Timothy Daskivich

Assistant Professor of Urology, Director of Health Services Research - Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Views are my own.

[Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, MBA @qdtrinh]

It was a great honor to have @TimDaskivich join us for @CSPH_BWH HSR Speaker Series, followed by @BWHUrology Grand Rounds. A heartfelt thank you for sharing your expertise on prostate cancer shared decision-making.

@zaracMD @adamkibel_uro @Brentnbeck1971

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

@qdtrinh @CSPH_BWH @BWHUrology @zaracMD @adamkibel_uro It was such a pleasure to spend time with you all and meet your amazing faculty and trainees. Thanks again for the invitation to participate in this very cool speaker series!

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

So proud to share our work published in CDC MMWR showing that vaccination of underserved communities in LA helped reduce disparities in COVID-19 incidence by community income. Thanks @JohnMastersonMD and @mluu921 for all your effort on this project!

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[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

A big thank you to @SWilliams_MD, @UTMBUrology, and @UTMBSurgery for graciously hosting me as invited speaker for Gen Surg Grand Rounds and the GME Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Poster Session. Was a pleasure to see the super QI work being done at @UTMBHealth!

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

@AjhungMD @UrologyCareFdn @CedarsSinaiMed The excitement is all ours—we are absolutely delighted to have you join us at @CedarsSinai urology!!

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

Congrats to super @CedarsSinai urology resident @JohnMastersonMD for winning best poster for our work showing racial disparities in the way life expectancy is valued in prostate cancer decision making. So glad to have him present three posters from our lab at AUA 2023!

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

Delighted my fellow Nadine Friedrich @nadinefrisa18 won best poster for our work on variation in content discussed by specialty in multidisciplinary prostate cancer consults. We found urologists spend significantly less time on shared decision making than other specialties.

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

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Congrats to @JohnMastersonMD on publishing this article showing that lymph node count is more useful than lymph node density in predicting survival in men with pathologic node positive prostate cancer @pcan_journal @DrHowardSandler @SFreedlandMD

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

Super work by @Antavakolian and @Avenkat24 comparing cost effectiveness of treatments for prostate CA across a spectrum of life expectancies. Shows how costly AS is over time for young, healthy men. AS protocols should be risk adjusted to reduce cost!https://t.co/x5HrykuUFB

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

How do we actually communicate risks of cancer and other cause death in prostate cancer consults? Turns out we fail to quantify cancer mortality, life expectancy, and survival benefit with treatment in 34% , 31%, and 71% of consults!
https://t.co/xjgQmSMMyg

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

Top med and law schools have withdrawn from USNWR rankings in part due to methodologic concerns. Hospital rankings have potential to improve quality of care but only if they alter their methods to capture meaningful metrics. See our article in JAMA surgery https://t.co/BAvy5k4Hp9

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

Working at the #2 hospital and #3 urology program in the country is great but, trolling for specialist votes for USNWR rankings is beneath the house of medicine! Our editorial examines flawed specialist voting and suggests using measures of process of care.https://t.co/BAvy5k4Hp9

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

With high rates of burnout, Urologist is the most stressful job out there! We should definitely figure out why and seek out solutions.
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[Chris Barbieri @Chris_Barbieri1]

Urologic surgeon scientists - add your voice as NCI considers 50% effort for surgeons on K08. @CarolynBestAUA @AriaOlumiMD @gpalapa2 @gr8straj @arihakimi @wandering_gu @samsimsal @DrJohnSfakianos

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

@jimhumd @PNSchlegel @AugustineMKChoi @WCMUrology @WeillCornell Congrats Jim!

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

@DukeGUCancer @ChuckScalesMD @DukeUrology Congrats Chuck!

[Timothy Daskivich @TimDaskivich]

National @CBS TV networks covered our work using Fitbits to monitor postop ambulation at @CedarsSinai. Every 100 steps on postop day 1 was associated with a 4% decrease in length of stay. Published in @JAMANetworkOpen last month.

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