🚨Big Personal News🚨
After 17 years at Northwestern, I will be leaving to take a new role at the NIH (Respiratory Disease Branch Chief).
As you can imagine, it was a difficult decision.
Michael Ison, MD MS
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Michael Ison, MD MS
@MichaelGIsonMD
#TxID MD and clinical respiratory virologist & Editor-in-Chief @TheTxIDjournal. All opinions and tweets are my own.
Rockville, MD
Joined June 2020
- We have our first COVID-19 breakthrough despite Evusheld. We definitely need approaches to collect this data in real time as it may inform efficacy of this new preventative therapy.
- Day 1 down - lots of new systems to learn but energized to be at NIH!
- Time to get my badge and start the next phase of my career.
- Today was my last clinic - for the last 17 years (nearly 900 clinics), I’ve had the honor of caring for countless patients - getting them ready for transplant and caring for them after.
- Look at hospitals - 100% mask mandate that is actually enforced. Also a place with many high risk patients and always indoor. No reports of outbreaks and data from ours and other hospitals suggest most cases in employees were of community origin.Places around the world that used masks consistently have had half to two-thirds less Covid spread. Imagine how many deaths could have been prevented in the US if the federal government had focused on masks rather than hydroxychloroquine.
- Honored to be selected to be the next editor-in-chief of @TheTxIDjournal. So thankful to Bob Rubin, Hans Hirsch and @FranciscoMarty_ for their incredible leadership to establish this critical journal for our community.
- This is a useful resource for finding locations that have Evusheld, Paxlovid and Molnupirivir. Can filter by state and drug to refine your information! healthdata.gov/Health/COVID-1…
- So as we see more and more rebound after Paxlovid, some with documented transmissions after the rebound, and @pfizer reporting ~$22B in profit - what is being done to understand and correct the issue? How often does it happen? Do we need longer therapy or combos?
- My view for the last 17 years - coming to an end in 21 days!
- Such an AMAZING honor - thanks to all who got me to where I am! @NM_Transplant🎉Congratulations to @AST_IDCOP legend and leader @MichaelGIsonMD, who is the winner of the @AST_info Senior Achievement Award in Clinical Transplantation. We are so thankful for your service and leadership in #TxID!! #ATC2024Philly 🍾
- It was a huge honor to receive the Bob Rubin Award! You kind words as part of the nomination were so touching!A very well deserved award to an exceptional mentor @MichaelGIsonMD No words can describe the dedication and support you gives to your mentees. You set an example of what mentorship and leadership.I am lucky to be handed my transplant ID certificate by a legend like you #ATC2023
- Cleaning my office at Maria wanted to take a picture of all my saved lanyards!
- 17+ years, countless trainees, thousands of patients cared for - it’s been an amazing time @NM_Transplant @NM_Lung @NM_IDSteward - thankful for a superstar last week of service with another dream team @mahalamri
