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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
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
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
July 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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
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
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
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
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
Ditto! (Although our's "cuddlepillar" comes in a close second.)
December 7, 2024 at 10:13 AM
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
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
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
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
So does Epic for veterinarians show a human on the home screen?
June 27, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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
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
@ bathroom sink designers: please ensure x ≥ y.
March 15, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Excited to be speaking about DIGITIZING DIAGNOSIS (@hopkinspress) next week at Countway Medical Library!

Register here: libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/11443761
February 6, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Anyone looking for a disused window frame with lead paint? Hit me up—I know a guy.
December 6, 2023 at 2:40 AM
Sustained, albeit puzzled, by this anonymous affirmation at my workstation today.
November 30, 2023 at 7:09 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!
November 28, 2023 at 3:36 PM
TODAY: Save 50% on all books from @hopkinspress.bsky.social, including DIGITIZING DIAGNOSIS, with promo code HCYB23!
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November 27, 2023 at 2:55 PM
Crashing after a long week
October 20, 2023 at 10:49 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!
October 18, 2023 at 9:05 PM