Igor Austin, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor of Radiology @ UT Southwestern | Abdominal & Oncology Imaging | Johns Hopkins MBA | Opinions are my own

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

Not all research needs to be 'groundbreaking'. Small, incremental advancements are just as valuable.

This is how science works

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

Exercise for 1 hour before complaining about stress.

Sleep for 8 hours before complaining about being tired.

Work hard for at least 4 hours before complaining about having too much to do.

Just complaining about your problems won't solve them.

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

Most profitable drugs in 2025:
Keytruda — $31.68B
Mounjaro — $22.97B
Ozempic — $19.21B

Now Mounjaro surpassed and is the champion.

[Bloomberg @business]

Eli Lilly’s blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro has surpassed Merck’s cancer therapy Keytruda as the world’s best-selling medication https://t.co/dYIeDbXsBz

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

Looking forward to the world cup!

[Ronaldo Nazário @Ronaldo]

As probabilidades podem estar contra a gente… mas nós já vencemos elas cinco vezes e fomos campeões do mundo. Tá liberado acreditar na sexta. 🤞🇧🇷🍻

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

@roderix1966 🎯

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

Interesting perspective

[Roja Garimella, MD @RojaGarimella]

if every doctor in the US worked for free, healthcare costs would go down ~8%

meanwhile:

MSOs take ~20–30% of practice revenue
TPA/ASOs take ~10% of insurance premiums

the US has built an enormous economy around healthcare without adding much more care

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

@luanalopeslara @mansourtarek_ Indeed.. Additionally, real life predictions and more trustworthy than opinion pools as well.

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

All the complicated tasks AI could one day perform in radiology, real-time radiomics, a full report for a modality, and a more precise triage algorithm are still being developed, with billions of dollars poured into them.
But basic tasks like laterality concordance between findings and report, misspelled words during dictation, wrong positioning, surgical history concordance, and contradictory phrases (eg, "no hydronephrosis. Mild right hydronephrosis") are meaningful and easy wins that very few people are looking at.
The gap is not technical. It is a prioritization failure. Unsexy problems do not attract capital, even when they can harm patients today.
Why? Am I missing something?

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

Stop training radiologists, AI substitute all of them.
Meanwhile...

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

Exceptionally precise! 😂

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

What is the name of this procedure?

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

@acosta_cynthia @kevinmd Yes, I might be wrong.

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

@GoogleDeepMind Let's work in radiology. I can't imagina the incredible things the deepmind can advance in imaging.

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

@JHdaFonseca Quem tiver a maior base de dados
-população variada
-dados de boa qualidade
Vence
O número total de dados é irrelevante.

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

@JHdaFonseca Biopsia liquida esta para patologia o que AI estar para radiologia.
Entendedores entenderao

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

This is fantastic

[Anirban Maitra @Aiims1742]

#AACR26 late breaking abstract on early data from 1st line Daraxonrasib monotherapy in #PancreaticCancer
>90% disease control rate
https://t.co/YIykE0HpCS
@EileenMOReilly @GarridoLagunaMD @DrShubhamPant
@RevMedicines

[Igor Austin, MD, MBA @igoraustin]

@JHdaFonseca Sr está errado, assim como o ceo, daqui há um ano volto nessa mensagem.