Evan Thomas MD/PhD
@EvanThomas84
Radiation oncologist with a passion for advanced imaging & world leading stereotactic radiation treatments.
I'm incredibly excited to announce opening of our new sham-controlled RCT of #radiosurgery for #spasticity in patients with #spinalcordinjury, #CerebralPalsy, #stroke. Thanks to @VarianMedSys for funding & to my colleague & tx inventor, Dr Pantaleo Romanelli #Neurosurgery #pmr
Thrilled to announce that this trial of SRS for spasticity is now resuming accrual in Winter Park, FL at therenaissanceinstitute.org !!!
I'm incredibly excited to announce opening of our new sham-controlled RCT of #radiosurgery for #spasticity in patients with #spinalcordinjury, #CerebralPalsy, #stroke. Thanks to @VarianMedSys for funding & to my colleague & tx inventor, Dr Pantaleo Romanelli #Neurosurgery #pmr
I’m honored to share that I’ve been invited to moderate a series of ASTRO webinars focused on radiotherapy for benign conditions this October, following the ASTRO Annual Meeting. As we plan the content, I’d love to hear from colleagues and the wider Radonc community: •Which…
I think most of us use it for things like not wanting children to go hungry, or being bothered that someone has to choose between paying for rent or their asthma medication….
The left uses "empathy" as a means to power and authoritarianism, and an excuse for control and violence. So...no.
Just received an insurance denial for LDRT for Achilles tendonitis …. They had processed it as a proton therapy request. Cigna must have been following the now deleted UMD proton center post… 😖
Expanding the #radonc toolkit for ☢️necrosis (RN) tx after SRS for functional disorders In this case report, Boswellia serrata resolved RN in a pt w/ steroid-refractory RN after SRS (80 Gy) for OCD Should Boswellia be a 1st line tx for RN after SRS? advancesradonc.org/article/S2452-…
What happens when insurance denies care after it’s been delivered? How does it impact the patient? This isn’t a hypothetical—it happens often, and in my experience, it’s becoming more common. Most people think a prior authorization means they’re covered. That the treatment is…
.@VickersBiostats, @WeillCornell, discusses the need for reforming the Gleason score, the cornerstone of decision-making in #ProstateCancer management. #Gleason #biopsy #Urology
The Force was with us today @UTSW_RadOnc! We treated our first HANSOLO patient using Ethos: Head And Neck radiotherapy with Simulation Omitted and setup and pLanning Online. Patient needed emergent radiotherapy to control bleeding but may receive definitive treatment later,…
We have hand outs we use in clinic with trusted manufacturers that we have seen good outcomes, we share these with whoever wants them. I have emailed members MSK, Anderson, NW, Mayo and many others. I think it’s important to know this is a good option
But agree it isn’t good for all situations, but once you start getting your patients off chronic steroids and I’ve had peds rad oncs all over the world call me saying it’s been amazing having their patients finally off steroids. So my wish is that we get the word out!!
What is bad: -Boswell is not necessarily a lot of pills -steroids are de facto SOC, and we have decades of “data” on steroids but not that they are any better of a treatment than any other intervention -seems like you haven’t vetted your own recommended options I have shared my…
I'm so old I wrote that! That's assuming it's the Windows version, which is the one I worked on. The Win9x game, art, and original code, were done by Maxis/Cinematronics. I ported it to Windows NT, converted the x86 asm to C, made it work on RISC, and so on. Success has…
Are you this old?
Truly honored he considers my center an ivory tower!
If there is equipoise then run a trial with a standardized formulation. Show me the data. Until then maybe ivory towers shouldnt criticize “really bad takes” from community docs who have a lot less leeway if something goes wrong
Really bad take here by a non CNS provider. 1. It doesn’t have to be a lot of pills depending on formulation 2. I’ve never had a patient on boswellia attack a family member due to psychosis 3. I’ve never had a patient go into hyperosmolar hyperketotic state from boswellia.…
Sometimes yes, but often no. Boswellia is a lot of pills, variable quality and people getting it from unclear sources, and we have decades of data for steroids. If the stakes are high, it’s a bad choice for first line. Don’t get carried away with the shiny new thing.
Thrilled to share that Dr. Austin Sims has received the prestigious FAME Early Career Achievement Award! One of only two given across the OSU College of Medicine! 🌟 In just a few years, he’s made waves institutionally and nationally via ASTRO. Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉#OhioState
I wasn't worried about AI taking my job but now that it can delete the prod DB I'm not so sure
.@Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes our entire database
🚨Proposed CMS Cuts to Orthovoltage Radiotherapy for Benign Conditions —A Threat to Patient Care and Specialty Sustainability The newly proposed CMS rules would slash reimbursement for orthovoltage radiotherapy—used for benign conditions like osteoarthritis — by a nearly 40%…
BREAKING: This is F—king infuriating: Luis Leon, an 82-year-old Chilean torture survivor and U.S. legal permanent resident for 38 years lost his physical green card and went to an immigration office on 20 June to replace it. He was then deported to a third party country. What…