Friend of mine just turned 50, got a colonoscopy. Turns out he has cancer in his colon and it’s spread to his liver. He’s about to start chemo; prognosis is optimistic (God willing) but he’s in for a rough 6 months.
Get a colonoscopy when you turn 50, folks!!!!
If you've ever tweeted
#FreePalestine
, please do 3 things:
1. Condemn the antisemitic attacks against Jews all over the world, happening this week in cities like NY and LA (YES this is real)
2. Read this article
3. Follow
@HenMazzig
Instead of acknowledging the 850,000 Jews exiled from the Middle East, on
#JewishRefugeeDay
Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted out a slogan calling for the mass murder of Jews in Israel.
If you can’t support Palestinians without calling for genocide, maybe you shouldn’t be in Congress.
Dr Adeline Fagan MD was a 28 yo OB/GYN resident who died from
#COVID19
Should her parents be dealing with student debt and medical bills now?
Her death exposes the harsh realities of medical training...not just during
#covid
via
@forbes
Serious question:
Why is the data for covid19 treatments so bad?
If we have 100,000s of patients, shouldn't we have better randomized data??
Whats going on?
@VPrasadMDMPH
@EricTopol
1/ A THREAD about
#coronavirus
and trainees.
Firstly, I'm awaiting a response from the
@acgme
regarding their is official policy protecting trainees from
#coronavirus
?
Given how they govern a tremendous amount of details regarding training, I would expect a strict policy (any)
When I joined Twitter 5 years ago, I didn't realize how powerful it could be. Today, I share my proposal how social media could used to help cure cancer.
I am grateful to
@subatomicdoc
who showed me the ropes what
#medtwitter
was all about.
via
@Forbes
On
#MothersDay
Im thinking of all the women physicians who are struggling with
#infertility
.
The infertility rate for phyiscians is double the general population.
We need to do better to support physician parents and women who want to raise children during training.
If you can't muster a simple retweet to:
Denounce terrorism
&
Offer sympathy and support for dead Jews
...Then there's something profoundly wrong with your sense of justice.
...And your previous advocacy efforts for any marginalized group were empty and fake
All Jews are
How does parenthood play into conference attendance for early career oncologists?
@reshmajagsi
and I found that despite both men and women valued attending-important for their careers- motherhood affected decision making more than fatherhood.
@JAMAOnc
@VPrasadMDMPH
The reason this is happening?
Doctors aren't leading hospitals.
Business ppl are.
And business ppl are lured by tech.
TECH IS NOT MEDICINE.
Hospitals aren't (and shouldn't be) Apple stores.
Im hearing from a lot of docs about
#some
burnout. They worry it's all fluff and fighting.
It's not.
This msg was forwarded to me last month.
A pt Ive never met,went to her PCP who Ive never met,to request
#HPVvaccine
She learned about it from
#instastory
I did.
#education
@colleenmfarrell
Can you please email me momoncologist
@gmail
.com?
Im writing on this topic for
@Forbes
This is unacceptable.
Thank you for speaking out.
Im hearing lots of individual reports of hypercoagulability in
#COVID
pts, including DVTs and PEs.
Anyone have a reference for this? Anything published yet?
Are you seeing this?
#medtwitter
#CoronaUpdate
#coronavirus
@DrDanielGinn
@arghavan_salles
awful news. pls pls pls pls take time to grieve and heal, even if you feel pressure to 'show up' to work and not take off.
The only person who can truly care for your health is you.
@dutyaaron2
@DGreenbaum
@MeghanMcCain
@TheView
What's going on is clear. Anti-zionism is anti-semitism. Too many americans are posting
#freepalestine
without understanding anything that's actually going on. These messages directly feed antisemitism against jews all over the world.
These stories haunt doctors every day
Docs get
#PTSD
too.
Who isn't fundamentally shaken by the parents' sobs when a child dies?
As docs, we always want to save the victim.
But sometimes gun shot wounds aren't fixable.
#docs4Guncontrol
#docsSpeakOut
Haunted to this day by the bullet that fell out of a youth’s fatal transthoracic chest wound and fell on the floor with a metallic ping as the father held the body and sobbed.
#gunviolence
#publichealth
. Kari Cooper, MD, MO
Sitting in this room with nearly 10,000 people, who are all prioritizing attending
#ASCO19
with the single goal of improving
#cancercare
to be truly moving.
