During the #COVID19 surge in NYC, we worked to address the 'shadow pandemic' of patients' unmet social needs (food, housing, income). #SDOH Sharing our lessons in Health Affairs for others now confronting the same suffering. Led by J.Clapp Alessandra Calvo-Friedman 🧵healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

Taking notes to a whole new level, I love this 🤯😍

“Why do you want to be a doctor?” I answer without hesitation, “I want to help people.” “There are many ways to help people.” “I want to save lives.” “There are many ways to do that too. So I’ll ask you again, why do you want to be a doctor?” “Because I believe in it.” 1/

In my first blog post ever (!), I discuss using #criticalracetheory as a framework for addressing racism through Medical-Legal Partnerships. Indebted to #CRT scholars. Inspired by #healthjustice league & colleagues DickinsonLaw. #socialdeterminantsofhealth #medleg National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

This was such an informative read from Dr. Vivian S. Lee, MD, filled with specific examples and action steps to think about. Highly recommend for any med students and aspiring physicians out there!

1/2 I’m not going to reveal who wrote this, but it’s one of my scientific & personal idols who redefined cancer : “Human creativity is best defined as joining two fields that have not been joined before. All those who are truly creative have “mastered the art of non-expertise”

A few of us from MD++ (mdplusplus.org) are starting a #socialEM working group to (1) share playbooks across institutions and (2) organize community stakeholder roundtables - would love to join forces with other #MedStudentTwitter folks at other schools! cc Aneeqah N.

Spent some time thinking through ways we can better integrate EM into alternative payment models as someone clinically interested in emergency medicine and professionally interested in value-based care marginsofmedicine.substack.com/p/value-based-…

It's been a tragic week for the Asian-American community 😔 inspired by the #StopAsianHate movement, I've been trying to process over the past week by exploring some of the cultural barriers for Asian-Americans in accessing healthcare services marginsofmedicine.substack.com/p/asian-americ…

We are thrilled to announce our first International Law & Medicine Day! Join us, April 8th from 4-6pm PST to discuss hypothetical ethics and professional issues with students studying law and medicine from around the world. Visit our page to register! eventbrite.com/e/internationa…

I've been thinking about how the pandemic has intensified provider (& caregiver) burnout. I hope healthcare institutions, employers, and policymakers alike will look inwards to address systemic issues + listen to their communities to learn how to provide meaningful support.

Join me in reading this #1 new release by my incredible mentor Shantanu Nundy, MD!! Available for pre-order on Amazon, at your local bookstore like Green Apple Books in SF, or through the Med Book Club 📚😊 giveaway that's open for 2 more hrs 👀

As a Black med student, it’s been great to see conversations about racism in medicine become less taboo. Hopefully we can also address how wealth continues to be a de facto gatekeeper for a career in medicine. I share my thoughts and a few solutions here: medscape.com/viewarticle/94…

📢 Calling all medical students: we’re announcing our inaugural Innovation Challenge! Over $3K in prizes 💰, educational workshops 📝, and an opportunity to connect with future colleagues and co-founders 💃🕺. RSVP to the kickoff at mdplusplus.org/innovation.

Happening virtually all throughout next week!!

Register here for this (free) @ighsatucsf grand rounds webinar on July 13: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regist… In this talk you will hear from Dr. Triveni DeFries, Alice Lu, and Nathan Coss who have been involved in leading the asylum medicine elective at UC San Francisco. UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative Alice Lu

Visual Wednesdays: Alcohol Withdrawal #FOAMed #FOAMtox Alice Lu @Wandering_ER Todd Phillips Alex Koyfman Brit Long emdocs.net/visual-wednesd…

First infographic for emDOCs ✅ Open to feedback or suggestions for future topics!! Thanks so much 🍉𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴_𝗘𝗥🍉 Todd Phillips

Learned so much working and writing with law colleagues - read our article for some perspective on guardianship and institutionalization of patients, especially when considering identity and bias