WOW - Check out the crowd of Seniors listening to Columbia Medicine Internal Medicine Resident Dr. Lyle Dershowitz (on his outpatient AIM rotation) talk about constipation after their #SeniorsAIMhigh The Armory Foundation workout. This is community health education at its best! Maria de Miguel

Residents, if you interview with a private practice, always ask if they're interested in selling to private equity. If they say no, politely ask if you can give them a polygraph. If they pass the polygraph, consider engaging in a bit of light torture to make absolutely sure.

Únese a Behind the Book para celebrar la Fiesta del Libro Primaveral y reciben libros gratis! Cuando: sábado 3 de junio, 12 a 4pm Lugar: Mitchell Square Park, 166 St. y Broadway Columbia Neighbors

Plants and plant-forward diets are key to our future as a city, nation, and planet. Healthy diets, full of fresh, whole foods, are key to healthier, longer lives and preventing a range of chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension.

New in JAMA. “From 1999-2020, Black Americans experienced 1.63 million excess deaths & 80 million excess years of life lost vs. White Americans. After progress in reducing Black-White disparities, improvements stalled and worsened in 2020.” jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Quick public shout out for being a primary care doctor- I love my job. I get to talk to people from all different backgrounds, learn every day, and be there with people through good times and bad. I have known patients know for 15+ years now and I love it more every year.

It seems pharmacy benefit managers don’t like that people are learning about their little shadow operation. Pharma is a problem, but insurance owned PBMs (optum, caremark, etc) are pulling the strings. Won’t somebody think of the vertically integrated billion dollar corporations?

“This is a racial justice issue. Black women are more than two times as likely to be evicted as white tenants in New York State,” said CVH Executive Director Juanita. Sen. Stewart-Cousins @CarlHeastie: Pass #GoodCause & #HAVP! via The Bronx Daily.™ | Bronx.com bronx.com/1000-tenants-m…

Amazing to see so many wonderful Columbia Medicine alumni out in the world doing great work! Congrats to Andrew and Vera on a beautiful wedding. So grateful to have been a part of an amazing gathering.

Second Generalist Primary Care Track happy hour of the new academic year! Meeting new GPC interns, catching up & recharging for the new year Maria de Miguel Mytra Haerizadeh Danielle Rome Suraj Shah (he/him)

How much more evidence do people need to recognize that private equity is terrible for healthcare? This is sickening.

New editorial: “ACP and the Human Right to Health” ow.ly/Eumu50Q3xaN

In 2021, premature death from cancer was about 41% higher among Black New Yorkers compared to the citywide average—higher than the rates among Asian, Latino, and White New Yorkers. One of the goals of #HealthyNYC is to reduce this driver of declining life expectancy.

Today at 4PM, don't miss The Clinical Problem Solvers Primary Care VMR with Columbia faculty Maria de Miguel and PGY-2 Suraj Shah (he/him)!!

Congrats to Dr. Elizabeth Oelsner, Herbert Irving Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, on receiving her PhD yesterday from ColumbiaPublicHealth 🎓🤩

#SGIM2024 here we come!! Excited to see Drs. Robles Aponte, Phifer and de Miguel present their poster "Evaluating a Service-Learning Curriculum in an Internal Medicine Residency Program" PS2-049 Thursday 5/16 10:00-11:30 AM @inesRA177 Maria de Miguel

📣#SGIM2024 Clinical Vignette: Jacob Dubner MS4 and Drs. Arace, Song, Dershowitz & de Miguel presenting this afternoon at Poster Session 3 5-6:30 (PS3-173) Maria de Miguel Monica Lypson Subani Chandra

Dinner with GIM Faculty and GPC residents was a blast! Celebrating our teamwork, community, advocacy and selfie skills 💪🙌🩹🥳 #SGIM2024 #ProudToBeGIM Monica Lypson Maria de Miguel Ian Kronish Ines Robles Aponte Danielle Rome Nicholas Martin Nadia Liyanage-Don Suraj Shah (he/him) @erinyrieger

ACP agrees with @CMSgov on the importance of primary care & primary care physicians. We believe that a robust primary care workforce can help to address physician shortages & underscore the value of primary care for patients, communities, & the health care system as a whole.