Anthony Sofia

Academic gastroenterologist with a passion for comprehensive care of IBD. @OHSUNews via GI @uchicagoIBD IM @medchiefs MD @UChiPritzker

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the @accpchest 2022 guideline on perioperative management of patients taking oral anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy who are undergoing an elective surgery or procedure. https://t.co/ioXVMK4G0l

[@civicgrit.bsky.social @civic_grit]

#8 Portland, OR's 97212 with 11.72% cycling

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

THREAD: There is a massive, totally legal bribery scheme driving up drug prices in America.

And pharmacy benefit managers—shady middlemen you’ve probably never heard of—are right at the center.

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Radical change of mobility requires new imaginaries! After counting all 12.000 votes across our platforms, the winner of the most powerful #MobilityMeme of 2023 is:

'Street Storage' by @davewalker!

Share it to keep opening up eyes in your networks!

[Elliott Higgins, MD 👨‍🎤 @EHigginsMD]

For anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, this is stunning data.

[Lauren Feld @LaurenFeldMD]

*carving out times for meetings during hours where childcare is provided.

To be clear, I'm advocating that we recognize the difficulty of multiple weekly 7am meetings for those with young children.

[Alex Steffen @AlexSteffen]

Stanford study: Western N. America should expect unprecedented heat waves by the 2020s; blistering heat by 2030s. http://bit.ly/ac5llq

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Forget F1: the only car race that matters now is the race to turn your car into a digital extraction machine, a high-speed inkjet printer on wheels, stealing your private data as it picks your pocket.

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[Haggard Hawks 🦅📚 Words | Language | Etymology @HaggardHawks]

The largest perfect word square in the English language is a 9-by-9 grid of letters that can be read both horizontally and vertically.

[A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey]

Today I think our view of the gut microbiome has been as wishful as those who looked at the sky, and thought that the Sun was going around Earth.

When multiple hypotheses can explain the same data, will humans always choose the exciting over the simple? We're such romantics :)

[Mike Putman @EBRheum]

Excited to see my perspective piece in @NEJM re:“hospital problems”

Have a read & thanks to all who have shared already!

https://t.co/fCu6sEtdlb

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

For decades now, we have spent trillions to retrofit our cities, our public spaces and our society to cater for cars. It just hasn't worked.

If only we had an alternative.
If only... 🚲
(London by@PeterStuart3)

[OHSU Gastroenterology & Hepatology @OHSUGastro]

Congrats to @pdxIBD, #FouadOtaki, #JaniceJou on their promotions! Time to celebrate all your contributions you have made to @OHSUGastro and @OHSUSOM!

[Sam Balto @CoachBalto]

So awesome getting to join the Peabody Elementary School #BikeBus in Cambridge today!! Thanks so much for having me @Ammalon @katicycle @MarkBoswell16 @franschrandez @cambbikesafety

[ACP @ACPIMPhysicians]

Influential #IMPhysician of the Month: Joseph B. Kirsner, M.D., Ph.D. (1909-2012). Dr. Kirsner’s ground-breaking work led to a better understanding of #InflammatoryBowelDisease. He was among the first to recognize the increased risk of #ColonCancer in patients with #IBD. #IMProud

[ProPublica @propublica]

Lee Mazurek had been on medication to keep his chronic disease at bay for nine years when a @Cigna employee flagged his case for review.

The company estimated it could save $98,000+ if he switched parts of his treatment plan. Then came the denial. 🧵👇👇

[Kimberly Hooks @kimberlymhooks]

Amazing session around REMOVING BARRIERS TO HIGH VALUE IBD CARE! So thankful for the opportunity to share my patient story! Together, we are the change! @RotonyaC @AmitPatelDukeMD @pdxIBD @StreettMd @PeterMargolis5 @LGlovesSicil #AGAIBDInfluencer #COCCI #DDW2023 #HereforDDW

[U.S. Department of Transportation @USDOT]

Come take a ride with us on @CoachBalto's Alameda Elementary School Bike Bus in Portland, Oregon!🚲🚌

#BikeRollToSchoolDay

[Bill Shaner @bill_shaner]

The first scene of the 1978 Mad Max includes this highway sign to illustrate the cartoonishly dangerous and violent nature of its dystopian world. 57 deaths! In modern America the Mad Max death highway would come in 4th place behind three real life highways