Follow Friday: Featuring 5 Impressive Health Expert Profiles of the Week

As we have heard from the highly publicized Chirp conference, Twitter can now boast an impressive 180 million visits a month and 106 million registered users. To cap off these staggering statistics, Twitter is adding 300,000 new users daily.

In the context of health and medicine, this translates into an incredible amount of health information being discussed and recommended among doctors, health professionals, and patient experts continuously.  

OrganizedWisdom recommends these impressive and interesting health experts’ Twitter profiles for this #FollowFriday.

1. @johnlapuma Would you ever believe that you could find an internal medicine physician, a medical ethics expert, and a professionally trained chef rolled into one person? Well, if you haven’t heard of ChefMd, let us introduce you to Dr.John La Puma. This New York Times best-selling author pioneered the idea of delicious food-as-medicine, included in weight loss, cholesterol-lowering, and anti-aging eating plans. Join him for his “What’s Cooking With ChefMD?” or his co-hosted “Health Corner” TV programs on Lifetime.
   
   
2. @wheezemd With record high pollen counts, you are sure to find helpful resources shared by allergist Michael Blaiss, MD. He frequently shares quality health links and expertise in the areas of allergies, asthma, and lung conditions. Dr. Blaiss is past President of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and practices in Memphis at the Allergy and Asthma Care Center. 
   
   
3. @MCW_Bioethics  The Center for the Study of Bioethics, Medical College of Wisconsin is committed to guiding health professionals, policy leaders, and community members in the exploration of challenging medical ethics that impact research and our healthcare delivery system. The center frequently shares helpful resources on some of the most challenging issues in bioethics.
   
   
4. @drmintz Matthew Mintz, MD is an internal medicine physician who gives his helpful perspective on recent medical news. He’s an Associate Professor of Medicine at The George Washington University School of Medicine. Visit Dr. Mintz's blog.
   
   
5. @TrishaTorrey Patient exert, Trisha Torrey, is a newspaper columnist, an About.com expert in patient empowerment issues, and an author of You Bet Your Life! The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes.  In 2009, she launched AdvoConnection, a directory to help patients find patient advocates, coaches, and health navigators. 
   
   

By: Julie Bohlen, MBA, ELS