CMO/CSO/EVP Adv Tech/Product @irhythmtech. Professor and founding director @stanfordcdh. Cardiac EP, scientist, trialist, AI builder. Views mine.
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
Jun 4
I won't pay $4,000 for a ticket to see my Knicks play in the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years, but for some reason I routinely pay three times that much for open access to papers that I wrote myself
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Today, I learned that Dr. Eugene Braunwald and Eugene Kleiner (of @kleinerperkins) are first cousins and grew up in Brooklyn a block from each other. Both fled Vienna with their families during the Nazi occupation.
Tom Lee from @BrighamWomens has written a beautiful biography.
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This is an outstanding piece describing why trial execution matters. With observational studies, we tend to scrutinize (appropriately) the methods in exquisite detail. With trials, the reader may view all trials as identical black boxes and not to scrutinize execution. But poor trial execution is no better than residual confounding.
A poorly executed trial may regress to the null or provide a biased and false point estimate of statistical significance — when neither represents the causal truth. Trial execution, not just design, matters.
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Indian mango cartel is alive and kicking on X.
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
We are deeply saddened to have lost our founding chairman and the father of modern academic cardiology, Dr. Eugene Braunwald, who founded the TIMI Study Group in 1984, and with that vision profoundly shaped the practice of cardiovascular medicine across the world.
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
11 Feb 2014
Oil painting I did of Dr. Eugene Braunwald, my friend & mentor since 1986
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Apr 22
This is unfortunate and is one of the biggest problems we have with the journal establishment today: a complete lack of author authentication.
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
Apr 22
The Fellows-in-Training Lounge at #HRS2026 is built for both downtime and development.
Stop in to recharge, connect with peers, and dive into sessions like:
🔸 Rethinking EP outcomes and the patient experience
🔸 Busting common myths in arrhythmia management
🔸 Post-PVI monitoring and what really matters
🔸 AF burden, PVC/VT assessment, and evolving data
🔸 Real-world cases every fellow should see
Plus: dedicated career mentoring networking with EP leaders.
Refreshments, Wi-Fi, and practical insights all in one place. Sponsored by @iRhythmTech
bit.ly/41KiZnz
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
Apr 21
The AP Lounge at #HRS2026 is more than a place to recharge. It’s where learning and connection come together.
Join sessions on:
🔹 Symptom–arrhythmia correlation and clinical decision-making
🔹 The legacy and impact of Allied Professionals
🔹 Sleep, circadian biology, and arrhythmias
🔹 Wearables, devices, and disparities in care
🔹 Innovation in action through Shark Tank LEAP
Stop by between sessions to stay informed, connect with peers, and make the most of your time onsite.
Learn more: bit.ly/4cogxJy
Sponsored by @iRhythmTech
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Apr 21
#epeeps don’t miss this. If you are mid career, then come and pay it forward. If you are a fellow or early career, then come expand your network and garner advice and opportunity as you chart your professional path.
I care deeply about mentoring because it’s helped me immeasurably. Thanks to @HRSonline for giving @iRhythmTech the opportunity to sponsor. #HRS2026
Apr 20
Fellows-in-Training & early career pros heading to #HRS2026 👀
Don’t miss the Fellows & Early Career Mentoring Reception:
April 25 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
📍 FIT Lounge
Sponsored by @iRhythmTech
Connect with EP leaders, ask real questions, and build relationships that matter.
More in the FIT Lounge: bit.ly/4ckIguJ
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“Luck isn’t random. Luck is surface area.”
Collide more with new people and experiences to maximize opportunity.
Apr 7
There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild.
He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed.
When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them.
Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate.
The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions.
Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement.
The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean.
That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
Apr 7
So I created an entire med school using AI.
It started out as a joke with my friends, but just grew and grew into something that still astonishes me in its depth and breadth.
I call it the Hibbert School of Medicine. Check it out at hibbertmed.com
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
This guy predicted the future in the 1950s
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
Apr 1
In honor of 50 years of Apple, we're sharing - for the first time ever - Don Valentine's original 1977 memo for Sequoia's investment into Apple Computer. #Apple50
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
Mar 28
@leftbundle #Bishop lecture #ACC26
AI is like a Waymo- it does stuff humans don’t do like getting stuck in concrete!
AuC does not mean useful
Think of AI as infrastructure (bottleneck is operational) like building cath labs
AI agents >50! should they be autonomous? (Rx refills)
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Mintu Turakhia, MD, MS, Louis F. Bishop Keynote speaker, proposes a path to health system implementation of AI: “The bottleneck is no longer discovery - it’s transformation and implementation.” #ACC26 @ACCinTouch
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
"As we learn, we must think of #AI as infrastructure - not just a test or tool." - @leftbundle
The #AI Intensive featuring the Louis F. Bishop Keynote from Mintu Turakhia, MD, MS, with a focus on scaling AI in cardiovascular practice. #ACC26
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It was a privilege to deliver the Bishop Lecture at #ACC26. To scale AI, we need a reframe: think of AI not as tests/tools but as infrastructure.
Like cath labs, we must build with safe components, deploy into care, and ensure safety at scale — no RCTs for most.
"As we learn, we must think of #AI as infrastructure - not just a test or tool." - @leftbundle
The #AI Intensive featuring the Louis F. Bishop Keynote from Mintu Turakhia, MD, MS, with a focus on scaling AI in cardiovascular practice. #ACC26
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Mintu Turakhia, MD MS retweeted
Mar 26
So excited about #acc2026
Congratulations to @leftbundle for Bishop Keynote lecture. #AIinMedicine don’t miss it. Are you all ready for the very best in science Technology and Trials that will feed our guidelines. Join us!! @ACCinTouch
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Mar 27
I’m privileged to deliver this talk. Dr. Bishop was an early adopter of technology — and I’ll discuss this, too. See you at #ACC26 and thank you @Drroxmehran and @ACCinTouch.
Mar 26
So excited about #acc2026
Congratulations to @leftbundle for Bishop Keynote lecture. #AIinMedicine don’t miss it. Are you all ready for the very best in science Technology and Trials that will feed our guidelines. Join us!! @ACCinTouch
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