Heartfelt with Dr Melissa Walton-Shirley

ACC 2019 Burnout: Is the Red Tide Finally Beginning to Turn? Burned out listening to burn-out talks? An intense session at ACC.19 left Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, hopeful that some of those words would finally turn into action.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 19, 2019
Beyond Go Red: The Lessons From Susan Lucci’s ACS The All My Children star experienced acute coronary syndrome last fall. After 15 years of Go Red for Women, why are we still missing heart disease in a postmenopausal septuagenarian, asks Dr Walton-Shirley.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 17, 2019
Time to Eliminate Ageism and Sexism in Medicine The #MeToo movement prompts Melissa Walton-Shirley to reflect on the sexism she dismissed in her early career and the ageism she sees around her now.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 22, 2019
Advice for Anyone Contemplating Locum Tenens Work After quitting full-time practice, Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, joined the ranks of medical temp workers. Here's her advice on getting started.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 18, 2018
AHA 2018 What's Needed After AHA 2018? ACTION A sparsely attended session on social determinants of health sounded very familiar to Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD. So if we know what to do to improve CV health, why haven’t we done it yet?
Experts And Viewpoints, November 15, 2018
AHA 2018 Glad Your EF Is Better, But Stay on Your Meds While the TRED-HF trial may not be great news for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and recovered EF, at least it eases this physician's conscience about her reluctance to curtail pharmacotherapy.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 12, 2018
AHA 2018 Lipid Lollapalooza at AHA 2018 The release of the 2018 cholesterol guidelines and a bunch of lipid-oriented trials made it a bountiful day at the American Heart Association meeting for Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 11, 2018
Echocardiography: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Echocardiography is a great tool when used appropriately, but Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, finds that poor-quality images and scanty reports often cause more confusion than clarity.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 05, 2018
Closing the Office Door for the Last Time With a heavy heart, Melissa Walton-Shirley bids farewell to full-time practice. Ailing parents and RVU demands drive this transition to a new stage in her career.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 01, 2018
ESC 2018 Do Cardiologists Care About CV Prevention? Everyone agrees that prevention is better than cure. However, few ESC attendees joined Melissa Walton-Shirley for the session on CVD prevention, preferring to stand in line to hear the latest hotlines.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 29, 2018
ESC 2018 Cardiology 2028: Predicting the Future Melissa Walton-Shirley attended a session at the European Society of Cardiology Congress titled "Cardiology 10 Years From Now" and heard some realistic predictions.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 28, 2018
ESC 2018 What's Driving Physician Burnout in 2018? At a session on burnout at the ESC meeting in Munich, Dr Walton-Shirley heard a first-hand account of a cardiologist who had a breakdown. The panelists left her hopeful that things will improve.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 27, 2018
ESC 2018 Overprescribing in the Elderly: We Have a Problem Melissa Walton-Shirley sat in on a presentation about polypharmacy in older patients and learned some surprising statistics.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 26, 2018
When EHRs (and Doctors) Don't Communicate With Each Other When requests for medical records draw no response, time and money are wasted. Can't we do better in the age of electronic health records, asks Melissa Walton-Shirley.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 23, 2018
Pricey Pee: Time to Regulate Vitamin and Dietary Supplements Multiple studies show that dietary supplements result in little more than expensive urine and in some cases may even cause harm. Melissa Walton-Shirley thinks it's high time they were better regulated.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 18, 2018
The Death of Yarushka Rivera: Prior Authorization Run Amok A teen suffered tragic consequences from a failed prior authorization; Melissa Walton-Shirley says lawsuits miss the mark.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 19, 2018
IV Diltiazem and Other Shortages at Crisis Level A confluence of factors, including a hurricane, have left hospitals with shortages of saline and IV drugs. But long-term solutions will require the intervention of legislators, concludes Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 23, 2018
For the Quadruple Aim to Succeed, Keep Doctors Doctoring An article by the ACC president on helping cardiologists find work-life balance leads Dr Walton-Shirley to detail what exactly needs to happen to make it a reality vs wishful thinking.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 18, 2018
ACC 2018 MOMENTUM-3: The Future of the LVAD Is Here and Now A trial showing better outcomes for HeartMate 3 over HeartMate II sends Dr Walton-Shirley down memory lane to recall the patients she has referred for implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
Experts And Viewpoints, March 13, 2018
ACC 2018 Another Way to Save a Life: the MANAGE Trial Dr Walton-Shirley was impressed by a study on dabigatran for myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 12, 2018

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