Brian Tiffany, MD, PhD

Dad, Husband, Clinical Researcher, Chief Medical Officer. In the Emergency Medicine trenches after 30 years and still loving it.

[CommonSpirit Health @commonspirit]

Hear from Chief Medical Officer Dr. Thomas McGinn as he emphasizes that quality and safety are continuous journeys, requiring nonstop work and a constant striving for excellence in all we do. #HumankindnessLivesHere

[Brian Tiffany, MD, PhD @BTiff]

Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’ https://t.co/D4RMzmlDbG

[Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea]

90s scientists: “We cloned a sheep! We landed a robot on mars!”

Scientists today: “Please stop drinking bleach and urine smoothies.”

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

A plumber knows more about plumbing than you.

A pilot knows more about flying than you.

A scientist usually knows more about science than you.

That doesn’t make them automatically right.

But it does mean the burden of proof is on the person claiming thousands of experts got it wrong.

Science isn’t a democracy.

It’s not decided by likes, vibes, or confidence.

It’s decided by evidence.

And evidence doesn’t care who wins the argument.

[Scott Barber @thescottbarber]

RFK Jr. is basically to medical science what Scientology is to psychiatry.

[Brian Tiffany, MD, PhD @BTiff]

@hughlaurie @jan_murray 🔥🔥

[Brian Tiffany, MD, PhD @BTiff]

@DrLongissimus Normal CXR. I see what you did there. 🤓

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

Campylobacter would like to thank everyone for their continued and growing support of the raw milk movement.

[NEJM @NEJM]

Presented at #ASCO26:

Among patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the RAS(ON) inhibitor daraxonrasib led to significantly longer overall survival and progression-free survival than chemotherapy. Full phase 3 RASolute 302 trial results: https://t.co/xwLWBZYRzq

@ASCO

[Mark Lewis, MD, FASCO @marklewismd]

As many other oncologists will also attest, we were taught this was a dead end

It was, dogmatically, never going to work — kras was too much of a “greasy ball” to be targeted

And yet here we are, with truly meaningful survival curves👇

Inspiration on multiple levels #ASCO26

[Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @KrutikaKuppalli]

The Kenyan court’s decision to halt the proposed U.S.-backed #Ebola quarantine facility is welcome news.

This was never about denying care to Americans exposed to Ebola. It was about asking why the U.S. is building a parallel system overseas when it has already invested billions in specialized biocontainment units, transport capabilities, and clinical expertise at home.

Resources would be better spent supporting the outbreak response in affected countries and ensuring exposed Americans have access to the highest standard of care available.

Public health should be guided by evidence, expertise, and ethics—not politics.

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

One of the greatest misconceptions about science is that progress can resume where it left off.

It can’t.

A funding disruption can unravel years of expertise, clinical preparation, partnerships, and momentum.

[Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @KrutikaKuppalli]

Wow does anyone understand how insane this is

We have an entire system of biocontainment units where they have planned and prepared for over ten years for this scenario

Now we are sending PHS staff who have been training for three days, many without clinical expertise to staff a unit in another country for high risk American #Ebola patients.

This is going to have awful consequences

[Brian Tiffany, MD, PhD @BTiff]

https://t.co/nXthfwRe9v via @NYTimes

This is an abandonment of our own citizens. We are really going to leave a PHS doctor or nurse in Kenya for treatment when we have state of the art facilities in the US? Way to repay our healthcare workers.

[Brian Tiffany, MD, PhD @BTiff]

@CoffeeBlackMD Well said.

[Brian Tiffany, MD, PhD @BTiff]

@zdeborova @eiszett Citing a source as evidence without knowing what it says is straight up academic fraud. How is it anything else? We should be ok with that?

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

The king of all military situation reports.

A warrior could live 10,000 lives and still never utter a single sentence half as powerful.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Most of you will never have had:
Measles
Mumps
Rubella
Tetanus
Diphtheria
Polio

And none of you will ever have had Smallpox

Why?

Because vaccines work

[Three Year Letterman @3YearLetterman]

This is by far the best interview I have ever seen with someone who holds or held elective office

Every school should show this to the students

@BenSasse - exactly what we need

[American Heart Association @American_Heart]

The American Heart Association mourns the passing of the legendary cardiologist Eugene Braunwald, M.D., widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in the history of cardiovascular medicine. Over seven decades, his work reshaped the understanding and treatment of heart disease, leading many to call him the father of modern cardiology.

Braunwald was a lifelong contributor to the American Heart Association, helping advance its research and scientific mission, and was honored with some of the Association’s highest honors for his lasting influence on cardiovascular care and research. His influence extended well beyond his own discoveries, as generations of Association‑supported investigators, clinicians and academic leaders were trained by Braunwald or guided by the clinical trial standards and mentorship models he helped establish.

https://t.co/ieZuHYMyOP