Me : Did you have a good night sleep? Patient : Hmmm ..... let me say I did , until they woke me up to give me my sleeping pills. #humorinmedicine #hospitalmedicine

Note to self : Don’t be an Askhole ! A person who constantly asks for your advice, yet always does the opposite of what you told them

Called a patient’a wife today for updates. VM- “ By the Grace of God and genius of Alexander Graham Bell you have reached the household of XXX”. Small antidote to afternoon slump!

How do you respond when a 70 yom patient (wo dementia) tells you- “I have a crush on you” with their spouse in the room(so likely in jest) 1. Ignore, as if you didn’t hear it 2. Laugh it off 3. Confront the pt/if so how? #Medtwitter

Read someone mention “demanding”vs “passionate advocate”. Today, called the C-suite to expedite a procedure to be done under sedation for my autistic patient, was getting pushed back due to staffing issues. Got success within an hr. #PatientCare #advocacy #PatientExperience

Me: Mr P( my 90 yo patient with dementia) - did you get some sleep last night?( is there such a thing?) Mr P- an emphatic “NO”! Me: Why? Mr P - “Because of fools like you”🥸 #hospitalist #sleepcycle

Shout out to Dhaval Desai, MD for always being there no matter what! Because- “Anyone can be great for just one day. But to be great consistently is what is required to become heroic.”-Robin Sharma Emory Division Of Hospital Medicine EHM

When is “Do Everything” enough? Monday Hospitalist woes. Tired of palliative care talks with families of 90 somethings’ with multiple co-morbidities who want “everything” for their loved ones! Sounds familiar??? EHM #medtwitter #hospitalist #WeAreEmory

Question for IM/hospitalist/ID community #medtwitter - have you seen any thromboembolism complications shortly after 2nd Pfizer vaccine, no other obvious/traditional risk factors to explain VTE, no ho COVID.

D-day- 3/16/2020. First case of COVID Peak @ 126 total COVID patients D-day + 472. 7/2/2021. ZERO COVID patients Need we say- Vaccines work! So proud of all the hard sweat & work team Emory St Joseph’s!! PS- Delta variant - please stay away! #teamwork EHM

Made for the kids, by the kids😊 Great team-building activity for the kids carving out the fruits and marshmallows. Some extra sugar today won’t hurt right! Happy 4th to everyone!!

So many reasons to be thankful today, however as one of the admitting MDs for today- this picture board of our growing Emory St Joseph’s family is a beautiful reminder of the true spirit of Thanksgiving!#HappyThanksgiving2021 Dhaval Desai, MD Arhait Mohammed Reem Thara Vidyasagaran EHM

Thanks TIME for giving me a platform to share my opinion piece for learning to be a better doctor from a kindergarten teacher! Love learning from other professions!