priority list signup for non-US physicians and non-physician folks in healthcare: airtable.com/appzPcoBRgsmUX…
what I like about Roon so far:
1. More back-and-forth discussion
2. Ability to follow certain topics in “spaces” (e.g., AI in medicine, health policy, med ed, medical reasoning)
3. You can’t tell how many followers you have (less clout-chasing and virtue signaling)
4. No bots or trolls
100% biggest limitation right now. Hopefully temporary (remember when Bluesky was invite-only?)
So far it’s limited to US-based physicians (need NPI) but goal is to add others (need our ID pharmacists and international colleagues!) over time
Remember the glory days of #IDTwitter? Want to have discussions with your colleagues without sifting through the slop of X and the echo chambers of Bluesky? Come join what we are building over at Roon!
Bruin. Doin’ us proud.
Are you an ID pharmacist currently in the VA system who wants to live in an awesome city and work with awesome people?
Look no further.
www.usajobs.gov/job/858066800
My latest for IDSA Journal Club: a review of a recent CID paper that finds similar outcomes in CAP patients with pos viral testing when treated with 0-2d vs 5-7d abx, adding fuel to recent IDSA-ATS controversy.
www.idsociety.org/science-spea...
just referred to a smoldering leukocytosis as “low-key” on rounds today…not sure if I’m chopped, cringe, or goated
I did not have @mmpharmd.bsky.social making a 6-7 reference in a CID article on my bingo card of things that were going to make my day today but here we are
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
did ABIM really just send me my LKA Wrapped?
we’re talkin’ CloCeBa at @idsainfo.bsky.social Journal Club this month! Do we need to think about adding blaZ type to rapid diagnostic panels for MSSA bacteremia?
www.idsociety.org/science-spea...
The 6 “coms” of why we are losing the battle over public health: complacency, commitment, commercialism, complexity, communication, and comportment
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
With UW’s Dr Paul Pottinger and others, new discussion re: fostering ID advocacy in ID fellowship.
They note:
Policies with a negative impact on ID clinical care, public health, & research underscore the importance of mobilizing the field of ID to advocacy
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance... #IDSky
5. The Learner (redux): the late career person who no longer has to play hard at the game and is at the meeting for the science and to have awesome dinners with friends.
Making it to this stage is the aspirational goal.
4. The Leader: the mid to late career person who mostly goes to meet with other key Leaders to plan grants, policies, and initiatives. Only catches a few educational sessions. Comes late and leaves early.
3. The Organizer: the midcareer person involved in planning sessions, moderating, leading symposia, getting people to meet who need to meet. Lucky to make it to half the educational stuff they aren’t involved in.
2. The Presenter: the trainee or early career person who has a poster or oral presentation, still learns and absorbs most of the meeting, but the presentation is the focus.
beginning to realize the stages of @idweek.bsky.social attendance according to career stage:
1. The Learner: the student/resident/fellow that goes to learn and absorb.
the day that AI can do schedule-making better than me is the day my work is done as a PD…it’s gonna be a while
Feeling inspired seeing so many enthusiastic trainees at #IDWeek2025! We have a 2026-27 opening for our 1-year Transplant ID Advanced Training Program at #UCLA, pls reach out with any questions #IDfellow #TxID @idweek.bsky.social #IDSky @ucla-id-fellowship.bsky.social recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10380
Well done to all the teams! Time for everyone to start making plans for BugBowl 2026 in DC!
Get psyched! Come for the ATL-themed puns, stay for the knowledge!
On IDSA’s & HIVMA’s Science Speaks blog: Christopher J. Graber, MD, MPH, FIDSA, explores dalbavancin versus standard therapy for completion of treatment of complicated S. aureus bacteremia. https://bit.ly/4ncqnAt
Looking to do some stewardship and/or hospital epi? Join me, @wbranchelliman.bsky.social, and our crew at VA Greater Los Angeles!
best admin assistant (and pre-interview Zoom DJ) ever!
Colleagues- in case this was missed during summer vacation, please share. I just went to the Bowl again last week and saw Yo-Yo Ma and Angelique Kidjo. The Bowl is not the only reason to be in LA....but it is pretty spectacular. Also my ASP team is just the bee's knees.
