Forest Huls, MD

Assistant Prof of Pathology | Clinical Protein Electrophoresis | lab medicine | Husband | Dad | #hemepath

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

My 2024 pumpkin (or Munchkin?)

Whether you’ll be trick-or-treating with your adorably costumed kiddos, or carving an icon of existential terror into a fruit that will immediately rot on your front porch, or both…Happy Halloween!!!
#pathology #pumpkincarving

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

@dfagan131 @quality_nguyen THANK YOU! How is it not obvious to everyone that instructing readers on the proper interpretation of results they *didn’t get* literally introduces a totally unnecessary risk of harming patients. It’s insane

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@dfagan131 @quality_nguyen A get viscerally angry seeing reports that prominently feature a comment like “A negative result means…”, but the *actual* result (positive) is crammed into some weird spot near the top right due to some bizarre indent/tab scheme. I’ve seen it result in missed diagnosis

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

@dfagan131 @quality_nguyen Exactly. It’s best to have the actual result buried somewhere near the bottom in a smaller font size—still Courier obviously, to avoid clashing with the original typed copy of your 40 year old patient’s newborn screen. Makes it fun, like a high stakes treasure hunt

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@HemepathUAMS @henrich_lobo Any chance there was an aspirate? I’d be interested to see what they looked like there, or in a touch prep

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

@MattDavis Oof, I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you’re not prone to motion sickness

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

@mahrukhrizvi_MD @timricketts_ 🤯

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

@TomVargheseJr @timricketts_ Unbelievable. Great catch

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

@sci_fictional @jtrebach Lol

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@jtrebach @AmyHDeekenMD Whoa. That these larvae contain enough thiaminase to induce deficiency is indeed beriberi interesting. Thanks I’ll see myself out.
[Turns on heel, steps directly into open manhole]

[Pool Ladder, MD @_ladder_MD]

It occurs to me:
this patient is not intubated. There’s no IV. The surgical field isn’t draped. His eyes are open.
This isn’t an “operation”…
it’s an autopsy

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

[Blasts air horn] Listen up! Stop what you’re doing and go see Everything Everywhere All At Once, by @Daniels—the most audacious, astonishing, hilarious, and perhaps above all else *poignant* movie you’ll ever see. Unbelievable. Incredible that it even exists. A triumph. So good

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@toddigoldstein @TezzoSUZUKI Lol

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

@toddigoldstein @TezzoSUZUKI By convention, my diagnostic reports have to be formatted in Arial, so dozens of times a day I die a little inside

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@toddigoldstein 🙌
(I just took this photo for you. It’s my desk at work, as I sit here typing this. Below the book of interest is my copy of Calendar 22 by @TezzoSUZUKI])

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

@jacksparker Lol. This is where the onion shines brightest. Mundane universal experiences

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@NickKuder @KennyVaden Lol

[Forest Huls, MD @ForestHulsMD]

@NickKuder @KennyVaden Nick, how many times must I remind you: always wash your hands after playing with tapeworm eggs