studies emulating the awesome work done by @UKPleura over the last decade

@AAB_IP @wabipconnect @accpchest

[AABIP @AAB_IP]

New #AABIPPodcast Episode Available! 🎙️

Dive into Episode 67: Probing the Guidelines: Airway Stents for MCAO
🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/mouaXmiOJB

[Axel J Duval @AxelDuval]

@AlexanderLeMD They are lucky to have you! Congrats!

[Axel J Duval @AxelDuval]

@jemedinaMD @WashUMedGastro @BonderAlan @EugeniaShmidtMD @KayEverettMDPhD @keri_lunsford @crmartin90 @Pancreata Well deserved my friend! Congrats!

[Axel J Duval @AxelDuval]

@CLoMD25 @AndyChanMD @AshwinMDIBD @J_Samadder Congrats Chun-Han! Well deserved!

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Elliot Servais, MD, FACS @ElliotServaisMD]

Lung cancer awareness IS women’s health awareness

[AABIP @AAB_IP]

Together, we can make a difference in the fight against lung cancer. Follow along this month for vital updates and insights! 🫁

#LungCancerAwareness #AABIP

[Axel J Duval @AxelDuval]

What we came for! #CHEST2024 @accpchest @CHESTOncology @MaldonadoFabien @GonzalezAnneV @lonnyyarmus @iPulmOG

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

[ATS TO Assembly @atstoa]

September is a big month for @atstoa! We have not 1, not 2, but THREE webinars coming up!! @atsearlycareer @atscommunity @ATS_Assemblies @ATS_BSHSR

See below for registration links and webinar details 👇👇👇

[ATS TO Assembly @atstoa]

🚨🚨 📢
Register now for our upcoming webinar “Lung Cancer Screening for Individuals Who Have Never Smoked” on Monday, September 30th at 2pm EST: https://t.co/1lwF8oC03C

@LeciaSequist @kimyw_snu_pulm @JVelottaMD #GerardSilvestri @RogerKimMD

[Axel J Duval @AxelDuval]

Any program would be lucky to have you!

[Esli Medina @jemedinaMD]

After a long waiting time, I am excited to apply to the fellowship of my dreams: #Gastroenterology! Thank you @Rutgers_NJMS @RutgersIMRes , and @BIDMC_GI @BIDMCTransplant for helping me become the person I am!
#GIFellowship

[Axel J Duval @AxelDuval]

@danbacic @MontefioreID NY is lucky to have you!

[Axel J Duval @AxelDuval]

@thatguybg Rains for life

[Axel J Duval @AxelDuval]

Too real 😢