@amanda_sammann

Mother. Wife. Daughter. Friend. Trauma Surgeon DESIGN EQUITY TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY! @TheBetterLab & @EmergDesign Tweets are my own.

Joined December 2016
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Happy Pride #SanFrancisco. Stay hydrated, wear a #helmet, and look both ways when you cross the street. Your @ZSFGCare @UCSF @UCSFSurgery trauma team wishes you a happy and healthy #Pride  weekend.
Vagn Petersen@vapetersen25 Jun 2022
Big Gay Day on the Trauma Surgery Service at ZSFG. Happy Pride. @JoeC_TraumaDoc @UCSFGSResidency @ZSFGCare @AmCollSurgeons
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@UCSFSurgery graduating chief residents :: Fantastic surgeons and humans – at San Francisco, CA
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Welcome back Dr Mendoza. We are excited to have you join our @UCSFSurgery and #UCSFtrauma community.
UCSF Surgery@UCSFSurgery31 Mar 2022
‼️New Faculty Alert‼️We are happy to announce that👩🏻‍⚕️Dr. April E. Mendoza from Massachusetts General Hospital is joining our department as a Trauma Surgeon and Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at our @UCSF_EastBay Program at Highland Hospital @AlamedaHealth🎉🎉
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Jen Reid, MD@JenReid_MD28 Mar 2022
Feeling empowered at the end of #WomensHistoryMonth by our trauma team of #surgeonmamas . 6 kids (3 infants!), 40 patients, 5 OR cases, all with alternating pump schedules 🍼💪🏽 Just another fulfilling day @ZSFGCare #BreakTheBias @UCSFMSS @UCSFSurgery @WomenSurgeons @willowpump
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Congratulations @Jasosamd. We at @UCSFSurgery and @UCSFMSS are very proud!
American Surgeon.bsky.social@PheoSurgeon8 Mar 2022
I am so proud. And our society should be proud indeed. ⁦@AmThyroidAssn⁩ ⁦@UCSFHospitals⁩ ⁦@UCSFMedicine⁩ ⁦@UCSFSurgery⁩ ⁦@UCSFEndosurg⁩ medconnection.ucsfhealth.org…
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jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… A beautiful and heartbreaking account of loss in the time of #Covid. So proud of our @TheBetterLab colleague Neel Vahil for sharing his story.

My Dad’s Sneakers

In this narrative medicine essay, a medical student recounts the final days of his father who died of COVID-19 and finds comfort by understanding the uniqueness of his loss and from the universal...

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Welcome to the @ZSFGCare family Dr Collins and Dr Himmler @lacasicirujana. We are so excited to work with you!
Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, MD, FACS@LucyKornblith6 Oct 2021
Fantastic news that Caitlin Collins @UCSFSurgery and @lacasicirujana @MedStarGUH will be joining us at @ZSFGCare and @UCSF for trauma/surgical critical care training @TraumaDocSF @JoeC_TraumaDoc @rplevin @amanda_sammann @RonTesoriero @KickAsana @TasceB @knudson_peggy @SteinSister
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Congratulations Dr. @knudson_peggy! You have been a trailblazing and glass ceiling breaking mentor and friend! It is an honor to work with you. @UCSFSurgery @ZSFGCare @SFGHFoundation @traumadoctors @TheBetterLab @UCSFMSS
American College of Surgeons
@AmCollSurgeons2 Oct 2021
At #ACSCC21, @knudson_peggy will receive this year’s Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award. Read more in Clinical Congress News: acsccnews.org/trauma-surgeon…"
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FatimahLoren@fatimah_loren15 Sep 2021
What an incredible moment! The House has committed $5B for Violence Intervention @TheHAVI thetrace.org/newsletter/5b-f…

Bulletin: $5B for Community Gun Violence Intervention Included in House Budget Plan

PLUS: Austin, Texas, reaches a grim milestone.

