Patrick Ching
@patrickching.bsky.social
Infectious Diseases Doctor | he/him
Views my own #IDSky #MedSky
Views my own #IDSky #MedSky
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Patrick Ching
@patrickching.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Hi Bluesky! #IDSky #intro #firstpost
I'm an infectious diseases doctor 🦠🩺
Interested in #HIV, general ID, #HealthcareEpidemiology, #ClinicalEpidemiology, #TropicalMedicine. I like swimming 🏊, taking pictures 📸, food 🍎 & traveling ✈️
Sharing a picture ⬇️ from a recent New England trip 🍂🍁
I'm an infectious diseases doctor 🦠🩺
Interested in #HIV, general ID, #HealthcareEpidemiology, #ClinicalEpidemiology, #TropicalMedicine. I like swimming 🏊, taking pictures 📸, food 🍎 & traveling ✈️
Sharing a picture ⬇️ from a recent New England trip 🍂🍁
Reposted by Patrick Ching
🎙️ Episode 18 of The Host Response is out.
What 10 years in ID taught me:
• Antibiotics can hurt people
• Not every note needs to be a masterpiece
• You need a work buddy
• Vancomycin remains…vancomycin
Reflections for new ID docs (and reminders for the rest of us)
🎧 Listen now.
#idsky #meded
What 10 years in ID taught me:
• Antibiotics can hurt people
• Not every note needs to be a masterpiece
• You need a work buddy
• Vancomycin remains…vancomycin
Reflections for new ID docs (and reminders for the rest of us)
🎧 Listen now.
#idsky #meded
Episode 18 - 3 Tips for New ID Doctors: Then and Now
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 12/28/2025 · 5m
podcasts.apple.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Nice piece
"Trust in medicine rests not only on skill and outcomes but also on moments when families glimpse our humanity and we allow them to see us"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2843254
"Trust in medicine rests not only on skill and outcomes but also on moments when families glimpse our humanity and we allow them to see us"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2843254
December 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Nice piece
"Trust in medicine rests not only on skill and outcomes but also on moments when families glimpse our humanity and we allow them to see us"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2843254
"Trust in medicine rests not only on skill and outcomes but also on moments when families glimpse our humanity and we allow them to see us"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2843254
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Applying Elite Tennis Paradigms to Surgical Performance jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2840502
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Applying Elite Tennis Paradigms to Surgical Performance jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2840502
Sharing our commentary in @ajicjournal.bsky.social
Leveraging data to advance #InfectionPrevention programs #IDSky #HealthcareEpidemiology
authors.elsevier.com/c/1mCdHijjYo...
Leveraging data to advance #InfectionPrevention programs #IDSky #HealthcareEpidemiology
authors.elsevier.com/c/1mCdHijjYo...
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Sharing our commentary in @ajicjournal.bsky.social
Leveraging data to advance #InfectionPrevention programs #IDSky #HealthcareEpidemiology
authors.elsevier.com/c/1mCdHijjYo...
Leveraging data to advance #InfectionPrevention programs #IDSky #HealthcareEpidemiology
authors.elsevier.com/c/1mCdHijjYo...
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Popular supplement containing moringa leaf powder recalled due to Salmonella contamination www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Moringa Leaf Powder October 2025
Do not eat, sell, or serve certain recalled products containing moringa leaf powder. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.
