Stefan Kertesz
@stefankertesz.bsky.social
Don’t believe the NEJM spin
I read the article. This review of “deprescribing” miscites the lit to drive an unsupported conclusion that tapering to is a path to safety
The piece portrays a patient without humanity.
It treats informed consent as a hypothetical notion to be discarded in practice
I read the article. This review of “deprescribing” miscites the lit to drive an unsupported conclusion that tapering to is a path to safety
The piece portrays a patient without humanity.
It treats informed consent as a hypothetical notion to be discarded in practice
Opioid deprescribing is advised when risks of opioid use outweigh benefits. A tailored, patient-centered plan with gradual dose reduction, monitoring, and support can improve outcomes and reduce harm.
Learn more in these key points and read the full article: nej.md/4oL3fu2
#MedSky
Learn more in these key points and read the full article: nej.md/4oL3fu2
#MedSky
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Don’t believe the NEJM spin
I read the article. This review of “deprescribing” miscites the lit to drive an unsupported conclusion that tapering to is a path to safety
The piece portrays a patient without humanity.
It treats informed consent as a hypothetical notion to be discarded in practice
I read the article. This review of “deprescribing” miscites the lit to drive an unsupported conclusion that tapering to is a path to safety
The piece portrays a patient without humanity.
It treats informed consent as a hypothetical notion to be discarded in practice
Are prescription drug monitoring programs harmful or helpful?
I will be debate that question for the @AMERSA_tweets colloquy today 11/14, Professor Liz Chiarello, author of “Policing Patients”
At 1015am Pacific, 12:15 Central
Streaming here
www.youtube.com/live/shEHw7v...
I will be debate that question for the @AMERSA_tweets colloquy today 11/14, Professor Liz Chiarello, author of “Policing Patients”
At 1015am Pacific, 12:15 Central
Streaming here
www.youtube.com/live/shEHw7v...
AMERSA 2025- Friday Plenary Sessions
YouTube video by AMERSA
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Are prescription drug monitoring programs harmful or helpful?
I will be debate that question for the @AMERSA_tweets colloquy today 11/14, Professor Liz Chiarello, author of “Policing Patients”
At 1015am Pacific, 12:15 Central
Streaming here
www.youtube.com/live/shEHw7v...
I will be debate that question for the @AMERSA_tweets colloquy today 11/14, Professor Liz Chiarello, author of “Policing Patients”
At 1015am Pacific, 12:15 Central
Streaming here
www.youtube.com/live/shEHw7v...
The American College of Physicians announced that the *one thing* doctors should *not* take seriously is:
whether their patient with pain feels that they were helped
Dr Saul Weiner & I cover this and other pain-related disasters in our latest podcast On Becoming a Healer pod.link/healer/episo...
whether their patient with pain feels that they were helped
Dr Saul Weiner & I cover this and other pain-related disasters in our latest podcast On Becoming a Healer pod.link/healer/episo...
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The American College of Physicians announced that the *one thing* doctors should *not* take seriously is:
whether their patient with pain feels that they were helped
Dr Saul Weiner & I cover this and other pain-related disasters in our latest podcast On Becoming a Healer pod.link/healer/episo...
whether their patient with pain feels that they were helped
Dr Saul Weiner & I cover this and other pain-related disasters in our latest podcast On Becoming a Healer pod.link/healer/episo...
1/🔊 Our latest podcast focuses on the hollowed-out state of pain care in America. It asks "Why are we addicted to talking about opioids rather than helping people with chronic pain?"
"On Becoming a Healer" is on
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2mU6...
"On Becoming a Healer" is on
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2mU6...
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
1/🔊 Our latest podcast focuses on the hollowed-out state of pain care in America. It asks "Why are we addicted to talking about opioids rather than helping people with chronic pain?"
"On Becoming a Healer" is on
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2mU6...
"On Becoming a Healer" is on
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2mU6...
Reposted by Stefan Kertesz
I'm looking forward for this lively discourse on the utility, or lack of such, on Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs this November at AMERSA's conference in Portland, Oregon!
Each year at the annual conference, the AMERSA Discourse plenary session offers attendees the opportunity to hear the evidence from two perspectives on a topic. Join us in Portland this November to engage in a thoughtful discourse! Register today: amersa.org/annual-confe...
June 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'm looking forward for this lively discourse on the utility, or lack of such, on Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs this November at AMERSA's conference in Portland, Oregon!
