Peter B. Bach, MD

Chief Med Officer @DELFIdiagnostic. Pulmonary & ICU doc. Tweets about health policy and grammar. Viewpoints my own.

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@JenSeniorNY It's the damndest thing. The dead abandon you. Then, with time, you abandon the dead.

[carolyn johnson @Carolynyjohnson]

Some personal news! In a few weeks, I'm starting a new job @NYTScience, joining a team I've long admired, followed and envied. Today is my last day @WashPost - I'm so grateful for the 11 years I got to work and learn from a cast of amazing colleagues. https://t.co/063FjE6S3L

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@ATabarrok Yes but that line is from Faustus not Homer. (But point taken)

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@DrewMoghanaki And yet this is what the author says

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@DrewMoghanaki If you think we should screen anyone who might get lung cancer, or define the population by that numerator, then just say so.

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@bijans Only constant is change. Loved that place for so long too.

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@adamfeuerstein Final four should be a repeat of the group stage if they really want all four to end up in order. That would be quite fun particularly because pairs games could be played simultaneously.

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@VickersBiostats 🔥

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@DrewMoghanaki @ChiFuJeffYang @alexandra_p_24 @LeciaSequist @arbmckee Thank you for the response.

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@DrewMoghanaki @ChiFuJeffYang @alexandra_p_24 @LeciaSequist @arbmckee But the tobacco industry (which I am not defending of course) funded the ELCAP research. That funding is cited in the 2006 publication you reference from NEJM (through a shell foundation. How does that square with a scheme to block screening?https://t.co/huGRwzNfH3

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@DrewMoghanaki @ChiFuJeffYang @alexandra_p_24 @LeciaSequist @arbmckee Why would the tobacco industry be anti-screening?

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@DrewMoghanaki @ChiFuJeffYang @alexandra_p_24 @LeciaSequist @arbmckee This is fascinating. What is the source documentation backing this up (other than Alvan Feinstein's work on the high prevalence of asymptomatic lung cancer at autopsy?).

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@matthewherper A giant. And a friend. I'm lucky to have shared a lot of call nights and takeout that had gotten cold with Maura in those early years, as well as some dinners when we weren't in scrubs much later.

[Bianca Turetsky @BiancaTuretsky]

Yay Thrilled to see Magic on the Map on this list! My Kids Love the Magic Tree House Books. What Should They Read Next? https://t.co/hMVtoHw3yU via @NYTimes

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@AlexBerenson 💯. And unlike the others it has a mystical premise which makes the reveal all the more of a magic trick.

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@ASCO Godspeed Maura. World just got a little smaller, but the gifts of discovery you gave many, and your good humor in the middle of long intern shifts, has left multitudes 😢❤️

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@NCIDirector A giant

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@JeremyFarrar 😢

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@COlazagasti @SylvesterCancer @GlopesMd @DrTracyECrane @NarjustFlorezMD @Latinamd @DrFrankJPenedo @KobetzErin @LaurenGroner @DrSDNimer Way to go @COlazagasti can't wait to see this happen.

[Peter B. Bach, MD @peterbachmd]

@daphnezohar @DanBudwick I don't see a pr firm doing this. And I would think it would cut both ways with the journalist. Thanks for the story and now I know you can't be trusted