Jimmy Palakunnel

PGY-6, Independent IR Resident @ Dotter
UAMS 2025, Diagnostic Radiology

[Roopa Ram @DrRoopaRam]

Graduating the awesome radiology residency class of 2025! @UAMSRadiology @uams_ir @uamshealth @UAMS_RIG @jmeichhorn @theshadowfixer @JimmypMd @ArushiDevgan

[Taj Kattapuram, MD @TajKatt]

Radvocates and all #medtwitter, take a moment for #advocacy and urge Congress to retroactively stop 🛑 the full 3.4% cut that was made to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that took effect on 1/1/24.

https://t.co/KsbcH71LMq

This prewritten email may be #radiology specific.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

You know who is rightfully terrified of private equity? New residency/fellowship graduates. Right now, independent, physician-owned practices have a massive recruiting advantage. You should be shouting your hatred of private equity from the rooftops.

[Jimmy Palakunnel @JimmypMd]

@snpatro @UAMSRadiology @UAMSneurosurg @UAMSNeurology @DrRoopaRam @CERENOVUS_HQ @uamshealth @uams_ir @SNISinfo @theshadowfixer @AANSNeuro @CNS_Update @JNJNews @UAMS_RIG @UAMS_Alumni Excellent workshop. Much thanks for organizing it.

[Dr. Longissimus @DrLongissimus]

Radiologists when you open a random door in the hospital basement

[Alex D. Bibbey, MD @thats_bone]

Counterpoint: staging is not medically emergent, ERs and radiologists are insanely busy on call, and it is a disservice to the patient to have the staging exam read by an on-call radiologist when it could be done by a specialized body or chest imager on the next business day.

[Bryan Carmody @jbcarmody]

I don’t usually brag about our residency program, but today I’m gonna make an exception.

Like other children’s hospitals, we’re managing a surge in respiratory illness.

But unlike most hospitals, we’re gonna pay the residents who work extra overnight/weekend shifts $100/hour.

[Lea Alhilali, MD @teachplaygrub]

1/Hate it when one radiologist called the stenosis mild, the next one said moderate--but it was unchanged?!

Here’s a #tweetorial of a lumbar grading system that’s easy, reproducible & evidence-based

#medtwitter #spine #neurosurgery #radres #neurorad #meded #FOAMed #FOAMrad

[Jimmy Palakunnel @JimmypMd]

@DrPrasaGR @nkagetsu Can vouch for the MX Master 3

[Dr. Longissimus @DrLongissimus]

When you cook chicken in NyQuil

[Ben White, MD @benwhitemd]

I humbly submit a draft proposal for a new multimodality standardized radiology grading schema: Sigh-RADS.

[Jason Ryan @jasonryanmd]

Another year passes, another bevy of new drugs is developed and new disorders/mechanisms defined. All are added to Step exams with nothing taken away. Medical science grows and its all thrown at students to learn no matter how impossible learning it all may be. The result:burnout

[Ajit Kishore @DrAjitKishore]

Starting radiology training? Here is a guide for new radiology trainees starting their first year of training 🧵(1/8)

@_the_SRT @RCRadiologists @RSNA #FOAMrad

RT's appreciated!

[Jimmy Palakunnel @JimmypMd]

@OgechiGNwosu @KemiMDRad You'll do great! Best of luck with interview season.

[Francis Deng, MD @francisdeng]

Radiology resident during barium swallows

[Neal Shah, DO @neal_shah17]

As aways start back up sharing this diagnostic radiology survival guide once more! & If anyone would like to add to it please message me!

https://t.co/5oEYaxBq6c

Also check out the @SIRRFS website for IR away resources.

@RadiologyACR @futureradres @RadiologySIG @koolkpMD

[Jimmy Palakunnel @JimmypMd]

@Ben__Kaminski @futureradres Felson's Principles of Chest Roentgenology is an amazing starter book. Very helpful for intern year too.

[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

Patients win when each member of their health care team plays the role they are educated and trained to play. That includes care led by physicians—the most highly educated, trained and skilled health care professionals. https://t.co/GPIGQvUKWZ #StopScopeCreep