Alice T. Chen, MD
@dralicechen.bsky.social
Doctor and mom. Organizer on climate, health care access, community. Former Doctors for America and Made to Save. Current Health Care Without Harm, Roon, and other various pursuits. All posts are my own.
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Hi everyone! I'm a doctor and a mom. I believe that changing the world for the better requires us to be immersed in the things that bring us joy, connection, and purpose - so we always know what we're trying to build. My hope for this space is to share in both calls to action and calls to love.
6 Surgeons General: RFK Jr is a threat to the health of Americans.
Appointed by every Republican and Democratic President since George Bush Sr, they join with one voice today. My doctor friends around the country agree with them.
Please share: wapo.st/3VTALll
Appointed by every Republican and Democratic President since George Bush Sr, they join with one voice today. My doctor friends around the country agree with them.
Please share: wapo.st/3VTALll
Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans
It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
wapo.st
October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
6 Surgeons General: RFK Jr is a threat to the health of Americans.
Appointed by every Republican and Democratic President since George Bush Sr, they join with one voice today. My doctor friends around the country agree with them.
Please share: wapo.st/3VTALll
Appointed by every Republican and Democratic President since George Bush Sr, they join with one voice today. My doctor friends around the country agree with them.
Please share: wapo.st/3VTALll
Reposted by Alice T. Chen, MD
🌎 This week, HCWH Board Chair @dralicechen.bsky.social joined @repraulruizmd.bsky.social & @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social —both physicians—at the Capitol to oppose EPA’s proposal to repeal the Endangerment Finding.
🩺 Health leaders: GHGs are harming patients now.
#ClimateHealth #EPA
🩺 Health leaders: GHGs are harming patients now.
#ClimateHealth #EPA
September 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🌎 This week, HCWH Board Chair @dralicechen.bsky.social joined @repraulruizmd.bsky.social & @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social —both physicians—at the Capitol to oppose EPA’s proposal to repeal the Endangerment Finding.
🩺 Health leaders: GHGs are harming patients now.
#ClimateHealth #EPA
🩺 Health leaders: GHGs are harming patients now.
#ClimateHealth #EPA
Please consider a donation to a fundraiser for a beautiful woman, Elenora, a devoted single mother who faced many challenges with a smile on her face and recently passed away. I mentored her daughter, who is raising funds to give her mom a proper funeral. www.gofundme.com/f/to-honor-e... #MOMSky
Donate to To Honor Elenora's life: Funeral Fundraiser, organized by Ericaann Munro
My name is Erica Munro and I'm trying to raise money for my beloved moth… Ericaann Munro needs your support for To Honor Elenora's life: Funeral Fundraiser
www.gofundme.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Please consider a donation to a fundraiser for a beautiful woman, Elenora, a devoted single mother who faced many challenges with a smile on her face and recently passed away. I mentored her daughter, who is raising funds to give her mom a proper funeral. www.gofundme.com/f/to-honor-e... #MOMSky
If you're looking for pockets of hope and inspiration as I am: here's a fantastic video about a hospital in Colombia creating sustainability - cleaner air, cleaner water, less toxic waste, healthier people and planet. It's part of Health Care Without Harm's global work. youtu.be/y78oBieWvQY?...
This Hospital is Transforming the Environment | #SolutionsInsideOut | Health Care Without Harm
YouTube video by Skoll.org
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you're looking for pockets of hope and inspiration as I am: here's a fantastic video about a hospital in Colombia creating sustainability - cleaner air, cleaner water, less toxic waste, healthier people and planet. It's part of Health Care Without Harm's global work. youtu.be/y78oBieWvQY?...
