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Alison Bays, MD (she/her)
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Academic Rheumatologist in my #BlueSkyEra Work Interests: vasculitis (GCA), quality improvement, medical education Creator of Rheumify, a web based question bank for rheumatology fellows, @rheumify
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Rheumify @rheumify.bsky.social · 1d
Check out the 5 step method for improving your rheumatology (and internal medicine!) board exam taking skills!
Rheumify: 5 step question process
How to tackle rheumatology boards
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2d
BREAKING: Senate GOP just BLOCKED Democrats' straightforward bill to pay our troops.

If Republicans still refuse to work with Democrats to reopen the government and prevent health care costs from skyrocketing, they should at the very least be able to work with us to make sure our troops get paid.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2d
The Republican Senate Majority Leader chose to send the Senate HOME rather than hold a vote to fund SNAP.

He will force a vote 13 times on a bill he knows won't pass rather than vote ONE time on a bill to fund SNAP we KNOW would pass.

Shameful.
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Rheumify @rheumify.bsky.social · 2d
Update on rheumify! 497 validated questions and 371 validated flashcards. Next up, I'm working with AI to analyze and categorize question types to help trainees with their board test taking skills.
Rheumify: Improving Test Taking Skills
Building a board exam strategy
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
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Allen Dell @urgeoverkill.bsky.social · 3d
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UW Rheumatology @uwrheum.bsky.social · 2d
We are raising money with the mission to support arthritis research and fund essential resources/life-changing programs for those living with arthritis. Come support or join our UW/Seattle Children's Joint Forces team at the 2025 Jingle Bell Run in Seattle, WA!
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WashU Medicine Division of Rheumatology @washumedrheum.bsky.social · 4d
Happening now: Dr. Michael Paley giving a talk about Inflammatory Eye Disease in W375C! 👀

#ACR25 #chooserheum #rheumatology

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Tiffany @tiffanyandlupus.bsky.social · 4d
So excited about Dr. Daniel Whibley’s presentation at #ACR25 on Cognitive Dysfunction and how it Manifests in those living w/Fibromyalgia. He shared several ways to conduct baseline cognitive tests.

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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
The temporal artery ultrasound wins as the next step in GCA diagnosis. However, it very much depends on the person wielding the ultrasound probe!
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 4d
One family’s deductible will jump to $20K. Another will pay $500 more a month. Americans are starting to get their insurance bills for next year, and any subsidy deal from Congress could still mean a big mess for insurers and consumers alike. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
A Ticking Clock: How States Are Preparing for a Last-Minute Obamacare Deal - KFF Health News
Even if Congress strikes a deal soon to extend more generous Affordable Care Act subsidies, the prices and types of ACA plans available could change dramatically. Unprecedented uncertainty and upheava...
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
Gen Z translation, I am sat
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
Reflecting on our own Fast Track Clinic mimics: we have seen a brain abscess, syphilis, glaucoma, zoster and intravascular lymphoma to name a few.
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
Fair point: we discussed a case of microscopic polyangiitis misdiagnosed as GCA.
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
Both presenters used this slide!
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
Starting off against ultrasound for GcA diagnosis by showing what we agree on. #ACR25
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
Another of our papers in the Great Debate! #ACR25
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
Dr Schmidt’s closing argument: ultrasound is FUN!
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
Our paper made it into the Great Debate! 🎉
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
87% continue steroids despite a negative temporal artery biopsy anyway 😳
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
59% of the audience already wants to do a temporal and axillary ultrasound for GCA diagnosis over clinical diagnosis, biopsy or other imaging studies!
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Alison Bays, MD (she/her) @alisonbays.bsky.social · 4d
Dr Schmidt says TAB is not a biopsy!! It’s removal of part of the artery!
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UW Rheumatology @uwrheum.bsky.social · 4d
Happy Tuesday! Starting us strong for Poster Session C, we have Drs. Michelle Nguyen, MD, and Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP, for "Dual Diagnoses, Diminished Survival: Association between rheumatoid arthritis and survival among older adults with lung cancer" @ 10:30 AM CST! #UWRheum #ACR25
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UW Rheumatology @uwrheum.bsky.social · 4d
Additonally we also have Drs. Michelle Nguyen, MD, and Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP presenting on "Association Between Frailty and Surivival Among Older Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lung Cancer" @ Poster Session C. #UWRheum #ACR25
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UW Rheumatology @uwrheum.bsky.social · 4d
Join us during Poster Session C where Dr. Jorge Armando Gonzalez Chapa, MD, PhD will be presenting on "Elevated fMET and GDF-15 Circulating Levels in Pediatric CNO Patients with Psoriasis Define a Distinct Mitochondrial-Inflammatory Signature" from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST @ #ACR25
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