Matt Flamenbaum

Newly minted Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellow, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, tech enthusiast, health policy follower, Philadelphian, politics addict.

[Matt Flamenbaum @mflame0]

Imagine working for weeks in ICU wards full of nothing but COVID-19 patients, getting the virus from work yourself, and then the president says you did it all for the money.

#COVIDIOTS

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[Matt Flamenbaum @mflame0]

Endemic and emerging coronavirus pulmonary infections. https://t.co/CkffSLXO0k

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Madhvi Aya worked long hours fighting the coronavirus inside a Brooklyn ER before she became sick herself. These were some of her last texts with her daughter.

Read their story: https://t.co/5Z5QCErrNL

[Matt Flamenbaum @mflame0]

Gov. Wolf orders all non-life-sustaining businesses to close physical locations in Pa. https://t.co/g7HoIWN8lF

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‘It’s Like a War’ https://t.co/p5iMRYvJzp

[1Point3Acres - Most Influential Chinese Community @1p3aDev]

We've been tracking #coronavirus #Covid_19 with https://t.co/fNk86gZ4QV Real time updates for US and Canada citing sources.

[Matt Flamenbaum @mflame0]

Knew the Lockdown was coming here soon, but I did expect a little more warning. #QuarantineLife
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[SCCM @SCCM]

New SCCM report for #COVID19 estimates ventilator supply, ICU beds, and staff: https://t.co/HJyJXtrlCg. #coronavirus #SCCMSoMe

[Critical Concepts @critconcepts]

#covid19FOAM #coronavirus updates from the CCM-L list. Troubling reports from Italy, as this sounds like a rather sicker population than described in other settings. Note the high prevalence of shock and fairly young age bracket. (shared with permission)

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Goodbye #ccc49 @laurenlacovara

[CHEST @accpchest]

Congrats to Matt Flamenbaum, DO and Lauren Lacovara, PA-C for winning today’s CHEST Critical Care Trivia game in our booth here at #CCC49! 🎉 Come back for more prizes tomorrow and Tuesday! #SCCM

[Matt Flamenbaum @mflame0]

Myth Busted: Turns Out Bankruptcy Can Wipe Out Student Loan Debt After All https://t.co/HLPaTp3qkj

[Matt Flamenbaum @mflame0]

A friend described this practice as "selling a car that you leased," and I can't believe a judge has just let everyone know that residents and the training of new doctors is an asset for sale. #Hahnemann

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#BREAKING: A bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Hahnemann University Hospital's 570 residency slots for $55 million. https://t.co/1tXIRGKSF6

[Jay Hancock @jayhancock1]

Important tell here. Do residency programs make money for teaching hosps? Hosps often say they're unprofitable. Academics say hard to tell. But rivals of Hahnemann now offering $55m for its 570 residency slots. That's your answer. https://t.co/cKrRMUUUaJ

[Matt Flamenbaum @mflame0]

An excellent read. https://t.co/XBprjJpb5j

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If only #Hahnemann had started with this announcement, so much collective anxiety could have been reduced.

Nothing could have avoided a disaster, but it's hard to see how the beginning of this all could have been handled worse from a residency perspective.

[Atul Grover, MD, PhD @AtulGroverMD]

“We’re in the temporary redistribution,” @JanisOrlowskiMD said. “What happens permanently will remain to be seen.”
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[Ezinne J. Ihenachor, MD | Breast Imaging Fellow @EzinneIhenachor]

Week 4 at #hahnemann. Inpatients now in the single digits. Radiology study volume has decreased significantly yet 470 residents are stuck. Lawyers for #hahnemann promised to release news for CMS-CAP funding @ Friday’s bail hearing. Freedman keep your word.

[Matt Flamenbaum @mflame0]

It's hard to believe it's actually come to this.
"'It’s the perception that residents are viewed as nothing more than assets, the sale of which might offset debt,' McCallum told Gross."
https://t.co/EI0z7XkMiI

[Matt Flamenbaum @mflame0]

The @acgme has already requested #Hahnemann respect the orphan status of the trainees and their funding, are they going to sign on to this filing or join a similar one?

[Atul Grover, MD, PhD @AtulGroverMD]

@jrovner @ncannellf @repopter @SarahGantz we filed this today...incl the request an Ombudsman be appointed to represent the interests of affected residents in #GME programs