Graham Walker, MD
@drgrahamwalker.com
— ER doc in SF
— @Offcall.com co-founder (Solving physician burnout through transparency!)
— MDCalc.com creator
— Physicians' Charter for Responsible AI physicianscharter.ai/
(posts are my own and nothing to do with employers)
— @Offcall.com co-founder (Solving physician burnout through transparency!)
— MDCalc.com creator
— Physicians' Charter for Responsible AI physicianscharter.ai/
(posts are my own and nothing to do with employers)
Reposted by Graham Walker, MD
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
www.wsj.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
Am also actual “mid” as the kids say too
Had a terrific conversation with @drgrahamwalker.com on his show about being incredibly mid.
Career that is.
Honestly a great listen for anyone who’s been working in medicine for a bit.
Career that is.
Honestly a great listen for anyone who’s been working in medicine for a bit.
Confessions from a Mid-Career Physician: Why It’s Okay to Want More Than Medicine
A candid conversation with Dr. Kaveh Hoda about the emotional crossroads of mid-career medicine, exploring burnout, identity, and why it’s okay for doctors to want more than just clinical work.
www.offcall.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Am also actual “mid” as the kids say too
I’m thinking physicians could still prescribe this off label, right? But obviously just sows more vaccine doubt.
“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you”
BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
May 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’m thinking physicians could still prescribe this off label, right? But obviously just sows more vaccine doubt.
www.medicaleconomics.com/view/mark-cu... Thank you again @mcuban.bsky.social !
Mark Cuban: Health care is a battle of good against bad, and doctors are the good guys
In a recent podcast appearance, the billionaire former member of “Shark Tank” ripped into insurance companies and defended physicians.
www.medicaleconomics.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
www.medicaleconomics.com/view/mark-cu... Thank you again @mcuban.bsky.social !
Most people tune out when doctors rage about prior auth, opaque pricing, or middlemen sucking value out of the system. Except @mcuban.bsky.social.
Where we all see complexity, he sees opportunity. And he trusts doctors. Full episode:
www.offcall.com/learn/podcas...
Where we all see complexity, he sees opportunity. And he trusts doctors. Full episode:
www.offcall.com/learn/podcas...
April 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Most people tune out when doctors rage about prior auth, opaque pricing, or middlemen sucking value out of the system. Except @mcuban.bsky.social.
Where we all see complexity, he sees opportunity. And he trusts doctors. Full episode:
www.offcall.com/learn/podcas...
Where we all see complexity, he sees opportunity. And he trusts doctors. Full episode:
www.offcall.com/learn/podcas...
"The relationship between doctors and insurance companies has become an abusive one." — Dr. Elisabeth Potter who went viral after posting about United Healthcare's prior auth practices online
Our full conversation here: www.offcall.com/learn/podcas...
Our full conversation here: www.offcall.com/learn/podcas...
March 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"The relationship between doctors and insurance companies has become an abusive one." — Dr. Elisabeth Potter who went viral after posting about United Healthcare's prior auth practices online
Our full conversation here: www.offcall.com/learn/podcas...
Our full conversation here: www.offcall.com/learn/podcas...
This feels like a Parkland shooting moment. If Americans don't care about dead kids we aren't gonna get gun control.
If they don't care about their OWN DEAD KIDS then I'm not sure how you fight back against that
If they don't care about their OWN DEAD KIDS then I'm not sure how you fight back against that
How firm is the hold of antivax beliefs?
From the parents of the 6 year old unvaccinated child who died of measles:
“Don’t do the shots,” the girl’s mother said. Measles, she added, is “not as bad as they’re making it out to be.” She noted that her four other children all recovered…
From the parents of the 6 year old unvaccinated child who died of measles:
“Don’t do the shots,” the girl’s mother said. Measles, she added, is “not as bad as they’re making it out to be.” She noted that her four other children all recovered…
How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old’s measles death
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
March 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This feels like a Parkland shooting moment. If Americans don't care about dead kids we aren't gonna get gun control.
