Michael Best, MD

Program Director for UPMC Anesthesiology Residency; CCATT doc for the USAF; Father of two amazing kids; views expressed = my own

[Michael Best, MD @MBestMD]

Spent an amazing weekend earlier this month in St Louis with @SEAnesHQ focusing on the future of our specialty and how to train physicians of tomorrow with some amazing people from @PittAnesRes

[Michael Best, MD @MBestMD]

@leochacon @PulmCrit Agree with MgSO4 from NMDA perspective. Lidocaine good, but best trials run for at least 72 hours (which makes sense from anti inflammatory standpoint).

[Michael Best, MD @MBestMD]

Gov. Shapiro orders flags to fly at half-staff in honor of McKeesport officer killed in line of duty https://t.co/hPOjSl3Eqb #fallenhero #gofundme #thinblueline

[Michael Best, MD @MBestMD]

Help the family of fallen officer Sean Sluganski, KIA while trying to help someone suffering from PTSD. https://t.co/j3rtoC3N5n
#heroes #charity #gofundme #help #love @iamjohnoliver @jonstewart @GMA

[Michael Best, MD @MBestMD]

@darongerschmd @RazYuval Haha - I always heard that the double-blinded controlled study was two orthopods and a med student reading an ekg

[Michael Best, MD @MBestMD]

@ChrisCarrollMD Never too early for bed, only ever too late

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

As “Oracle boost[s] its presence in health care by bringing troves of health data to its cloud services,” what #privacy safeguards will prevent data-mining contrary to interests of patients? What assurance of equitable data governance? How secure is #PHI in #EHR?

[Gabe Charbonneau, MD @gabrieldane]

What exactly was on Mother Teresa's wall at Shishu Bhavan, the children's home in Calcutta? A sign with these words:

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered,
LOVE THEM ANYWAY

🧵/x

[Kit Ballenger @KitonLit]

Weren’t we all, Duncan Hines. Weren’t we all.

[Michael Best, MD @MBestMD]

@chungk1031 I still call my high school physics teacher Mr. Malone

[Melissa McFarlin @MelissaAReed]

This girl right here 👊🏻

[Dr Eric Levi @DrEricLevi]

It’s not the beds. It’s the people looking after the complex unwell patients in that bed.

Fast tracking nurses and doctors to ICU so they can manage COVID cases is like fast tracking pilots during a flight through a storm. It takes years to make an ICU nurse and doc.

[Kay M. Dingwell🍁🩺🏳️‍🌈 @CanadianKayMD]

Never forget: most people are kind.

[Michael Best, MD @MBestMD]

Surviving Sepsis Campaign successfully saved lives by decreasing the under-treatment of a deadly disease/syndrome.

Unfortunately, we have yet to recognize fully that over-treatment can be just as deadly.

[Michael Best, MD @MBestMD]

@medburnbook I wish this weren’t true.

I do think/hope this is becoming something of a generational divide. That said, it is still very true and will be for a long time.

[Dr Eric Levi @DrEricLevi]

We need decent leaders desperately.

We don’t need superstars, messiahs or legends. We just need decent people to lead decently.

[Gavin Preston, M.D. @GavinPrestonMD]

We need to learn not to micro-manage people.
The key is to surround ourselves with people who are better than ourselves--
Then get out of their way.
#Leadership

[Gavin Preston, M.D. @GavinPrestonMD]

"Treat the disease, you win, you lose.
Treat the patient, I guarantee you'll always win."--
Patch Adams, M.D.
#ethics #doctorpatient

[Michael Best, MD @MBestMD]

Employer: we have a real mental health problem in this profession

HR: Let’s make some self-paced online courses to teach resiliency, time management, and how to stay well rested.

Problem: solved