Lara Massie
@lwm208
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Pittsburgher, neurosurgeon focused on spine, cat mom. @HenryFordNeuro and @DukeSpine alum. Tweets=mine
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined April 2010
Congratulations to @nsurgchick and her team on successfully completing the first two @ClearPointNeuro CT-guided procedures! Both cases went smoothly, providing our patients with another valuable option for DBS. Incredible work! š @HenryFordHealth #DBS #Innovation
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An absolute powerhouse panel of Laura Snyder and @nsurgchick for this year's @CNS_Update Dorothy Nash Lecturer discussion with , Jacinda Ardern on the power of authentic and reactant leadership. @HenryFordNeuro
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Always a pleasure to collaborate with our functional pain expert colleagues!
Wonderful interdisciplinary symposium on lumbar spine pain @painsection @spinesection @CNS_Update #2024CNS @JuliePilitsis @nsurgchick @PinckardMd @StaudtMD @ChenWuMD @SeizureSurgeon @daviddarrow @lwm208 @deborahbenzil
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Had an absolute blast at @ISASSorg 2024 meeting this weekend! It was great to see friends, mentors, & the innovative tech and research that will transform our practice in the next decade! @ahnneuroscience @HenryFordNeuro @Twilli7 @soniaedenmd @vicchangus @DrDiGiorgio @KhoiThanMD
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Help my guy @CamHeyward win the #WPMOYChallenge by reposting this... The guy does so much in the community and Iāve had the pleasure of joining him for a visit to @ChildrensPgh, where he brought so many smiles⦠#WPMOYChallenge @CamHeyward
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As we naturally compare specialties in the JAMA graph, it's important to also look what happens when you draw the axes out fully ā¤µļø The overall burnout is the problem. #MedTwitter @jbcarmody
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I would like to propose the creation of a relative value unit system for administrators to update q15 min during their other tasks to justify their productivity and ongoing effectiveness to the clinicians whose patient care financially supports their very presence; end rant.
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A rise in physician employment and health care administrators has created tension. The AMA says physicians should be the ones making medical decisions for their patients.
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A rise in physician employment and health care administrators has created tension. The AMA says physicians should be making medical decisions for patients.
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Meet our October WINS Woman of the Month, Dr. Ellen Air @nsurgchick! Dr. Air is a past WINS President and was named Chair of Neurosurgery at @HenryFordHealth in May 2023. She is an inspiration to us all! #WomenInNeurosurgery #WINS #Neurosurgery #NeuroTwitter #ILookLikeASurgeon
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Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Corinna Zygourakis, MD (@DrZygourakis), shares her thoughts on how far women in neurosurgery have come. #WIMmoth #WIM
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We missed a few of our #alumni at our annual #2023CNS dinner of #graduates and #residents. Thanks for coming @RizTahirMD @lwm208 @yorkiemomMD @EdwinTelemiMD @HassFadel @mansour_tr @IanLeeMD @SteveKalkanisMD @nsurgchick
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Excited to dust off my Brooks! Who else is ready to couch/OR to 5K? There's plenty of time if we start now!
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Get signed up for this event today!
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Couldn't agree more! As a former @NREFORG course attendee, it was a blast to spend the weekend at the MIS & Emerging Technology course teaching such an engaged and impressive group of residents! The future of spine surgery is bright! āØš„¼š©» @ahnneuroscience
A pleasure to serve as faculty for the @AANSNeuro @NREFORG spine surgery course, MIS & Emerging Technology for Senior Residents at @BarrowNeuro šļø Loved sharing my cases and teaching about costotransversectomy, lateral extracavitary, laminoplasty, and cervicothoracic fusion
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Congratulations and so well deserved! @nsurgchick
Congratulations to @nsurgchick for accepting the role of Chair of #Neurosurgery @HenryFordHealth. In addition, she is also Associate Clinical Professor at both @MSUMD and @waynemedicine & published researcher amongst many other titles! @CNS_Update @WINSneurosurge1 @MDCP_Journal
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Funny thing about this photo The photographer said āyouāre sitting like a man, maybe change your leg positionā I smiled and said āno, this is how I like to sit, thatās the whole point of the articleā š«
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30 infants die and we recall 4.7 mil Rock ān Play Sleepers. 2 toddlers die and we recall 3.2 mil Calico Critters toys. 2 infants die and we recall so much formula that the US goes into shortage. Last year, over 6,000 children were injured by gun violence. Nothing. Nada.
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Cigna uses an automated system that allows āmedical directorsā (doctors employed by @Cigna) to deny a claim in 1.2 seconds without opening the patientās file. Please read this, share it, and help us (metaphorically) burn these companies to the ground.
Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patientsā files. āWe literally click & submit,ā a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & @Capitol_Forum. āIt takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.ā The inside story š§µ
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