Russell Miller

Interventional Pulmonologist, Navy doc, washed up pro goalkeeper, dad, husband. Opinions are mostly stolen from people much smarter than me

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

@thsottiaux Stop. I have 97% usage remaining and two days left. You keep stealing from me with these resets.

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

@SPAC89 Are you the new bot OpenAI is going to announce at dev day?

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

What can a dolphin airway teach interventional pulmonologists?

More than we might expect.

At AABIP 2026, Jenny M. Meegan, Kyle Ross, and I will share what human interventional pulmonary and veterinary specialists can learn from one another—from ethics and after-care to operations, sterilization, data sharing, teaching, and innovation.

Join us this Saturday for:
One Medicine, One Airway: Building Human–Veterinary Collaborations in Interventional Pulmonology
Saturday, August 22 | 7:15–7:55 AM | Breakout 1
9th Annual AABIP Conference | Denver, Colorado
Chaired by Kassem Harris and Jorge A. Muñoz Pineda.

If you are curious about what becomes possible when expertise crosses species and disciplines, we would love to see you there.

#AABIP2026 #InterventionalPulmonology #OneMedicine #VeterinaryMedicine #MedicalEducation

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

@Canine_World @usmntonly No, Pablo Mastroeni was an extraordinary player

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

July 1 marks the start of a new fellowship year.

For incoming interventional pulmonary fellows, the learning curve is steep: procedures, staging, guidelines, landmark studies, board review, and the constant need to keep up with new literature.

I’ve been building https://t.co/7wgBzJjd6C as a free educational resource to help make that learning curve a little more organized.

The podcast library now includes 68 journal article episodes, with the majority focused on new studies to help fellows and practicing IPs stay current with the literature. We also just added 15 Landmark Study episodes covering historically important articles every IP fellow should know.

More episodes, both new literature and landmark articles, will be added at least monthly.

The site also includes IP board review content, TNM-9 staging resources, EBUS training, Nav Bronch, and FluoroView. Nav Bronch is designed to help learners move from CT review to a structured bronchoscopic route, practicing airway path selection, anatomic orientation, and approach planning for peripheral lesions. FluoroView complements that by building the CT-to-fluoro mental model: how airway anatomy projects under fluoroscopy, how C-arm angles change what you see, and how to localize lesions during bronchoscopy.

My hope is that https://t.co/7wgBzJjd6C becomes a useful starting point for the year ahead: one place to pair the literature with the procedural and cognitive skills that define interventional pulmonology.

Free account available at:
https://t.co/7wgBzJjd6C
#InterventionalPulmonology #PulmonaryFellowship #MedEd #PulmCC #MedicalEducation

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@JakeSmi98786992 @sdutzeigler

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@sdutzeigler Very lucky it didn't turn into a riot like the Copa America final in Miami. this picture is from outside the stadium 20 minutes after kickoff

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What a cluster fuck. Snap dragon only has two gates open for a sold out soccer game. People are waiting hours to get in. This is absolute bullshit.

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🚀 Introducing https://t.co/7wgBzJjd6C — free, interactive interventional pulmonology education that's actually hands-on, not just another question bank.
We built it to teach the skills that are hard to develop outside the procedure suite. The flagship modules: a Bronch Navigation Trainer and a CT-to-Fluoro simulator for spatial reasoning. Alongside them: EBUS training, IP board review, TNM-9 staging, 3D anatomy, and a Creative Commons image repository you're free to use.
Coming soon: Intro to Bronchoscopy, Pleural Disease, and Rigid Bronchoscopy Foundations.
Built for fellows, faculty, and anyone sharpening their procedural skills. Create a free account and start practicing today.
→ https://t.co/7wgBzJjd6C
#InterventionalPulmonology #Bronchoscopy #EBUS #MedEd #FOAMed #AABIP #PCCM #MedX
@AAB_IP @wabipconnect @accpchest @atscommunity @EuroRespSoc @eabiptweet @SABronchoscopy @criticalMD

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

@YCGaryLee @FlyANA_official @UWAresearch @EdithCowan @tsanz_thoracic @NCARD_research That’s called initiative!!

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

@icmteaching This is wrong. Edema and hypovolemia can coexist at steady state.
Nephrotic syndrome cirrhosis, sepsis w/cap leak, and malnutrition all produce low onc pressure + low effective circulating volume w/ edema.
Pc isn’t the only driver—πc, permeability, and lymphatic limits matter.

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@rbarbosa91 The wall is significantly thinner for polyurethane pigtails than surgical tubes. I’ve been wanting to do this study for a while to look at flow comparison m. My guess is that a 14 French pigtail would be similar to 20 French PVC or silicone surgical tube.

[AABIP @AAB_IP]

🎗️This #LungCancerAwarenessMonth, we are proud to announce NEW AABIP Evidence-Based Guidelines on bronchoscopic diagnosis & staging of lung cancer —now published in JOBIP!

Advancing excellence. Leading the Way. 🫁

🔗 Read now: https://t.co/2A2zdis0Dy

[AB Alraiyes @ahalraiyes]

Grateful to help author the new @AAB_IP guidelines on bronchoscopic diagnosis & mediastinal staging of lung cancer. They outline when to use navigational bronchoscopy, emphasize systematic CP-EBUS, and back multitool sampling/ROSE to boost yield. Read: https://t.co/BZwUBPZD1k

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

New AABIP guidelines on bronchoscopic diagnosis & staging of lung cancer are now published in JOBIP!

Evidence-based recommendations to guide safer, more consistent practice.

Read here 👉 https://t.co/dJstOtLoki

#LungCancer #Pulmonology #AABIP

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

@drShaileshSingh Interventional cardiologist? Platelets PT,PTT, Xa, TEG etc…

[George Cheng @criticalMD]

Kicked off our Intro to Bronchoscopy Course 2025 at UCSD! 🫁

Grateful to our amazing faculties and industry partners for supporting hands-on training in airway anatomy, scope skills and trach/PEG fundamentals. 🙏

@ucsdpccm @AAB_IP @ucsdim

[George Cheng @criticalMD]

Excited to welcome Brian Tran, our new IP Fellow at UCSD! 🇺🇸 Commander in the U.S. Navy, this journey has been 3 years in the making. Honored to have him join our team as we advance the field of interventional pulmonology together. #IPFellowship @AAB_IP @ucsdpccm

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

My sister and @MikieSherrill were roommates in London—Mikie was still active duty, Maizie a flight attendant. I even went to Mikie’s wedding! She’s always been down-to-earth and funny. Amazing to watch her rise—now on her way to the governor’s office.
https://t.co/NgE7kGMuNv

[Russell Miller @bronchmonkey]

@IhabFathiSulima Post bilobectomy with BP fistula