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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Thrilled to share that I’ve officially accepted a position to join endocrinology faculty at @weillcornell.bsky.social ! Especially excited to join Dr. Kumar and her amazing ICHANGE clinic team in advancing care for metabolic liver disease—truly a dream job come true for this #MASLD nerd!

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About the Program | Patient Care

Our mission at the Innovative Center for Health and Nutrition in Gastroenterology (ICHANGE) is to provide digestive and metabolic-related health care through a research-driven and multidisciplinary mo...

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Very proud of Dr. Kerry Kennedy Meltzer, my former co-resident and public health & policy extraordinaire for being vulnerable and sharing this about her uncle, RFK Jr. PLEASE READ THIS ! www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/k...

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Private emails show RFK Jr. making false claims about Covid-19 shots, linking vaccines to autism

Kennedy's niece, a NYC physician, shares private emails, says public needs to see what she calls her uncle’s misguided views and conspiracy theories.

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Did something uncomfortable and made a YouTube Channel. First video on residency rank list tips ! Please like and subscribe ! 🙂🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ll3...

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Residency Rank List - Top 5 Tips!

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Iris Thiele Isip Tan MD, MSc @endocrinewitch.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Nope … your email does NOT find me well.

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

As a physician, woman and human being I am deeply disturbed on what is going on in this country.

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the show rate at our public hospital clinic was extremely low today, same day he promised to role out mass deportations

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Vafa T @vafata.medsky.social · 20/01/2025

“In 2017, immigrants helped offset a $67 billion deficit in healthcare costs for US-born citizens by paying $58 billion more in taxes and premiums than was spent on their healthcare; 89% of this surplus was attributed to contributions made by undocumented immigrants” www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Texas Executive Order GA-46 and the Erosion of Trust in Health Care | NEJM

A new Texas policy could deter immigrants, both documented and undocumented, from seeking help for serious medical concerns. Consequences of this measure may reverberate widely.

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

How many PCPs are endocrinologists on here are regularly using FIB-4 for #MASLD screening in their patients with T2DM?

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Michael Weintraub, MD @mweintraubmd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

BMI has limitations in categorizing someone with obesity. We need alternative methods to diagnose obesity so we do not overdiagnose or underdiagnose the disease. See the new Definition and Diagnostic Criteria of Clinical Obesity statement, published in Lancet today: buff.ly/42ftb9g

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

This month I made $4,052 from "side hustles" between social media engagements and pre-residency advising... nearly double what I make biweekly as a chief endocrinology fellow. Food for thought: what does it say about trainee physician salaries when side gigs can pay more?

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

So much talk about #MASLD but let's not forget to screen our patients for alcohol consumption as well. Alcohol + metabolic risk factors synergistically ⬆️steatohepatitis, fibrosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma in #MetALD nature.com/articles/s44...

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Metabolic and alcohol-associated liver disease (MetALD): a representation of duality - npj Gut and Liver

npj Gut and Liver - Metabolic and alcohol-associated liver disease (MetALD): a representation of duality

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Kim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It’s not too late. Contact your Senators today. This is just too urgent and too important to sit on the sidelines.

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

New Orleans was my home for 4 years and really holds a special place in my heart. It is where I learned medicine and patience, and what it means to have a vibrant life. My heart goes out to all from yesterday's tragic events ❣️

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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

We were thrilled to be on the Oct 2024 cover of @natrevgastrohep.bsky.social with "Food inequity and insecurity and MASLD: burden, challenges, and interventions" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Looking forward to seeing the 2025 covers @heykatray.bsky.social #LiverSky

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Vafa T @vafata.medsky.social · 28/12/2024

Life of an academic endocrinologist: trying to read about CAH.

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Lived in Ithaca for 4 yrs but I swear I am colder in NYC now 😢

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Food order matters when it comes to that glucose spike. Protein and veggies before carbs ! Awesome work from my Weill Cornell peeps

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I have experienced the same thing. It’s so sad.