Reposted by Alice T. Chen, MD
Meet the speakers shaking things up at #2025PWIMS! From sobriety advocate Hilary Phelps to health equity leaders like @janetfoutty.bsky.social, Dr. Monica Peek, @dralicechen.bsky.social & Dr. Shieva Ghofrany — these trailblazers turn personal stories into powerful impact. Learn more: bit.ly/4cDmW21
July 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Meet the speakers shaking things up at #2025PWIMS! From sobriety advocate Hilary Phelps to health equity leaders like @janetfoutty.bsky.social, Dr. Monica Peek, @dralicechen.bsky.social & Dr. Shieva Ghofrany — these trailblazers turn personal stories into powerful impact. Learn more: bit.ly/4cDmW21
Reposted by Alice T. Chen, MD
Keynote - Dr. Alice T. Chen at AMWA 2025 Interim Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Don’t miss this powerful conversation on reclaiming purpose and impact in healthcare.
September 13-15, 2025 | Washington, D.C.
🔗 Register now: vist.ly/3y3b9
@amwa_students @healthcarewithoutharm @dralicechen
Don’t miss this powerful conversation on reclaiming purpose and impact in healthcare.
September 13-15, 2025 | Washington, D.C.
🔗 Register now: vist.ly/3y3b9
@amwa_students @healthcarewithoutharm @dralicechen
July 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Keynote - Dr. Alice T. Chen at AMWA 2025 Interim Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Don’t miss this powerful conversation on reclaiming purpose and impact in healthcare.
September 13-15, 2025 | Washington, D.C.
🔗 Register now: vist.ly/3y3b9
@amwa_students @healthcarewithoutharm @dralicechen
Don’t miss this powerful conversation on reclaiming purpose and impact in healthcare.
September 13-15, 2025 | Washington, D.C.
🔗 Register now: vist.ly/3y3b9
@amwa_students @healthcarewithoutharm @dralicechen
Reposted by Alice T. Chen, MD
Medicaid isn’t a handout.
It’s the nurse at your grandma’s bedside.
The doctor delivering a baby in a rural clinic.
The meds keeping a disabled neighbor breathing.
Half of U.S. kids rely on it.
Call it what it is:
Compassion made policy.
Cutting it is cruelty, plain and simple.
#VoteNo #BBB
It’s the nurse at your grandma’s bedside.
The doctor delivering a baby in a rural clinic.
The meds keeping a disabled neighbor breathing.
Half of U.S. kids rely on it.
Call it what it is:
Compassion made policy.
Cutting it is cruelty, plain and simple.
#VoteNo #BBB
July 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Reposted by Alice T. Chen, MD
1 in 5 people in the U.S. rely on Medicaid.
Cutting it means cutting care for kids, parents, the elderly, the disabled & the working poor.
Tell Congress: We will remember your vote.
Vote NO on OBBBA. #SaveMedicaid #PatientsOverPolitics
Cutting it means cutting care for kids, parents, the elderly, the disabled & the working poor.
Tell Congress: We will remember your vote.
Vote NO on OBBBA. #SaveMedicaid #PatientsOverPolitics
July 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
1 in 5 people in the U.S. rely on Medicaid.
Cutting it means cutting care for kids, parents, the elderly, the disabled & the working poor.
Tell Congress: We will remember your vote.
Vote NO on OBBBA. #SaveMedicaid #PatientsOverPolitics
Cutting it means cutting care for kids, parents, the elderly, the disabled & the working poor.
Tell Congress: We will remember your vote.
Vote NO on OBBBA. #SaveMedicaid #PatientsOverPolitics
Call Congress at 202-224-3121 and tell them to #VoteNO!
June 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Call Congress at 202-224-3121 and tell them to #VoteNO!
