A physician group I’m part of mentioned a post of an EM physician at the hospital in Maine who received many shooting victims last night that a formal complaint was placed against him by another patient with a cough that felt they waited in the ED too long last night.

Not surprising but disgusting nonetheless. Our “renowned” medical societies show their true colors and the historic tradition of racism in Western medicine continues… JAMA American College of Surgeons The Lancet #MedTwitter

My 2023 year-in-review:

This is especially true in emergency medicine. We should all triage based on acuity, not prosperity.

Doctor Suspects Female Patient Only Complaining About Pain to Get Medical Attention: ow.ly/YPUn50QlbbY

2024

The accidental 'thanks I love you' resurgence reminded me of the time I did this via ~text

It was hard not always having the agency to advocate fully for patients as a trainee, given the antiquated hierarchy of medical training. opmed.doximity.com/articles/so-yo… via Doximity

What I Wish I Knew Before I Reported a Powerful Surgeon opmed.doximity.com/articles/what-… via Doximity Academic medicine can be such a dangerous environment. These stories rarely are told, and nothing will change if we don't tell them. #MedEd #MedTwitter

2023: “next year will be different - I swear I won’t overdo it with projects” January 2024:

NUMBER ONE BABY!!!!

Pt with knee pain in your ED? Consider the genicular nerve block! Learn more about this analgesic option & technique from MaimoUltrasound team Maria Loren Eberle, MD, Kaulin Ervin, Drs. Kazi, Xu, Sanjeevan, Naragi, Khordipour. @SAlerhand Laura Oh Meghan Herbst Michael Gottlieb acep.org/emultrasound/n…

Jonas Salk, inventor of polio vaccine: "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" Frederick Banting, inventor of insulin: "Insulin does not belong to me. It belongs to the world." Bristol Myers CEO: The $7,100 price of Eliquis in the US is "consistent with the value."

Maimo Ultrasound takes over conference in San Juan Puerto Rico!! Bringing advanced echo, our TEE expertise to PR

Proof once again that a flattering picture of me mid-lecture does not exist 🥰 But I love talking about TEE in the ED!!

What a wonderful morning in San Juan teaching advanced ultrasound to our colleagues in Puerto Rico! Thank you for hosting us during your conference time

Two days of #BlockCamp2024 is in the books! We could not have done it without each and every member of our Ultrasound #Family, including our Maimonides EM residents who volunteered on their day off to models! There’s a reason why three classes of fellows were here to teach! 🥰💫

Drs Brown (Einstein EM Residency), Sanjeevan and Perice (Brown EM Residency) are all Maimonides Ultrasound trained 💪

This week, one of our faculty Dr Sanjeevan is in St Kitts and Nevis as part of a joint task-force with Rutgers NJMS EM to teach POCUS in the island!

Day one of #blockcamp25 is a wrap!! Dr Haines (our division director) was dropping off leftover pizza to the ER so missed the photo op for a good cause 🫡