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Owais Durrani
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🩺 Emergency Medicine Physician
🇺🇸 Obama WhiteHouse Alum
📺 Host of STEMCity NBC Houston
📺 @cnn @msnbc @cbsnews
Founder @texastasty
Longhorn 🤘
🏆 EMMY NOMINATED HOST!

Found out this morning I am officially a Lone Star Emmy nominee for hosting STEM City on KPRC.

Amazing to be recognized for creating science and STEM content for the next generation.

#stem #education #stemeducation #science
September 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Major change at the CDC: The entire vaccine advisory committee has been dismissed without formal notice. What this means for vaccine guidance and public trust—explained. #health #publichealth #medicine
June 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
#ThePitt on @streamonmax.bsky.social does an incredible job of depicting what life in the ER is like.

Support for mental health resources has been on the decline for years. We must increase resources to ensure patients are getting the best care possible.

#health #mentalhealth #medicine
March 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The first approved pain medication by the #FDA in over two decades.

#medicine #health #publichealth #healthcare
February 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
👋 ER Doctor here.

Here's a tip to make your ER visit as painless as possible.

#medcine #health #healthcare #publichealth #hospitals
January 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Excited to be speaking at Texas College of Emergency Physicians CONNECT 2025 about the landscape of #AI in #emergencymedicine.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: April 14th 9 A.M.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: Texas Medical Association; Austin, TX

www.texacep.org/connect25-register

#health #publichealth #healthcare #medicine
January 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The United States is withdrawing from the World Health Organization. This will NOT make America healthy again.

#medicine #health #publichealth #globalhealth #WHO #worldhealthorganization
January 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
#AI healthcare agents are here. Thoughts?

#health #ai #medicine #healthcare #publichealth
January 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The recent lawsuit against Amazon’s telehealth clinic One Medical is a wake-up call about the pitfalls of prioritizing corporate growth over patient safety in health care.

Read my piece on MSNBC here: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

#health #publichealth #telehealth #medicine #healthcare
December 30, 2024 at 7:10 PM
I joined CBS News to discuss how holiday drinking could impact your #health. The key is moderation. Happy Holidays!

#health #publichealth #medicine #healthcare
December 23, 2024 at 2:31 PM
December 17, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Ever had a #medication or #MRI denied by insurance? #AI may be behind it.
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#medicine #health #publichealth #healthcare
December 10, 2024 at 10:00 PM
December 8, 2024 at 11:45 PM
With a globally aging population, we will have to continue to innovate in healthcare to prevent overcrowding in our hospitals and provide the best care possible to our patients.
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#medicine #health #publichealth #emergencymedicine #healthcare
December 6, 2024 at 3:04 PM
🚀 🌙 Asking the NASA Artemis astronauts some hard hitting questions.
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#space #moon #nasa #spacex #spacetravel #science #stem #technology #engineering #math
December 4, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Did you know holiday heart syndrome is real?
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#medicine #health #hearthealth #publichealth #medicine #ekg
December 1, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Ever wonder what is inside a NASCAR hauler? #nascar #cars #stem #science #engineering
November 29, 2024 at 8:53 PM
How to avoid the TOP 3 reasons people end up in the ER on #Thanksgiving. #health #publichealth #medicine #healthcare
November 26, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Nearly 99 percent of maternal deaths occur in developing countries. Loved this use case of #technology and #AI that Juli from awscloud shared with me on how the problem is being tackled in Sub-Saharan Africa.

#medicine #health #publichealth #generativeAI #healthtech
November 25, 2024 at 6:50 PM
With #Thanksgiving coming up, make sure you don't get food poisoning and end up in the ER. #food #thanksgiving #friendsgiving #holidays
November 23, 2024 at 10:26 PM
The Secret to ER Wait Times: What You Need to Know #medicine #health #publichealth #healthcare
November 21, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Throwback to our STEM City episode about electric vehicles. The Porsche Taycan was so much fun to drive. One of the coolest spaces in technology these days!
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#stem #ev #porsche #electricvehicle #engineering #math #science
November 20, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Your next head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Good luck. #medicine #health #publichealth
November 19, 2024 at 9:57 PM
It's always fun going to the studio to talk about our STEM City episodes. This one was unique in that I got to explain g-force induced loss of consciousness (G-LOC) - the reason I passed out in an F18. #science #health
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Catch the full episode ft. Blue Angels:www.click2houston.com/topic/Stem_City
November 19, 2024 at 7:09 PM