Latina in medicine. Hospitalist. Health Equity. Diversity & Inclusion. #RepresentationMatters
Chicago, IL
Joined June 2019
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33,000 people lost healthcare coverage on June 30th in Illinois. It's heartbreaking to see our patients lose access to lifesaving care. They are mothers, fathers, and children who may die without care.
It shouldn't matter if someone is undocumented--healthcare is a human right.
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
Pennsylvania has now reported 4 measles-associated deaths in 2026, its first measles-associated deaths in 35 years.
One person was just 18, unvaccinated, and died from ADEM, a rare, severe neurological complication.
Measles isn’t “just a rash.” MMR vaccination is 97% effective.
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
NHMA strongly condemns changes to federal childhood vaccine recommendations that undermine evidence-based immunization policies and put children and communities at greater risk.
Read NHMA’s official statement: bit.ly/FederalChildhoodVacci…
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
We are entering a NEW phase of our physician shortage crisis in the United States— the Complex Physician Shortage Crisis where there are multiple factors that are additive. 🧵 #ComplexPhysicianShortageCrisis
"They can erase DEI but they can't erase the facts, the history, they can't erase us."
-Dr. Michael Galvez
Great to finally meet @MichaelGalvezMD at #NHMA2025
@NHMAmd
@LmsaNational
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
🚨A Blow to Disability and Sickle Cell Research🚨
Nearly half of the CDC’s staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects were laid off this month, eliminating teams focused on adults with cognitive disabilities and sickle cell disease.
cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cuts-si…
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
Happy #MatchDay2025 to all medical students everywhere. Your dream is now so close that you can touch it! Dont stop now: keep reading, treat patients the way you would want your family treated, and honor your ancestors with your excellent performance. ✊🏾
@HowardU @AAMCtoday
"Meritocracy is a myth. If I have a leaky kayak and you have a yacht, what do you think the rising tide is going to do?"
@acgme
#Truth
#HealthEquity
#MedEd
#DEI – at Nashville, TN
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
Using marginalized people to recruit other marginalized people & discarding them because they expect diversity, equity, & inclusion to be a real focus in an organization is a form of academic exploitation.
Marginalized people are more than optics, checklists, & convenience.
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
Today on #SocialJusticeDay, we each can do our part to create justice. Contact your representatives, support organizations working for change, and be an advocate in your own community. Every action, no matter how small, can make a difference.
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
We’ve had harder times than these.
We’ve overcome much worse.
We’ve thrived under more pressure than this.
And we will again.
In case somebody needed to hear that today.
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
If you want to “Make America Healthy Again,” one of the worst things you can do is slash the budget of the world's largest public funder of biomedical research, the National Institutes of Health.
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Read our latest issue in full ➡️ bit.ly/42Pq2wX
ALT Cover of The Lancet, February 8 2025 issue. The cover quote reads, “Health institutions may be hesitant to criticise the new administration publicly, but this timidity is a mistake. Trump’s actions must be called out for the damage they are doing.”
“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.”
The Lancet response: hubs.li/Q035Ld5H0
ALT A Lancet Editorial: “American chaos: standing up for health and medicine”
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
Had a great Chair’s town hall with the @RushDOIM residents!
Thank you to Drs Brandon, Bjork, Lichota and Ziegler for your insights on fellowship training and advice for the residents! 🙏🏾
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
A survey by the Commonwealth Fund: 40% of U.S. physicians acknowledge racial discrimination in healthcare, with half reporting that patients have shared similar experiences, highlighting significant racial inequities and the need for systemic reforms.
techtarget.com/patientengage…
Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) retweeted
Racially motivated policies shape who thrives and who suffers.
A new study from @americancancersociety found that young people with cancer who live in historically redlined neighborhoods have a 32% higher risk of dying.
This is the long shadow of structural racism at work.
