Cardiologist @Mainemed | Former Chief Fellow @BIDMChealth @Harvardmed | @MGHMedicine Alum | Interested in echo, outcomes, and women's health | Tweets are my own

Boston, MA
Joined July 2018
Teaching Al Buxton what a “meme” means. Solid start to ECG conference thanks to @leahkosyakovsky this morning @BIDMCVFellows #EPeeps
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Congratulations to our very own @KayEverettMDPhD for winning the fellows research competition at #THT2022 for her work on #Ecpella before reperfusion. No wonder our hemodynamics conferences are so good!! 🔥@BidmcCvi #CardioTwitter #WIC link below 👇
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Rockstar analysis indeed! Check out #WomenInHFJC discussion led by @InbarRaber on gender differences in Medicare payments to cardiologists. Way to represent @BIDMCVFellows @BidmcCvi
Thank you @InbarRaber You are a rockstar 🌟👏 Your answers were on point. An insightful paper with deep analysis. Thanks all authors for this great study. Thanks everyone for joining us for #WomenInHFJC @HFSA @mvaduganathan @DrNasrien @ErinMichos @AartiAsnaniMD
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VA ECMO and impella sim this morning for the first year fellows at our SIM center. Huge shout out to the faculty, SIM and abiomed teams for coming in at 6AM to set up ☀️ ☕️ (and yes, the fellows crushed it!) @BIDMCVFellows @BidmcCvi #CardioTwitter #MCS
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So excited for this amazingly talented group to join the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Cardiology family!! Congratulations and happy #MatchDay to all!! @BIDMCVFellows @BidmcCvi @rwyeh @JenHoCardiology @EricSecemskyMD @kardiologykazi @DocStrom @SmithBIDMC
We are absolutely thrilled to welcome this *incredible* group to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Cardiology Fellowship!!! #BIDMC #MatchDay @BIDMCVFellows @harvardmed
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We are absolutely thrilled to welcome this *incredible* group to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Cardiology Fellowship!!! #BIDMC #MatchDay @BIDMCVFellows @harvardmed
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Lila Martin retweeted
Many thanks to our #BIDMC family of caregivers for your time & commitment to our patients. Shout out to @BIDMCVFellows @JRDClarke for being on-call tomorrow + to all who keep @BIDMChealth going 24/7!
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The Chest Pain Guidelines are now released! ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/… Top 10: CHEST PAINS Thanks to the entire writing group and my co-cahirs: Deb Murkerjee & Phil Levy 💥First Chest Pain Guidelines @AHAScience @ACCinTouch
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Let's make cardiology training better for everyone. Thank you to @BIDMCVFellows for the support. #WIC #Cardiotwitter @AcadMedJournal @WomenAs1 @InbarRaber journals.lww.com/academicmed…
The primary team declined the consult recommendations. Didn’t fit with overall goals. @MGHMedicine⁩ nytimes.com/2021/09/24/world…
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A bootcamp so informative, even the interventional cardiology attendings wanted in on the action✅#BIcath @BIDMCVFellows
Anyone need a device interrogation? BIDMC F1s at your service taking overnight call in t minus 5 days!! ⏰ Thank you to our amazing EP reps for this morning’s review! #CardioTwitter #EPeeps
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📣📣📣Introducing the @BIDMCVFellows @BidmcCvi first year fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year. We are beyond excited to see all the amazing things you will accomplish🫀@leahkosyakovsky @enricoferroMD @JRDClarke @gyfjiang @RonukModi @lucas_marinacci Chris Inra Nicholas Spetko
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Lila Martin retweeted
What a journey has this project been for all of us, it’s humbling to see it get here. Immensely grateful to the amazing volunteers, to @BIDMC_CVVRTrial, to @JNJNews and to our entire team. Our hearts are so full to be able to witness this moment that we worked so hard for. – at Boston, MA
Today, FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third vaccine for the prevention of #COVID19 caused by SARS-CoV-2. The EUA allows the vaccine to be distributed in the U.S for use in individuals 18 years and older. fda.gov/news-events/press-an…
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So good!! 💪🏼 🔥 💯
1/ 🗣History, protein/light chain studies, and TTE findings in your pt raise suspicion for #cardiacamyloid (CA), but scintigraphy/SPECT were negative 🤷 What other imaging modalities can we use? 🤔 🧲Let’s talk cardiac MR (#CMR) in CA🧲
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Lila Martin retweeted
We are thrilled to be a recipient of this year's @AnticoagForum Ansell Fellowship to fund a Vascular Medicine Fellow. Excellent oppy to train with leaders in the field such as @EricSecemskyMD @ASchmaier Brett Carroll, MD, + others @SmithBIDMC. DM for more info!
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Wow! Starstruck by this crew 🌟 Can’t wait to meet all of you!
We are absolutely delighted to welcome an incredibly talented group of fellows to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship!!!
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Our research letter is out today in @NEJM! We show that the #ABO gene locus (which determines #bloodtype) is strongly associated with levels of DC-SIGN, a viral binding protein. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE… Below, a brief history of ABO and #COVID to put it in context 1/
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Looking forward to hearing first hand from our cardiology fellows on the webinar panel @InbarRaber @AliMCorley @Bravo__MD present their roles in recruitment pilot projects!
Our next #ACCWIC Webinar is scheduled for Thurs. 12/3. How do we close the #gendergap in high school, med school, & residency? Speakers: @MeghanYorkMD @ggvela @IowaWIC Register acc.org/Education-and-Meetin… #WomenInMedicine @DrToniyaSingh @gina_lundberg @iamritu @ACCMass @WomenAs1
Merilyn Varghese presents important data #AHA20 on decreases in #EchoFirst volumes @BidmcCvi with #COVID19 restrictions. Decline correlated with inpatient volumes. @ASE360 @purviparwani @onco_cardiology @iamritu @DavidWienerMD
Replying to @BIDMCVFellows
@BIDMCVFellows Merilyn Varghese presents data from @BidmcCvi showing rapid decline in weekly #EchoFirst volumes (outpatient + inpatient) after introduction of #COVID19 restrictions in March. #AHA20 @AHAMeetings @AHAScience @DocStrom @FostelloS @SmithBIDMC @BidmcCvi
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