Thrilled to announce that my dream has come true, I matched at Emory!!! Can't wait to learn from from the best and serve the Atlanta community. Couldn't have done it without my family, friends, and my role models
@Rouphael_N
@AneeshMehtaMD
Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined to be where I am right now. A physician, co-published with my role models
@nadinerouphael5
@AneeshMehtaMD
in the New England Journal of Medicine.
My dad, visiting from Lebanon, came to the hospital to watch me present a journal club.
He put me on the spot afterwards: "What are all those letters ARR, RR, NNT"
I answered "Great weather today"
One of my seniors in residency told me that to be a good intern you only need two things; the willingness to do the work and a lot of curiosity. I now say that to all people applying for
#Match2022
! The knowledge will come with time.
I had a patient last year that was so proud of their “Grady Baby” tattoo. I’ve never seen a hospital that means to people as much as Grady means to Atlanta.
@gradydoctor
Diaries of a resident on ICU:
Mr. A “I have cancer. I have had cancer for years. I would like to think about if I want a central line for pressors. Let me think”
Wife, holding his hand, “He is Irish; and the Irish do not lose”
I have been in Beirut for the last couple of days; I can't recount the number of times I heard the sentence "I'm trying to leave"
[Hamra post lockdown]
Every single one of my Lebanese friends has immigrated or is planning on immigrating. With no exception. This economic crisis will have repercussions on the next century.
So you’re telling me that my clinic patient without ascites or jaundice has cirrhosis?
In our
@cpsolvers
management reasoning virtual morning report, we talked about cirrhosis, a 🧵
Heartbroken with the premature loss of my brilliant friend
@Rafameed
. Rafa was only 31, he had just matched in IM at
@CUInternalMed
- his dream program. He grew up in Brazil, son of a tailor and a vendor, who worked hard to give him good education. He beat all the odds (cont)
I just finished this book, and it will absolutely change the way I teach on wards/give conferences in the future. What books does
#MedTwitter
recommend related to
#MedEd
?
#MedLasso
#Medtwitter
, we invite you to join us for a PCCM case discussion on our next specialty VMR!
@AvrahamCooperMD
, will be joining
@KateShrakeMD
&
@JessZimoMD
on 4/10 at 7pm EST and you don’t want to miss this learning opportunity!
Join us here:
There's difference between a good doctor and a good resident. A good doctor advocates for their patients. A good resident will remember the INR from 2 weeks ago. Be a good doctor and being a good resident will come with time.
#Match2022
#MedLasso
#MedEd
Give your trainees feedback in the middle in addition to at the end of a rotation. This gives them a chance to work on their performance and are not surprised by any feedback. You also get the bonus of seeing them improve.
#MedEd
#MedLasso
Sometimes I fantasize about switching my career and going into medical tech or medical law or public health, then I remember how much I love treating patients. What are your alternate/fantasy jobs?
On this week's Stories of
#COVID19
: LOVE,
@mishagajewski
takes her father to his chemo appointment early in the pandemic and reckons with their shifting roles, and when
@SaklawiMD
research team launches a COVID-19 study, he becomes immersed in his work.
Today, I can finally say we went full circle. From being a patient to being accepted into radiation oncology!
Thank you to my support system, family, mentors, friends, and especially
@MollyAlam
.
To my fellow cancer thrivers, this one is for you.
Currently on an
#InfectiousDisease
rotation, actual quotes from this week:
“There’s a french book on the patient’s counter, do you think they have TB?”
Incredible achievement by my alma matter
@AUB_Lebanon
- This also implies 75% of the class is immigrating as
#Lebanon
faces an unprecedented economic crisis.
don’t be an ~April fool~ and come join us tomorrow!! 🤣🤩🤔
#MedTwitter
, we’re pleased to bring you another Management Reasoning VMR! This time, we will be discussing a case presented by
@SaklawiMD
!!
We can’t wait to see you on 4/1 at 3pm EST!
In two weeks, it will be five months since we started our COVID RCT, reflections:
1. It feels like I've started residency even though that's not a year (at least) from now.
2. Laundry? That can wait till the last pair of underwear. (I have 16, apparently) (1/?)
To physicians of all stages:
“You’re on a ladder to infinity, at some point you’re looking up and you’re like holy smokes- I’m never gonna make it. As you keep climbing, at some point, you’re gonna look down and say Holy smokes! Look how far I’ve come "
✨
@rabihmgeha
@DxRxEdu
Episode
#4
out NOW! Tune in as we interview the co-founders of
@CPSolvers
,
@DxRxEdu
and
@rabihmgeha
, about their paths to becoming clinical reasoning extraordinaires and what the future of
#MedEd
could look like!