Reposted by Alice T. Chen, MD
No Kings Day coming up fast. Find a rally near you. Bring a colleague or two. This is for our health - our patients, our communities, our climate, and so much more. @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social @dralicechen.bsky.social #medsky
June 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
No Kings Day coming up fast. Find a rally near you. Bring a colleague or two. This is for our health - our patients, our communities, our climate, and so much more. @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social @dralicechen.bsky.social #medsky
Reposted by Alice T. Chen, MD
The public is increasingly connecting the dots between climate change and their health. As trusted messengers, health professionals can help turn that concern into action. Join us to make your voice heard: bit.ly/Join-MSCCH
Health Professionals, It's Time to Speak Up for Climate Action
YouTube video by Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health
youtu.be
May 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The public is increasingly connecting the dots between climate change and their health. As trusted messengers, health professionals can help turn that concern into action. Join us to make your voice heard: bit.ly/Join-MSCCH
Really great piece calling on philanthropy to take concrete steps to "Act Boldly Now" and "Act Boldly For the Long Term" to save lives and strengthen high-impact NGOs. ssir.org/articles/ent...
#MedSky #MOMSky
#MedSky #MOMSky
May 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Really great piece calling on philanthropy to take concrete steps to "Act Boldly Now" and "Act Boldly For the Long Term" to save lives and strengthen high-impact NGOs. ssir.org/articles/ent...
#MedSky #MOMSky
#MedSky #MOMSky
Despite all the upheaval, public health is continuing to do its work to keep the American people healthy. Leading public health organizations are hosting a free public webinar on the State of the Measles Outbreak on May 27. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/measles-20...
#MOMSky #MedSky
#MOMSky #MedSky
May 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Despite all the upheaval, public health is continuing to do its work to keep the American people healthy. Leading public health organizations are hosting a free public webinar on the State of the Measles Outbreak on May 27. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/measles-20...
#MOMSky #MedSky
#MOMSky #MedSky
Reposted by Alice T. Chen, MD
“In my country, we are fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted...
Art is the crucible that brings people together.
Art looks for truth.
Art embraces diversity.
That’s why art is a threat. That’s why we are a threat to autocrats & fascists.”
Robert De Niro • Cannes 🎬
1/3🧵
Art is the crucible that brings people together.
Art looks for truth.
Art embraces diversity.
That’s why art is a threat. That’s why we are a threat to autocrats & fascists.”
Robert De Niro • Cannes 🎬
1/3🧵
May 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“In my country, we are fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted...
Art is the crucible that brings people together.
Art looks for truth.
Art embraces diversity.
That’s why art is a threat. That’s why we are a threat to autocrats & fascists.”
Robert De Niro • Cannes 🎬
1/3🧵
Art is the crucible that brings people together.
Art looks for truth.
Art embraces diversity.
That’s why art is a threat. That’s why we are a threat to autocrats & fascists.”
Robert De Niro • Cannes 🎬
1/3🧵
Reposted by Alice T. Chen, MD
This abbreviated quote from the article is as scary as it is truthful: “Healthcare is delayed for weeks, even months. A simple infection, easily treated, can become a life-threatening emergency. Cancer screenings are postponed, and small tumors to spread undetected”.
People will die needlessly.
People will die needlessly.
May 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This abbreviated quote from the article is as scary as it is truthful: “Healthcare is delayed for weeks, even months. A simple infection, easily treated, can become a life-threatening emergency. Cancer screenings are postponed, and small tumors to spread undetected”.
People will die needlessly.
People will die needlessly.
Really helpful read by my friend Dr. Evan Saulino for anyone fighting for Medicaid and rural health access:
We’re rural Oregon doctors. Medicaid cuts will disproportionately hurt rural Oregonians.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/14/w...
#MOMSky #MedSky
We’re rural Oregon doctors. Medicaid cuts will disproportionately hurt rural Oregonians.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/14/w...
#MOMSky #MedSky
We're rural Oregon doctors. Medicaid cuts will disproportionately hurt rural Oregonians • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Any reduction in federal support for critical health care access, benefits or the health care workforce is unacceptable, Evan Saulino writes.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Really helpful read by my friend Dr. Evan Saulino for anyone fighting for Medicaid and rural health access:
We’re rural Oregon doctors. Medicaid cuts will disproportionately hurt rural Oregonians.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/14/w...