1/Women entering med school in the 50s & 60s faced a "Mad Men" like world:
Being pinched & prodded
Playboy photos in lectures
And yet when our podcast guest interviewed them decades later, they were upbeat about their careers
Our latest On Becoming a Healer podcast tells their stories
Being pinched & prodded
Playboy photos in lectures
And yet when our podcast guest interviewed them decades later, they were upbeat about their careers
Our latest On Becoming a Healer podcast tells their stories
September 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
1/Women entering med school in the 50s & 60s faced a "Mad Men" like world:
Being pinched & prodded
Playboy photos in lectures
And yet when our podcast guest interviewed them decades later, they were upbeat about their careers
Our latest On Becoming a Healer podcast tells their stories
Being pinched & prodded
Playboy photos in lectures
And yet when our podcast guest interviewed them decades later, they were upbeat about their careers
Our latest On Becoming a Healer podcast tells their stories
After Dr Smith’s patient died, her husband brought him her diary.
What he read shocked him. He had failed at responding to a woman in the worst moment of her short life.
Dr. Smith is the guest on our latest podcast from “On Becoming a Healer”. That story is in this post
pod.link/healer/episo...
What he read shocked him. He had failed at responding to a woman in the worst moment of her short life.
Dr. Smith is the guest on our latest podcast from “On Becoming a Healer”. That story is in this post
pod.link/healer/episo...
August 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
After Dr Smith’s patient died, her husband brought him her diary.
What he read shocked him. He had failed at responding to a woman in the worst moment of her short life.
Dr. Smith is the guest on our latest podcast from “On Becoming a Healer”. That story is in this post
pod.link/healer/episo...
What he read shocked him. He had failed at responding to a woman in the worst moment of her short life.
Dr. Smith is the guest on our latest podcast from “On Becoming a Healer”. That story is in this post
pod.link/healer/episo...
Georgia
Film: Ilford HP4
Pentax Super Program
50 mm
f/5.6
Film: Ilford HP4
Pentax Super Program
50 mm
f/5.6
August 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Georgia
Film: Ilford HP4
Pentax Super Program
50 mm
f/5.6
Film: Ilford HP4
Pentax Super Program
50 mm
f/5.6
A week ago a limited bronchopneumonia hit
my temp spiked to 102 while my O2 sat hovered at 90%. The X-ray showed some odd and small infiltrates.
Antibiotics were given. I am not back to normal, but I am getting close.
Fencing on the left. I was breathless but in a week, I will be good !
my temp spiked to 102 while my O2 sat hovered at 90%. The X-ray showed some odd and small infiltrates.
Antibiotics were given. I am not back to normal, but I am getting close.
Fencing on the left. I was breathless but in a week, I will be good !
August 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
A week ago a limited bronchopneumonia hit
my temp spiked to 102 while my O2 sat hovered at 90%. The X-ray showed some odd and small infiltrates.
Antibiotics were given. I am not back to normal, but I am getting close.
Fencing on the left. I was breathless but in a week, I will be good !
my temp spiked to 102 while my O2 sat hovered at 90%. The X-ray showed some odd and small infiltrates.
Antibiotics were given. I am not back to normal, but I am getting close.
Fencing on the left. I was breathless but in a week, I will be good !
1/Are doctors ready to serve patients with disabilities? Only 41% say they are
--Our latest On Becoming a Healer podcast explores this with Lisa Iezzoni, MD.
--She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis while at Harvard Medical School.
--She's a Harvard professor of medicine
--Our latest On Becoming a Healer podcast explores this with Lisa Iezzoni, MD.
--She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis while at Harvard Medical School.
--She's a Harvard professor of medicine
July 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
1/Are doctors ready to serve patients with disabilities? Only 41% say they are
--Our latest On Becoming a Healer podcast explores this with Lisa Iezzoni, MD.
--She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis while at Harvard Medical School.
--She's a Harvard professor of medicine
--Our latest On Becoming a Healer podcast explores this with Lisa Iezzoni, MD.
--She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis while at Harvard Medical School.
--She's a Harvard professor of medicine
I'm looking forward for this lively discourse on the utility, or lack of such, on Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs this November at AMERSA's conference in Portland, Oregon!
Each year at the annual conference, the AMERSA Discourse plenary session offers attendees the opportunity to hear the evidence from two perspectives on a topic. Join us in Portland this November to engage in a thoughtful discourse! Register today: amersa.org/annual-confe...
June 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'm looking forward for this lively discourse on the utility, or lack of such, on Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs this November at AMERSA's conference in Portland, Oregon!
