Alex Blum

Pediatrician interested in improving population health.

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

I'm going to try logging off indefinitely. I don't want to support X anymore.

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

Minute 5:24
My wife to me: "Please go pick up my mother."
My reply pre https://t.co/EFXFiLy4qw translation: "Are you serious?"
Post AI translation: "I'd love to be helpful and do that."

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@richardbrunomd Outstanding. They are lucky to have you.

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@tumainic @theNAMedicine @UW @UWMedicine @seattlechildren @uwnews That's very cool. Well deserved.

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@tumainic @theNAMedicine @UW @UWMedicine @seattlechildren @uwnews That's very cool. Well deserved.

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

Do other parents of teens/pre-teens know that today's version of signaling attraction is to "pin" that person in text? As in "I'm going to pin you". #Cringe

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@dvasishtha This literally made me LOL

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@chrissyfarr add me pls?

[Doctors for America @drsforamerica]

Mandy Cohen, DFA founding member and former executive director, has been selected as Next CDC Director!

https://t.co/TBG6UnBBvR

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@Surgeon_General I've known Vivek for 15 years. In this tweet when he says "a few" he literally means 2.

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@jsross119 How awesome is this!!! #bestmentor

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

Today @jsross119 becomes our newest JAMA Deputy Editor.

Dr Ross is a professor of Medicine and Public Health at @YNHH with research interests in delivery of health care, health services research, pharmaceutical services, and quality of health care.

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

We would be lucky to have @DrMandyCohen at CDC.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

SCOOP: Biden plans to pick MANDY COHEN as the next director of the CDC, per sources familiar.

Cohen — former North Carolina health secretary and Obama health official — would replace ROCHELLE WALENSKY, who steps down this month.

With @bylenasun.
https://t.co/oJQRCguyMl

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@dp_oneill @dc_cavanaugh @alikhan28 @cmonsen @brandonksim @aehaque I heard that rationale from a dominant Blue years ago but refused to do that kind of deal.

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@cwhogg Curious on what you see as the duality of "value capture" and "clinically robust".

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@benepstein55 We just moved from Baltimore to Denver. Sorry to miss you. I recommend a drink at the top of the 4 Seasons. Best view in town and you'll prob be in the area for your conference.

[Brandon M. Scott @MayorBMScott]

Merry Christmas, Baltimore! 🎄

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

@vgargMD Why not leverage @healthtechnerds ?

[Eric Bradner @ericbradner]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor did a talk in Chicago tonight hosted by Roosevelt University. She was asked how she maintains relationships with judges she disagrees with — Clarence Thomas, in particular. Here’s what she said:

[Alex Blum @alexblum]

I'm an MD who has been in business development for the past ~8 yrs. I don't have an MBA. This might sound soft, but the 2 most important/core competencies for BD success are:
1. curiosity
2. kindness
Also, part of the recipe for a good Primary care doc

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Jim Redmond, who helped his injured son, Derek, finish his 1992 Olympic 400m semifinal, has died at 81

https://t.co/jUr4BPEMlI