Primary care physician @MGHMedicine | Associate Residency Program Director for Ambulatory Training @MGHmedres | Coach | Mom | Bookworm | she/her | Views my own
Boston, MA
Joined August 2011
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Alaka Ray retweeted
Spent this morning visiting a shelter for Ukrainian refugees in Tijuana.
Spent the afternoon at a shelter @ImmDef visits regularly to provide legal services to mostly Haitian & Central American families.
The differences between the two are stark and soul-shattering. 🧵
Alaka Ray retweeted
Vacations and perks aren't cures for exhaustion. They're temporary bandages to stop the bleeding.
The first principle of fighting burnout is to reduce demands.
Stop overloading teams with stressful tasks and expecting one person to do multiple jobs.
annehelen.substack.com/p/the…
Alaka Ray retweeted
@gretchendiemer 🎉rocks the mic🎤 at @AAIMOnline #AIMW22 precourse about networking for introverts. @PatinkinMandy’s #InigoMontoya shows us how:
🖖Polite Greeting (hello)
📇Shares Name (my name is)
🩸Relevant personal link (u killed dad)
🗡Manages expectations(Prepare to die)
Alaka Ray retweeted
My first in-person #SGIM22 meeting. Lots of learning, connecting, collaborating!
Grateful for the opportunity to present our workshop on finding meaning. Lots of reflection happened in our session
❤️
#WomenInMedicine #MedEd
co-presenters: #AnnaDonovan #AlakaRay @AmberDeptola
Alaka Ray retweeted
"Police are not the only profession with their knees on the neck of black and brown people, there were just cameras present." Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith delivering a powerful Plenary Keynote Address at #SGIM22
Alaka Ray retweeted
This Happened. We stand for each other #SGIM22 @SocietyGIM
Alaka Ray retweeted
"Incarcerated patients handcuffed to beds are a far too common sight in the hospital. The patient at the center of this story was intubated, heavily sedated and medically paralyzed, yet he was still handcuffed to the bed he was dying in."
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
#SGIM22
Alaka Ray retweeted
Good morning #SGIM22
@primarycarechat ever have woman request breast MRI instead of m’gram? @IshaniG demonstrated that breast MRI results in much more cascade testing, $$, likely (tho not studied here) of low value. #primarycarechat
Alaka Ray retweeted
Early career scientists: ever wonder why mid career peeps seem less frazzled? It’s not that our To Do lists are shorter. Our secret is that we become comfortable with never for finishing everything on our endless To Do list. Reaching this level of acceptance is a key career skill
Alaka Ray retweeted
European countries are opening their borders to displaced Ukrainians, revealing a racial disparity in refugee treatment: youtu.be/sgHQknJnuRk
Alaka Ray retweeted
Please remember that even with all of its frustrations and annoyances, your regular day today is probably a dream day for a refugee.
As a refugee who came to the US from Russia 32 years ago, this is my reminder to self today.
Less complaining. More finding ways to have impact
Alaka Ray retweeted
If only human beings recognized all human beings as “like us.” If only racist ideas did not transform peoples of color into “remote” populations. If only “anyone” included everyone.
🗣️ "They seem so like us. That is what makes it so shocking. War is no longer something visited upon impoverished and remote populations. It can happen to anyone" | Writes Daniel Hannan telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02…
Alaka Ray retweeted
You can't fix all the ills in the world
But you can do something within your sphere of impact
That helps, elevates, offers support and hope
And that is no small thing.
Alaka Ray retweeted
South Asians: about 1/4 of world population
Representation in genetic studies: almost 0
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The remarkable and persistent lack of diversity in genomic studies
nature.com/articles/s41591-0… @NatureMedicine @SFatumo @KKuchenbaecker
@tchikowore1 @Ayub1985 @genetisaur
And a plan to fix it @LHSTM @UCL @uclbiosciences @MRC_Uganda @H3Africa @PGCgenetics @PRSdiversity @H3ABioNet
Alaka Ray retweeted
Hot take: if you’ve ever written “defer to / follow up with PCP” in your plan, you should be be actively advocating for payments, structures, and technologies that support #primarycare.
Alaka Ray retweeted
If you don’t have sticky notes like these , do you even #primarycare ? #MedTwitter
Alaka Ray retweeted
Self-acceptance isn't giving up on self-improvement.
It's deciding to stop beating yourself up for being human—and keep working to become a better human.
Getting comfortable in your own skin doesn't stifle growth. When you can laugh at your faults, it's easier to overcome them.
Alaka Ray retweeted
An unacceptable barrier to care. Even $14/kit made them out of reach for many who cannot afford - raising prices at this time will further reduce who is able to use them (if they can even find them).
Walmart and Kroger are raising prices for BinaxNOW rapid Covid-19 tests after the expiration of a deal with the White House to sell the kits for $14 on.wsj.com/3eMJekS
