RIP Greg Lutz, MD

[drusso]

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[jsaul]

Oh man what happened?I interviewed with him back in the day. Really nice guy and really gave PMR some cred in nyc and HSS. He will be missed.

 

[Agast]

Seems very young

 

[Dr. Ice]

Some type of cancer I believe

 

[Ducttape]

yes very young at 65.

 

[jsaul]

It always worries me when our mentors die of CA inn their 60s

 

[lobelsteve]

It always worries me when our mentors die of CA inn their 60s

Regen guys at that

 

[Doctodd]

wow.....i need to fish more and work less

 

[jsaul]

My fear of radiation exposure has led me to stop scs treatments 7 years ago

 

[SSdoc33]

My fear of radiation exposure has led me to stop scs treatments 7 years ago

my fear of SCS patients led me to stop SCS treatments

 

[clubdeac]

Cut out SCS and MILD and now collimate way down for every pic. Also cut my procedure days down from 5 days/ week to 3. Hopefully it’s not too late

 

[BobBarker]

We get a lot less fluoro exposure than EP and IR.

 

[Doctodd]

We get a lot less fluoro exposure than EP and IR.

a TON less......they fluoro for an hour on some patients. Our basic procedures are 3-5 seconds.

 

[KateFan]

We're all exposed, some more than others. Whether you take IR NA (and good luck finding it, most of what is out there is tainted w/ -mide) to counteract the thermodynamic burden is up to you...

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Impact of Nuclear De Novo NAD+ Synthesis via Histone Dynamics on DNA Repair during Cellular Senescence To Prevent Tumorigenesis - PubMed

NAD⁺ synthesis is a fundamental process in living cells. The effects of local metabolite production on chromatin influence the epigenetic status of chromatin in DNA metabolism. We have previously shown that K5 acetylation of H2AX by TIP60 is required for the ADP ribosylation activity...

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[NJPAIN]

Some type of cancer I believe

I could swear that I saw it mentioned somewhere that he died “climbing “.