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'Something has to be done': After decades of near-silence from the CDC, the agency's director is speaking up about gun violence cnn.com/2021/08/27/health/cd…
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Meet people where they are and deliver culturally appropriate, trauma-informed, human-centered care… @TheBetterLab @traumadoctors @rochelleami9 @cjuillard @dpatz94 @adge_paige
Rebecca Plevin, MD, FACS@rplevin19 Aug 2021
Hospital-Based Intervention Can Save Lives. A Growing Movement Is Betting on Medicaid to Fund It. thetrace.org/2021/08/hospita…

Hospital-Based Intervention Can Save Lives. A Growing Movement Is Betting on Medicaid to Fund It.

The violence intervention team at Hartford Communities That Care is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Within 20 minutes of getting a call from Saint Francis Hospital in...

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The county reached 150 mass shootings on: -May 31st in 2020 -May 31st in 2019 -June 26th in 2018 -June 13th in 2017 -June 23rd in 2016
The Gun Violence Archive
@GunDeaths18 Apr 2021
BREAKING: Today, on the 108th day of the year, the United States has now reached 150+ mass shootings in 2021.
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The legacy of @ZSFGCare and @UCSFSurgery continues. @TraumaDocSF trains me, I train them, and they train the next generation of @traumadoctors. It's a privilege and honor to see #surgery become more diverse. #FixingAWoundedHeartWithLotsOfHeart.
Andre Campbell, MD, FACS, FACP, FCCM, MAMSE, FCBC@TraumaDocSF5 Nov 2020
Amazing group of @traumadoctors, caring for injured patients who are all women! @UCSFMSS, @UCSFSurgery, @ZSFGCare. Lead by Dr Samman
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Reshma Jagsi@reshmajagsi12 Aug 2020
Thanks to @jilliankramer for her thoughtful article on the impact of the pandemic on women in science and medicine in @sciam today. @jenspeteranders @mathiaswullum @RELewiss scientificamerican.com/artic…

Women in Science May Suffer Lasting Career Damage from COVID-19

They bear a greater proportion of childcare and household responsibilities, making it much harder for them to publish their work and get ahead

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Essential leadership advice: Lead with questions and co-design solutions. #empathy. #HCD.
American Board of Surgery@AmBdSurg14 Jul 2020
Dissecting the Important Difference Between Good #Surgeons and Good Leaders, a @JAMASurgery Viewpoint ow.ly/bQ6050Avmoq
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Congratulations to @UCSFGSResidency's Laura Wong, @LangnessSimone and the other members of @EmergDesign for their rapid and multidisciplinary design work with Adventist Health Lodi Memorial. catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/1…

Where Are All the Patients? Addressing Covid-19 Fear to Encourage Sick Patients to Seek Emergency...

Emergency department volume is down nearly 50% as the United States struggles with the Covid-19 epidemic. There is increasing evidence that patients with medical emergencies are avoiding the emerge...

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An unintended consequence of #COVID19 is that patients are afraid to seek care. Hey all HCDers, @TheBetterLab, @ideo, @dennisjboyle, @stanforddschool, @frogdesign, @DesignInHealth; HMW restore trust in the community ERs that are open and ready for business?
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Hey #humancentereddesigners, @TheBetterLab, @EmergDesign, @ideo, @IDEOorg, @frogdesign, @DesignInHealth, @dennisjboyle ... HOW MIGHT WE institutionalize gratitude in everyday workflows? #HMWforanewnormal
Amanda Sammann@amanda_sammann11 May 2020
Dear San Francisco, and every human around the globe who has stood on the front lines, stayed home, made and donated food and ppe and/or generally practiced human kindness in these very uncertain times, THANK YOU! youtube.com/watch?v=20uECPHb…

A Message from ZSFG - Project Gratitude

The doctors, nurses, and frontline staff at Zuckerberg San Francisc...

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Dear San Francisco, and every human around the globe who has stood on the front lines, stayed home, made and donated food and ppe and/or generally practiced human kindness in these very uncertain times, THANK YOU! youtube.com/watch?v=20uECPHb…

A Message from ZSFG - Project Gratitude

The doctors, nurses, and frontline staff at Zuckerberg San Francisc...

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...Traveling to the hospital? Making rounds? Running to the trauma bay? We need a mask for every occasion. Thank you to everyone who has helped #GetUsPPE. Special thank you to @aliceandolivia @EmergDesign @lectrifyit @SFGHFoundation #herobrigade #shieldourheros
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