For #HeartMonth and @GoRedForWomen@AHAScience and #AHAWIC is highlighting impactful women in cardiology.
Today's spotlight: Dr. Rita Redberg @RFRedberg
Trailblazing advocate of evidence-based “Less is More" in cardiovascular medicine
OK, everyone. Let’s try to get this trending.
If you’re disgusted at Dublin City Council trying to erase Irish Jewish history and want to help the tiny Jewish community here in some way, please do quote tweet with the hashtag: #HandsOffHerzogPark
Let it be known Irish Jewry is seen and supported 🫶🏼
Presenting at American Heart Association conferences is more than a milestone—it’s a family tradition.
#AHA25 Vice Chair @bnallamo proudly continues the legacy with his daughter Janaki, a high school student presenting a poster at #ReSS25. ❤️🫀
Dr. Mora mentorship awardee shares #topten tips here are my favs #AHA2025
Be Persistent
"Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not."
J.R.R.Tolkien
Be Resilient & Embrace New Fields
"Out of life's school of war -
what doesn't kill me, makes me stronger" Nietzsche
Be Prepared
“chance favors only the prepared mind"Pasteur
Excellent article@sarahkliff Many women are having unnecessary C-sections which put them at higher risk of complications & later problems.Time to end routine electronic fetal monitoring .
Flawed Technology Behind America’s High C-Section Rate https://t.co/LP6jZGyQE9 via @NYTimes
Great to work with my @UCSFDOM colleagues on this work, illustrating the importance of safety and effectiveness data before clinical use and ideally, before @FDADeviceInfo approval.
In a new Perspective, Benjamin Hyams, BA, Karla Kerlikowske, MD, and Rita F. Redberg, MD (@RFRedberg), write that AI mammography aids are being sold as additions to mammography screening, with direct-to-consumer marketing touting improved cancer-detection rates, despite a lack of evidence of clinical effectiveness. Read the full Perspective: https://t.co/dYVa4F2D0p
Honored to be part of the 100th Class of Guggenheim Fellows for this award in the category of Medicine and Health. I plan to write a book on healthcare, excited to share.
Congratulations to Dr. @RFRedberg on being named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow! This prestigious honor extends beyond the field of medicine, recognizing the most exceptional thinkers and scholars in our society. #UCSFCardiology@UCSF https://t.co/QdVNuS7dhQ
With great sadness, I note the death of my friend & colleague Holly Humphrey, CEO of @macyfoundation. Holly's career was a model of integrity, grace, and joy, and her influence on medical training – and thousands of trainees – was profound. Rest in peace.
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✨Premarket approval: highest evidence requirement but lacking- no randomization, use of surrogate endpoints
✨very few sham comparison of devices
✨510k premarket notification- just had to show equivalence and is not intended to evaluate safety or effectiveness
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