Aasith Paz, MD

Infectious Diseases doc - @Pennmedicine @UMJMHIMres @Medicina_upch 🇵🇪 - Find me on Bluesky 💗

[Amy Faith Ho, MD MPH @amyfaithho]

This is massively misleading to bundle physician fees and hospital fees together…

Literally, physicians are paid “professional fees” and hospitals are paid “facility fees”, the latter of which is many multiples what the physicians are paid.

Case in point: A 99285, which is the highest complexity ER visit, professional fee (to the physician) is 4.00 workRVUs, or $134 by the current Medicare conversion factor ($33.88/RVU). The Medicare conversion factor has been cut year over year.

In contrast, the facility fee to the hospital is on average $1800, and has increased 531% over the past 17 years…

We are literally fractions of the cost.

[PennIDFellows @PennIDFellows]

Dr. Aasith Villavicencio Paz gave a awesome presentation during the #IDweek2024 Rapid-Fire Poster Session, “Spotlight on HIV: Key Insights and Advances,” presenting “Association Between Intimate Partner Violence & Antiretroviral Adherence Among Pregnant Women Living with HIV.”

[Gabriel Motoa, MD @GaboMotoa]

So nice to reconnect with an amazing mentor @NatoriYoichiro at #IDWeek2024 Proud mentees: @MariAleMendozaD @aasithvp JorgeCardenas @Rol90 @IDWeekmtg

[#LatinasInMedicine @LatinasInMed]

Happy National Latino Physician Day! 🥳🎉 Thank you to all the Hispanic and Latino physicians for your dedication and contributions to healthcare. Su trabajo hace una gran diferencia cada día. #DíaDelMédicoLatino #DiversityInMedicine

[Dr. Estela Rodriguez @Latinamd]

6% is not enough! We need more Latinx physicians to serve the growing Latino population and to mentor the next generation. On October 1st, we celebrate the National Latinx Physician Day.
#nationallatinophysicianday #nationallatinaphysicianday #nationallatinxphysicianday #mentorship #latinosinmedicine #NLPD24

[PennIDFellows @PennIDFellows]

✨Fellow Spotlight✨Dr. Aasith Villavicencio Paz (2nd yr)
Favorite part of ID fellowship: “Having support when life happens, Emily always looks out for us 💕 The opportunity to shape my second year to focus on my career goals, my amazing mentors, & my cofellows!”

[Ronscardy Mondesir, MD @RonscardyM]

Pre-op I introduced myself in English to a 55 year-old female patient who was diagnosed with cervical cancer with bilateral ureteral obstruction, she uttered, “sorry I don’t understand.” She only spoke Haitian Creole.

I sat down and held her hands to explain to her the diagnosis in her native lang. She bursted into tears and called me her Angel. Little did I know I would start making such a positive impact so early in my journey to become a urologist.

Post op, she was pain-free thanks to the talent surgeon placing her stents and emotionally relieved due to the holistic approach to treating her.

Compassionate care in Urology is as important as our life saving procedures.

Forever grateful for this experience during my time at @MSMC_Miami_Uro. #UroSoMe

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

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[Emily Blumberg @EmilyBlumbergMD]

Congratulations to our amazing ID fellows ⁦@PennMedicine⁩ ⁦@PENN_ID⁩ - graduates Jay Dasigi, ⁦@JessONeilMD⁩ Kelly Dyer ⁦@alyssaammazz⁩ Ted Kreider, and soon to be ⁦@aasithvp⁩ and Charmaine Mutucumarana- we are all so proud of you!

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

Love this 💕

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

@NatoriYoichiro This is the month we finish this paper! 😃

[Emily Blumberg @EmilyBlumbergMD]

So proud of ⁦@PENN_ID⁩ ⁦@Penn_Transplant⁩ awesome presentations at ATC2024 ⁦@alyssaammazz⁩ ⁦@aasithvp⁩ Kevin He, Linh Nguyen- doing great work!!

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

Dr. Ochoa is not only a great physician and scientist working tirelessly to help children in Peru and all over the world, but she has also shaped the careers of many physicians, both within and outside of Infectious Diseases, who are trying to make a difference ❤️🇵🇪

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

@Infected_Terran @IdVilchez I have plowed the sea? 🤔

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

@db0255 Sorry to heart that! You should also try the Facebook group "Physicians Community" Hope you find a spot! 😊

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

To say I'm grateful for having @EmilyBlumbergMD as our program director is an understatement 💕

[JessO'NeilMD @JessONeilMD]

Pretty cool to call @EmilyBlumbergMD our program director! @PENN_ID @IDWeekmtg

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

@JessONeilMD @PENN_ID @IDWeekmtg Thank you for your support 💕

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

@DiegoCruzV @marisurueda Awesome! We definitely need one for adult ID!

[Masoud @linguistMasoud]

I’m quite used to the cruelty students can face when they apply for a US visa but this one broke me. We offered admission to a stellar, talented & hardworking student. After months of work and hundreds of dollars, an embassy officer saw him for 5 mins & said no. why? …

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

@mfrancor23 @USEmbassyBogota @ECFMG_J1 Hey! Are they asking you for a new DS-2019? I’m sure you have but just in case you haven’t, did you try the ECMFG EVSP number [phone] and reaching out to your TPL? I hope this is solved soon 🙏🏻

[Aasith Paz, MD @aasithvp]

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[Rehema J. Thomas, MD @RadiantRehemaMD]

This is my dear friend, Nakita.

Nakita and I were medical school classmates and both interns in New York City. Nakita tragically took her own life on May 26.

She is such a beautiful soul. She was so fun to be around. She was intelligent, charismatic, and confident. (1/x)