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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

1 year

How it started vs. how it’s going MD ✅ Grateful for Dr. Mallory and so many other teachers and mentors who supported me through these past four years

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3 years

I wish Epic had a like button for notes

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2 years

When you’re the med student in the OR and someone else gets the warm blankets

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3 years

Co-parenting a kitten with @mattyfred_ has really taken our friendship to the next level. Here he is listening for tabby-cardia

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4 years

“So what specialty are you interested in?” Me:

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2 years

If virtual interviews are here to stay, I think caps on the number of interviews an applicant can accept is the logical next step.

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2 years

I have a job next year! Thank you to everyone who helped me along the way! #GenSurgMatch2023

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2 years

Proud to have matched at @TriHealth for general surgery residency; excited to get started and see where life takes me and @sierrahajdu !!

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2 years

If there are multiple laparoscopic appendectomies scheduled, is the first one just an appy-tizer?

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3 years

@ShelbyUro The surgery residents had to teach me multiple times to “never give up my source” during my rotation

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11 months

We got a new kitten this week and I’m trying to convince @sierrahajdu to let me name him after a surgical instrument #MedTwitter

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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2 years

ERAS is submitted, so allow me to reintroduce myself: my name is Antonio Raphael Malkoun, I’m an M4 at @CincyMedicine applying into general surgery! I’m interested in surgical critical care, acute care surgery, and medical education. #gensurgmatch2023 #MedTwitter #SurgTwitter

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3 years

@mattyfred_ So what she’s saying is that you’ve been through this before

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3 years

Maisy and I are doing some MewWorld tonight #medtwitter #catmedtwitter

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2 years

She said yes! @sierrahajdu

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1 year

My new best friend for the next five years #SurgTwitter #Medtwitter

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2 years

In 2 1/2 weeks I’ll officially be a fourth year medical student starting my surgery acting internship 🤯

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3 years

Officially step DONE

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1 year

@WesleyGherman Interesting take by that resident. I’m chatty and friendly because I treat my patients like I would like my family treated in a hospital. Competence has nothing to do with kindness, maybe they need to work on their bedside manner

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2 years

What's a general surgeon's favorite punctuation mark? The colon

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2 years

Lucky to have a home program like @cincysurgery @UCincySurg #gensurgmatch2023

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4 years

There’s nothing unprofessional about being a human being; chubbies and compassionate medical care are not mutually exclusive #MedBikini

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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4 years

Me: Dang I have Anki I gotta do Inner me: postpone the cards

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2 years

🐷🐽 @mattyfred_ thanks for dragging me across the finish line

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3 years

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @mattyfred_

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3 years

When you see another med student on a different service during morning rounds

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3 years

First time playing footy with these fellow MedCats! Dockers win 60-58 @CincyDockers x @CincyMedicine

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2 years

Sunset with a beautiful Cincinnati skyline, @UCincySurg bringing M4s from across the country together @bail3ygutierrez @EBuissonMed

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3 years

As I reflect back on the past 8 weeks I feel immense gratitude to the residents and attendings of @UCincyIM and @CincyMedPeds for their guidance, encouragement, and kindness. Going to carry this #growthmindset with me through all of my rotations

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3 years

The worst part about my EM rotation is that it’s over - wish I could sign up for another month

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2 years

A surprise visit from my younger brother to wrap up an awesome month rotating in the SICU!

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3 years

Moving in with @mattyfred_ Any advice?

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2 years

Finally at the part of fourth year where I can spend two hours at the gym and not be stressed that I have things to do when I get home

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2 years

Hey @SantaJOno we have a couple of @UMich alums and @CincyMedicine students who just matched into residency! @halimattakeson

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1 year

As week three of surgery residency ends, about the only thing I’m confident about is that this is the right field and the right program for me

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3 years

Tell me why a three year old in clinic for a well check pointed at me and said “you’re a trash can” 💀

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3 years

@irb123 What prompted the tweet was a really awesome note from speech language pathology. I wish I could have expressed my appreciation without messaging them

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3 years

They say don’t meet your heroes but @JavyB_MD and @blonde_doctr are an exception to that rule, meet them every chance you get

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1 year

@traumamom4 I love that energy - some patients are so enthusiastic about having learners involved in their care, makes my day!