www.fda.gov
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Popular supplement containing moringa leaf powder recalled due to Salmonella contamination www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
Pott puffy tumor #IDSky #MedSky @jamadermatology.com
✅subperiosteal abscess of forehead a/w underlying frontal bone osteomyelitis
✅most common cause: frontal/ethmoid sinus infxn
✅image ASAP
✅Mx: Abx, abscess drainage, restoration of paranasal sinus outflow, resection of damaged bone as indicated
✅subperiosteal abscess of forehead a/w underlying frontal bone osteomyelitis
✅most common cause: frontal/ethmoid sinus infxn
✅image ASAP
✅Mx: Abx, abscess drainage, restoration of paranasal sinus outflow, resection of damaged bone as indicated
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Pott puffy tumor #IDSky #MedSky @jamadermatology.com
✅subperiosteal abscess of forehead a/w underlying frontal bone osteomyelitis
✅most common cause: frontal/ethmoid sinus infxn
✅image ASAP
✅Mx: Abx, abscess drainage, restoration of paranasal sinus outflow, resection of damaged bone as indicated
✅subperiosteal abscess of forehead a/w underlying frontal bone osteomyelitis
✅most common cause: frontal/ethmoid sinus infxn
✅image ASAP
✅Mx: Abx, abscess drainage, restoration of paranasal sinus outflow, resection of damaged bone as indicated
Love this piece ❤️ #MedSky
"As physicians, we often wait for permission to care for ourselves, permission that never seems to arrive... I still work hard. But I no longer believe that sacrifice defines me. What defines me now is intention..."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2839102
"As physicians, we often wait for permission to care for ourselves, permission that never seems to arrive... I still work hard. But I no longer believe that sacrifice defines me. What defines me now is intention..."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2839102
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Love this piece ❤️ #MedSky
"As physicians, we often wait for permission to care for ourselves, permission that never seems to arrive... I still work hard. But I no longer believe that sacrifice defines me. What defines me now is intention..."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2839102
"As physicians, we often wait for permission to care for ourselves, permission that never seems to arrive... I still work hard. But I no longer believe that sacrifice defines me. What defines me now is intention..."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2839102
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#IDWeek2025 had the lowest post count since 2022 (1,272 posts). While top posters shifted to Bluesky, X remained on par—the key difference was engagement rates favoring Bluesky. Grateful to learn so much from our SoMe community! 📊💙🙏
#idsky
#idsky
#IDWeek2025 Posts/Tweets Analysis | Everyday Is A School Day
IDWeek2025 had the lowest post count since 2022 (1,272 posts). While top posters shifted to Bluesky, X remained on par—the key difference was engagement rates favoring Bluesky. Grateful to learn so mu...
www.kenkoonwong.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Another beautiful piece 😢❤️ #MedSky
Living in the Present Tense @nejm.org nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2503832
Living in the Present Tense @nejm.org nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2503832
October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Another beautiful piece 😢❤️ #MedSky
Living in the Present Tense @nejm.org nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2503832
Living in the Present Tense @nejm.org nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2503832
Challenging #HIV cases #IDWeek2025 @idweek.bsky.social #IDSky
ART: weight gain and cardiovascular risk
ART: weight gain and cardiovascular risk
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Challenging #HIV cases #IDWeek2025 @idweek.bsky.social #IDSky
ART: weight gain and cardiovascular risk
ART: weight gain and cardiovascular risk
#IDWeek2025
Top viral studies impacting practice
Top viral studies impacting practice
Due to the USG Shutdown, I wasn’t able to attend or present @idweek.bsky.social. I was supposed to give the talk on top viral studies that will impact your practice. Here are the papers I was going to highlight:
See next posts
See next posts
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#IDWeek2025
Top viral studies impacting practice
Top viral studies impacting practice
October 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
October 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Patrick Ching
#idweek2025 so fun meeting SoMe ID people #idsky IRL ❤️
October 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#idweek2025 so fun meeting SoMe ID people #idsky IRL ❤️
With ID friends, mentors, colleagues 😊#IDWeek2025 @idweek.bsky.social #IDSky
@takamatsuo-id.bsky.social @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social
@takamatsuo-id.bsky.social @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
With ID friends, mentors, colleagues 😊#IDWeek2025 @idweek.bsky.social #IDSky
@takamatsuo-id.bsky.social @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social
@takamatsuo-id.bsky.social @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social
IDWeek2025 Social Media Meetup
@jonathanrydermd.bsky.social @josephmarcusid.medsky.social
#IDWeek2025 #IDSky
@jonathanrydermd.bsky.social @josephmarcusid.medsky.social
#IDWeek2025 #IDSky
October 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
IDWeek2025 Social Media Meetup
@jonathanrydermd.bsky.social @josephmarcusid.medsky.social
#IDWeek2025 #IDSky
@jonathanrydermd.bsky.social @josephmarcusid.medsky.social
#IDWeek2025 #IDSky
Generative AI in ID #IDWeek2025
@idweek.bsky.social #IDSky #MedSky
Remember that LLM is like a new med student that needs clear instructions
@idweek.bsky.social #IDSky #MedSky
Remember that LLM is like a new med student that needs clear instructions
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Generative AI in ID #IDWeek2025
@idweek.bsky.social #IDSky #MedSky
Remember that LLM is like a new med student that needs clear instructions
@idweek.bsky.social #IDSky #MedSky
Remember that LLM is like a new med student that needs clear instructions
October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Pickleball-related eye injuries #MedSky #OphthoSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2839640
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2839640
October 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Pickleball-related eye injuries #MedSky #OphthoSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2839640
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2839640
