
Avir Mitra
@avirrr
ER physician. Radiolab contributor. Musician.
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In 2021, Editor alex neason 🐆's grandfather passed away. On his funeral program, she learned the name of his own father: Wilson Howard. Not Neason. Howard. Listen as Alex searches for answers through cemeteries, libraries, and archives in Louisiana: bit.ly/41TySWz


This week’s Radiolab is one of those ones. It makes me think about the ways enslavement in the US challenges basic assumptions about family, archives, and history. About agency in its wake. alex neason 🐆 shared so much here! 😭💙 👏🏾 listen: radiolab.org/podcast/family…



Global superstar Madonna is recovering from a stay in the #ICU for what her manager described as a "serious bacterial infection" -- which emergency physician Avir Mitra suspects may have been #sepsis. rachael robertson #MedTwitter bit.ly/3CS3Ynp



Let's get wavy next Wed 9/20! Yousef Hindy - wave theory in everyday life Katie Shakman - exercise & the brain Avir Mitra Mitra - fascinating science & history of maggot infections & the surprising ways in which they may be just what the doctor ordered. 🎟️ sf.nerdnite.com


Avir Mitra is visiting from NY, where he is an ER doctor & Asst Prof of Emergency Medicine & Education. He'll be making you squirm a little as you learn about the fascinating science & history of maggot infections. He may even share a game genie cartridge with you.


Had so much fun moderating grand rounds by Avir Mitra on "The Art of [Clinical] Storytelling" at UCSF Benioff SF UC San Francisco today! tl;dr 1) Storytelling matters 2) It can change your clinical practice 3) It can change patients' experiences, and lives Huge thx @SandrijnM for hosting us!
![Eli Cahan (@emcahan) on Twitter photo Had so much fun moderating grand rounds by <a href="/avirrr/">Avir Mitra</a> on "The Art of [Clinical] Storytelling" at <a href="/UCSFChildrens/">UCSF Benioff SF</a> <a href="/UCSF/">UC San Francisco</a> today!
tl;dr
1) Storytelling matters
2) It can change your clinical practice
3) It can change patients' experiences, and lives
Huge thx @SandrijnM for hosting us! Had so much fun moderating grand rounds by <a href="/avirrr/">Avir Mitra</a> on "The Art of [Clinical] Storytelling" at <a href="/UCSFChildrens/">UCSF Benioff SF</a> <a href="/UCSF/">UC San Francisco</a> today!
tl;dr
1) Storytelling matters
2) It can change your clinical practice
3) It can change patients' experiences, and lives
Huge thx @SandrijnM for hosting us!](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6lQUGVaIAAkDQQ.jpg)

Join us for a live event on Sat. June 29, at 7 p.m. in NYC with Radiolab co-host Latif Nasser, ER doctor Avir Mitra, and the Glaucomfleckens, as we discover the fascinating science of cardiac arrest and hunt down the best place to die. Get your tickets here: bit.ly/4c520Qt