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3 years

I spend a lot of the day on surgery asking patients if they’ve pooped or peed but nobody ever asks me 😔

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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2 years

We had some undergrad and M1 visitors in a robotic case this week, so I got to teach them relevant anatomy as we watched the case in real time!

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3 years

What an absolutely wild year for Cincinnati sports

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

@antonio_malkoun

2 years

Can’t believe my acting internship with the Reid surgical oncology service at @UCincySurg is already over - thanks to all the great teachers I worked with over the past month! @SyedAAhmad5 @GregWilson152 @TammyHolmMDPhD @NickLevinskyMD @MackMorrisMD and many others

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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3 years

First day of 19th grade!

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3 years

I’m 0 for 2 on convincing patients to consider getting a Covid vaccine, but I’m going to keep trying. Patients deserve to get questions answered and concerns addressed somewhere other than Facebook.

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1 year

Surgical residency month 4

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2 years

@MBurt34 @beeotaibi Not included: retractor, various ways to apologize

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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4 years

Congratulations to all of the M4s that found out they matched today!! Thank you for sharing your joy on Twitter, it’s good motivation knowing there’s light at the end of the Step 1 tunnel

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3 years

Yoga this afternoon for flexible mind and body @yogawithadriene :whisper to yourself, “I am flexible” Me:

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3 years

I’ve never been much of a runner, so running 10 miles this week is sort of a big deal for me. Thanks to @mattyfred_ and @sierrahajdu for encouraging me to push past my comfort zone

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

@antonio_malkoun

2 years

Hi everyone! 1. My name is Antonio, I’m an M4 at @CincyMedicine 2. Favorite ERAS hobby is fitness, including running my first half marathon ever this year! 3. Tagging my fellow applicants from UCCOM @EBuissonMed @GabeCGonz and our Texan friend @bail3ygutierrez #gensurgmatch2023

Sophia Williams-Perez, MD

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2 years

It’s that time of year again #GenSurgMatch2023 ! Good morning and happy #FollowFriday to all the applicants 👋 ERAS is open, and let’s get to know each other! 1. Name/med school 2. Fav hobby on your ERAS 3. Tag 3 pals @Inside_TheMatch @FutureGenSurg @SAGES_Updates

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1 year

First week of residency in the books, steep learning curve but lots of great teachers! Excited to see what this year brings

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3 years

Congratulations and good luck to all of the M1s starting orientation today! @CincyMedicine

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@antonio_malkoun

3 years

Congratulations Dr. Mallory! We will miss you a lot. Duke is lucky to have gained a great program director @miaatl1

CincyHealthNews

@CincyHealthNews

3 years

Per memo from @uofcincy College of Medicine Dean Andrew Filak, MD, Mia Mallory, MD, MEd, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, is leaving June 2 to become director of the pediatric residency program at @DukeMedSchool . She has been on UC's faculty since 1998.

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2 years

Today was one of those career-affirming days; General surgery is such an awesome and versatile field #MedTwitter

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2 years

My biggest takeaway from my psych rotation so far is that social workers are the real deal

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

@antonio_malkoun

10 months

Hit my hundredth case/procedure logged of residency this weekend! It’s been a fast-paced five months, excited to see what the rest of intern year brings 👍🏽

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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1 year

One of the best parts of the first month of intern year has been being able to be a near peer to the M3s rotating through surgery and help them out

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3 years

Week one in the OR mood

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4 years

My body when it sees the spike protein again after having had COVID in October:

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3 years

“Did I get chili in my moustache?” - @mattyfred_ has fully embraced Cincinnati culture

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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3 years

Just got my schedule for my surgery rotation: Acute care service for four weeks, vascular for two and transplant for two! It’s starting to feel super real, grateful for the light at the end of this Step 1 tunnel.

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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3 years

Finally convinced someone to get it! Just a couple million more to go

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@antonio_malkoun

3 years

I’m 0 for 2 on convincing patients to consider getting a Covid vaccine, but I’m going to keep trying. Patients deserve to get questions answered and concerns addressed somewhere other than Facebook.

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3 years

A patient complimented my solar system socks today and I said “thanks, they’re out of this world”

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3 years

Midnight mass fit 🎅🏽

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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1 year

@shwethakochi_ I liked @BehindTheKnife ‘s two episodes on critical care, they’re a good basis for ventilator settings and some of the different resuscitation strategies and need-to-know stuff. Helped me through my M4 SICU rotation a lot.

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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2 years

Running my first half marathon (and first race ever) next Sunday, anyone have any advice or tips? @RunFlyingPig

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3 years

6 days out from step one and my snacks to questions answered ratio is skyrocketing

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@antonio_malkoun

3 years

So atrial natriuretic peptide is released by the atrium but brain natriuretic peptide is released by the... ventricles?

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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2 years

Yup so under 24 hours to go before match now! Home stretch!!

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

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2 years

Talking to our mom this morning over breakfast, @sabrinamalkoun and I were reminded of how lucky we are to have the opportunities that she did not growing up in the civil war in Lebanon. So grateful for the sacrifices my parents have made to allow me to pursue my dream career.

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2 years

The referees won the game for the Chiefs, you can’t change my mind

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3 years

I’d like to congratulate the lady who cut me off on the road only to arrive at Trader Joe’s exactly ten footsteps before me

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3 years

Three shifts into my EM rotation and I have already learned to love the ultrasound machine and the CT scanner

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3 years

NBME

Dr. Cameron Ghassemi, DO

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3 years

Want to know an abbreviation that can send any medical student into fight or flight? O.S.C.E.

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3 years

Double game day with @GoBearcatsFB and @UMichFootball fighting for a spot in the championship!

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3 years

Best round of golf in my life yesterday, worst NBME practice exam today. Still worth it ⛳️ #LowScoreWins

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2 years

Last interview of the season in the books!

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2 years

Practicing suturing with classic rock playing in the background to simulate real OR conditions

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2 years

When the primary team says “appreciate recs” in the note but they don’t really appreciate them 😔

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Antonio Raphael Malkoun

@antonio_malkoun

3 years

Big shoutout to family medicine doctors and all that they do for their patients - in the week that I’ve been on this rotation I’ve seen sports medicine, prevention and health maintenance, neurologic, psychiatric, and OB/GYN visits. Cradle to grave is no joke

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2 years

Sad for our country and the unnecessary suffering this Supreme Court decision will bring upon Americans

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3 years

Coldbrew is great in the morning until it becomes lukewarm brew

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4 years

Grateful to have received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine this morning. Looking forward to a future where we can see our families and friends without fear

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3 years

Reflecting today on the privilege of caring for patients then being able to leave the hospital and go home when patients aren’t able to go home themselves. The toughest role in the hospital is that of the patient

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3 years

My siblings give the best gifts! Excited to start my scrub cap collection, thanks @sabrinamalkoun

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3 years

My attending turned off Fox News in the surgeon’s lounge today proving that not all heroes wear capes

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3 years

Last week of vacation + impending surgery rotation = long walks with @UnsCripted_Med podcasts

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3 years

Masks in student clinic serve two purposes - protecting patients from Covid and protecting them from my coffee breath

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3 years

Every time I come up with a funny tweet @mattyfred_ be like

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10 months

Maisy watching on as I perform a lac repair on her favorite toy @mattyfred_ @sierrahajdu

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4 years

Listening to Fall Out Boy in the car and definitely just said “A loaded Ghon complex, cock it and pull it.” The end of the semester can’t come acid-fast enough!

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3 years

First day of EM rotation means more suturing practice! Posted with permission from the fake arm

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3 years

Roommate update: @mattyfred_ taught our cat how to open doors that aren’t closed well and now I get jumped on at 3am every other night

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3 years

Thank you @Apple for adding confetti when I type “Mabrook” on iMessage - I feel seen!

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2 years

@LydiaDeangelo The best mental health intervention of the first two years of med school is incorporating the delay cards button which makes the guilt better

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3 years

A game of cat and mouse