#plenarysession
If you're confused about
#unconsciousbias
and
#genderequity
, please take a moment to hear me out:
By definition, it's unconscious.
That means when you first hear of an example, it SHOULD surprise you.
Your first reaction should be, "really? Is this true?"
#ASCO19
1/
A message for the world of
#oncology
Someone, somewhere PLEASE FIX THE PEER-2-PEER process.
This is the BIGGEST waste of resources in medicine- you are taking a doctors time and throwing it in the garbage.
We need to get together and demand change.
@samgharrington
@ChelainG
@ABR_Radiology
Planned my pregnancy around boards and then the ABR rescheduled rad onc orals for my due date. In their inflexibility, said they wouldn’t accommodate breast feeding a days-old baby if I was somehow able to make it. Tired of planning my pregnancies around 4
@ABR_Radiology
exams.
Look who I ran into this morning!!
Shout to
@BenSmithMD
and family- tag-team'ing with his spouse presenting, mentoring, and leading at
#ASTRO19
while also caring for their adorable crew of 4 kiddos.
THIS IS AUTHENTICITY IN LEADERSHIP AND LIFE
Just received word back from
@ASTRO_org
's
CEO Laura Thevenot that they will be offering ONSITE CHILDCARE at this year's Annual Meeting in San Antiono!!!!!
Thank you to
@BK_radiation
!!
#ASTRO18
#radonc
#medtwitter
Are you missing
#ASTRO19
for "family" or "life" ?
Please share your reason why and help colleagues normalize the
#guilt
We've all missed things for many reasons over the years- let's share how to make it all work out anyway
"The implication is always that outing anti-Black bias will be detrimental to our success."
Powerful article by
@DrWinkfield
@ChristinaChapMD
and co on the critical need for
#radonc
to address anti-Black racism.
#radonc
#BLM
@VPrasadMDMPH
@JOWMA_med
is working on this every day. It's a big problem and yes- CDC and government poor handling of covid has worsened the problem.
Many phsyicans are finding that pts who vaccinatd their older children, have now decided to NOT vaccinated their younger kids (ie post covid)
@DrEmmaHolliday
@ASTRO_org
DID offer childcare this year. Not enough parents signed up- so it was canceled.
#ASTRO18
is super supportive of
#radoncwomen
and of parents- this was simply a misunderstanding by a conference worker
Pls dont take out of context
If the men in charge had to watch the children, schools and daycares would NEVER CLOSE.
They would be deemed ESSENTIAL.
Let me make it clear:
"Virtual instruction" is simply another form of screentime (it's mostly useless).
Stop sacrificing the women and children!!
#COVID19
As you plan your trip to
#ASCO19
, we know it’s not just about deciding which sessions to attend or which hotel to stay at. New this year, we’re proud to offer onsite childcare for children ages 6 mos-12 yrs
Heres the statement and apology from
@UCSFFresno
about trainee safety.
Illistrates how difficult it is for trainees to advocate for themselves, even when they're putting their lives at risk.
Yes, it's stressful and difficult.
It's still our duty to protect trainees.
Ah
The one whose Star explodes over and over and over and I just watch and kvell (that's Yiddish, you'll have to look it up)
Love you
@NarjustFlorezMD
and how you make the world a better place every day
#ASCOAdvocacySummit
Thank you for this common sense (and science-back) approach to 'what am I doing about covid nowadays" by
@VPrasadMDMPH
!! And can we please get rid of masks at medical conferences?! 🤬
#MedTwitter
@BarbaraMcAneny
@AmerMedicalAssn
@JackResneckMD
leaders must create a culture of continuity among physicians by
1acknowledging the sheer impossibility 4 trainees to report abuse
2proactively reach out to gain feedback from trainees AFTER they leave the institution (at which time retribution is less likely)
#medpagelive
#MeToo
If you have plans to go to an academic conference like
#ASCO19
, you'll want to check out my best tips how to prepare and how to network like a pro
via
#ASCOconnection
@ASCO
#meded
Congrats to all those who
#match
'ed today!
Dont forget this moment.
Remember the relief.
Remember the feeling of finally "getting there"
Have compassion for those behind you.
Pay it forward.
#MATCHDAY2019
I'm hosting a special series of the
@ASCO
#DailyNews
#Podcast
called "Careers in Oncology"
For the first episode, I interviewed Dr Skip Burris about his pathway to becoming
@ASCOPres
!
I hope you'll enjoy and learn something new about
#oncology
careers