The best mentors are the ones who leave you with an uncomfortable challenge to change the world. Thank you Dr. Dr. O (Feranmi Okanlami, MD MS) for the gifts of faith, vulnerability, and strength you gave me and my fellow MD candidates at the Loyola 2020 Commencement ceremony. Sandie Loyola

Excellent review for those rotating on pain or PM&R services by Olivia Vetter Povieng, MD on intrathecal drug delivery systems🤟! Check it out 🧠📚➡️ pocketpmr.com/intrathecal-dr…

Scarred but still standing on Sunday, Chicago. This morning's sunrise brings hope for the day ahead.

#painmedicine #anesthesia #painmanagement

As docs call ourselves and our colleagues to action because #BlackLivesMatter, can I ask how residency and medical school programs have been responding? Examples of tangible actions, changes made, problems addressed? #MedTwitter #meded #residency #medicine #pediatrics #medschool

"Racism and intolerance, and the violence and trauma they encourage, represent a public health crisis that has been ignored for too long." Read our full statement: bit.ly/30b63bX

A Randomized Trial of Hydroxychloroquine as Postexposure Prophylaxis for Covid-19 | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

I pledge to continue opposing the racism that embodies a debilitating public health crisis in this country as an anesthesiology resident. Join me by nominating 5 others to do the same. @laura_burns20 @MathewsAlex4 @PoonawallaMaria @emilytat_ Richie Green

Today’s #SCOTUS decision is a victory for more than 40 #DACA students and alumni @loyolachicago Stritch School of Medicine. We now call on Congress to pass legislation to ensure a permanent solution that will provide protections for immigrants in the U.S. bit.ly/3eiKURa

Do you check the backseat when you get in the car or are you a man

Wear a mask. That is, unless you want to be intubated by a gynecology intern July 1st who did her last semester of med school via Zoom.

#TylerGerth , 23 and on the frontlines of the #BreonnaTaylor protest for the past 30 days. Not only did you speak out against our oppressors, but you captured the beauty of the community amidst all the chaos. I will not let the day go by without acknowledging you. Rest in heaven.

DO NOT GO TO ER JULY 1 UNLESS YOU WANT A BRAND NEW INTERN *breathes in* WHO HAS WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIFE AND MISSED THEIR 20’s TO CONSCIENTOUSLY CARE FOR YOU AND WILL CONSTANTLY CHECK THEMSELVES AND CONSIDER EVERY OTHER DIAGNOSIS IN THE 🌎 BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR LIFE’S AMBITION.

Tomorrow is the 1st day of intern year. I've tried on my clothes (super relieved my scrubs still fit...), packed enough food to feed a small army, and disturbed all my neighbors by trialing every ringer setting on my pager. Here's to getting on the right train tomorrow morning!!

New review on pregnancy-associated pain posted. Thank you to Olivia Vetter Povieng, MD for helping author this topic! pocketpmr.com/pain-in-pregna…

Please sit down for what I'm about to tell you. I want everybody to know that I, a surgeon, said "I'm sorry" to the anesthetist today for something that was entirely my fault. Be the change you wish to see in the world.

Live Q&A: COVID19 and School Closures - Katherine Auger, MS, MSc of @cincychildrens and Julie Donohue, PhD of @pittpubhealth discuss policy options and the way forward for the 2020-21 school year. #JAMALive #OpenSchools pscp.tv/w/cfB2mTFXZ0tn…

Confused on how we can't remember to arrest the cops who murdered #BreonnaTaylor but somehow everyone in America still remembers that Trump decided hydroxychloroquine cures Covid