We played “50 shades of Bactrim” on wards today. Every team member has to report a side effect of Bactrim. First person to miss a side effect gets the team mini-snacks.
#MedLasso
#MedEd
What an ending for the first part of our treatment trial. Started in this place 50 days ago and ended out of Dr. Fauci’s mouth.
@HopeClinicEmory
Missing
@AneeshMehtaMD
!
Shoutout to all foreign medical graduates here in the US. COVID has affected us in unanticipated ways. Many of us were not going to see our families for months anyway- but the feeling that even that may not happen is extra heavy. 1/2
Initially, vaccines were extracted from cows (Cow pus, anyone?). The latin word for cow is "vacca". Vaccines are termed after that; scientists used to have a "cow on hand" to develop new vaccines.
One of my elderly patients today: “I am very grateful. Yesterday I was grateful for a violet growing in my yard. My friend told me to thank God for the violet. I told her that God is the violet.” I am grateful to be able to see patients every day. 🌻
Had the most gratifying clinic day today:
✅Gave an insulin shot
✅Prescribed Naltrexone for the first time ever
@Erica_Heiman
✅A patient LOVED their PCP, we sent their PCP a voice recording of this conversation
✅Worked with the attending who interviewed me for residency
From today's
@thecurbsiders
listen: "consider the D’s in a learner who is struggling: Divorce, Disease, Drugs, Distraction, Depression... these learners don't need feedback, they need a hug"
#MedTwitter
Join us for our next Subspecialty Series LIVE on Monday, 7/17 at 7pm EST for a Pulmonary and Critical Care case with our panel of Emory doctors!
This one will be sure to *take your breath away!* We hope to see you there:
"Horror stories about CPR to try to talk people into avoiding resuscitation. This may work in the short term, but feels emotionally manipulative or coercive."
@NathanAGray
“Think of uncommon presentations of common disease before thinking of common presentations of uncommon disease”-
@CPSolvers
RLR. Will have to print this for the resident workroom.
#MedTwitter
, check this out! 🚨
Please join us 4/13 at 9:30am EST for a conversation with the brilliant
@rav7ks
,
@rabihmgeha
, &
@ASanchez_PS
in this week’s Rapid Response VMR.
We can’t wait to see you!
We all have
#TheMoment
when we knew things were going to be different. Where were you and what were you thinking a year ago? We are one year into this pandemic. Tell us
@NPR
@NPRWeekend
I can feel the frustration among healthcare workers regarding COVID cases, with an easy group to blame, the
#Covidiots
. I'm genuinely wondering, has a major public health intervention ever worked by solely relying on personal initiatives instead of government interventions?
When evaluating a patient with heart failure, symptoms & exam findings can be assigned to left heart vs right heart failure; as noted in figure below (Figure PMID: 29885957).
⚪️SBP is a SEROLOGIC diagnosis
⚪️Delay in paracentesis has been associated with increased mortality
⚪️AASLD guidelines recommend paracentesis for any patient with cirrhosis and ascites and are emergently hospitalized for ANY reason
Few things I thought were GOLDEN rules in medicine but have changed over the past few years:
✨Urine lytes for AKI
✨Correcting INR in cirrhosis before procedures
✨Code status conversation for EVERY patient
#MedTwitter
What did you think was a golden rule but changed?
Not forcing residents to work 24hr shifts & instead capping at "just" 16hrs associated with ~33% reduction in medical errors & adverse events. Errors resulting in death dropped by 63%. Tell me again how exploitative hours are essential for proper training.
#MedTwitter
this VMR is sure to capture your heart! Join us for this Rafael Medina Cardiology VMR on Monday, August 14th at 7pm EST as we learn from Dr. Maya Dassanayake and
@nidhipat19
! 🫀
We hope to see you there!
#Match2024
IMG applicants! We are excited to offer the Gabriel Talledo Scholarship in loving memory of Peruvian medical student and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate.
The scholarship will cover up to $2000 in residency application costs!
Learn more here: