I took a month off med school for mental health Took weeks off in residency for mental health Took 2 months in fellowship for addiction tx In 2019, I won Pediatric Faculty of the Year We must stop conflating “taking time away from work” as a negative assessment of capability

New concept: a fake ID but one that says that I’m under 26 so I can keep my health insurance

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A professor at millikin asked Morgan what she was drinking from Starbucks today, and when she explained the extravagant details of it he said, “What a pretentious drink.” And walked off.

conversations and a hot beverage. I like that

Failure may reflect: -what you have learned up until now -what you are capable of right now -the circumstances you currently face But, failure does not define: -who you are as a person -your value or worth in this world -the direction or destination of your future

Physics is so Cool

i'm at home chilling like ion have fifty assignments due

The recent CDC recommendations should remind everyone that the central form of government in the US is corporatism. Whether it’s republican or democrat controlled, doesn’t matter much, it still is corporatism.

For all my #AcademicChatter people out there: A requirement of my undergrad bio degree is to be involved in research of some type. How might one navigate the waters of choosing a research advisor/research project? Thanks in advance, a lost premed at a small college

Academia is sometimes too focused on doing things at speed, to "get things done". It might be one of the reasons why there's a tsunami of junk/questionable work published on a daily basis. A focus on slowing down with an emphasis on quality over quantity might be beneficial.

Just got hospitalized due to a peekaboo accident. They put me in the ICU.

Today I learned that Santiago Ramón y Cajal, considered by many the father of modern neuroscience, was also a bodybuilder

A nephron is just a tiny little water slide how fun for all the little ions going to their little water park

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the ER is the Waffle House of the hospital

Med students, do not send thank you notes to your interviewers. It’s not necessary. If you really want to send something, an invoice that covers related travel expenses would be fine.

Wendy Hasson MD 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