Helen Burstin, MD, MPH
@helenburstinmd.medsky.social
Doc, mom, policy wonk. Committed to working across medicine to improve care for all. CEO, Council of Medical Specialty Societies (www.cmss.org) and GW Clinical Professor of Medicine.
Views are my own #MedSky
Views are my own #MedSky
Excited to share that our book “Quality Measurement in Healthcare” will be released next month!
Thank you to my co-editors Jesse Pines and JaneThorpe at GW Public Health and to friends and colleagues who contributed chapters 📚
To pre-order: a.co/d/hq8JbzF
Thank you to my co-editors Jesse Pines and JaneThorpe at GW Public Health and to friends and colleagues who contributed chapters 📚
To pre-order: a.co/d/hq8JbzF
September 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Excited to share that our book “Quality Measurement in Healthcare” will be released next month!
Thank you to my co-editors Jesse Pines and JaneThorpe at GW Public Health and to friends and colleagues who contributed chapters 📚
To pre-order: a.co/d/hq8JbzF
Thank you to my co-editors Jesse Pines and JaneThorpe at GW Public Health and to friends and colleagues who contributed chapters 📚
To pre-order: a.co/d/hq8JbzF
My amazing husband is doing his 15th PMC this weekend in honor of my father, Frank Burstin. With draconian cuts in fed research, your support is more important than ever #PMC2025
You can donate to support my #PMC2025 ride here: pmc.org/MB0437 The PMC gives 100% of your donations to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Why I Ride ...
This will be my 15th year riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC)! This year's ride will cover the usual 188 miles across Massachusetts on August 2-3, with as always, 100% of the funds we raise sup...
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August 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My amazing husband is doing his 15th PMC this weekend in honor of my father, Frank Burstin. With draconian cuts in fed research, your support is more important than ever #PMC2025
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EXCLUSIVE: According to a MedPage Today analysis, the CDC's MMWR published fewer articles in the past 3 months than it did during the same time period for several years prior.
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There's a Major Publishing Slowdown at CDC's Flagship Journal
Each MMWR article now requires clearance by the HHS secretary, sources said
www.medpagetoday.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
EXCLUSIVE: According to a MedPage Today analysis, the CDC's MMWR published fewer articles in the past 3 months than it did during the same time period for several years prior.
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The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act would end out-of-pocket costs for prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care—meaning no copays, deductibles, or cost barriers to essential maternal care. Families shouldn’t have to suffer financially to grow. Ask Congress to support families: bit.ly/4nQOzcW
July 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act would end out-of-pocket costs for prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care—meaning no copays, deductibles, or cost barriers to essential maternal care. Families shouldn’t have to suffer financially to grow. Ask Congress to support families: bit.ly/4nQOzcW
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July 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Reminder to all medical orgs on #Medsky, you have the ability to apply to become a “trusted verifier” which means you can verify accounts that are affiliated with your org.
Are you affiliated with a medical society? Ask them to become a trusted verifier and they can then verify your account.
Are you affiliated with a medical society? Ask them to become a trusted verifier and they can then verify your account.
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BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
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Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice
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July 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
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🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health.
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
July 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health.
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
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So thankful for @melindagates.bsky.social and others who are stepping up where our country is failing.
July 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
So thankful for @melindagates.bsky.social and others who are stepping up where our country is failing.
Very proud of our specialty societies for suing RFK Jr. over changes to COVID vaccine policy.
Go AAP, ACP, IDSA, and SMFM!
And thanks again to Dr. Georges Benjamin @apha.org who is always on the right side of justice!
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Go AAP, ACP, IDSA, and SMFM!
And thanks again to Dr. Georges Benjamin @apha.org who is always on the right side of justice!
#MedSky
Doctors’ groups sue Kennedy over Covid shot changes for kids, pregnant people
They say the decision “erodes trust” by pitting providers against federal recommendations that aren’t grounded in evidence.
www.politico.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
July 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Proud to have @cmssmed.bsky.social specialty societies jointly advocate with the National Health Council’s patient organizations in support of FY26 funding for medical research to support care that is science-based, patient-centered, and accessible to all #StrongerTogether
NHC and CMSS Submits Comments on Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Cuts - National Health Council
NHC and CMSS Comments on Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Cuts (PDF) July 1, 2025 The Honorable Mike Johnson […]
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July 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Proud to have @cmssmed.bsky.social specialty societies jointly advocate with the National Health Council’s patient organizations in support of FY26 funding for medical research to support care that is science-based, patient-centered, and accessible to all #StrongerTogether
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This week’s meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, was politicized, chaotic and not transparent.
Our statement: bit.ly/3ZPB0jO
Our statement: bit.ly/3ZPB0jO
June 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This week’s meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, was politicized, chaotic and not transparent.
Our statement: bit.ly/3ZPB0jO
Our statement: bit.ly/3ZPB0jO
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"False comments about vaccine safety made by current committee members with no clinical experience will further sow seeds of fear, doubt, and distrust in medicine among patients and contribute to the spread of medical mis- and disinformation. "
Thank you to our specialty societies for speaking up about the current non-evidence-based state of the ACIP
#MedSky
www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/american-college-of-physicians-alarmed-by-acip-committee-meeting-a-dangerous-path
#MedSky
www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/american-college-of-physicians-alarmed-by-acip-committee-meeting-a-dangerous-path
June 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"False comments about vaccine safety made by current committee members with no clinical experience will further sow seeds of fear, doubt, and distrust in medicine among patients and contribute to the spread of medical mis- and disinformation. "
Thank you to our specialty societies for speaking up about the current non-evidence-based state of the ACIP
#MedSky
www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/american-college-of-physicians-alarmed-by-acip-committee-meeting-a-dangerous-path
#MedSky
www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/american-college-of-physicians-alarmed-by-acip-committee-meeting-a-dangerous-path
June 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thank you to our specialty societies for speaking up about the current non-evidence-based state of the ACIP
#MedSky
www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/american-college-of-physicians-alarmed-by-acip-committee-meeting-a-dangerous-path
#MedSky
www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/american-college-of-physicians-alarmed-by-acip-committee-meeting-a-dangerous-path
“The pursuit of health equity is a long game, as we all know, with many twists and turns, like the ones that we’re experiencing right now,” said Cooper. “But the longer we play, the bigger the reward will be.”
