Last day of clinical service! Fourteen-year journey to become a doctor has ended today. Attending life, here we go!

Now double boarded IM-ID doc!

And like the Cuban people thought me: Hasta la victoria siempre!

Harm reduction was an integral part of moving HIV from a terminal illness steeped in stigma to a manageable chronic disease.

Was v fun (and only mildly terrifying) to unpack current harm reduction backlash with STAT

An American Indian community needs to leave their 🏝️ in #Panama due to #ClimateChange they are not the biggest global emissions producers but they suffer the consequences. What about #ClimateJustice ? We need science to mitigate impact. Global Young Academy InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) 🌍 #science #health IAI

The human impact of segregated care is clear. It’s past time for action. Dr. Mary T. Bassett Camara Jones Dr. Aletha Maybank Orriel Richardson Laurie Zephyrin MD Toyin Ajayi Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith Daniel E. Dawes Tish James David Ansell Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 Stella Safo, MD MPH Usha Lee McFarling Rhea Boyd MD, MPH Oxiris Barbot

Returning from 4 days of immersion training on addiction medicine and research skills building. Programs like this one make me gain hope for the future of medicine. Thank you Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and NIDAnews

The world is changing fast. Migration represents a challenge to local economies and community dynamics. But let's not forget solidarity and understanding. Migrating with your children on your shoulders is not a luxurious choice. Open the door to our brothers and sisters.

Feliz día de los trabajadores y movimientos de unionizacion.

A friendly reminder that we are stronger together.

I cannot stress enough how much syphilis there is…

Bike lanes in Baltimore be like… ?

🗓️ *TOMORROW*, April 23, 2024 @ 4:30 p.m. ET 🗓️
Don't miss our next #SocialMedicine Rounds: “The Built Environment and Health: Bringing in a New History for the Cross Bronx”

Register here: buff.ly/3UbTGYB

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Happening next week! Come join us!

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'if you are using “Latinx,” I encourage you to ask yourself at the end of everyday: “what have I done to show up for Black, Indigenous, women and femmes of the Latin American diaspora today?”

colorbloq.org/article/the-x-…

Dr. Angelica Cifuentes Kottkamp's talk on Mpox antibodies: Previous smallpox vax ups titers, vax method doesn't matter, 2nd dose vital.
Angélica C. Kottkamp, MD, FIDSA Division of Infectious Diseases & Immunology (ID) #MonkeyPox #JuniorFacultyResearchShowcase
See NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Now I learned everything about Chagas! Thanks to the World Chagas Day Symposium and Christina Coyle, MD

How Should We Respond to Racist Legacies in Health Professions Education Originating in the Flexner Report?'
journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-sh…

There is no historical context to racism. It was racism then as it is today.

Reassuring sequence data—> cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/s…

Invasive Candida Infection in Patients with Bacterial Infective Endocarditis

✅ Just Accepted
🔓 Open Access
🔗 bit.ly/43E2hGL

Well, this is discouraging that only 18% of vulnerable Immunocompromised people have gotten the updated COVID-19 2023–2024 vaccine. Lots of missed opportunities. Thoughts as to how we could be better protecting this population? cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…