Andrew Lea, MD, PhD
@andrewlea.bsky.social
physician-historian professing at the university of rochester. book: DIGITIZING DIAGNOSIS (jhu press), order: https://bit.ly/diagnosis-lea. working on next book, AID TO THOUGHT, a history of the peripheral brain in medicine.
Curious policy for a store where the average pharmacy pickup time seems to exceed 30 minutes…
September 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Curious policy for a store where the average pharmacy pickup time seems to exceed 30 minutes…
Thanks to @renfro.bsky.social for a wonderful discussion of his new book THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RYAN WHITE (@uncpress.bsky.social) at the Corner Society for the History of Medicine & Rochester Academy of Medicine!
September 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Thanks to @renfro.bsky.social for a wonderful discussion of his new book THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RYAN WHITE (@uncpress.bsky.social) at the Corner Society for the History of Medicine & Rochester Academy of Medicine!
Excited to be giving Grand Rounds at URMC on Sep 9! I'll be discussing the evolving tools doctors have used to grapple with information overload in medicine: from pocket guide to artificial intelligence. Come by the Class of 62 Auditorium if you're in Rochester, or tune in via Zoom if you're not.
September 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Excited to be giving Grand Rounds at URMC on Sep 9! I'll be discussing the evolving tools doctors have used to grapple with information overload in medicine: from pocket guide to artificial intelligence. Come by the Class of 62 Auditorium if you're in Rochester, or tune in via Zoom if you're not.
Stumbled upon (and purchased!) LAB DOG by @bolman.bsky.social at the @mitpress.bsky.social bookstore. Excited to dig in! cc @uchicagopress.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Stumbled upon (and purchased!) LAB DOG by @bolman.bsky.social at the @mitpress.bsky.social bookstore. Excited to dig in! cc @uchicagopress.bsky.social
A book recommendation for the JHU top admin--to help steel itself against the federal government's current and coming onslaught. (Oh wait, this might get awkward...)
March 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A book recommendation for the JHU top admin--to help steel itself against the federal government's current and coming onslaught. (Oh wait, this might get awkward...)
Hypothesis: RFK, Jr.'s necktie shrinks in proportion to his sclerosing moral rectitude. Soon, he'll be wearing dental floss.
March 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hypothesis: RFK, Jr.'s necktie shrinks in proportion to his sclerosing moral rectitude. Soon, he'll be wearing dental floss.
Now's as good a time as ever to support the institutions (legal, journalistic, commercial, and otherwise) battling this sick regime--and boycott the companies abetting it. I hope some of you will join me!
March 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Now's as good a time as ever to support the institutions (legal, journalistic, commercial, and otherwise) battling this sick regime--and boycott the companies abetting it. I hope some of you will join me!
Today, HMS lowers its flag to half-staff to honor the life of the great Brigham microbiologist Thomas O'Brien--and, incidentally, the father of last night's Mark Twain Prize awardee, Conan.
March 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today, HMS lowers its flag to half-staff to honor the life of the great Brigham microbiologist Thomas O'Brien--and, incidentally, the father of last night's Mark Twain Prize awardee, Conan.
Ditto! (Although our's "cuddlepillar" comes in a close second.)
December 7, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Ditto! (Although our's "cuddlepillar" comes in a close second.)
Always struck with nostalgia on spotting the 3am hospital floor "Zamboni" -- brings me back to my ice hockey-playing days.
December 6, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Always struck with nostalgia on spotting the 3am hospital floor "Zamboni" -- brings me back to my ice hockey-playing days.
A bonus to doing research in Salt Lake City: enjoying a morning hike to Cecret Lake before the archives open!
October 10, 2024 at 11:10 PM
A bonus to doing research in Salt Lake City: enjoying a morning hike to Cecret Lake before the archives open!
Neat to see DIGITIZING DIAGNOSIS--published exactly one year ago today--on the shelf at MIT Press Bookstore! I hope you'll consider grabbing a copy, or ordering one online: www.amazon.com/Digitizing-D...
July 25, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Neat to see DIGITIZING DIAGNOSIS--published exactly one year ago today--on the shelf at MIT Press Bookstore! I hope you'll consider grabbing a copy, or ordering one online: www.amazon.com/Digitizing-D...
No trains for 20 mins followed by 4 trains within 1 min of each other nicely sums up the MBTA Green Line.
July 12, 2024 at 1:48 PM
No trains for 20 mins followed by 4 trains within 1 min of each other nicely sums up the MBTA Green Line.
So does Epic for veterinarians show a human on the home screen?
June 27, 2024 at 3:54 PM
So does Epic for veterinarians show a human on the home screen?
Got out of clinic just in time to catch the elite women fly by on Beacon Street! Stunning day in Boston!
April 15, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Got out of clinic just in time to catch the elite women fly by on Beacon Street! Stunning day in Boston!
3:00 pm, and begging for dinner. They're telling me that, in dog time, daylight savings moved the clocks forward seven hours, not one.
March 16, 2024 at 7:31 PM
3:00 pm, and begging for dinner. They're telling me that, in dog time, daylight savings moved the clocks forward seven hours, not one.
@ bathroom sink designers: please ensure x ≥ y.
March 15, 2024 at 12:40 AM
@ bathroom sink designers: please ensure x ≥ y.
Excited to be speaking about DIGITIZING DIAGNOSIS (@hopkinspress) next week at Countway Medical Library!
Register here: libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/11443761
Register here: libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/11443761
February 6, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Excited to be speaking about DIGITIZING DIAGNOSIS (@hopkinspress) next week at Countway Medical Library!
Register here: libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/11443761
Register here: libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/11443761
Anyone looking for a disused window frame with lead paint? Hit me up—I know a guy.
December 6, 2023 at 2:40 AM
Anyone looking for a disused window frame with lead paint? Hit me up—I know a guy.
Sustained, albeit puzzled, by this anonymous affirmation at my workstation today.
November 30, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Sustained, albeit puzzled, by this anonymous affirmation at my workstation today.
Made the trip to Shelburne Falls, MA this weekend to visit the new Raven Used Books location--stunning! No better place to browse University Press titles. Especially thrilled to have found @calculatedvalues.bsky.social's book CALCULATED VALUES!
November 28, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Made the trip to Shelburne Falls, MA this weekend to visit the new Raven Used Books location--stunning! No better place to browse University Press titles. Especially thrilled to have found @calculatedvalues.bsky.social's book CALCULATED VALUES!
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November 27, 2023 at 2:55 PM
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Crashing after a long week
October 20, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Crashing after a long week
A delight to discuss DIGITIZING DIAGNOSIS with the good folks at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell! A full-circle moment, as the project began in their archives eight years ago!
October 18, 2023 at 9:05 PM
A delight to discuss DIGITIZING DIAGNOSIS with the good folks at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell! A full-circle moment, as the project began in their archives eight years ago!