Ankit Agarwal Profile
Ankit Agarwal

@AnkitAgarwalMD

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Radiation Oncologist in the Bay Area, CA via residency at @UNC and BA,MD,MBA @BUMedicine Tweets=my opinion

San Francisco, CA
Joined November 2010
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@AnkitAgarwalMD
Ankit Agarwal
3 months
ChatGPT response to me today: “..I’m a doctor but not your child’s pediatrician, so take this as general info and double-check with your pediatrician before giving it”
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@DanielLurie
Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉
5 months
Today marks six months since I took office as Mayor of San Francisco. We still have a lot of work to do—but we’re showing what a new era of collaboration and action looks like. Since our 100-Day mark in April, we have passed a budget that closes an $800 million deficit and
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@DrSpratticus
Daniel E Spratt
6 months
X-torial: Cleaning up the misinformation about @JoeBiden and #ProstateCancer that I am reading everywhere. The purpose of this is to provide education from someone who treats and studies PCa for a living, lead the USA @NCCN PCa guidelines, hold leadership in @NRGonc @theNCI
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@DanielLurie
Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉
6 months
Small businesses and homeowners in San Francisco: permitting is about to get easier. Today, we announced reforms and legislation that will make permitting faster, simpler, and more transparent. These ordinances will cut red tape, save time and money, and finally make our
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@GRUrology
Grand Rounds Urology
8 months
In this episode of @gpohlmanmd's "The Prostate Health Podcast", Dr. Steven Kurtzman and @AnkitAgarwalMD, discuss expanding access to LDR brachytherapy by partnering with urologists to establish new programs across the United States. https://t.co/4VmWtCQZog
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prostatehealthpodcast.com
We are delighted to partner with Western Radiation Oncology today, with two of their distinguished radiation oncologists joining us on the Prostate Health Podcast.  LDR (Low Dose Rate) prostate...
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@AnkitAgarwalMD
Ankit Agarwal
9 months
Thank you for having us on to talk about LDR brachytherapy Dr. Pohlman @gpohlmanmd ! Training from @tjroycemd and @RonaldChenMD inspired me to pursue Brachy as a career. Love being able to bring high quality Brachy to communities and patients around the US now!
@gpohlmanmd
Garrett D Pohlman, M.D.
9 months
Today, we chat with @DrKurtzman and @AnkitAgarwalMD, two distinguished radiation oncologists working to expand access to LDR brachytherapy by partnering with #Urologists to establish new programs across the United States. Link to Podcast: https://t.co/Kf3JAWbBNp
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@gpohlmanmd
Garrett D Pohlman, M.D.
9 months
Today, we chat with @DrKurtzman and @AnkitAgarwalMD, two distinguished radiation oncologists working to expand access to LDR brachytherapy by partnering with #Urologists to establish new programs across the United States. Link to Podcast: https://t.co/Kf3JAWbBNp
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@AlphaBetaAnil
Anil
11 months
Senator, I am a cardiologist trained at Mayo Clinic. Without the H1B visa, my path to U.S. citizenship would have been impossible. Before hiring me, my employer struggled for over a year to find a qualified, well-trained cardiologist to serve rural Kansas. I’d be happy to meet
@SenSanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders
11 months
Elon Musk is wrong. The main function of the H-1B visa program is not to hire “the best and the brightest,” but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad. The cheaper the labor they hire, the more money the billionaires make.
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
11 months
@MarioNawfal No, we need more like double that number yesterday! The number of people who are super talented engineers AND super motivated in the USA is far too low. Think of this like a pro sports team: if you want your TEAM to win the championship, you need to recruit top talent wherever
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@DrDiGiorgio
Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA
1 year
Elon is spot on. Here’s why: Medicare’s incentive structure rewards more administrators and data manipulation over actual quality of care. Payment schemes like DRG and quality metrics favor institutions adept at number massaging, not patient care. A neurosurgery study
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
1 year
Major driver of healthcare cost
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@amarkelkar
Amar Kelkar, MD, MPH, FACP
1 year
The Selzer poll is being used to predict late movement to @KamalaHarris in Wisconsin & other Midwest/Rust Belt states, but the rural-urban makeup of Iowa may be more like North Carolina—the “Srinivas Coalition” (named for Iowa Democrat Dr. Megan Srinivas).
@jaselzer
J. Ann Selzer
1 year
Iowa Poll: Kamala Harris leapfrogs Donald Trump to take lead near Election Day. Here's how https://t.co/4767zdTjyL via @DMRegister
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@AnkitAgarwalMD
Ankit Agarwal
1 year
How do physicians/colleagues justify working for EviCore (just about everyone working in radiation oncology has experienced/seen direct patient harm because of them)
@propublica
ProPublica
1 year
EviCore’s most lucrative contracts involve it taking on responsibility for paying claims. Say an insurer spends $10 million a year on MRIs. If EviCore keeps costs below that figure, it pockets the difference or splits the savings with the insurer. https://t.co/mWrxgyDpM9
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@ASTRO_org
ASTRO
2 years
Bipartisan bill to modernize radiation oncology reimbursement introduced in Congress! The ROCR Act would improve access, enhance quality and reduce disparities in American cancer care. Read our press release: https://t.co/LiZOWha7fw
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@realEstateTrent
StripMallGuy
2 years
I miss San Francisco. I miss Crissy Field. The Marina Green. I miss that walk along the water at sunset, with all that green to your left, the water to your right, and the sight of that huge surreal orange bridge up ahead. The Italian sandwich spots in north beach. The insane
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@dp_oneill
Dan O'Neill
2 years
Eye-opening look at the extreme markups that hospitals impose on drugs administered in their clinics. Awful incentives here - this profit stream is why hospitals, infusion centers and some physician groups often lobby against reforms to lower drug prices.
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Hospitals can leverage their position between the ultimate buyers and sellers of drugs to retain a substantial share of insurer pharmaceutical expenditures. In this study, we used 2020–2021 nationa...
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@sfstandard
The San Francisco Standard
2 years
We're out here spending $16 on a hotdog and...it's worth it. The Progress' "Prog Dog" is a smoky pork dog slathered in kimchi, bonito flakes, toasted sesame, herb aioli and a generous quantity of crispy fried shallots. Would you try it?
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Smoked ‘Prog Dog’ has kimchi, bonito and fried shallots on a togarashi bun.
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@SteveRattner
Steven Rattner
2 years
Real wages are higher in the US today than they were before the pandemic. All other G7 countries have seen stagnation or decline.
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@seanmmcbride
Sean McBride
2 years
@alison_tree @yuanjamesrao Shocked. Is there comparative data to help decide btw the two choices? Also will cause me to re-evaluate who we’re using Abi on in N0, right?
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@ASTRO_org
ASTRO
2 years
ASTRO’s statement in support of patients and communities affected by the conflict in Israel:
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@daveadler10
Dave Adler
2 years
Fun talking about #ROCR with great No. California (NorCros) #radonc—even if it was bit late for me and @HPAnnie2000. Thanks @j_luh and @sueyom for the invite! Great to see so much support for ROCR!!! @AnkitAgarwalMD @LichterKatie @ASTRO_org
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