BB

PCCM doc, Director, Northwestern Medicine ILD Program. Lung Transplant physician, Louisville native, baseball super fan. Tweets/comments are my own

[theficouple @theficouple]

Reminder for all young parents:

You only get:
- 1 Summer with your baby
- 3 with your toddler
- 9 with your child
- 5 with your teenager

This time is precious. Don’t rush it.

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@MichaelFKane

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@TySpalding I know! He’s never had a fumble in a big game this year!

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@Kenny_S27 @AdamHoge I know! He’s never had a fumble in a big game this year!

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@kidney_boy

[Yvonne Diaz @Yvonne_Diaz_]

#Lungcancer doesn’t follow the rules, but screening guidelines still do. Study from @AnkitBharatMD et al @NorthwesternMed shows that 65% of ppl Dx w LC wouldn’t have qualified for screening - a gap we can’t ignore. Women & ppl w no tobacco most impacted.

https://t.co/48TJytF1J9

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@BleacherReport @baileykrich

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@RealCJ10 @GabeBurnsAJC All I needed to hear. #AllIn

[Nicholas Hornstein @GIMedOnc]

“Every physician carries within himself a small cemetery, where from time to time he goes to pray.” — René Leriche

The guilt is real. Each name finds its place there, quiet and heavy.

What surprises me still are the families who meet loss with gratitude—who somehow thank you through their own heartbreak. That grace stays with you far longer than the failure ever does.

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@nut_history Wally Joyner

[Samuel Hume @DrSamuelBHume]

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a very very tough disease – the current drugs slow but do not reverse the decline in lung function

These are early data (phase 2a) but Taladegib, a hedgehog pathway inhibitor, looks like it increases lung capacity and improves lung function

[Nick Mark MD @nickmmark]

This will be absolutely devastating in the medical field.

~30% residents are international medical graduates & ~10k of 43k residency spots are filled by docs with H1-B visas.

Previously the h-1B fee was <$5,000.

No hospital will pay a $100k fee for a $55k resident salary.

[BB @bbpulmdoc]

@blumenfeld Next prank wars?

[NM Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery @NM_Lung]

Join us on October 17 for the fourth annual Canning Thoracic Institute Symposium in downtown Chicago. This event is approved for six AMA PRA Category 1 Credits and MOC points. This symposium will bring together distinguished experts to discuss a range of topics on interstitial lung disease, interventional pulmonology and thoracic surgery, obstructive lung disease and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. https://t.co/SSyb4Wuj5s

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

RFK Jr uses long scientific sounding words and talks very confidently.

He is therefore able to convince many that he knows what he is talking about.

But to actual experts it's very obvious he hasn't got a clue.

A sophisticated and successful con man.

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@Chicago_History Vehicle impound

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@CardChronicle loved the saved by the bell Hawaiian Hideaway rendition on the pod today!

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@saltylungs Still here

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@5150Inprogress @nut_history Here to find this!

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Amazing group to be a part of, happy to be a small piece of the puzzle here. Great academics, great education and great people to be around. #CTI

[NM Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery @NM_Lung]

The Northwestern Memorial Hospital Pulmonology and Lung Surgery Program has been ranked No. 7 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, 2025 – 2026. Thank you to @NM_Lung team for your commitment to advancing lung health. https://t.co/qnIJ5NbXZG