"Meaningful progress won’t happen until we, as doctors, recognize how profoundly systemic racism influences the health of our patients, and until we commit to taking action within our own sphere of influence." -GeraldHarmonMD at #AMAmtg

teaching my sons class about being a surgeon. For some, it’s hard to become what you’ve never seen!

After being asked about Critical Race Theory, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley delivers an answer every American should watch.

A critically important reality that probably holds true in surgery too- if you develop a bad reputation, it can be difficult to recover as every mistake and action is viewed in context of that past reputation- while others' sins are forgiven...

Health policy by day, Emergency Medicine by night. Running on fumes but 16 year old Kimi would think this is so cool (because it is).

Our welcome packet during orientation included a carefully selected group of medical non-fiction books covering topics of #medicalhistory #Medicalhumanities and #racism in medicine! Very thoughtful! Med Book Club 📚😊 Cleveland Clinic MD

I'm black and black is beautiful! Diversity in Medical Illustration More of this should be encouraged! Illustration by Chidiebere Ibe 𝕏 #pregnant #MedEd #scicomm #inclusion #AcademicTwitter #MedTwitter #illustration #Metaverse Please support this cause🙏 gofund.me/3a58058c

pov: santa wears an n95

Today I am undergoing a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. I have a mutation in my BRCA2 gene.

Glaucomflecken general hospital welcomes a new faculty member

Some news from me… I’m honored and excited to be joining JAMA & the JAMA Network as the next editor-in-chief!

May 2, 2022, 8:32pm EST: as the Supreme Court leak about #RoeVsWade occurred, a group of us from the AMA texted in outrage at the infringement on patients' rights that was about to rip through our country. My good friend, Amar Kelkar, MD, MPH, FACP, immediately sprung.... 1/x

I'm incredibly proud of all the physicians at the AMA House of Delegates declaring reproductive health services & #Abortion as a *Human Right* & passing language advocating for equitable access to abortion without fear of criminal or civil penalties! #AMAMtg #AMA175

Breyer/Sotomayor/Kagan: "With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent."

I’m heartbroken for my patients and for anyone with the potential to become pregnant. Women will lose their lives due to this intrusion into a decision that should be between a woman and her doctor. #SCOTUS #RoeVsWade overturned: nytimes.com/live/2022/06/2…

Our advocacy in the AMA was heard by the President Donald J. Trump Joe Biden & Kamala Harris. There are so many layers to the #SCOTUS decision that will harm patients and we need our leaders to LEAD on this and get policies passed protecting patients! #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights

“We need the politicians to stay out of our exam rooms,” says Tani Malhotra Lindsey Reiser MSNBC

Last week, a fake image claiming to be a tweet from @solnatamd.medsky.social Vaccines save lives! went viral as part of a coordinated campaign of disinformation. Since then, she's faced threats and harassment. We stand with Dr. Solenkova. This is unacceptable and puts patient care at risk. spr.ly/60163pyUE