#MOMSky #MedSky
We’re rural Oregon doctors. Medicaid cuts will disproportionately hurt rural Oregonians.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/14/w...
#MOMSky #MedSky
Even today, physicians have outsized power to push our society to protect people's health. My perspective piece in NEJM with hubby Vivek Murthy is out in print today and has an audio interview attached too. Please take a look, share, and let us know your thoughts! nej.md/42ThILc #MedSky #MOMSky
The Power of Physicians in Dangerous Times | NEJM
The current crisis in the United States is bigger than politics, and it deeply affects
the health and lives of our patients and communities. Now is the time for physicians
to harness their power an...
nej.md
May 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Even today, physicians have outsized power to push our society to protect people's health. My perspective piece in NEJM with hubby Vivek Murthy is out in print today and has an audio interview attached too. Please take a look, share, and let us know your thoughts! nej.md/42ThILc #MedSky #MOMSky
“There is so much beauty in what we can learn through science, in how complicated life is, and in trying to understand how it works. It’s what motivates me to wake up every morning.”
A beautiful piece baring the heart of a scientist who should not be in detention. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
A beautiful piece baring the heart of a scientist who should not be in detention. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“There is so much beauty in what we can learn through science, in how complicated life is, and in trying to understand how it works. It’s what motivates me to wake up every morning.”
A beautiful piece baring the heart of a scientist who should not be in detention. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
A beautiful piece baring the heart of a scientist who should not be in detention. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Reposted by Alice T. Chen, MD
Calm but Powerful
We don’t want luxury.
We want care.
A clinic that calls back.
A therapist who gets it.
A future where our children don’t fall through cracks.
We are #MomSky
And we’re just getting started.
We don’t want luxury.
We want care.
A clinic that calls back.
A therapist who gets it.
A future where our children don’t fall through cracks.
We are #MomSky
And we’re just getting started.
May 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Calm but Powerful
We don’t want luxury.
We want care.
A clinic that calls back.
A therapist who gets it.
A future where our children don’t fall through cracks.
We are #MomSky
And we’re just getting started.
We don’t want luxury.
We want care.
A clinic that calls back.
A therapist who gets it.
A future where our children don’t fall through cracks.
We are #MomSky
And we’re just getting started.
Today, Health Care Without Harm is launching our Health Sector CARES Pledge. Climate change is harming health, and the health sector is taking action and moving forward because our patients can’t wait.
us.noharm.org/climate-smar...
#MedSky #MOMSky
@us.noharm.org
@practicegreenhealth.org
us.noharm.org/climate-smar...
#MedSky #MOMSky
@us.noharm.org
@practicegreenhealth.org
Health Sector CARES Pledge | Health Care Without Harm (US & Canada)
us.noharm.org
May 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Today, Health Care Without Harm is launching our Health Sector CARES Pledge. Climate change is harming health, and the health sector is taking action and moving forward because our patients can’t wait.
us.noharm.org/climate-smar...
#MedSky #MOMSky
@us.noharm.org
@practicegreenhealth.org
us.noharm.org/climate-smar...
#MedSky #MOMSky
@us.noharm.org
@practicegreenhealth.org
We didn’t protect ourselves and our kids from the dark side of social media a decade ago. We have a chance to do better with AI, which is far more powerful. I encourage all humans to watch Tristan Harris’s powerful new TED talk laying out the promise and peril ahead. youtu.be/6kPHnl-RsVI
#MOMSky
#MOMSky
Why AI Is Our Ultimate Test and Greatest Invitation | Tristan Harris | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
May 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We didn’t protect ourselves and our kids from the dark side of social media a decade ago. We have a chance to do better with AI, which is far more powerful. I encourage all humans to watch Tristan Harris’s powerful new TED talk laying out the promise and peril ahead. youtu.be/6kPHnl-RsVI
#MOMSky
#MOMSky