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Neil Floch MD
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Associate Professor #DABOM @Yalemed #Obesity #SoMe Editor @soard_journal / bariatric surgery Tweets are my views and not my employer @yalesurgery
Connecticut
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    President Obama made this remark during a nationally televised press conference on July 22, 2009, while discussing healthcare reform, “The doctor may look at the reimbursement system and say to himself, ‘You know what? I make a lot more money if I take this kid’s tonsils out.’”
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    Neil Floch MD
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    May 31, 2020
    We are NOT born with racism
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Jun 23, 2023
    I have never used @twitter to discuss very personal matters but… This morning I lost my greatest friend and mentor. My father: Martin H. Floch MD He was a proud family man who also loved his work. He boasted only about how much he loved his job. He had incredible vision
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Nov 8, 2018
    Replying to @NRA
    I will be happy to call for a @NRA consult the next time I am pulling bullets out a patient’s abdomen and stapling their guts closed. Hopefully we will never have children slaughtered in our schools again in this state of #Connecticut
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Oct 30, 2025
    I like most all physicians in private practice in Connecticut lost my practice as insurance companies stopped paying us reasonable rates for seeing patients and performing surgery. The government supported the vertically integrated insurance companies, doctors went into debt,
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    Mark Cuban
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    Oct 29, 2025
    When 3 vertically integrated insurance companies control 90 pct of every insurance and provider market , what happens then ?
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Mar 28, 2021
    The BEST #vaccine is the one you can get
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Jan 4, 2020
    I’m going to get harassed for saying this but every male surgeon should know how to cook and bake for his loved ones so that his wife can go out and crack chests, make high risk deliveries, and do emergent ER procedures. It’s part of being an incredible nurturer and caregiver.
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    Jennifer Gunter
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    Jan 4, 2020
    I’m going to get harassed for saying this, but every woman should be able to do an emergent c-section for an antepartum hemorrhage with a transverse lie and an anterior placenta previa. It’s a part of being an incredible nurturer and caregiver
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Mar 12, 2024
    True story: I had one if not the MOST successful bariatric, general, and acute care surgery practices in Connecticut 15 years ago. One day my accountant and lawyer walked in the room for a meeting in the lobby of my office which I owned along with part of a surgical center. They
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    Howard Luks MD
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    Mar 11, 2024
    This is why non employed doctors are getting crushed. My surgeon was paid $456 for an hour+ long robotic abdominal procedure. And if you knew the anatomy, risks, training needed, etc… is just an absurdly low sum of $. Stop telling me it’s the doctors fees. And. He didn’t
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Jul 5, 2016
    For those who erroneously believe that #obesity occurs because people eat too much and #exercise too little
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Nov 10, 2018
    Most #doctors are united on this issue - we stand together - as a trauma surgeon - needless slaughter must stop! #mylane #thisismylane #thisisourlane #guncontrol -Doctors take on NRA over tweet warning them to 'stay in their lane' | TheHill
    Doctors take on NRA over tweet warning them to ‘stay in their lane’
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Apr 16, 2025
    Replying to @KevinH_PhD
    This is tragic. You are IMHO the MOST influential leader in food research. The world has benefited greatly from the results of your studies. I hope that you will find a new home with ample financial support to continue your research.
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Apr 16, 2023
    My last overnight #trauma call after 25 years! I am done! ✅ On to new and better adventures….
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    Neil Floch MD
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    May 26, 2025
    Increased risk of 13 different cancers with an elevated BMI @NEJM #obesity
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    Neil Floch MD
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    Nov 18, 2024
    I guess the clock makes it official: Associate Professor of Surgery Yale School of Medicine ⁦ @Yale⁩ ⁦@YaleSurgery⁩
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