Dave Johnson

Interventional Radiologist (#irad) who treats cancer, enlarged prostates (#PAE), and other diseases with minimally invasive techniques; Southwest Floridian

[Dave Johnson @DaveJohnsonMD]

@ChengaziMD @drochohan @SDhandMD @traumaticum @AustinBourgeois @keithppereira @farkomd @brianchiong @karananandpara @linemonkeymd @t_intheleadcoat @pparikhxr Keep posting

[Dave Johnson @DaveJohnsonMD]

@NaineshParikhMD @MoffittNews @MoffittRadOnc @KOSJ12 @gdgrass @VaseemKhatri @ctRO_journal What’s the time interval between PAE and RT?

[Nainesh Parikh @NaineshParikhMD]

HOT OFF THE PRESS! Neoadjuvant PAE prior to prostate radiation therapy: A single institution experience on the durability of clinical urinary improvement after radiation - https://t.co/uk9rtTBJuO

@MoffittNews @MoffittRadOnc @KOSJ12 @gdgrass @VaseemKhatri @ctRO_journal

[Dave Johnson @DaveJohnsonMD]

@dr_cellini @northwoods1980 If you use ICE you can get procedure time pretty consistently down to 1 hour or so for TIPS

https://t.co/ZiSbpqV9dU

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@thats_bone @rkh_md Peripheral IVs?

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@ToddZywicki @sgremminger

[Dave Johnson @DaveJohnsonMD]

@dr_cellini I didn’t realize you could just pay to become FSIR

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@SPuro88 MIPS measure #405

https://t.co/1Ikjrkc1em

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@JoeTMarion @SIRspecialists Non-IR radiologists should easily be able to do those tasks

[Dave Johnson @DaveJohnsonMD]

"A weak person magnifies their problems. A strong person minimizes them."

[George Mack @george__mack]

My favorite Charlie Munger story:

In 1953, Munger was 29 years old.

Recently divorced. Lost the house. Huge social stigma of divorce back then.

His 8-year-old son, Teddy, was diagnosed with cancer.

The leukemia was incurable.

No medical insurance - Munger paid for all his medical care.

Charlie would visit Teddy in the hospital every day -- and then walk the streets crying.

Teddy died at the age of 9.

Charlie was broke, divorced and just lost his child.

99.9% of people would've turned to alcohol, drugs, or suicide. (And you'd understand why)

Munger never did.

Fast forward to 52 years old, a failed surgery left him blind in one eye with the potential of going fully blind one day.

Charlie was an obsessive learner who read every book he could get his hands on.

When confronted with the possibility of going blind and no longer being able to read he said:

"It's time for me to learn braille!"

The only thing that might be more impressive than his intellect was his actions.

RIP.

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Munger on Self-Pity:

"Generally speaking, envy, resentment, revenge, and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought.

Self-pity gets pretty close to paranoia…

Every time you find your drifting into self-pity, I don’t care what the cause, your child could be dying from cancer, self-pity is not going to improve the situation. It’s a ridiculous way to behave.

Life will have terrible blows, horrible blows, unfair blows, it doesn’t matter. Some people recover and others don’t.

There I think the attitude of Epictetus is the best. He thought that every mischance in life was an opportunity to behave well. Every mischance in life was an opportunity to learn something and that your duty was not to be immersed in self-pity, but to utilize the terrible blow in a constructive fashion. That is a very good idea."

[Sandeep Bagla MD @SandeepBaglaMD]

It’s been a long road and not done…but it’s a great start! @riadsalemIR @SIRspecialists @SIRRFS @AriIsaacsonMD @UsaProstate @pryce227 @AlexPavidapha @NoLimitIR @UrologyUS @UrologyPractice

[Dave Johnson @DaveJohnsonMD]

@northadapt Yeah looks nasty but they said that all the pt’s hands returned to normal appearance by the time they sent home.

[Dave Johnson @DaveJohnsonMD]

🤯 Hand embo for interphalangeal joint OA pain may become a viable treatment option. It’s such a prevalent problem for pts, and this is so simple of an intervention. IR always pushing the boundaries of what is possible!

https://t.co/v0vokcMAii

[Dave Johnson @DaveJohnsonMD]

@IRadPatwary That’s understandable. The issue is that we don’t have a crystal ball. If the guy has the potential to live to 110yo or something then maybe you could make a difference. It’s really a quite low risk intervention if you can do w/o anesthesia and if anatomy is favorable

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@IRadPatwary What does the patient want?

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@esambolmd @AmputationSuck @RosenthalHealth The 100 wRVU code, obviously!

[Dave Johnson @DaveJohnsonMD]

@tropicalupdate Us in July 😂