your mental health is important 365 days a year

it’s ok to be tired, today. it’s ok to take things slow. it’s ok if today isn’t super productive. your existence is enough. give yourself grace. give yourself permission to rest. we are not machines.

Happy Halloween! Ready to cannulate for CPB (Cardio Pumpkin Bypass)

That’s the tweet. PERIOD!

imagine if voting were easy

Among the 2,800 flights you canceled, mine was one. Thanks for leaving us in the dark with no customer service and a server that has yet to recover after several hours of trying to reroute. Not a fun 8-hour drive from New Orleans to San Antonio as an alternative Southwest Airlines !

Lucky to have been a part of this incredible institution!

Have you ever had to donate blood or receive a blood transfusion? If so, you have this Black surgeon to thank. Let’s talk about Dr. Charles Drew, the “father of blood bankingL whose work has literally saved millions of lives. #wokeblackhistory ##blackhistorymonth

Did you know that an enslaved man helped eradicate smallpox and paved the way for the modern day vaccine? Let’s talk about Onesimus! Everyday this month I have a new episode about a Black figure from history you may not have heard about. Tune in! #wokeblackhistory

It costs hospitals $250,000 to $1 million to replace one physician (who quits for burnout, lack of compensation, better opportunity, etc.) Why hospitals rather spend this $ on recruitment than on making their own employed physicians happy is beyond me.

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Happy anniversary, sweetheart! Michelle Obama, you're brilliant, kind, funny, and beautiful—and I'm lucky to call you mine.

Books I’m reading for the next month…I need an intervention 😅

A box of succulents. A perfect gift 🌿

Truly separate LAD/LCX ostia #CardioTwitter Heart_SCCT

Check out #MyYearInBooks Goodreads to discover the 58 books I read in 2023! goodreads.com/user/year_in_b…

MLK and Malcolm X only met once. Here’s the story behind an iconic image. 'The two civil rights leaders came together at the end of their lives. What might have happened had they met earlier?' nationalgeographic.com/premium/articl…

So happy to be with my Duke family and to yet again see all the amazing things happening within the division! #SCA2024

RIP ❤️ Professor Kiah Duggins was among those lost in the mid-air plane collision at Reagan National Airport. Professor Duggins was set to begin a new chapter as a professor at Howard University School of Law this fall. May her memory be a blessing.