Ben Grin, MD

Asst professor @kansascityu | PCP @KCCAREHealth | KCMO Health Commission | via @BrighamWomens IM | 🏳️‍🌈 | tweets my own & do not represent my employer

[Dr. Toni Eyssallenne @NYCHealthCMO]

Current practice guidelines (i.e. JNC-8) recommend that Black patients with hypertension w/o co-morbidities initially be treated with a thiazide diuretic or a calcium channel blocker while non-Black patients are initially offered ACE-I.

[Mayor Q @QuintonLucasKC]

No healthcare organization in Missouri should follow this unlawful order. His shameful actions, however, will have an effect. His rhetoric shows no regard for children and families affected by his hate and the lives that will be lost as he tries to erase members of our community.

[Ben Grin, MD @bengrinmd]

@humzasayshi Agreed. The textbooks also need to follow up with the WHY certain health conditions are more common in minoritized groups. These inequities are usually related to the social/economic/political influencers of health.

[Ben Grin, MD @bengrinmd]

Thankful for leaders like @QuintonLucasKC who are willing to stand up in support of human rights.

[Mayor Q @QuintonLucasKC]

Missouri.
Kansas.
Iowa.
Nebraska.
Arkansas.
Oklahoma.

If you're anywhere near us, know that you are loved in Kansas City, welcomed in Kansas City, and supported in Kansas City. Our little dot shines bright. #TransDayOfVisibility

[Ben Grin, MD @bengrinmd]

@Dr_Pence The Dr. Pences are awesome!! 😍

[KCMO Health Dept @KCMOHealthDept]

Extending a warm welcome this morning to @bengrinmd as Chief Medical Officer for the Health Dept.
Dr. Grin wears many hats including @KansasCityU, @KCCAREHealth & the mayor's Health Commission.
He brings an important voice to the table as a collaborator & advisor. Welcome!

[Ben Grin, MD @bengrinmd]

This is the kind of humility that doctors need to gain the trust of our patients.

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

1/
When I saw you on rounds that morning you were quiet. Your eyes looked in my direction but were otherwise vacant.

This was a change.

Me: "You okay?"
You: "Yup."

There was coolness in the way you spoke. After that, you turned away from me and faced the wall.

Ooph.

[Ben Grin, MD @bengrinmd]

https://t.co/CpRglLOEz4

[Ben Grin, MD @bengrinmd]

@DrQuinnJackson @gingchant Congrats on the new position!!

[michellemorse @michellemorse]

This experience has been hard. Providers and professional orgs must publicly support race explicit health equity work. Its good medicine. @CamaraJones @DrAlethaMaybank @InequityKills @purvishahesq @nycHealthy @DrBrittaniJ @dr_msharma @phillipWGBH
https://t.co/mpRJAzWNjK

[Aleena Banerji, MD @AleenaBanerjiMD]

Reflecting on an Inspiring @MGHMedicine Grand Rounds today. @katrinarmstrong message resonated #trust #empathy, talk with patients -these are among our most important tools as physicians. Trade stories, understand perspectives, shared-decision making @NEJM https://t.co/vaxfZt9PqK

[Michael Wheeler @mwheeler0]

So proud of @LoewenthalMd for not only saving someone’s life in midair but now teaching everyone else how to do it in @NEJM! Since I slept through the whole thing I’m excited to read about it!

[Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD]

"All but one of my patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were unvaccinated. Unvaccinated people make up less than 17 percent of Massachusetts adults but 70 percent of those sick enough to require hospitalization."
Well done, @drjschnip
https://t.co/72aeaQy3tC

[Lauren Malishchak, MD @laurenmalish]

One of my favorite parts of residency has been having my clinic at a community health center - so lucky to have learned from and been inspired by this group of people who cares deeply for our patients! https://t.co/YysPvzYPfx @ClaireAldous7 @sanjaykishore31 @DrWilfredoM

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

This 2 minute interaction between @RandPaul and Dr. Fauci is very good.

Senator Paul seems to almost understand the complex issues of immunity and cross-reactivity.

And keeps sharing nonsense that is largely incorrect.

Dr. Fauci patiently lays out the facts.

[Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD]

Restaurants are decimated, and I so miss eating in them like we did in the Before Times. But not ready to do so quite yet, and here's why. Latest: https://t.co/HgjKbbia6F @_MiguelHernan

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

Great thread on why Madrid and NYC, both hit hard in April, now on divergent paths

Basically

1 Indoor dining/ bars: closed in NYC, open in Madrid

2 Testing: great in NYC, bad in Madrid

3 Tracing: good in NYC not Madrid

Almost like there's science that NYC using, Madrid not

[Raj Panjabi M.D. @rajpanjabi]

1/6 Test positivity in Massachusetts has fallen to ~2%. How? Social distancing, mask wearing mandates & science-based communication have been vital.

But one key factor has received less fanfare: community-based strategies for testing, contact tracing & social support.

Thread👇

[Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD]

If you're sick of reading me write about rapid home testing for CONTAGIOUS #COVID19 -- but how could you be? -- still scroll down to the 5 minute video with its brilliant cup of coffee analogy. @michaelmina_lab @Chris_Said @MedCramVideos Latest: https://t.co/Tyjn8dMoqw

[Shreya P. Trivedi MD, MHPE @ShreyaTrivediMD]

"A full-time primary care faculty had a total of 390 #inbasket tasks per week ... reported median ~20hrs/week on these tasks"

"Clearly the current allocated 32 h of clinic time & 8 h of admin time are NOT enough to maintain our current practice."