Mohammad A. Ursani MD, RhMSUS | ابو ابراهيم Melissa Argraves, MD, MSEd & Jay Mehta are spot-on, esp re: exposure and mentorship. We create more peds rheums when we can show peds residents how terrific our field is and support them on the career decision-making journey.

>100 SF independent schools are in-person,15,831 students+2,400 teachers,<5 COVID cases. >50,000 SFUSD remain in distance-learning only. This inequity is heart-breaking missed opportunity for SF: US leader in low COVID infections/deaths, way behind in school reopening. Decreasing the Distance is now SF PARENT COALITION

Today is the DAY!!! So excited for the first day of CARRA 2021! #carra2021 #CARRAvoice. Laura Lewandowski Jay Mehta CARRA David Fajgenbaum, MD Lisa Robinson

All of higher education, including #MedEd, should shift our focus from teaching/instruction to learning. Barr and Tagg recognized this point more than 25 years ago in their classic article on the topic... esf.edu/openacademy/tl…

Excited to release v3 of American College of Rheumatology MIS-C and COVID hyperinflammation guidance! Some changes to: 1⃣ MIS-C Dx approach 2⃣ Anticoagulation recs 3⃣MIS-C tx 4⃣COVID-19 immunomodulatory tx rheumatology.org/Portals/0/File… 👇 diagnostic and treatment algorithms

It’s not a black cloud, it’s dumpster firefighting school.

Some *** personal news *** ! After covering this stuff for a long time, my toddler has a rare disease. It is awful to watch your child suffer. There is a biologic drug. What follows is not a special or orginal story, it's the most ordinary possible story about healthcare.

Did you know: 9 states have NO pediatric rheumatologists! 6 have just one! Support #pedrheum and ACRheumDC advocacy for expanding work force, supporting trainees #Act4Arthritis #putonpurple Jay Mehta

Dr. Balmuri will lead a multi-D Johns Hopkins Children's Center team to create a patient education video series to address health literacy barriers to self-injection of meds used to treat Juvenile Idiopathic arthritis, a chronic debilitating disease that affects 1 in 1000 children. #InnovationGrant

Excited to see my perspective piece in NEJM re:“hospital problems” Have a read & thanks to all who have shared already! nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

"In addition to her proteinura problem, she had a transportation problem and an access-to-childcare problem" - From Mike Putman 's excellent perspective piece on "Hospital Problems"

Very proud of Children's Hospital #pedsrheum fellow Dori Abel, MD MSHP for this beautifully written letter in@PhillyInquirer about the absolutely unconscionable rigamarole that is insurance prior authorization. inquirer.com/opinion/commen… American College of Rheumatology ACRheumDC CARRA