Director Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Carilion Clinic, VA Tech. Supporter of women's health, bow ties, & Oxford commas

Roanoke, VA
Joined September 2010
It's Official. The agenda for the May 2024 AMA CPT® Editorial Panel Meeting includes a proposal to establish CPT codes for prior authorization + appeal of wrongful denials. ama-assn.org/system/files/cp… #PriorAuthCPT #WrongfulDenialAppealCPT 1/15
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Registration is OPEN for the @ACOG District IV Annual District Meeting in Washington DC this fall from October 20-22nd, 2023. Register early to take advantage of pricing!⁠ Abstract and stump the professor submissions due August 14th ⁠ Register: access.acog.org/eweb/Dynamic…
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Here’s the Chest X-Ray of a young girl suffering from a condition that is now the #1 cause of death in children and adolescents in the U.S. What’s the diagnosis?
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Dr. Jason Wright discusses surgical volumes and outcomes for gyn surgery. #SGS2023 @GynSurgery Bottom line: Pts have the best outcomes with high-volume surgeons at hospitals with high volume and high quality. It may mean traveling to get this high quality care. @nancynursez637
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In case you didn’t know the background of the Match, anti trust law, and how it plays into resident salaries. 👇👇👇
In 1998, a small residency program in Colorado lost its accreditation. It wasn’t the kind of thing that you’d expect to change the course of academic medicine. And yet, it *almost* did. Earlier, I explained how the Match started. Now, I’ll tell you how it nearly collapsed. 🧵
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Such a wonderful amazing group of MIGS surgeons. Love this Vandy family @AAGL ! #AAGL2022 @VUMChealth
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📣📣 Calling all residents interested in @FMIGS1 attending @AAGL! We are hosting an informational session tomorrow 3:15-4:15 MST I. Summit 8! #gynfluencers please spread the word to residents!!!! Highlights include a diverse panel of leadership, young alumni and fellows #surged
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Remember to sign in if you are using the Mother's Lounge at #AAGL2022 @AAGL
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Even the hotel wall decorations are uterus themed and ready for us to kick off the ⁦@AAGL⁩ conference. #AAGL2022
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By the power vested in me, I hereby abolish the following labs: Uric acid, random estrogen, MCHC.
Wouldn’t it be crazy if medicine could accurately counsel people how much their surgery and hospitalization would cost? #medicalwishlist
Thanks ACOG DIV &VII for a wonderful meeting weekend! Looking forward to being back in person and great times ahead with friends and colleagues @ACOGD4 #BeWellD4D7
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In Tennessee & Idaho, currently it is impossible to treat an ECTOPIC pregnancy without committing a crime. These are the current words of the deciding judge. This is active law today. There are currently no exceptions at any gestational age or in any circumstances. #factsmatter
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Great discussion on emotional health with Dr Patricia Sulak! We use the same lines in pelvic pain clinic all the time. Everyone has mental and physical stressors, acknowledging and finding good interventions is the key to long lasting health #BeWellD4D7 @acogD4 #acog
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Please do not reflexively send patients to pelvic PT until they have actually undergone a thorough pelvic pain exam. Many secondary pain causes are being ignored and falsely lead patients to assume pelvic PT did not help them because there was not a multi-modal approach.
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Look at those those laparoscopic knots - done by our MIGS AI 4th year medical student. 👏👏👏
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“Our hospital gets the really complex medical and surgical patients.” Please let me know if anyone finds this other mythical hospital that doesn’t have complex patients. I haven’t encountered this at the dozen different medical facilities I’ve worked at in the past 15 years.
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>20% of women who do not obtain a DESIRED postpartum sterilization will have an unintended pregnancy WITHIN ONE YEAR, disproportionately affecting Medicaid patients. Are Medicaid BTL form restrictions actually protecting patients? Great work on resident research day ⁦
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Thank you to Dr Todd Griffin ⁦@stonybrooku⁩ for the excellent insights behind working and privileging in academia for our OBGYN resident research day ⁦@CarilionClinic⁩ ⁦@vtcsom⁩
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"...equal protection of the laws to all unborn children from the moment of fertilization by protecting them by the same laws protecting other human beings." So if you have unused embryos from IVF, OBGYNS and patients will be charged with homicide if they choose to discard them?
Having a miscarriage, IVF for infertility, or an abortion can be homicide in Louisiana now. What is wrong with people?! This is insane. #AbortionIsHealthcare #infertility #prochoice #science
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