Reposted by Stefan Kertesz
Delighted to be selected for the 1st cohort of trainees at Grayken Center for Addiction’s Nurse Care Manager Training with our nurse champion, Marsha. Nurses are essential to expanding access to care in AL and rural US, and we’re so glad to have some of the best at UAB @uabcappi.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Delighted to be selected for the 1st cohort of trainees at Grayken Center for Addiction’s Nurse Care Manager Training with our nurse champion, Marsha. Nurses are essential to expanding access to care in AL and rural US, and we’re so glad to have some of the best at UAB @uabcappi.bsky.social
Did you know that cytisinocline has trial-quality evidence for helping people quit vaping?
We're hard at work preparing for Friday afternoon's Clinical Update in Addiction Medicine at 445pm at #sgim25 (with Drs. Morford, Mullins and Chan) @societygim.bsky.social
We're hard at work preparing for Friday afternoon's Clinical Update in Addiction Medicine at 445pm at #sgim25 (with Drs. Morford, Mullins and Chan) @societygim.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Did you know that cytisinocline has trial-quality evidence for helping people quit vaping?
We're hard at work preparing for Friday afternoon's Clinical Update in Addiction Medicine at 445pm at #sgim25 (with Drs. Morford, Mullins and Chan) @societygim.bsky.social
We're hard at work preparing for Friday afternoon's Clinical Update in Addiction Medicine at 445pm at #sgim25 (with Drs. Morford, Mullins and Chan) @societygim.bsky.social
Reposted by Stefan Kertesz
A terrific discussion by @stefankertesz.bsky.social and @saulweiner.bsky.social on the administration coming after #meded
#medsky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
#medsky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Emboldened Bullies Come for Medical Education
Podcast Episode · On Becoming a Healer · 05/01/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A terrific discussion by @stefankertesz.bsky.social and @saulweiner.bsky.social on the administration coming after #meded
#medsky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
#medsky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
3 docs found a calling in trying to be of use to folks who are homeless or
At right : SGIM plenary speaker Jim Withers of the Street Medicine Institute
Left Travis Baggett @MGHMedicine and @BHCHP
(Middle) Stefan Kertesz @VABIRMINGHAM & UAB
#SGIM25
At right : SGIM plenary speaker Jim Withers of the Street Medicine Institute
Left Travis Baggett @MGHMedicine and @BHCHP
(Middle) Stefan Kertesz @VABIRMINGHAM & UAB
#SGIM25
May 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
3 docs found a calling in trying to be of use to folks who are homeless or
At right : SGIM plenary speaker Jim Withers of the Street Medicine Institute
Left Travis Baggett @MGHMedicine and @BHCHP
(Middle) Stefan Kertesz @VABIRMINGHAM & UAB
#SGIM25
At right : SGIM plenary speaker Jim Withers of the Street Medicine Institute
Left Travis Baggett @MGHMedicine and @BHCHP
(Middle) Stefan Kertesz @VABIRMINGHAM & UAB
#SGIM25
A great audience at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council has come to hear summaries from
#HCH25
“What's new in homeless health care? A no-jargon summary of the latest research”
I will share a PDF of our summaries below later today
Dr Travis Baggett presenting up front!
#HCH25
“What's new in homeless health care? A no-jargon summary of the latest research”
I will share a PDF of our summaries below later today
Dr Travis Baggett presenting up front!
May 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A great audience at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council has come to hear summaries from
#HCH25
“What's new in homeless health care? A no-jargon summary of the latest research”
I will share a PDF of our summaries below later today
Dr Travis Baggett presenting up front!
#HCH25
“What's new in homeless health care? A no-jargon summary of the latest research”
I will share a PDF of our summaries below later today
Dr Travis Baggett presenting up front!
Former Acting US Attorney Ed Martin concluded 2 months of star power by sending intimidating letters to medical journals
Is that an embarrassing aberration or a sign of things to come?
That’s in the 2nd half in this On Becoming a Healer podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/3Hzt...
Is that an embarrassing aberration or a sign of things to come?
That’s in the 2nd half in this On Becoming a Healer podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/3Hzt...
May 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Former Acting US Attorney Ed Martin concluded 2 months of star power by sending intimidating letters to medical journals
Is that an embarrassing aberration or a sign of things to come?
That’s in the 2nd half in this On Becoming a Healer podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/3Hzt...
Is that an embarrassing aberration or a sign of things to come?
That’s in the 2nd half in this On Becoming a Healer podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/3Hzt...
