Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her)
@lekshmimd.bsky.social
Pulm/ICU/Hospitalist MD | DOM Assoc Chair of Mentorship @UCSF & APD of IM Residency | Crossing Silos | #MedEd #WomeninMedicine #Mentorship | Mom of 2 #MedSky
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/lekshmi.santhosh
https://dommentorship.ucsf.edu/
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/lekshmi.santhosh
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🎉 DOM #Mentorship Incubator Cohort of 25 new DOM inspiring clinician-educators & physician-scientists starting their careers @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @zsfgcare.bsky.social. Wisdom on Finding Your Academic Niche frm Dr Fang @ucsfdhm & StressFree Productivity from Dr Rogers @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social
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I don't know what to say regarding the gun violence tragedies that have occurred over the last 24 hours.
We never have enough blood for transfusion. The Red Cross website can help you identify donation sites near you through your ZIP code.
www.redcrossblood.org
We never have enough blood for transfusion. The Red Cross website can help you identify donation sites near you through your ZIP code.
www.redcrossblood.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I don't know what to say regarding the gun violence tragedies that have occurred over the last 24 hours.
We never have enough blood for transfusion. The Red Cross website can help you identify donation sites near you through your ZIP code.
www.redcrossblood.org
We never have enough blood for transfusion. The Red Cross website can help you identify donation sites near you through your ZIP code.
www.redcrossblood.org
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The ignorance and data denialism of FDA intent of putting a black box on Covid vaccines when the evidence of benefit is overwhelming, even among children
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The ignorance and data denialism of FDA intent of putting a black box on Covid vaccines when the evidence of benefit is overwhelming, even among children
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Scientific evidence shows, once again, there is no causal link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines cause adults. - @drtedros.who.int
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Scientific evidence shows, once again, there is no causal link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines cause adults. - @drtedros.who.int
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I am currently on ID consult service. I saw my first severe case of post influenza staphylococcal pneumonia of the season today - very sick patient admitted to the ICU.
Every patient I have seen so far admitted with influenza this week is unvaccinated.
The vaccines keep you out of hospital!
Get 💉💉💉
Every patient I have seen so far admitted with influenza this week is unvaccinated.
The vaccines keep you out of hospital!
Get 💉💉💉
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I am currently on ID consult service. I saw my first severe case of post influenza staphylococcal pneumonia of the season today - very sick patient admitted to the ICU.
Every patient I have seen so far admitted with influenza this week is unvaccinated.
The vaccines keep you out of hospital!
Get 💉💉💉
Every patient I have seen so far admitted with influenza this week is unvaccinated.
The vaccines keep you out of hospital!
Get 💉💉💉
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I used this graphic today to explain chest tubes to my MICU team, not realizing it was from
@lekshmimd.bsky.social
Source: psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/chest...
@lekshmimd.bsky.social
Source: psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/chest...
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I used this graphic today to explain chest tubes to my MICU team, not realizing it was from
@lekshmimd.bsky.social
Source: psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/chest...
@lekshmimd.bsky.social
Source: psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/chest...
Love celebrating our amazing @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social IM residency Fellowship Match!! So proud of our residents!! 🎉🎉🎊🎊👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️💐💐🥳🥳🥂🥂
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Love celebrating our amazing @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social IM residency Fellowship Match!! So proud of our residents!! 🎉🎉🎊🎊👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️💐💐🥳🥳🥂🥂
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The #HCWvsHunger leaderboard has changed up again!
Five hours left to donate to your favorite anti hunger organization and log that donation at HCWvsHunger.org!
Anything can happen in these last hours…
Five hours left to donate to your favorite anti hunger organization and log that donation at HCWvsHunger.org!
Anything can happen in these last hours…
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The #HCWvsHunger leaderboard has changed up again!
Five hours left to donate to your favorite anti hunger organization and log that donation at HCWvsHunger.org!
Anything can happen in these last hours…
Five hours left to donate to your favorite anti hunger organization and log that donation at HCWvsHunger.org!
Anything can happen in these last hours…
How do we train well-rounded IM docs & support individualized career paths? Meet Block 2.0 & Inpatient Threads, 2 #MedEd #Innovations from @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Internal Med Residency. Read more from our team in @journalgim.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@bobwachter.bsky.social
@bobwachter.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
How do we train well-rounded IM docs & support individualized career paths? Meet Block 2.0 & Inpatient Threads, 2 #MedEd #Innovations from @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Internal Med Residency. Read more from our team in @journalgim.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@bobwachter.bsky.social
@bobwachter.bsky.social
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“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
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Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative solutions are endangered by Medicaid cuts.
They need a ventilator to stay alive. Getting one can be a nightmare
Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative solutions are endangered by Medicaid cuts.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative solutions are endangered by Medicaid cuts.
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Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
New paper 📣 In @journalgim.bsky.social, Drs. Butler, Velazquez Manana, @laurahuppert.bsky.social, Hsu, Babik, Trejo & I explore how IM residents make subspecialty career choices w/ a #qualitative approach. Read here! rdcu.be/eQ9Y6 Need #mentorship & role models to improve women & UIM representation!
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New paper 📣 In @journalgim.bsky.social, Drs. Butler, Velazquez Manana, @laurahuppert.bsky.social, Hsu, Babik, Trejo & I explore how IM residents make subspecialty career choices w/ a #qualitative approach. Read here! rdcu.be/eQ9Y6 Need #mentorship & role models to improve women & UIM representation!
