@DrLBenjamin

Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellow @UCLAHealth; Health Policy & Management PhD Candidate @UCLAFSPH; Tweets are my own opinions/not medical advice

 Los Angeles, CA
Joined February 2021
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Excited to share my latest research article on lung cancer screening adherence recently accepted by @AnnalsATS, read here: academic.oup.com/annalsats/a…

Centralization of Lung Cancer Screening and Adherence to First Follow-up Assessment: The Veterans...

AbstractRationale. Lung cancer screening (LCS) decreases lung cancer mortality, but patients must receive timely follow-up to realize these benefits. Unfor

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My latest research on lung cancer screening eligibility has just been published with @SpringerNature in @JournalGIM. Read here: rdcu.be/fh6Z4
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Join us in congratulating the graduates of the UCLA STAR Program! 🎉 We can’t wait to see how these physician-scientists push scientific frontiers and transform medicine. 🌟#FollowtheScience
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH@UREssien26 May 2023
MGH x UCLA with the bro @DrLBenjamin! Great to run into Dr. Benjamin, Pulm-Crit attending extraordinaire, on the wards @LosAngelesVA! 😄 Excited for your important work on cancer screening in Veterans. 👨🏾‍🔬 Plenty more consults ahead, my friend. 🫁 #BowtieFriday #MGHWest
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Ron Barbosa MD FACS
@rbarbosa914 Mar 2023
Short 🧵(for people going into critical care) regarding when a tracheostomy tube is the same 'size' as its endotracheal tube counterpart, and when it is not. Warning: minutiae follows here...if you're not into critical care, get out now. (1/ )
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Gilad Jaffe, MD@GiladJaffe25 Oct 2022
Outstanding summary of the current state of NIV use in ARDS by one of the best @NidaQadirMD
Nida Qadir, MD@NidaQadirMD25 Oct 2022
🧵 on NIV in #ARDS 🫁 I’ve seen A LOT of inappropriate use of NIV in #COVID19 & have often ranted about it on Twitter. There’s also lot of new data on NIV that’s been inconsistent & confusing. Let’s break some of it down. I’ll also add in some highlights from #LIVES2022
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Such an incredible loss.
Partners In Health@PIH21 Feb 2022
Partners In Health announced that its founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda. Dr. Farmer was 62 years old. He is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children. 1/🧵
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Lakshman Swamy@laxswamy17 Jan 2022
It's six AM. I'm still in bed and my eyes are barely open. I reach for my phone. I check my email. Last night's sign out just arrived. I scan last the names I don't recognize, looking for one in particular... 🧵
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Congratulations and welcome to the fam!
Tisha Wang@drtishawang3 Dec 2021
For a decade I had the honor & privilege of leading the @UCLAPCCM fellowship program & recently handed over the reigns to the AMAZING @ktmel11. But as an APD I still get to celebrate our match & beam at how bright the future is in pulm/cc despite all that has happened. Welcome!!
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Genuinely had no idea my picture would be the cover photo of this article, but still a very important story to highlight. Shoutout to @IOEmeruwa for showing me the article!
Susana Morales MD@SusanaMoralesM88 Apr 2021
A year of trauma: More than 3,600 US health workers died in Covid's first 12 months—70 PERCENT were BIPOC cnn.com/2021/04/07/health/he…
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Susana Morales MD@SusanaMoralesM88 Apr 2021
A year of trauma: More than 3,600 US health workers died in Covid's first 12 months—70 PERCENT were BIPOC cnn.com/2021/04/07/health/he…
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