From @STATnews.com on our new health equity awards
Thank you @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social
From @STATnews.com on our new health equity awards
Thank you @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social
To tackle race in clinical guidelines, researchers seek alternatives to federal dollars
As federal grants to study the use of race in clinical algorithms dry up researchers are looking for other funding sources.
www.statnews.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“The pursuit of health equity is a long game, as we all know, with many twists and turns, like the ones that we’re experiencing right now,” said Cooper. “But the longer we play, the bigger the reward will be.”
From @STATnews.com on our new health equity awards
Thank you @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social
From @STATnews.com on our new health equity awards
Thank you @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social
Good news....for a nice change of pace.
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NIH halts grant terminations ‘effective immediately,’ email says
The National Institutes of Health is halting further terminations of research grants, an internal email shows
www.statnews.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Good news....for a nice change of pace.
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#MedSky
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Ruiz: Why did the report include citations that don’t exist?
RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate
Ruiz: How can they be accurate if they did not exist?
RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate
Ruiz: How can they be accurate if they did not exist?
June 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Ruiz: Why did the report include citations that don’t exist?
RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate
Ruiz: How can they be accurate if they did not exist?
RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate
Ruiz: How can they be accurate if they did not exist?
June 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
An inspiring Encoding Health Equity Summit today. With DDF support, we awarded $1M in grants to 8 specialty societies: encodingequity.org/event/specia...
Special thanks to keynote Dr. Lisa Cooper and our advisory committee co-chair Dr. Joseph Wright AAP for their vision and guidance.
Special thanks to keynote Dr. Lisa Cooper and our advisory committee co-chair Dr. Joseph Wright AAP for their vision and guidance.
June 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
An inspiring Encoding Health Equity Summit today. With DDF support, we awarded $1M in grants to 8 specialty societies: encodingequity.org/event/specia...
Special thanks to keynote Dr. Lisa Cooper and our advisory committee co-chair Dr. Joseph Wright AAP for their vision and guidance.
Special thanks to keynote Dr. Lisa Cooper and our advisory committee co-chair Dr. Joseph Wright AAP for their vision and guidance.
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Dr @helenburstinmd.medsky.social has always been an incredible mentor & sponsor🙏🏾I'm always grateful for my time as a @nam.edu #DxEx scholar! Great to return & learn alongside wonderful colleagues like Drs @snigdhajain.bsky.social @gezzerortegamdmph.bsky.social Emily Abdoler Lauren Shapiro & more!
Wrapping up 2 amazing days at the National Academy of Medicine #DiagnosticExcellence
Energized to learn from so many brilliant people working to improve diagnosis! @helenburstinmd.medsky.social @lekshmimd.bsky.social @mgraber1.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @yalepccsm.bsky.social
Energized to learn from so many brilliant people working to improve diagnosis! @helenburstinmd.medsky.social @lekshmimd.bsky.social @mgraber1.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @yalepccsm.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Dr @helenburstinmd.medsky.social has always been an incredible mentor & sponsor🙏🏾I'm always grateful for my time as a @nam.edu #DxEx scholar! Great to return & learn alongside wonderful colleagues like Drs @snigdhajain.bsky.social @gezzerortegamdmph.bsky.social Emily Abdoler Lauren Shapiro & more!
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Wrapping up 2 amazing days at the National Academy of Medicine #DiagnosticExcellence
Energized to learn from so many brilliant people working to improve diagnosis! @helenburstinmd.medsky.social @lekshmimd.bsky.social @mgraber1.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @yalepccsm.bsky.social
Energized to learn from so many brilliant people working to improve diagnosis! @helenburstinmd.medsky.social @lekshmimd.bsky.social @mgraber1.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @yalepccsm.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Wrapping up 2 amazing days at the National Academy of Medicine #DiagnosticExcellence
Energized to learn from so many brilliant people working to improve diagnosis! @helenburstinmd.medsky.social @lekshmimd.bsky.social @mgraber1.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @yalepccsm.bsky.social
Energized to learn from so many brilliant people working to improve diagnosis! @helenburstinmd.medsky.social @lekshmimd.bsky.social @mgraber1.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @yalepccsm.bsky.social
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A bit of good news amidst all the bad.
Love to see @ash.hematology.org contributing real resources and action to support research in hematology
Love to see @ash.hematology.org contributing real resources and action to support research in hematology
ASH is committing more than $12 million to address research funding challenges and support the next generation of hematologists.
Learn more: www.hematology.org/n...
#Fight4Hematology #HemeSky
Learn more: www.hematology.org/n...
#Fight4Hematology #HemeSky
June 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A bit of good news amidst all the bad.
Love to see @ash.hematology.org contributing real resources and action to support research in hematology
Love to see @ash.hematology.org contributing real resources and action to support research in hematology
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Secretary Kennedy’s allegations about the integrity of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are completely unfounded and will have a significant negative impact on Americans of all ages.
Our statement: bit.ly/3SGaDcb
Our statement: bit.ly/3SGaDcb
June 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Secretary Kennedy’s allegations about the integrity of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are completely unfounded and will have a significant negative impact on Americans of all ages.
Our statement: bit.ly/3SGaDcb
Our statement: bit.ly/3SGaDcb
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