If they don't care about their OWN DEAD KIDS then I'm not sure how you fight back against that
If they don't care about their OWN DEAD KIDS then I'm not sure how you fight back against that
We've massively lost the ability to perform critical thinking
We've massively lost the ability to spot incorrect and misinformation
And we have so much information at our fingertips yet lack the ability to know if said information actually answers the question we have
We've massively lost the ability to spot incorrect and misinformation
And we have so much information at our fingertips yet lack the ability to know if said information actually answers the question we have
We still aren’t taking the effect of phones and social media seriously.
We should be focusing on it the way we focused on cigarettes in the 80s or lead in gasoline before that.
We should be focusing on it the way we focused on cigarettes in the 80s or lead in gasoline before that.
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
March 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We've massively lost the ability to perform critical thinking
We've massively lost the ability to spot incorrect and misinformation
And we have so much information at our fingertips yet lack the ability to know if said information actually answers the question we have
We've massively lost the ability to spot incorrect and misinformation
And we have so much information at our fingertips yet lack the ability to know if said information actually answers the question we have
Other countries socialize their medical problems. America medicalizes its social problems.
March 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Other countries socialize their medical problems. America medicalizes its social problems.
MAHA
Measles
Anti-vax
Hypocrisy
Afterthought
Measles
Anti-vax
Hypocrisy
Afterthought
March 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
MAHA
Measles
Anti-vax
Hypocrisy
Afterthought
Measles
Anti-vax
Hypocrisy
Afterthought
The pro-death party
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The pro-death party
Reposted by Graham Walker, MD
I love it when @joho.bsky.social calls out @ucsfhealth.bsky.social docs lamenting Trump's attacks on NIH and CDC, like @anilmakam.bsky.social , @ewidera.bsky.social, and Monica Gandhi, after having amplified the misinformation that got us here. sciencebasedmedicine.org/ucsfapathy/
Welcome to the Resistance UCSF Doctors
The many doctors who are just now realizing that misinformation wasn't "COVID hysteria nonsense" have a lot of catching up to do to understand how the forces they've legitimized the led to this moment
sciencebasedmedicine.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I love it when @joho.bsky.social calls out @ucsfhealth.bsky.social docs lamenting Trump's attacks on NIH and CDC, like @anilmakam.bsky.social , @ewidera.bsky.social, and Monica Gandhi, after having amplified the misinformation that got us here. sciencebasedmedicine.org/ucsfapathy/
Why can't you say BOMB at an airport but you can threaten nurses in a hospital? In the past week:
1) Nurse was beaten in Florida
2) HCWs tied up and wounded at an ICU at UPMC
3) ER doc and staff stabbed in Chicago
Why are threats to TSA more serious than threats to healthcare workers?
1) Nurse was beaten in Florida
2) HCWs tied up and wounded at an ICU at UPMC
3) ER doc and staff stabbed in Chicago
Why are threats to TSA more serious than threats to healthcare workers?
February 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Why can't you say BOMB at an airport but you can threaten nurses in a hospital? In the past week:
1) Nurse was beaten in Florida
2) HCWs tied up and wounded at an ICU at UPMC
3) ER doc and staff stabbed in Chicago
Why are threats to TSA more serious than threats to healthcare workers?
1) Nurse was beaten in Florida
2) HCWs tied up and wounded at an ICU at UPMC
3) ER doc and staff stabbed in Chicago
Why are threats to TSA more serious than threats to healthcare workers?
Reposted by Graham Walker, MD
Anyone in Alabama State Gov or with a large employer in the state ?
You are getting RIPPED off by PBMs.
www.linkedin.com/posts/gregre...
You are getting RIPPED off by PBMs.
www.linkedin.com/posts/gregre...
Greg Reybold on LinkedIn: Dont know how Alabama employers can keep carrying the water of Big PBMs…
Dont know how Alabama employers can keep carrying the water of Big PBMs and Insurers after this.
Big employers in Alabama are spending more than anyone on…
www.linkedin.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Anyone in Alabama State Gov or with a large employer in the state ?
