Primary Care Physician @LosAngelesVA | #VulnerabilityInMedicine • Clinical reasoning • #MedEd | Via @HopkinsMedicine @MIT @UCLAHealth | Views my own
Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2022
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I am honored to share the story I've held for so long at rdcu.be/deZ7X via @SpringerNature @JournalGIM. Let's talk about the mental health conditions we both treat and experience. #VulnerabilityInMedicine #EndTheStigma #MedTwitter #MedEd
Spending part of my birthday doing my RQI training because I only do things I like on my birthday. Easily, one of the most effective trainings ever designed. Compress to save lives y’all! ❤️ @RQIPartners @American_Heart
Big fan of these 2 :) Congrats @MichaelAyoubMD and Sarah!
Proud to announce the appointments of Dr. Sarah Jensen and Dr. Michael Ayoub as associate program directors for the UCLA IM Residency Program! We look forward to working with them to foster resident success and deliver exceptional medical education! uclahs.fyi/4qkEZkx
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Jennifer Plotkin, MD retweeted
At the 2026 Grand Rounds Health Equity Story Slam, UCLA faculty shared personal and patient care stories that shed light on societal inequities and their impact on healthcare.
Relive the powerful moments and read extended interviews with the speakers: uclahs.fyi/4pRbLYB
Jennifer Plotkin, MD retweeted
Don’t miss this week’s special Grand Rounds!
On Thursday, the Health Equity Story Slam will feature six UCLA faculty sharing both personal and patient care stories that highlight societal inequities and their impact on healthcare.
Learn more here: uclahs.fyi/3NmSmRB
Jennifer Plotkin, MD retweeted
Though opioid overdose is a leading cause of disability and death, health systems lack incentives to make meaningful investments in proven overdose prevention services. #ACSC designation could change that. @DrHsuPsychiatry
💬 Viewpoint: Designating opioid overdose as an ambulatory care sensitive condition (#ACSC) could expand access to evidence-based prevention, improve care quality, and reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
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Ten years ago, I was a first year medical student meeting my clinical skills group. Today, I’m teaching one. I’m so grateful to all my teachers- physician and patient. I’ll pass on everything you taught me as best as I can!
Jennifer Plotkin, MD retweeted
We were proud to see Drs. Ahmed Eltahir and Seye Oduyale present their cutting-edge research at #ASCRS2025 in San Diego! Their work highlights the innovation and collaboration driving our field forward. #WashUMedicine #WashUSurgery @ASCRS_1
Proud of @LosAngelesVA resident and future @uclaimchiefs Dr. Jay Shah for sharing his family’s story- a powerful account of the role we play in our families at times of health crisis, balancing consulting physician and concerned family member hats.
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Jennifer Plotkin, MD retweeted
Improving Alcohol Use Disorder Care for Veterans w/Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: A GI Fellow-Led QI Study
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👤 Senior: @ArpanPatelMD
👥 @CCoeMD @NicoleRPrause @JenPlotkinMD @TienDongMD @ponnivp @LinChangMD et al
🗓️#DDW2025 May 4, 10:15am, 29AB
Choice quotes from a moving Grand Rounds:
“It’s our responsibility to be trustworthy”
“Systems don’t care. Only people care.”
“We would’ve found something to connect. We just had to look”
Trust is the currency of transformative clinical care, for patients and practitioners.
Great @DOM_UCLA #GrandRounds by @LosAngelesVA Hospital Medicine chief & @UCLA_GIMHSR professor @ChrisMoriates on "Building Trust to Save Our Patients and Ourselves"
Jennifer Plotkin, MD retweeted
New Interns, medical students, or any providers! Today is my last day of residency. It's crazy to think how far I have come. For your consideration:
5 Things I Wish I Knew Then, That I Know Now
Please share with whoever.
Photo: A Clueless MS1
Jennifer Plotkin, MD retweeted
New Interns, medical students, or any providers! I wanted to share my list of medical resources I compiled over residency! Best of all they are all free/have a free component. I hope it helps!
Please share it with whoever.
How often are we prescribing HF meds that patients can't take due to💵? If a GDMT rx falls into the EMR and no pt is around to afford it, does it even improve ❤️mortality? No! So proud of my @uclaimchiefs co-Firm E residents @NealDixit and @katieptr for studying this!
Pictured: the end of an era! This was @kaustav_shah’s last day at the @LosAngelesVA. I had the pleasure of working alongside him delivering renal and primary care. I learned from his impressive research at ACP on triaging patient messages. I know you’re off to do great things!
I precepted @skinnyfatPhD in primary care clinic yesterday and learned about his 🧬 discovery today! He elucidated how humans could make metabolically active brown fat. Mirabegron at (probably prohibitively) high doses burns 200ish calories per day using this science. Incredible!
Join us at DoM Grand Rounds tomorrow as we explore groundbreaking research led by our physician-scientists in the areas of metabolism, infectious diseases, and social determinants of health. Stop by in-person or tune in via zoom! bit.ly/3Uvw0i1
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We shine the spotlight on Dr. Jeffrey Hsu, awarded the @American_Heart Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award for his project aimed at creating a wearable biosensor to transform exercise monitoring and guidance for patients w/ heart conditions. bit.ly/49J7EWf
