Robert Cole

Director, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant, MCS and Director of HF Research @ Samsky Advanced HF Center, Piedmont Heart Institute;

[Reza Karimianpour, D.O., FACC, FHRS @officialdrk12]

Last week was momentous for @PiedmontHealth as we enrolled the first patient in the southeast US in the NIH supported PIVATAL trial. #AblateVT during LVAD implant. The collaboration/partnership between CT surgery, EP and HF at Piedmont Heart Institute remains unrivaled! #epeeps

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

Hard to believe our tiny transplant program went from an MPSC review to the largest program in Georgia in just 3 years. So proud to work with tremendous surgeons, Sagar Damle and @ZekeMolinaMD , and an amazing team @rsingh46143 @rsloungani Ben DeMoss, Arun Krishnamoorthy

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

@DrNasrien @rsingh46143 @rsloungani @ZekeMolinaMD @PiedmontHeart @PiedmontHealth Thanks Nas!!

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

Transplant team happy hour with the best crew @rsingh46143 @rsloungani @ZekeMolinaMD @PiedmontHeart @PiedmontHealth

[Reza Karimianpour, D.O., FACC, FHRS @officialdrk12]

Performed the first #Optrell VT RFA in a fresh LVAD a little while ago. First in the southeast USA. Here are some tips and tricks to avoid EMI with HeartMate3. @DrSGoyal_EP @deering_f @SagarDamle @ZekeMolinaMD @DoctorRTC @rsloungani @rsingh46143

[C. Michael Gibson MD @CMichaelGibson]

With a quarter million views and 6 likes (some of which are from @ABIM employees) this takes the award for the most emotionally tone deaf tweet I have ever seen.

Physicians are citing #MOC as a major contributor to burnout, & you have the audacity to promote doing MOC while on vacation?

Are you just trying to troll us and taunt us now? Did you hire someone from the Onion to do your marketing?

Join over 4,700 physicians in the petition to end #MOC https://t.co/9YfqX3FrYN

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

A nice example of HTX centers collaborating! How do you manage prophylaxis in CMV (R+)? A treat to work with the great TORC(HTx) team ⁩ ⁦@_adevore⁩ ⁦⁦@KeyurBShahRIC⁩ ⁦@PalakShahMD⁩ ⁦@amorrismd⁩ ⁦@mpsotka⁩ ⁦ https://t.co/stqp9ocy2W

[Ezequiel Molina MD, FACS, FACC @ZekeMolinaMD]

Exceptional growth in heart transplant volumes at
@PiedmontHealth. Our team is committed to give every opportunity to patients with AHF in the Southeast. Record year for durable LVAD implants as well. @DoctorRTC @rsloungani @rsingh46143 @bendemoss
@ISHLT @STS_CTsurgery @HFSA

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Do I have this right?

- ABIM requires yearly fees from physicians who are already cert to “maintain certification”
- no evidence that MOC helps pt care
- ABIM will report you as “not certified” if you don’t pay
- hospitals require certification

Idk kinda sounds like extortion

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

https://t.co/0tWQ779jZk @rsloungani @ZekeMolinaMD @rsingh46143

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

@YasMoayedi @KiranKhush1 @hearthealthydoc @brigittemueller @E_Rodenas @JosefStehlik @JeffTeuteberg @CircHF @DrNancySweitzer Amazing work as always @YasMoayedi . I found our next journal club article @rsloungani @rsingh46143 @ZekeMolinaMD

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

@cigna has abandoned the advanced heart failure patients of Georgia. We have been forced to send our patients out of state - while there are two large, thriving transplant programs in their own back yards @briankemp @andreforatlanta @DrManiCTSurgery @ZekeMolinaMD @DrDivyaGupta

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

Growth that saves lives. @ZekeMolinaMD @rsloungani @rsingh46143 @ISHLT @HFSA

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

The greatest threat to our environment may very well be the towering stacks of home health paper orders. @mpsotka @yaleHFdoc @DrNasrien @robmentz @rsingh46143 @rsloungani

[A. Reshad Garan MD @ReshadGaranMD]

What we can say about IABP is that it does not reduce mortality from shock following AMI. If you haven’t realized that different cardiogenic shock etiologies are different (including response to therapies) then you need to start rounding in the CCU

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

Does anyone else find the phrase “short term LVAD” disingenuous? @mpsotka @DrNasrien @yaleHFdoc @rsloungani @_lbcooper @ShashankSinhaMD @rsingh46143 @YasMoayedi @fsheikh22 @RyanTedfordMD @amorrismd

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

Tell me your state ACC chapter is pushing a partisan, conservative political agenda without telling me your state ACC chapter is pushing a partisan, conservative agenda…@drdevireddy @amorrismd @DrNasrien @ACCinTouch @yaleHFdoc @mpsotka @akobylivker

[Butch Miller @butchmillerga]

Honored to be named “Legislator of the Year” by @ACCinTouch– but disappointed by those who are trying to cancel that award because I’m standing up for our elections.

@MLB learned the hard way that the woke mob is a loud but small minority- others should learn from the example.

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

@robmentz @mpsotka @yaleHFdoc @DrNasrien @RyanTedfordMD @rsloungani @rsingh46143 @dranulala @DrMarthaGulati @ShashankSinhaMD @AndrewJSauer @JonathanDavisHF @vbluml Best my feeble mind can swing is weekly 🤓😎

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

Always so relieved when my patient’s CRTD is referred to as “in situ” in progress notes. You never know when you’re gonna walk in and the device is ex situ and a bloody mess on the floor. @mpsotka @yaleHFdoc @DrNasrien @robmentz @RyanTedfordMD @rsloungani @rsingh46143

[Robert Cole @DoctorRTC]

Me explaining TTR stabilizers to a patient in clinic: “…do you remember that cartoon called Voltron…”

@mpsotka @yaleHFdoc @rsloungani @MKIttlesonMD @rsingh46143 @DrNasrien @robmentz @BrettSperryMD @jvaishnavmd