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I came back to my home in Washington heights, where I went to @ColumbiaPS ,to rejoin as faculty. I have only been @ColumbiaEM since January, and can’t be more proud of our whole dept,my colleagues , &leadership @AngelaMMills @TeamColumbiaED @ColumbiaMed @bernardchangMD @DrTsion
"I have never been more proud to be an emergency physician and to work with a truly amazing group of human beings," says @ColumbiaMed's @AngelaMMills. 2/ bit.ly/3fmL6Qa
Some harsh reality . Always good to see numbers back up sentiment/thought👇🏽👇🏽
Some data to chew on today from @AAMCtoday - only 4% of US med school faculty in 2019 were black. Only 2% of full professors are black, with only 0.7% being black women. Full breakdown by sex, race/ethnicity & rank in the link. aamc.org/system/files/2020-0…
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Southeast US seeing the effects of reopening w/o proper systems in place nyti.ms/2BijsnS
Huge surges in FLA, NC, SC, AL
@VP is wrong - we are not winning
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Recently the media has taken to sounding the alarm over a “second wave” of COVID-19 cases. Such panic is overblown. Thanks to President @realDonaldTrump’s leadership & the courage of the American people, we’re winning the fight against the invisible enemy. wsj.com/articles/there-isnt-…
“People treat me different in uniform, because they only see the uniform,” he said. He added, “At the end of the day I am a black person who dons a blue uniform. I am a trans male. I walk in all of these worlds.” Having family members who are black & brown nytimes.com/2020/06/17/nyreg…
Change must come from the top. We are starting to see academic institutions step up slowly to acknowledge the past and #JuneteenthDay would be a start. Urge your institutions to do the same. @ColumbiaEM @ColumbiaPS @Columbia @thedoctormaz @DrTsion @kat04747 @tomasrdiaz
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@rosnydaniel @TiffChioma @MaxJordan_N @kiranjsalman @smcdonaldMD @JahanFahimi @bernardchangMD @RoseLikeTheFlwr @TarakTrivedi
Love that this is a billboard in Chicago o hare airport 🙌🏽#racismisapublichealthcrisis @SAEM_ADIEM @SAEMonline @ColumbiaEM
Please read this great piece by colleague @smcdonaldMD in @nytimes . He is an African American NYC Emergency physician who breaks down the intersection and complexities of being a black EM physician in the middle of 2 pandemics. Pause , take a step back, and listen.
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My friend and emergency medicine colleague @DrTsion Firew....
-fought ISIS by being a physician on the ground in Iraq.
-worked in NYC during covid.
-got covid.
-beat covid.
-flew to Ethiopia to help with covid there.
If that’s not the definition of badass, nothing is.
Excellent article written by my colleague @TiffChioma discussing actionable items for police reform. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Wow just learned so much more about how academic medical centers create and perpetuate racial and economic disparities in medicine. Great thread. We gotta do better. @DrTsion @SteflonMD @AngelaMMills @LemaPenelope
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I am an emergency doctor & I support the protests. Thank you @TIME for featuring our story. We do it for our patients & to end the structural racism and injustices in medicine. This is why doctor’s protest!
#WhiteCoatsforBlackLives
@RheaBoydMD @toxdanny @AdairaLandryMD @LashNolen
As a physician We must ALWAYS fiercely commit to opposing racism through active allyship, continuous unlearning, learning, listening and teaching. Always stay woke. Nominating 5 other colleagues who know the deal @bernardchangMD @MVMadhavanMD @andrewchanMD @bjag787 @IOEmeruwa
Proud and strong ❤️🙌🏽@ColumbiaEM @bernardchangMD @AngelaMMills @DrHelenOuyang @Craig_A_Spencer @TheGargFather @medpie1 @ddasmd @PennyLema @darakass @Liliya_Abrukin @RomneyMarie @DrTsion @NickGavinMD @Danjegan @ColumbiaPS @ColumbiaMed
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The outcome of our palliative care intervention in the ER, during its peak of COVID19 pandemic, was published in @JAMAInternalMed !!
Timely GOC in the ER helped avoid unwanted intubation or CPR in patients with poor prognosis.
#geriatrics, #palliativecare, #goalsofcare,
Among 110 patients with #COVID19, who received early #palliativecare in the emergency department, timely GOC helped avoid unwanted life support for patients with a poor prognosis ja.ma/2AKRvVr