Check the status of your ballot at northcarolina.ballottrax.net/voter/! Your deadline to register is October 9 — 6 days away. Also, my first Tweet!

Vaccinated! First dose: extreme arm soreness. Second dose: less arm soreness, no other side effects. Pleasantly surprised, totally thrilled and grateful. Thank you Durham VA Health Care System #FauciOuchie #ThisIsOurShot

I have cried very few times since intern year started. But I cried today as I watched Kamala Harris being sworn in. And today, I feel like I belong here again. Vice President JD Vance

Over the past ~2 months, I have said to three different people that I wasn’t qualified for XYZ opportunity (exciting opportunity!) and they have all separately wholeheartedly disagreed and encouraged me forward. Happy to be in a place like this. Duke Neurology Duke IM Residency

Mock Trial brought me so much joy when I was in high school. Today I’m back as a judge for the third year, with virtual Mock Trial! Indiana Bar Foundation

Roses are red Dahlias are pink My attending said “your patients are stable What would you like from Starbucks to drink?” #medvalentines Duke IM Residency

A roach passed away in our hospital, and this is how he is commemorated. Can you tell we would celebrate anything non-COVID? 😂 #MedTwitter #RandytheRoach our true #HealthcareHero

Last week, my co-intern and I were talking about being women in medicine My medical student overheard and casually remarked that he purposely doesn’t wear his white coat during rounds because he wants our patients to know that I’m the doctor and just...😭 #MedTwitter

#ThankaResidentDay

What are the odds that both of my parents and father-in-law (in different parts of Indiana!) would all get called to get leftover doses today? Tears of joy. Grateful.

A few weeks ago, I had clinic with Suma Shah and she made sure I knew that February is a hard time to be an intern I thought about that often throughout the month and it helped to have it be normalized from the beginning #MedTwitter

Was not anticipating how many patients would think I’m saying “Dr. Duke” and subsequently be confused and/or impressed 😬

Inspired by Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP, this week, I asked everyone I saw in outpatient clinics if they had gotten their COVID vaccine It went so well One person who was hesitant wanted to hear my personal side effects. She already knew the studies. She decided to get it #ThisIsOurShot

Dr. Gokal has criminal charges against him for making sure vaccine doses didn’t go to waste. Read his story. #WeAreDrGokal

Patient I admitted four days ago “where are you from?” Me: “I was born in Minnesota” “You’re American?” “Yes” “You don’t look American” “What do Americans look like? “Uhhhh... they look white, like me”

Submissions closed this week, but we’ll keep sharing your Duke Time Off photos, like this one from Duke Neurology’s Roshni Dhoot and Duke Radiology's Parth Patel, who went on their honeymoon to Arches National Park in June. #DukeTimeOff Arches National Park