Keshav Patel, MD, MS

Cardiology Fellow @UR_Med via IM Resident @uiccom I MD @WMUMedicine I MS Biotechnology @JohnsHopkins.

Happy to mentor students. Message me for any questions.

[Keshav Patel, MD, MS @kpatelMD]

@mividovich @UICDom @URMC @KhalilIbrahimMD @UIC_CathLab @uiccom Thank you to @mividovich and @KhalilIbrahimMD for this great opportunity! I could not have asked for better mentors, I will forever be grateful!

[Keshav Patel, MD, MS @kpatelMD]

I had a great time at @ASE360 presenting our work on Utilizing MV Pixel Density in Rheumatic MS! Thank you to my mentor @mmkansal! It was great to see my co-resident @bhayani_sidd present his work! @UICIMChiefs @UIHealth

[Aaron A. H. Smith, MD, FACC, FASE, FACP @AaronAHSmithMD]

The application process for cardiology fellowship can be overwhelming. Come learn some tips and tricks from current fellows and fellowship program directors! #ACCFIT @ACCinTouch https://t.co/aMoI5NEGoU

[UIC IM Chiefs @UICIMChiefs]

The dream run continues! On to the @ACPinternists Doctors' Dilemma National Championship tomorrow!

#UICIMFamily @UICDom @UICBrownCoat @uiccom

[UIC IM Chiefs @UICIMChiefs]

Our #MondayMusings feature two cardiology papers presented as part of our Y-Block Journal Club last week.

Dr. Sreepathy (@PSreepathyMD) and Dr. Beam discussed the ISCHEMIA Trial!

#UICIMFamily #MedTwitter #MedEd @UICDom @uiccom @uicmedpeds @UICcardfellows @spiritus_bah

[NEJM @NEJM]

In patients at high risk for bleeding after receiving a drug-eluting coronary stent, the appropriate duration of dual antiplatelet therapy to reduce the risk of ischemic complications, while minimizing bleeding risk, is unclear. https://t.co/g4nI2jcUrL

[NEJM @NEJM]

In a randomized trial, 4,811 patients with atrial fibrillation were assigned to undergo or not undergo left atrial appendage occlusion during cardiac surgery. At 3.8 years, the risk of ischemic stroke or systemic embolism was significantly lower with occlusion. #ACC21

[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkinsSPH]

As with any other infection, there are two ways to achieve herd immunity: A large proportion of the population either gets infected or gets a protective vaccine. https://t.co/EjCTQDCVdw

[Keshav Patel, MD, MS @kpatelMD]

@sethmoffatt I wish other specialties would do something similar!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

A young woman whose lungs were destroyed by the coronavirus received a double lung transplant last week at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, the first known lung transplant in the United States for Covid-19 https://t.co/CHRPHomDdU

[Keshav Patel, MD, MS @kpatelMD]

@sethmoffatt Congrats Seth, that is great!!

[Keshav Patel, MD, MS @kpatelMD]

For anyone who likes to go on long walks during COVID, I highly recommend listening to the Clinical Problem Solvers podcast. They have both virtual morning reports and discussions on how to approach many common patient presentations. #MedTwitter

[Keshav Patel, MD, MS @kpatelMD]

@sethmoffatt @alison_ho_ I think an actual dinosaur >>paleontologist, but both are amazing!

[Keshav Patel, MD, MS @kpatelMD]

STEP 2 CS just got cancelled for the next 12-18 months. https://t.co/vh0qcLa9rF

[WMed @WMUMedicine]

‘Today, we celebrate us': Take a look at how students, their families and friends, and the #WMed community gathered from across the country to honor the MD Class of 2020 during this month's virtual commencement ceremony https://t.co/Oh6a0r0Spp #WMed2020 #commencement