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According to the Trump admin, nursing isn’t a profession so they won’t qualify for student loans 🤬
We’re barely recovering from the last RN shortage and they want to create another one 😫
Literally zero patients survive the ICU without outstanding RN care.
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
We’re barely recovering from the last RN shortage and they want to create another one 😫
Literally zero patients survive the ICU without outstanding RN care.
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
According to the Trump admin, nursing isn’t a profession so they won’t qualify for student loans 🤬
We’re barely recovering from the last RN shortage and they want to create another one 😫
Literally zero patients survive the ICU without outstanding RN care.
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
We’re barely recovering from the last RN shortage and they want to create another one 😫
Literally zero patients survive the ICU without outstanding RN care.
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
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The ATS applauds the Tiburon town council for passing the strictest, most comprehensive tobacco and nicotine sales ban in the country. We encourage other cities to do the same to ensure the health of their populations and help people breathe better.
Read more: www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Read more: www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The ATS applauds the Tiburon town council for passing the strictest, most comprehensive tobacco and nicotine sales ban in the country. We encourage other cities to do the same to ensure the health of their populations and help people breathe better.
Read more: www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Read more: www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
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Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
1/4
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
1/4
Clinical Trials Affected by Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health
This cross-sectional study summarizes the number of trials with terminated grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and calculates the proportion of affected trials among those with previou...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
1/4
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
1/4
Thank you, OHSU PCCASM Division for an amazing visit! So amazing to connect with colleagues & mentors, learn from new folks & old friends #peermentorship, and brainstorm about possible collaborations. Thanks Drs. Drake, Gause, & Hubel for a lovely visit to Portland! 🫁🙏 @terrihough.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thank you, OHSU PCCASM Division for an amazing visit! So amazing to connect with colleagues & mentors, learn from new folks & old friends #peermentorship, and brainstorm about possible collaborations. Thanks Drs. Drake, Gause, & Hubel for a lovely visit to Portland! 🫁🙏 @terrihough.bsky.social
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Nominations are open for the Elizabeth A. Rich, MD, Award. The award recognizes an outstanding woman who has made contributions in pulmonary, critical care, & sleep medicine, and will be presented at the #ATS2026 Women’s Forum.
Nominations close Nov. 24:
Nominations close Nov. 24:
American Thoracic Society | Elizabeth A. Rich, MD Award
The American Thoracic Society is the world's leading medical society dedicated to accelerating the advancement of global respiratory health through…
site.thoracic.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Nominations are open for the Elizabeth A. Rich, MD, Award. The award recognizes an outstanding woman who has made contributions in pulmonary, critical care, & sleep medicine, and will be presented at the #ATS2026 Women’s Forum.
Nominations close Nov. 24:
Nominations close Nov. 24:
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Happy one year off Twitter to all who celebrate
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Happy one year off Twitter to all who celebrate
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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1/ Open enrollment for Obamacare (ACA) kicked off this weekend, during which more than 20 million families will shop for health insurance coverage. There's some sticker shock though: prices are up ~30% this year if tax credits aren’t extended. Here’s what else is happening in #publichealth 👇
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
1/ Open enrollment for Obamacare (ACA) kicked off this weekend, during which more than 20 million families will shop for health insurance coverage. There's some sticker shock though: prices are up ~30% this year if tax credits aren’t extended. Here’s what else is happening in #publichealth 👇
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California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
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The scariest thing you can do this Halloween season is forget to vote. 🎃👻
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The scariest thing you can do this Halloween season is forget to vote. 🎃👻
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Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
October 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
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Traffic fatalities for kids rise on Halloween. Drive carefully.
Study of 42 years of Halloweens and 1 ,580,608 traffic crashes reveals relative risk of a pedestrian fatality is 43% higher on Halloween compared with control evenings. A typical Halloween results in 4 additional pedestrian deaths.
Study of 42 years of Halloweens and 1 ,580,608 traffic crashes reveals relative risk of a pedestrian fatality is 43% higher on Halloween compared with control evenings. A typical Halloween results in 4 additional pedestrian deaths.
Pedestrian Fatalities Associated With Halloween in the United States
This study examines 42 years of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data to establish whether Halloween is associated with an increased rate of pedestrian fatalities.
jamanetwork.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Traffic fatalities for kids rise on Halloween. Drive carefully.
Study of 42 years of Halloweens and 1 ,580,608 traffic crashes reveals relative risk of a pedestrian fatality is 43% higher on Halloween compared with control evenings. A typical Halloween results in 4 additional pedestrian deaths.
Study of 42 years of Halloweens and 1 ,580,608 traffic crashes reveals relative risk of a pedestrian fatality is 43% higher on Halloween compared with control evenings. A typical Halloween results in 4 additional pedestrian deaths.
Reposted by Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her)
Check out the collaborative learning series of seven modules on ATS Ed+ for clinicians treating patients with serious illnesses, made by the ATS and CAPC. Earn CME! #pallipulm @anandiyermd.bsky.social @donsullivan.bsky.social @pallipulm.bsky.social
Read more: atsedplus.thoracic.org/capc/palliat...
Read more: atsedplus.thoracic.org/capc/palliat...
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Check out the collaborative learning series of seven modules on ATS Ed+ for clinicians treating patients with serious illnesses, made by the ATS and CAPC. Earn CME! #pallipulm @anandiyermd.bsky.social @donsullivan.bsky.social @pallipulm.bsky.social
Read more: atsedplus.thoracic.org/capc/palliat...
Read more: atsedplus.thoracic.org/capc/palliat...