Anita K Patel, MD
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Anita K Patel, MD
@anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
Doctor Mom and Wife
Attending in Pediatric Critical Care Children’s Nat’l
Associate Professor of Pediatrics GWSMHS
Focus: Big Data/AI/ML/opioids/severity of illness
NIH Funded Research👩🏽‍🔬
Former Yoga Teacher 🧘🏽‍♀️
UPENN*UVA*CORNELL*COLUMBIA
🦋views are my own
As a member of the select few who actually fill in/sign pediatric death certificates, I want to make one thing CRYSTAL CLEAR.
Any sane PICU attending would write:
“Cause of death: pneumonia Secondary to measles.”
We have suffered 2 pediatric deaths. How many more need to die for people to SPEAK UP?!
April 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
They are LITERALLY kidnapping children/families off the streets. If this doesn’t completely disgust you, you need to take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself if your reaction would be different if this was a Caucasian family who was abducted.

The country would be in a standstill.
March 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
1/My daughter goes to a DC public charter school.

Every child in my neighborhood of public servants and academics goes to DCPS.

If this 20%, 1bil cut to DCs budget passed the senate (WHICH IS 75% FUNDED BY DC TAX DOLLARS) passes the Senate, our schools, sanitation, clean water will be decimated
March 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Dr Cassidy’s endorsement of RFK should be amended:
“I’ve had intense conversations with Trump’s VP clarifying that I will get no RNC support if I vote 👎. Accordingly, I vote ✅ for RFK. We may have a new burden of 💉-preventable diseases, but at least our Froot Loops will have a few less ingredients!”
February 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Guns are STILL the leading cause of death in children ages 1-18.

I am an academic PICU attending, yet I increasingly feel like a battlefield 👩🏽‍⚕️ with the exponential increase in pediatric 🔫 violence.

Don’t give them your prayers, give them your vote and voice. That’s all they need.
December 18, 2024 at 2:42 PM
We live in a country that is no longer shocked by “another school shooting,”
➡️where Sydney Sweeney 👙 pics get more airtime than a heroic 2nd grader who called 911 while a student murdered their classmates,
➡️where more are concerned with barring life saving 💉 and trans rights than barring 🔫
December 18, 2024 at 2:17 PM
How can this get any worse
November 23, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Hi physician-data/AI scientists and health-related data scientists - we need a forum to share ideas/connect! To that end - i am making a starter pack for all of us! Drop your handles below and repost! The more we gather, the more we can amplify credible voices in the field!
November 21, 2024 at 2:59 PM