1/The groups accrediting US medical schools & residencies are under new pressure
In a new “On Becoming a Healer” podcast, we look at a 4/23 White House order to investigate & terminate accreditors of US medical education, and curious attacks on med journals from a US Attorney
In a new “On Becoming a Healer” podcast, we look at a 4/23 White House order to investigate & terminate accreditors of US medical education, and curious attacks on med journals from a US Attorney
May 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
1/The groups accrediting US medical schools & residencies are under new pressure
In a new “On Becoming a Healer” podcast, we look at a 4/23 White House order to investigate & terminate accreditors of US medical education, and curious attacks on med journals from a US Attorney
In a new “On Becoming a Healer” podcast, we look at a 4/23 White House order to investigate & terminate accreditors of US medical education, and curious attacks on med journals from a US Attorney
This is the 1st podcast that became more timely in 7 days since we posted it.
I detail the concerns of many who objected to what they saw in recent years. Can what’s happening now be justified?
But the question remains: Can physicians stand up to authoritarianism?
youtu.be/x1iwqRgUPpo?...
I detail the concerns of many who objected to what they saw in recent years. Can what’s happening now be justified?
But the question remains: Can physicians stand up to authoritarianism?
youtu.be/x1iwqRgUPpo?...
April 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is the 1st podcast that became more timely in 7 days since we posted it.
I detail the concerns of many who objected to what they saw in recent years. Can what’s happening now be justified?
But the question remains: Can physicians stand up to authoritarianism?
youtu.be/x1iwqRgUPpo?...
I detail the concerns of many who objected to what they saw in recent years. Can what’s happening now be justified?
But the question remains: Can physicians stand up to authoritarianism?
youtu.be/x1iwqRgUPpo?...
🚨The record of physicians standing up for our values as healers under authoritarian regimes is not good, historically speaking
In this podcast, we ask if docs in the US will do better, this time around
“On Becoming a Healer” podcast streams on all services - links below /1
In this podcast, we ask if docs in the US will do better, this time around
“On Becoming a Healer” podcast streams on all services - links below /1
April 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🚨The record of physicians standing up for our values as healers under authoritarian regimes is not good, historically speaking
In this podcast, we ask if docs in the US will do better, this time around
“On Becoming a Healer” podcast streams on all services - links below /1
In this podcast, we ask if docs in the US will do better, this time around
“On Becoming a Healer” podcast streams on all services - links below /1
I am thankful to be honored with the award and to work with a wonderful cadre of addiction and pain scientists and clinicians at UAB
Congratulations to CAPPI @uabcappi.bsky.social Senior Scientist, Dr. Stefan Kertesz, on being named the 2025 Bucksbaum-Siegler Clinical Excellence Award Honoree! A well-deserved honor! bit.ly/4jh6wyB
#UAB_CAPPI #UAB #clinicalexcellence #doctorpatientrelationship
#UAB_CAPPI #UAB #clinicalexcellence #doctorpatientrelationship
Current News & Events – Bucksbaum-Siegler Institute for Clinical Excellence
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March 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I am thankful to be honored with the award and to work with a wonderful cadre of addiction and pain scientists and clinicians at UAB
Counter-touch in fencing
March 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Counter-touch in fencing
Reposted by Stefan Kertesz
Looking forward to @lizchiarello.bsky.social visit to Pitt next week. In the meantime, listen to a masterful interview by @stefankertesz.bsky.social on this podcast
onbecomingahealer.libsyn.com/caring-for-p...
onbecomingahealer.libsyn.com/caring-for-p...
On Becoming a Healer: Caring for Patients or Policing Them? Prescription Drug Monitoring, Doctors and Opioids
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) were originally designed for law enforcement to monitor patients and physicians for criminal behavior before it became available to health care profession...
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March 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Looking forward to @lizchiarello.bsky.social visit to Pitt next week. In the meantime, listen to a masterful interview by @stefankertesz.bsky.social on this podcast
onbecomingahealer.libsyn.com/caring-for-p...
onbecomingahealer.libsyn.com/caring-for-p...
1/Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs draw physicians into adopting the logic of law enforcement-
That’s the case made by our podcast guest @lizchiarello.bsky.social
in our new episode from On Becoming a Healer
Listen here:
pod.link/healer/episo...
(I’ll post the YouTube link next)
That’s the case made by our podcast guest @lizchiarello.bsky.social
in our new episode from On Becoming a Healer
Listen here:
pod.link/healer/episo...
(I’ll post the YouTube link next)
March 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
1/Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs draw physicians into adopting the logic of law enforcement-
That’s the case made by our podcast guest @lizchiarello.bsky.social
in our new episode from On Becoming a Healer
Listen here:
pod.link/healer/episo...
(I’ll post the YouTube link next)
That’s the case made by our podcast guest @lizchiarello.bsky.social
in our new episode from On Becoming a Healer
Listen here:
pod.link/healer/episo...
(I’ll post the YouTube link next)