Winner of the audience presentations for the Boston Scientific 2025 Drug Eluting Technology Show (go to 1h 47min): https://www.incathlab.com/en/lives/20-endovascular/107-lowerlimb/3418-thedrugelutingtechnologyshow
Author: bmulaney
2025 Fellows and Residents Presentation
Mulaney-Topkar B., Manchella M.K., Stoecker J.B., Morrow K.L., and Dua A. Management of Subclavian Artery Aneurysm Secondary to Thoracic Outlet Obstruction from Cervical Rib. Presented at 37th Annual Fellows and Residents Presentations, May 2nd, 2025, New York https://youtu.be/iGWZ31-7yA8
Stare at a painting for 10 minutes
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/20/upshot/attention-experiment.html?smid=url-share NYT invites us to stare at Whistler's "Nocturne in Blue and Silver". How did your 10 minutes and 4 seconds feel? Nostalgically meditative. I'm a vascular surgery resident who usually works 80+ hour weeks with little time to eat or sleep, and a former Harvard College student who used to wander around the art museums on … Continue reading Stare at a painting for 10 minutes
SCVS 2023
Mulaney-Topkar B., Ho V.T., Sgroi M.D., Garcia-Toca M., George E.L. Cost-effectiveness of endovascular versus open arteriovenous fistula creation in the United States. Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting. March 27, 2023, Miami, FL https://youtu.be/nugJbtAIk6A
AcademyHealth 2021
Mulaney B., Tietschert M.V., Glassman J.R., Singer S.J. Relationship between Practice Payment Composition and Care Attributes in 142 U.S. Primary Care Practices That Serve Patients with High Needs. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. June 17, 2021 (virtual). https://vimeo.com/562012764 https://player.vimeo.com/video/562012764?h=c28e9dfbdc Relationship between payment and high-value primary care from Bianca Mulaney on Vimeo.
why is IV tPA ≤4.5hrs? and other quirks of current medical guidelines
It's hard to believe I'm nearing the end of my preclinical journey in medical school. In theory at this stage, I am supposed to have learned all of the preparatory content for the first step of the board exams that are required to become a licensed physician ("Step 1"). In reality, I feel like I … Continue reading why is IV tPA ≤4.5hrs? and other quirks of current medical guidelines
Why did I go into medicine? Does this still ring true for me?
Responding to a prompt from a patient-family partner course I took this year, Walk With Me. I went into medicine for many reasons. Some of those reasons have been with me for a long time, such as my nerdy fascination for the scientific workings of the human body (what I would now call “physiology”, with … Continue reading Why did I go into medicine? Does this still ring true for me?
Protected: A proposal
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Help with an interview project: humans of healthcare
Hi all—I’m embarking on a little (unofficial) side project to document the stories of health care providers around the world and am asking for your help. What: This project is purely personal/non-academic. The idea came about during my time at LSHTM—I’ve met many incredible people doing incredible things in health care around the world, and … Continue reading Help with an interview project: humans of healthcare
Why do we care more for a building than for human life?
My newsfeed has been bombarded by pictures of Notre Dame de Paris, burning. It is a dramatic blaze—orange flames engulfing the cathedral's spire, the cathedral's iconic rose window glowing from within, pillar of smoke visible for miles. On Facebook, countless friends post touristy photos of their past visits to the cathedral, in tribute to the … Continue reading Why do we care more for a building than for human life?
Bianca Mulaney-Topkar, MD, MSc, MPH 