@ckastmd

Assoc. Chief, Hospital Medicine, North Shore University Hospital/Northwell Health. FACP. FHM.

 Manhasset, NY
Joined July 2017
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🤯 Behavioral symptoms were associated with ⬆️hospital mortality, ⬆️length of stay, ⬆️discharge to a facility, and ⬆️30d readmissions in hospitalized older patients with dementia. 🔎Find out what hospital practices contribute: shmpublications.onlinelibrar… @LSinvani
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Eileen Kim@EileenKim3362 Sep 2022
September is Women in Medicine Month, and we’re celebrating the countless contributions women have made to research, education, and patient care.@HofNorthwellDOM @KarenFriedman9 @SIbrahimMD @JulieSchwartzm6 @NALaVine @MCarneyMD @mnarasimhan #WIMMonth #WIM #WomenofAMA #InvestInHer
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JHM Digital Media Fellow @LannaFelde and I discuss the role that hospitalists can play in the advanced care planning process. shmpublications.onlinelibrar… To my PCP, geriatrics, and palliative care colleagues out there. What do you think?
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#ProudPD of former @HofNorthwellDOM graduates now research superstars @LSinvani and Alex Makhnevich 🎉🥳🥼🩺#meded @SIbrahimMD @NorthwellDHM @HofstraGeriPal @ckastmd @LMKurian
Maria T. Carney MD, MACP@MCarneyMD13 May 2022
Replying to @LSinvani
@LSinvani and Alex Makhnevich and Megan Hartpence of @HofNorthwellDOM @NorthwellHealth presenting on Dysphagia in Older Adults. Really great presentation and discussion. Standing room only! “Need to assess goals”
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The Long Island Chapter is in great hands
Bryant Faría, MD, FACP@bfariaMD9 Apr 2022
Honored to accept the Gold Status Chapter Award for the @SocietyHospMed Long Island Chapter. Could not have gotten here without the leadership of @seanplavine and @ckastmd
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Happy to see @SocietyHospMed Long Island Chapter be awarded The Platinum Status Chapter Excellence Award under the leadership of @seanplavine @ckastmd @bfariaMD. Great work by some great @NorthwellHealth Hospitalist leaders #SHMConverge
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How? We partner w/ @HealthNYGov + @nycHealthy! Register TODAY to be an #Opioid #Overdose #Prevention Program health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/… We all have #power in the equation to #humanize + address #SubstanceUse #inthistogether #IncreaseAccess #Naloxone @JLynchDO @DrRossSullivan
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@ACPIMPhysicians25 Oct 2020
ACP: Falsely Accusing Physicians of Overcounting #COVID19 Deaths for Financial Gain is Reprehensible. Read ACP's Statement ow.ly/ifUk50C29Bi.
Falsely accusing physicians of attributing deaths to COVID-19 for financial gain represents a reprehensible attack on physicians’ ethics and professionalism.

ALT Falsely accusing physicians of attributing deaths to COVID-19 for financial gain represents a reprehensible attack on physicians’ ethics and professionalism.

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Eric Topol
@EricTopol13 Apr 2020
A very good review of what we know of the anti-#COVID19 drug treatments to date jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… @JAMA_current by @UTSWNews James Sanders and colleagues
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Had the opportunity to orient ~15 new “COVIDists” as they join our inpatient team. Gynecologists, neurologists, and pediatricians from varied backgrounds. Impressed (but not surprised) by their eagerness and desire to help where help is needed. We’re all in this together!
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Key principle in responding to #coronavirus: scientists should speak directly to the public. When science is run through a political filter, truth is compromised. Public trust breaks down. Scientists like Tony Fauci should speak without censorship.#COVID19 nytimes.com/2020/02/27/us/po…

Pence Will Control All Coronavirus Messaging From Health Officials (Published 2020)

The White House’s attempt to impose a more disciplined approach to communications about the virus was undermined by President Trump, who complained the news media was overstating the threat.

nytimes.com
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Excited to be elected President of the Long Island Chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine @SocietyHospMed @HofstraMed @NorthwellDHM.
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Linda Kurian@LMKurian25 Jan 2020
Registration now open for our Spring NY #POCUS course. Join us in NY on June 11-12th to scan with some awesome #IMPOCUS educators. Approved for @SocietyHospMed POCUS certificate. Register at northwell.edu/cme @HaraldPOCUS @nilamjsoni @MDbenji @ria_dancel @mnarasimhan
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Do thickened liquids really prevent aspiration pneumonia? This months' #TWDFNR indicates that evidence says no. ow.ly/jswc50tWtrp
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Hospitalists are a key component to hospital-skilled nursing facility integration ow.ly/3DKE50mB69F @ColumbiaMSPH
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Richard Pizzi@richpizzi26 Feb 2019
As health care becomes ever more complex, high-functioning #hospitalmedicine groups are needed to navigate it the-hospitalist.org/hospital… @SHMLive

The ever-evolving scope of hospitalists’ clinical services - The Hospitalist

As health care becomes ever more complex, high-functioning hospital medicine groups are needed to navigate it.

the-hospitalist.org
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Liron Sinvani@LSinvani25 Feb 2019
Our review article on Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Adults is now available online. @JHospMedicine @ckastmd @NorthwellDHM @HofstraGeriPal journalofhospitalmedicine.co…

Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Adults

Aspiration pneumonia refers to an infection of the lung parenchyma in an individual that has inhaled a bolus of endogenous flora that overwhelms the natural defenses of the respiratory system. While...

shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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NYACP@NewYorkACP22 Feb 2019
Assemblyman McDonald Fielding questions on #singlepayer and #dsrip from @marcusphantom, @sagar_ankita, and others during a q&a at #leadership #NYACP2019
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Could have big implications for cost savings for patients where home IV infusions are not feasible or safe, less need for SNF stays
NEJM
@NEJM30 Jan 2019
In the POET trial, intravenous antibiotic therapy was compared with partial oral antibiotic therapy for the treatment of bacterial endocarditis. The outcomes were similar in the two groups. Read the full trial results: nej.md/2LwyRFD

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