
Nikhil Agrawal, MD FACC
@Nikhilheartdoc
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Quintuple Board Certified Cardiologist | Director of Echo & Nuclear | Cardio-Onc @UPMC Heart and Vascular | Erie & Western New York | ❤️🇺🇸 - Gastronome
Amherst, NY
Joined October 2019
Last day of the academic year, I am humbled to receive the UT Houston/McGovern Medical School Outstanding Clinical Fellow Award 😇 Incredibly grateful to all my mentors, family and friends 🙏 #ACCFIT #cardiotwitter #medtwitter #MedEd @UTHCardiology @MDAndersonNews @TXMedCenter ❤️
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As I bid farewell to India after serving as the 26th U.S. Ambassador to this amazing country, my heart is full. You’ve given me a second home, a family of friends, and memories that will last a lifetime. Today, I leave as more than an ambassador—I leave as a lifelong friend and
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120+ unfilled spots in ID fellowship this year highlight a troubling trend. Infectious diseases are critical to public health, yet the specialty faces significant recruitment challenges. How do we make ID more appealing to future trainees? #infectiousdiseases #ID #fellowshipmatch
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Such important work in @JACCJournals. An important modality for many And even within a proximate geographic area, waitlists are often also prohibitive
PET availability: average distance to the nearest cardiac PET facility in the US is 20 km, with 44 million pts living >100 km away. 5 states and 56.4% of major metropolitan centers do not have a PET facility. https://t.co/YiUBcJ2np5
#JACCIMG #cvImaging #cvPET @ASayedMD
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18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju became the 18th world chess champion, the youngest-ever. He defeated Ding Liren and broke Garry Kasparov's 37-year record. https://t.co/RmN0eTftst
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As a surgeon I am not waking my patient up with their belly wide open because some greedy insurance company wants to kill their patients.
Blue Cross Blue Shield will no longer cover anesthesia for the full length of certain surgeries in Connecticut, New York, and Missouri. If a surgery exceeds a specific duration, anesthesia costs for the additional time will not be covered.
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It’s rare for intelligence and drive to intersect in one person. When they do, look out.
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The clock has stopped ticking. The Titan passes away. #RatanTata was a beacon of integrity, ethical leadership and philanthropy, who has imprinted an indelible mark on the world of business and beyond. He will forever soar high in our memories. R.I.P
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I am 25 now. At 20 I had no idea what to do with my life. Then I spent 100+ hours binging every single Naval Ravikant podcast online. Here’s what I found about "The Naval Happiness Protocol": - Thread -
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If you don’t lie awake at night thinking about it, you don’t want it badly enough.
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The Javaheri lab at WashU is looking for highly motivated postdocs intererested in cardiometabolic research. Please DM me if interested.
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Looking forward to the UCSF ImmunoX talk by @jccarnevale today. Great demonstration by the power of CRISPR engineering in T cells? Can we apply this technology to cardiovascular disease? UCSF the best place to find out! @MarsonLab @vnparikh @ImmunobiologySG @UCSFCardiology
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Presenting #ACC2023 #cardiooncology highlights with @anita_deswal this afternoon. Room 245! @MDAndersonNews
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So humbling to see the impressive presentation of STOP-CA at the #ACC23 late breaking trials by my friend @TomasNeilan and former co-fellow @BWHCVImaging - Significant EF decline in 9% of anthracycline exposed taking atorvastatin vs 22% placebo (p=0.0002)
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STOP-CA Summary: Among study participants w/ #lymphoma being Tx w/ anthracyclines, the prophylactic use of atorvastatin over 12 months was associated w/ a lower rate of cardiac systolic dysfunction. @TomasNeilan #ACC23 #WCCardio #JACCJournals @ACCinTouch #lymsm #CardioOnc #JACC
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We capped the cost of insulin for seniors on Medicare at $35. But in my State of the Union, I said we needed to finish the job. Well, today, Eli Lilly announced that they’re lowering prices for everyone else to $35. Let’s keep it going.
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