Michael Cloney, MD, MPH
@michael_cloney
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@UMichNeuro faculty trained in #spine & #neurotrauma @PittNeurosurg, #Neurosurgery & #CriticalCare @NorthwesternMed, MD/MPH @Columbia, husband to @nabulsi_nadia
Ann Arbor, MI
Joined June 2011
Thank you @CNS_Update for inviting me to speak about my work on surgery for dens fractures, and to @NaderDahdaleh of @NeurosurgeryNM for his mentorship on this project (and so many other things) @NathanShlobin @umichneuro #CNS2024
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#FreeArticle. Meta-analysis shows allograft spacers outperform PEEK cages in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, improving fusion and revision surgery rates without increased subsidence risk. https://t.co/AjaigUx1CK
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It’s amazing how much care a hospital can provide when it is not spending >50% of its budget on a bloated bureaucracy
Physician owned hospital! Delivers more babies in a month than a small elementary school… Wow! This was a fun interview! @physicianhosp
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Einstein & the Brain: Relativity of Time in Ischemic Stroke Treatment #BloggingStroke contributor Ingrid Marques discusses #Stroke article by @doctorgunkan et al. @PascalJabbourMD @NguyenThanhMD @adnan_mujanovic @JhonBocanegraB1 @MVilardo @Dr_LeonardoC
https://t.co/4MwGUc9FPO
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This is a really bad way to think about how people learn and change. There is a difference between knowing and understanding, and the idea that wisdom can be simply“distilled compressed…and transmitted” like so much code is wrong.
it's weird that at a given age, 45 say, someone can't just write down the compressed/compiled topline notes on everything they've learned about life, and then just hand that to someone at 20, saving them 25 years of lessons. why that doesn't work is a somewhat instructive Q
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Everybody is schizophrenic about prior authorization. They hate it, but they need it to control costs and limit unnecessary care. So they try to do it smarter. Except there’s one group who has no use for it at all: patients. https://t.co/fpQraWtrLP
nytimes.com
A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care.
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Ditto that for spine surgery. Never seen this level of friction for approvals that would have been routine not even 24 months ago. The latest tactic - need to specify the vendor for any spine implants as well as the corresponding CPT code. Any mismatch? They get to deny solely
American Physician Assistant who has worked in cardiology for 8 years says “I have NEVER seen so many echos denied like I have this year” She says health insurance companies are denying routine scans at rates like never before and making it harder to appeal. Just this one phone
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Time to double down: Repeal ACA Section 6001! Take back our hospitals!! @AmerMedicalAssn @DutchRojas
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I know this might sound crazy, but people who have real direct patient care experience should own and operate our healthcare system.
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The idea that physician judgment is beyond question is absurd. Doctors are human, prone to biases, overtesting, and defensive medicine. Peer review exists precisely because doctors routinely identify errors in their colleagues’ decisions. We all see it every day. Hang out
There is no algorithm that can replace the instincts of an experienced physician when faced with a patient in need. When the doctor who saw this patient in the Emergency Room examined her, spoke with her, and decided to admit her, I know that he did so because he knew best how to
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Always thank your patients for entrusting you with their care.
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Excited about this operative video! It’s always great when we can come up with creative solutions to tackle big problems and minimize risks for complicated patients. @michael_cloney @ricardojf7 @PittNeurosurg @URNeurosurgery
Operative video presents the case of a 47-year-old man with a ventral cervical epidural abscess, successfully managed through posterior minimally invasive tubular decompression and abscess drainage. https://t.co/LVKc9AhZDT
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Too much. Should be 5%. Why? Because a Harvard MPH thinks so. Next year if we’re still having trouble balancing the budget we can make it 3%. Central planners always know best.
@anish_koka physician reimbursement is ~7% of the healthcare cost
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#ONSVisualAbstract Optimal Timing of Cranioplasty After Decompressive Craniectomy: Timing or Collapse Ratio https://t.co/ifSQpz0iqa by Huo et al Taizhou Fourth People's Hospital, Taizhou, Jiangsu @CNS_Update @MartinaStippler @jh_kanterMD @george_maragkos @Zaazoue @urquiagajf_MD
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Look, I don’t want to make this all about myself but there’s a chance I’m going to have to make a truly annoying amount of edits on the next edition of my Grover Cleveland bio.
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A privilege for @umichneuro residents to present at the @SeattleSciFdtn journal club on “Management of the Fractional Curve in Lumbar Deformity” Great discussions of papers from @DeanChouMD @LLenkeMD @ColumbiaNeuro @columbiaspine @spinesection #Spine #MIS
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Friends and colleagues, Last night we lost a true icon in neurosurgery. The visionary neurosurgeon L. Nelson “Nick” Hopkins III passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family. Nick was a true innovator whose legacy to our specialty is the field known as neuro Endovascular.
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Tour de force lunch session on primary spinal tumors @CNS_Update. On behalf of co-director Rory Goodwin, we’d like to thank @EKNduom @KhoiThanMD, our faculty & attendees for the wonderful engagement. Thank you @icotecmed for supporting this educational event for #2024CNS.
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Congratulations to our co-chief resident Dr. Whitney Muhlestein who was awarded the prestigious Neurosurgery Peripheral Nerve Paper of the Year award at this year’s #CNS2024! We couldn’t be more thrilled to see her incredible work recognized in this way. #GoBlue #womeninSTEM
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Thank you @CNS_Update for inviting me to speak about my work on surgery for dens fractures, and to @NaderDahdaleh of @NeurosurgeryNM for his mentorship on this project (and so many other things) @NathanShlobin @umichneuro #CNS2024
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Thomas Buell and @michael_cloney presented research projects [Outcomes of T12/L1 to Sacropelvic Fusions & Mid- vs lower-thoracic UIV Complications] at North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Chicago in collaboration with the International Spine Study Group. @NASSspine
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