You are getting RIPPED off by PBMs.
www.linkedin.com/posts/gregre...
You are getting RIPPED off by PBMs.
www.linkedin.com/posts/gregre...
Timeline cleanse with nicest day we’ve had all year in San Francisco
February 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Timeline cleanse with nicest day we’ve had all year in San Francisco
If only we had medical experts who could have predicted this and warned that this would happen /s
When we set out to do this analysis, we hoped to build on an existing methodology to study severe complications in early pregnancy — but there wasn't one. So, in consultation with dozens of experts, @sophiechou.bsky.social, Lizzie Presser and I developed our own. Here's how we did it:
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If only we had medical experts who could have predicted this and warned that this would happen /s
Be kinder to yourself. I am nicer and more empathetic to the fictional doctors on The Pitt than I am to my real-life self practicing real-life emergency medicine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/a...
Busy Doctors Can’t Get Enough of ‘The Pitt’
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Be kinder to yourself. I am nicer and more empathetic to the fictional doctors on The Pitt than I am to my real-life self practicing real-life emergency medicine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/a...
Reposted by Graham Walker, MD
BREAKING: Almost everything
February 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
BREAKING: Almost everything
Reposted by Graham Walker, MD
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
This piece was initially similar to @choo.bsky.social's fantastic BMJ opinion piece, but the more I wrote the more I really felt like all of this is about loss of trust in institutions, experts, and healthcare professionals.
www.offcall.com/learn/opinio...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.offcall.com/learn/opinio...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust Doctors Anymore?
In light of RFK Jr.’s confirmation, it’s time for doctors to ask why we’ve lost the trust of the public — and what we can do to gain it back.
www.offcall.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This piece was initially similar to @choo.bsky.social's fantastic BMJ opinion piece, but the more I wrote the more I really felt like all of this is about loss of trust in institutions, experts, and healthcare professionals.
www.offcall.com/learn/opinio...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.offcall.com/learn/opinio...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Medicare Disadvantage
February 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Medicare Disadvantage
Someone start a Gofundme where we pitch in to hire Mayor @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to just do a daily fact checking in DC.
And if we're lucky maybe @mcuban.bsky.social will support it too
And if we're lucky maybe @mcuban.bsky.social will support it too
This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Someone start a Gofundme where we pitch in to hire Mayor @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to just do a daily fact checking in DC.
And if we're lucky maybe @mcuban.bsky.social will support it too
And if we're lucky maybe @mcuban.bsky.social will support it too
if you're in nashville or at vive see you next week!
February 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
if you're in nashville or at vive see you next week!
This is why Dr. Titanji is such an expert - and why expertise and insight matter greatly.
This is bonkers-level stupidity that the CDC can’t report their findings for testing that… has to be done at the CDC.
This is bonkers-level stupidity that the CDC can’t report their findings for testing that… has to be done at the CDC.
There is testing for specific infections we send to the cdc. For example sequencing malaria parasites to determine species and things like leishmania test amongst others. With the gag order our cdc colleagues can run testing but can't report results.
February 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is why Dr. Titanji is such an expert - and why expertise and insight matter greatly.
This is bonkers-level stupidity that the CDC can’t report their findings for testing that… has to be done at the CDC.
This is bonkers-level stupidity that the CDC can’t report their findings for testing that… has to be done at the CDC.
Hey doctors, give me concrete examples of how this administration's changes to healthcare 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.
Working on another op-ed about how doctors are feeling about these changes and the impact. Ex:
Harder to know appropriate guidelines for STI testing and treatment regiments
Working on another op-ed about how doctors are feeling about these changes and the impact. Ex:
Harder to know appropriate guidelines for STI testing and treatment regiments
February 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hey doctors, give me concrete examples of how this administration's changes to healthcare 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.
Working on another op-ed about how doctors are feeling about these changes and the impact. Ex:
Harder to know appropriate guidelines for STI testing and treatment regiments
Working on another op-ed about how doctors are feeling about these changes and the impact. Ex:
Harder to know appropriate guidelines for STI testing and treatment regiments