Naomi Habib

Ex-ICU RN, PCCM physician, & PH Center Co-Director. Passionate about #PulmonaryHypertension trials, physiology, and patient education. #SDG

[Naomi Habib @NaomiHabib]

Great meeting discussing the needs for the next World Symposium in 2029, at PH Update 2026! Discussions about risk assessment, remission, RV imaging, and more. @SandeepSahayMD @anjalivaidyaMD #pulmonaryhypertension #pulmonaryhypertensionawareness

[ATS PC Assembly @ATS_PC]

How are you identifying post-PE phenotypes? This study's validation of the SEARCH algorithm offers clinicians a straightforward method to diagnose post-PE conditions that are rarely distinguished clinically. @ERSpublications https://t.co/fwIbDFfzSq

[ATS PC Assembly @ATS_PC]

New #PCTweetorials: PH Patient Perspectives 🫁 Diagnosis can take years, and fear, uncertainty, and treatment burden are as central to patients' stories as PVR and 6MWD. Time we listened — reading list below 👇 #PHAware #PulmonaryHypertension #MedEd

[EHJ Editor-in-Chief @ehj_ed]

Pulmonary arterial hypertension: right ventricular phenotyping to improve risk assessment at follow-up. Read more in EHJ.
https://t.co/zXrzxcUBL3
#PulmonaryHypertension #RightVentricle #CardiologyResearch #EHJ #PulmonaryArterialHypertension #PAH @escardioo @ESC_Journals

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[Roberto J. Bernardo, MD, MS, ATSF 🇵🇪🇺🇸 @rjbernardoMD]

Do we need to re-assess how are we treating patients with PAH and methamphetamine use? @ATS_PC @PVRI @CHESTPulmCardio @PHAssociation @UAzPACCS

https://t.co/quIgJlMuGK

[Naomi Habib @NaomiHabib]

Excited to be giving grand rounds to some of my favorite academics and mentors, on one of my favorite topics 🫀🫁
#PulmonaryHypertension #PulmonaryHypertensionAwareness

[James D Chalmers @ProfJDChalmers]

🚨Just published!🚨
Perfect timing with FDA approval of brensocatib in bronchiectasis
An in-depth investigation into how DPP1 inhibitors affect neutrophils showing novel and potentially beneficial effects on azurocidin1 and receptor expression @MereteLong
https://t.co/tp92iw2MQL

[James D Chalmers @ProfJDChalmers]

We did it! The first approved medication for bronchiectasis
Brensocatib approved by the FDA in the United States. A great day for patients and the scientific community that made this happen. Thank you Insmed, all investigators and participants
https://t.co/T5XthQtIRI

[ATS PC Assembly @ATS_PC]

The Impact of Cardiac Output Methods on the Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension
https://t.co/KQPjEVdQcJ

[CardiovascularCorner @TrackYourHeart]

Echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle

[ERS publications @ERSpublications]

Breathe: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and progressive pulmonary fibrosis are characterised by progressive fibrosis and share common pathophysiological pathways that have led to the study of promising new therapeutic targets. https://t.co/NXZc58HS9C

[ATS PC Assembly @ATS_PC]

https://t.co/aQxEYY3eWj

A great listen on the ERJ podcast where Dr. Marius Hoeper discusses the safety and efficacy of sotatercept. Your next listen on your commute home🎧🚗🚶‍♀️🚶@ERSpublications

[Sebastien « Seb » Bonnet @sbonnet2]

Exploratory study of prognostic plasma biomarkers in patients with PAH. https://t.co/UbXKFb4Yj4 latest paper from our group bravo to Yukimitsu and Olivier boucherat😎 @IUCPQ @universitelaval @facmedUL @ATS_PC @3CPRCouncil @PVRI

[Montani David @Montanidavid]

Happy to share our article published in AJRCCM @ATSBlueEditor, analyzing safety and efficacy of sotatercept in #PAH according to genetic status.

@pulmotension @InsermU999 @SPLF_SocPneumo @HTaPFrance

https://t.co/iLBfFIjLqW

[CardiovascularCorner @TrackYourHeart]

Echocardiographic evaluation of LV diastolic function made simple by ASE😍
#Cardiology
#Echo #ASE #MedEd #CardioTwitter

[Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD @DrDamluji]

Tirzepatide as Compared with Semaglutide for the Treatment of Obesity: @NEJM

🥸 SURMOUNT-5 Trial: Wow!

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[CardiovascularCorner @TrackYourHeart]

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