We are overdue for medical debt reform, expansions of financial assistance, and public/private debt forgiveness programs. Thanks to PI @benjamesMD, @GomezJorgeMD, and the rest of the team @BIDMChealth @BIDMCSurgery @himmelhandler @awgaffney @lowninstitute @RoKhanna @davechokshi

🚨Cancer patients have medical debt in collections that lasts for years after diagnosis/treatment despite >95% insurance coverage. After years of analysis, we report in @JAMAOnc on debt, collections, bankruptcy, & credit scores in >74k control-matched patients over 10 years.

Was an honor to co-present at @BIDMCSurgery Grand Rounds this week on the financial burden faced by cancer patients, led by @benjamesMD and starring @GomezJorgeMD and Ana Bogdanovski

We found that up to ~15% of cancer survivors experience catastrophic health expenditures (OOP costs > ~40% disposable income) Stark reminder that even seemingly small medical bills can cause financial damage for low-income households https://t.co/6THZXz45UD

Impact from @harvardmed and @BIDMChealth: patient financial burden, catastrophic health expenditures, and the ballooning costs of varying #cancer treatments. https://t.co/iOdBuF4pq2 Authors: @NishantUppal7, @j_broekhuis, @GomezJorgeMD, @HaoWei95, @natalia__chaves, @benjamesMD

Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin James (@benjamesMD) on being named the new Chief of General Surgery at BIDMC! 🎊 #BIDMC #BILH #generalsurgery #chief

We are pleased to announce that Benjamin James, MD, MS @benjamesMD has been selected to serve as new Associate Editor for the Endocrine Surgery section of JSR. Dr. James is an Associate Professor @harvardmed and Chief of the Division of General Surgery @BIDMCSurgery.

So proud of ALL our wonderful trainees on their presentations at #ASC2024 @BIDMCSurgery @LinaHuMD

BIDMC Surgery crew at the #AAS Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course! It was great to hear from and engage with faculty and peers from all over the country. Thank you @BIDMCSurgery and Dr. @benjamesMD for the opportunity to attend.

At #ATA2023 we showed that bankruptcy rates among patients with thyroid cancer in MA from 2010-2019 are higher than other cancer types despite declines in medical debt and high rates of health coverage. Abstract/prelim results: https://t.co/YRkIrpNc1r

Grateful to keep studying cancer care affordability with mentors @benjamesMD and Dr. Esselen and co-authors @GomezJorgeMD, @shley_odonoghue, Ana Bogdanovski, Aaron Fleishman

Another amazing @TheAAES conference with a great @BIDMCSurgery team! #AAES2023 @benjamesMD @GomezJorgeMD @ReaganACollins

Great paper showing that female patients are more likely to be referred by female providers for parathyroid surgery @j_broekhuis @benjamesMD Makes me wonder if this is also related to the provider’s belief in subjective symptoms as an indication for surgery!

Very excited to have been a part of this wonderful project 💪🏼👏🏼 @j_broekhuis @GomezJorgeMD @ReaganACollins @natalia__chaves @benjamesMD

Love to see the support for surgeon scientists from the @TheAAES. Great to be part of an innovative society for the good of patients! @UABSurgery #AAES2023 @priyaknows @BrenessaL @benjamesMD

What an amazing opportunity to meet such incredible NAM members at the Emerging Leaders Forum in DC this week

Huge congrats to Dr. @natalia__chaves, a friend, mentee, classmate, and now co-resident @BIDMCSurgery on her just-published paper! Proud is an understatement. @benjamesMD @ScottFligor @ReaganACollins @TheEndoSociety https://t.co/DejOUMAKve

Grateful and excited to have participated in @harvardmed @BIDMCSurgery Harvard Surgery Research Day with our poster on Social Vulnerability and Surgeon evaluation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Wonderful team @ReaganACollins @GomezJorgeMD and mentor @benjamesMD 👏🏼⭐️

Lots of science today at the 12th #HarvardSurgeryResearchDay ! Sharing our work on opportunistic use of 4DCT to screen for bone mineral disease in PHPT. Shoutout to a superb team @j_broekhuis @natalia__chaves @Mariapaulacote @ReaganACollins and our amazing mentor @benjamesMD

So proud of ⁦@ReaganACollins⁩ presenting on rural versus urban treatment of thyroid cancer ⁦@BIDMCSurgery⁩