After another week of attending on the UW addiction consult service…a few thoughts about using full agonist opioids like oxycodone, hydromorphone, fentanyl, etc. when caring for ppl with OUD in the hospital:

Retweeting both to save for my own reference and so that others might consider adopting these strategies!

Rachel Self, a Boston immigration attorney tells you everything you need to know about immigrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard.

They’d been given falsified U.S. addresses by immigration officials, perhaps ensuring that they’d be deemed in the country illegally.

Today DPH Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Barrelle & Bureau Director Dee Calvert joined Maura Healey and Mass. Health and Human Services to help plant 20,000 flags on Boston Common in memory of the lives lost to drug overdose in MA in the last 10 years. Learn more: ow.ly/Xc4b50KuLi6

Why is addiction medicine amazing? This week I got to see patients and offer treatment via a primary care clinic & our low barrier Bridge clinic, learned more about methadone, and witnessed the impact of offering MOUD to those experiencing incarceration. The work is impactful!😍

What a year! Can't imagine having gotten through without Daniel Pipilas, MD Jim Smithy and Hallie Rozansky, MD. Hard to believe it's almost over 😭

Holy. Shit. What a brilliant, horrifying cover.

Yeah this time is gonna be different. This is in front of the NRA convention in Houston.

Such an incredible community-building retreat for our URiM Brigham and Women's Medicine Residents @BWH_BCH_MedPeds residents! Huge THANKS to our participating faculty who ignited candid discussions - we appreciate YOU! Thrilled for all the new & stronger connections! Let’s go! ✊🏿 Brigham and Women's Hospital #equity

This morning, we were devastated to learn of Dr. Farmer's passing. He was a remarkable physician and leader. An alum of our program, he received numerous awards in medicine and humanism, but even more importantly, he was a friend and mentor to many. We will miss him dearly💜

Love this -- we can (and need to!) do so much better for patients with addiction.

Thrilled to announce that I'll be staying at Brigham and Women's Hospital for addiction medicine fellowship in 2022! Can't wait to learn from patients and to advocate for them in a medical system that has too often marginalized and ignored them. Brigham and Women's Medicine Residents you can't get rid of me yet 😊

I can't wait to be a PCP and addiction med doc. Feeling thankful to be at a stage in my training/career where I am so excited about the next steps😊

New study showing widely followed 6-month abstinence rule for liver transplant NOT associated w/ superior patient survival, allograft survival, or relapse-free survival. So many approaches to substance use rooted in arbitrary judgment, not evidence. Hope this changes practice.

Ron Desantis is a national public health threat.

Fifth case of the year down, good review for me of critical care/emergency medicine principals in making this one!

93,000 humans- siblings, children, parents, friends dead from #overdose in 1 year. Shocking loss of life that is preventable. No one should die from overdose- we know how to prevent fatalities, issue is whether we have will to change policies & approach. apnews.com/article/overdo…

Super fun to revisit a case of tickborne illness for MR today - a true New England summer classic 🪲

My first MR of the year is officially done! Check out the thread below which discusses alcohol-related hepatitis, polymicrobial non-neutrocytic ascites, alcohol use disorder, and more!

So thankful for vaccines - which allowed us to gather together safely and celebrate our incredible program and residents for the first time since before the pandemic. Grateful to have another year with this crew ❤️