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Do we think this change in telehealth coverage for Medicare will really go into effect in 2025? Genuinely asking as someone interviewing for jobs which depend on telehealth to provide care to underserved pts or at institutions who don’t have physical space for more physicians to see patients

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Michael Weintraub, MD @mweintraubmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Tirzepatide provides significantly greater weight loss than semaglutide in the first head-to-head randomized clinical trial, SURMOUNT-5 ⬇️ Tirzepatide (Zepbound) 20.2% weight loss ⬇️ Semaglutide (Wegovy) 13.7% weight loss t.co/7xrXaZ5NtZ

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https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lillys-zepboundr-tirzepatide-superior-wegovyr-semaglutide-head

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Any ideas for an interesting Endocrine Grand Rounds topic?! Not too broad, timely, clinically relevant. Unsurprisingly, I have done all my grand rounds thus far on #MASLD so looking for something different :)

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Been doing mock med school interviews lately and all I can say is wow... these kids are impressive. The sheer amount of publications they have alone makes me question whether I would even get into medical school these days.

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I’ve now had 3 patients present for endocrinology care/procedures who on their own accord voice reasoning along the lines of “I don’t know what my life will look like when Trump is in office, or if I’ll even be here. I want to take care of my medical problems now.”

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Michael Weintraub, MD @mweintraubmd.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

There is a proposal for Medicare to pay for #GLP1 medications for obesity. Why wait until obesity-related diseases like #type2diabetes develop when you can prevent them from occurring in the first place? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/u...

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Obesity Drugs Would Be Covered by Medicare and Medicaid Under Biden Proposal (Gift Article)

The proposed rule could give millions of Americans access to the new drugs; it would also put pressure on the federal budget.

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Yes, we try! Only hard when he is stuck in a case at the end of the night for hours and I haven’t heard anything ! And I get hungry :)

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Living with a surgery resident = eating dinner alone often 😂

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I truly love endocrinology - the tech, the innovation, the physiology- and it’s such an amazing field. That’s all.

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johnsonthomasmd.bsky.social @johnsonthomasmd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The Menopause–Hypothyroidism Puzzle: Does Levothyroxine Affect Women's Cognitive Health? #thyroid ⁦‪@AmThyroidAssn‬⁩ #menopause - my review in clinical thyroidology www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

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The Menopause–Hypothyroidism Puzzle: Does Levothyroxine Affect Women's Cognitive Health? | Clinical Thyroidology®

Clinical Thyroidology®

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Erin Michos, MD @erinmichos.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

💯! But not just a primary care issue. Needed for all patient-facing fields of medicine. With the explosion of volume from patient portal messages, this is not sustainable to be doing this clinical work late at night on personal time - must need to rework clinic templates to allow time for this work.

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JAMA @jama.com · 23/11/2024

Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: Muvalaplin reduced lipoprotein(a) measured using intact lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein(a)-based assays and was well tolerated. ja.ma/4eHAXLq

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

How to make friends with an endocrine fellow: 1. Never get a TSH without a FT4 level 2. Know the home diabetes regimen before you place the consult 3. An inpatient cortisol level when the patient is already on steroids isn’t helpful

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 21/11/2024

How to make friends with a hematologist Chapter 1 1. Order a peripheral smear before they ask 2. Never get a CBC without a diff 3. Stop the heparin before you call for a HIT consult 4. NEVER order MTHFR 5. Order a reticulocyte count before you consult for anemia

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a man in a striped shirt is talking to another man and says did we just become best friends ?

Alt: a man in a striped shirt is talking to another man and says did we just become best friends ?

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

One of my absolute favorite parts of this weekend at #TLM24 was picking up some educational materials @KnowledgeNash table. Livvy the liver !!! How cute is this coloring to raise awareness on fatty liver disease for kids !

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Melina Manolas, MD, MPH @melinamanolas.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

It is critical for endocrinologists, PCPs to know how to "prescribe" exercise for MASLD prevention treatment. Thankfully the awesome @jonathanstinemd.bsky.social will be talking about just this next Tues, 12/5 from 12-1p EST. Link to register: register.gotowebinar.com/register/798...

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