Alexander S. Asser, MD, FHRS, FACC

Cardiac Electrophysiologist. Avid DC sports fan. ALLCAPS.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

I can't figure out if vaccines work or not.

Tough one.

Need Sherlock Holmes on this one.

[Vanessa Pittar | EP ABBOTT @VanPittar]

Design matters.
At #EHRA2026, VOLT 12‑month data reinforce that biophysics, contact, and lesion durability are critical to long‑term success in pulsed field ablation.
✅ Outcomes driven by catheter and waveform design

#EPeeps #AFib #PFA #abbott #MedTech

[Alexander S. Asser, MD, FHRS, FACC @DrA_EP_Doc]

@StatBoy_Steven My rule change: if you miss a penalty shot you still get a 1 minute powerplay.

[Alexander S. Asser, MD, FHRS, FACC @DrA_EP_Doc]

@atrupar My great-great-grandfather just vomited in his mustache. @TMCAsser

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Rep. Dan Meuser blames Josh Shapiro for the antisemitic arson attack against Josh Shapiro: "He makes comments where he said President Trump is an existential threat to democracy, and he recently stated very falsely that President Trump and the administration was withholding funding for food for hungry Pennsylvanians ... when you say things like that, that creates hatred."

[Piyush Mittal 🇺🇸🇺🇦🟧🌊🌈 @piyushmittal]

Air Force erases first female Thunderbird pilot’s achievements from websites following little Donald Trump’s DEI directive
https://t.co/nxrCPwfPSR

[Alexander S. Asser, MD, FHRS, FACC @DrA_EP_Doc]

I was so excited to be driving behind another EP enthusiast or possibly a patient of mine s/p pathway ablation...until I zoomed in. @WestPointWomen #EPeeps

[Dr Paddy Barrett @Paddy_Barrett]

Do statins cause dementia?

This one has been conclusively answered.

Which seems surprising to some.

🧵👇

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[Alexander S. Asser, MD, FHRS, FACC @DrA_EP_Doc]

@Top100Rick All 4 are amazing. The best golf video of all time is @bobdoessports with @Maxhoma.

[Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. @RepGregMurphy]

UnitedHealthCare needs to be broken up. They own PBM’s, Pharmacies, Hospitals, Physicians and even a Bank. Multiple levels of Conflicts of Interest. https://t.co/Bz0ihmxl27

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Trump has ordered the National Institutes of Health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.

“The impact of [Trump’s] collective executive orders appears devastating,” one senior NIH employee says.

[terminally onλine εngineer @tekbog]

two types of autism
https://t.co/9hbmSve5jd

[Tek @CookedByTek]

The Commanders season so far by Washington Post covers.

What a story.

[Alexander S. Asser, MD, FHRS, FACC @DrA_EP_Doc]

@LGRed @NHLNetwork Awesome Freudian slip: "Sissy Crosby" #ALLCAPS

[Alexander S. Asser, MD, FHRS, FACC @DrA_EP_Doc]

@TheECGMedic Not sure what you are asking. There is AV dissociation with P waves marching thru, sometimes appearing after the T wave.

[Alexander S. Asser, MD, FHRS, FACC @DrA_EP_Doc]

@Suzecat52 @Abdi_Abdullahi_ I did this exact thing. I asked for their name and NPI and declared that it would become part of the patient's medical record. I got a reversal a few days later. The sad thing is that it was a Family practice doctor deciding on a specialized EP case, not exactly a peer-peer.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Sweetie, since you didn't serve and, well, I did, I thought I'd point out a few things about Gen. Milley's uniform you clearly don't understand.

See that blue thing above his ribbons?

That's the Combat Infantryman Badge. It's awarded to Army soldiers in the Infantry or Special Forces in the rank of colonel or below who have engaged in direct combat.

You don't earn that by being a senior officer in the rear. There are plenty of senior officers who deployed and never earned a CIB, including general officers.

If you look really close, his badge has a star at the top, which means it's his second CIB. You only get to earn one per war. He engaged in direct combat in both Panama (1989) and the Global War on Terrorism, and thus, he earned that rare star.

If you look closely at his ribbon rack--and I'll grant you, this photo is a bit grainy--you'll notice he's earned three Legions of Merit and four Bronze Stars.

On his left shoulder are the Special Forces tab and the Ranger tab, meaning he's both a former Green Beret and Ranger-qualified.

There are some other cool things: both Master Parachutist and Special Operations Diver, the latter of which is a *very* hard course.

But all of that pales in comparison to what you can't see in this photo: on his right sleeve, a quarter inch above the sleeve braid, are 10 overseas service bars.

Each one of those bars represents six months of completed service while deployed in a theater of war.

Gen. Milley spent five years of his career serving in combat zones: Panama, Bosnia, Haiti, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

I imagine it must make someone like you feel pretty damn insecure that a leader who has committed his entire adult life to service in uniform thinks your orange daddy is a coward who avoided military service, but that's not a good enough reason to lie about his service record.

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

New: Oil giant ExxonMobil opposes President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, a company spokesperson told CNN in a statement. 

“A second US exit from the Paris climate agreement will have profound implications for the United States’ efforts to reduce its own emissions and for international efforts to combat climate change,” an ExxonMobil spokesperson told CNN in a statement. “We advocate for policy that accounts for security, affordability, reliability and environmental stewardship – not drastic changes that could hinder the progress being made today.”

[Zoo With Roy @zoowithroy]

Yo it’s wild when oil companies are like “bro your ideas are too bad for the Earth”