Author Archives: Ryan Madanick, MD

Anonymity and Professionalism on Twitter: Room to Educate

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Ryan Madanick, MD

A well-established medical blogger Dr. Bryan Vartabedian (aka @Doctor_V, a fellow gastroenterologist whom I recently had the pleasure of meeting at DDW 2011 #DDW11) seemed to ignite a firestorm this week amongst #hcsm tweeps with his post about a specific … Continue reading →

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Presenting on a consult service: Rule number three

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Ryan Madanick, MD

In my most recent post, I discussed the first 2 rules of presenting on a consult service.  In this post, we’ll take the next step.  Actually, this rule could go for any type of presentation, even in the clinic. Rule … Continue reading →

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Presenting on a consult service: Rules number one and two

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Ryan Madanick, MD

As an attending gastroenterology consultant, I have heard many a presentation from medical students, residents, and fellows that start something like this: This is a 64-year old woman with Afib, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, osteoarthritis, cholelithiasis, and depression, whom … Continue reading →

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DDW Day 4

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Ryan Madanick, MD

Well, it’s the last day of DDW.  I’m already here, so I’m actually creating this blogpost during one of the esophageal motility sessions.  I posted my video blog about yesterday’s sessions here. The one study that I forgot to include … Continue reading →

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DDW Day 3

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Ryan Madanick, MD

Yesterday was a good day for esophageal research and topics.  I attended a session on GERD pharmacotherapy and GERD diagnosis, and the poster session.  The video blog is (ahem) still uploading…I’ll get that link up here shortly. The very brief … Continue reading →

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DDW Day 2

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Ryan Madanick, MD

So my first day of live tweeting from DDW went fairly well.  I only attended 2 sessions and presented my poster.  Unfortunately I didn’t get to see any other posters because of the amazing foot traffic at my poster that … Continue reading →

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DDW Day 1

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Ryan Madanick, MD

Today is the first day of DDW — Digestive Disease Week — in Chicago. This international 4-day conference is the biggest combined gastroenterology/hepatology conference. DDW attracts thousands of gastroenterologists, hepatologists, endoscopists, surgeons, and researchers from across the world. This will … Continue reading →

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What do your patients fear?

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Ryan Madanick, MD

As an academic gastroenterologist at a tertiary care university medical center, I often see patients who have failed traditional therapies that many of my colleagues in the community have tried.  Over the past several years my practice has evolved, from dealing with … Continue reading →

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How much credit do you get for teaching?

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Ryan Madanick, MD

I feel fortunate.  I work at a Medical School where the educators are superior.  Excellence in Medical Education is rewarded. However I cannot help but feel that we are far from equality in Academic Medicine.  The Clinician has the RVU; … Continue reading →

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It is Easy to Cure your Problems!!! The MadLib game…

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Ryan Madanick, MD

Directions: Put cursor over the blank lines to see what the category you need to fill in.  See below for Suggested Responses.  Enjoy yourself! GREAT NEWS!! I have uncovered the solution for ________________ !! The only problem is that ________________ doesn’t … Continue reading →

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