Senescent surgeon
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Retired academic surgeon. PGY-thirtysomething. Surprisingly well behaved. Full-time dog servant. She/her. Surgeons can be female. So why can't (US) presidents? 🇨🇦-🇺🇸
#MedSky #SurgSky #MedEd #ILookLikeaSurgeon #Womeninmedicine #EndGunViolence
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Hi everyone! Just wanted to introduce my boss. Her priorities are food, friends and frolicking. And naps. The usual caveat: my opinions here do not necessarily reflect hers. We do agree on naps, though.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Age 90 acute abdomen
(no advance directives)
#medsky
Age 90 acute abdomen
(no advance directives)
#medsky
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Editorial manager profile created.
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In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
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October 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Age 90 acute abdomen
(no advance directives)
#medsky
Age 90 acute abdomen
(no advance directives)
#medsky
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Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Did you know?
Did you know who?
Did you know South Carolina has municipal elections next month?
Vote.
Who’s there?
Did you know?
Did you know who?
Did you know South Carolina has municipal elections next month?
Vote.
October 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Did you know?
Did you know who?
Did you know South Carolina has municipal elections next month?
Vote.
Who’s there?
Did you know?
Did you know who?
Did you know South Carolina has municipal elections next month?
Vote.
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Recall RFK's claim that doctors & scientists were "on his side" at his last hearing? Wanna prove him wrong?
I'll be ordering post cards soon, so if you're local to me, I can pass some along. I can also send them on your behalf (DM me your info for that).
Or do it yourself--info @ link below.
I'll be ordering post cards soon, so if you're local to me, I can pass some along. I can also send them on your behalf (DM me your info for that).
Or do it yourself--info @ link below.
Sick (you probably are with his idiotic policies) and tired (every single day it's something) of RFK Jr.? You aren't alone!
Join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social campaign! All you need is a postcard and stamp.
Directions-- www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...
Join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social campaign! All you need is a postcard and stamp.
Directions-- www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...
Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health
When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...
www.defendpublichealth.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Recall RFK's claim that doctors & scientists were "on his side" at his last hearing? Wanna prove him wrong?
I'll be ordering post cards soon, so if you're local to me, I can pass some along. I can also send them on your behalf (DM me your info for that).
Or do it yourself--info @ link below.
I'll be ordering post cards soon, so if you're local to me, I can pass some along. I can also send them on your behalf (DM me your info for that).
Or do it yourself--info @ link below.
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I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.
a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt .
Alt: a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt , scene from Notting Hill
media.tenor.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.
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this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
July 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
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🌟Meet Dr. Annie Andrews🌟 Pediatrician, gun violence prevention advocate & researcher, and former congressional candidate working to protect kids’ futures. Clinical Professor at George Washington University & senior advisor to Everytown for Gun Safety & Moms Demand Action. Learn more: bit.ly/44D59Gn
June 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🌟Meet Dr. Annie Andrews🌟 Pediatrician, gun violence prevention advocate & researcher, and former congressional candidate working to protect kids’ futures. Clinical Professor at George Washington University & senior advisor to Everytown for Gun Safety & Moms Demand Action. Learn more: bit.ly/44D59Gn
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"The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia, and tried to prevent HIV transmission.
More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost."
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost."
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia, and tried to prevent HIV transmission.
More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost."
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost."
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
You can sign a letter to support NIH staff who are opposing the current administrations damaging and short-sighted policies that threaten current and future generations.
You can support as a patient, a clinician, a scientist or as anyone who has a stake in healthcare.
www.standupforscience.net
You can support as a patient, a clinician, a scientist or as anyone who has a stake in healthcare.
www.standupforscience.net
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
www.standupforscience.net
June 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
You can sign a letter to support NIH staff who are opposing the current administrations damaging and short-sighted policies that threaten current and future generations.
You can support as a patient, a clinician, a scientist or as anyone who has a stake in healthcare.
www.standupforscience.net
You can support as a patient, a clinician, a scientist or as anyone who has a stake in healthcare.
www.standupforscience.net
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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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The slow death of American higher education. Nobody’s going to travel to study there. The best research will no longer be done there. The best research academics will eventually leave.
Rubio: US to begin revoking visas of Chinese students
He said the State Department would "work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or ...
www.politico.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The slow death of American higher education. Nobody’s going to travel to study there. The best research will no longer be done there. The best research academics will eventually leave.
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"We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic... Dying senselessly is no act of freedom. And too many people in the USA do die senselessly because we have the wrong idea of freedom."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Health and freedom
We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most
basic.
www.thelancet.com
May 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic... Dying senselessly is no act of freedom. And too many people in the USA do die senselessly because we have the wrong idea of freedom."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
An anatomical model made from papier-mâché, but not from the Auzoux workshop! This one was part of a series dissecting the head and neck that were made in Edinburgh between 1893 and 1927 by Archibald Young and Sons, surgical instrument makers.
May 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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"Mr. Kennedy’s assertion that he has “not fired any working scientists” flies in the face of reality. Hundreds of scientists from NIH, CDC and FDA have lost their jobs as part of his plan to overhaul HHS." #medsky
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
Kennedy, Defending Downsizing, Clashes With Democrats in Tense Hearings
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Mr. Kennedy’s assertion that he has “not fired any working scientists” flies in the face of reality. Hundreds of scientists from NIH, CDC and FDA have lost their jobs as part of his plan to overhaul HHS." #medsky
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
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There’s 1 week left to apply for STFM’s Leadership through Scholarship Fellowship! The yearlong fellowship offers training and mentorship for early-career and mid-career faculty with a focus on developing scholarly writing skills for academic advancement and leadership: www.stfm.org/facultydevel...
May 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
![The American Library Association praises servic of Dr. Carla Hayden, decries 'unjust dismissal' of Librarian of Congress. [Image of Dr. Carla Hayden standing in the stacks in a library]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q5qyswhppr7tiskw43xhcv7f/bafkreicwqv4vszkknu4dvsdfhmrzzmtscjx5eg64gykfmrgynrnhup6sai@jpeg)
May 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
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Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Guidance on MMR in context of outbreaks.
May 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Guidance on MMR in context of outbreaks.
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Terrific explainer here on @skepticalraptor.bsky.social's
blog about how vaccines are developed & properly tested--& why placebo-controlled trials to evaluate their effectiveness & safety (a longstanding talking pt by RFK Jr. & antivaxxers) are often HIGHLY unethical AND impractical to run. 🛟medsky
blog about how vaccines are developed & properly tested--& why placebo-controlled trials to evaluate their effectiveness & safety (a longstanding talking pt by RFK Jr. & antivaxxers) are often HIGHLY unethical AND impractical to run. 🛟medsky
RFK Jr wants placebo controlled clinical studies for vaccines
The post discusses the flawed belief that all vaccine safety must be proven through placebo-controlled studies, as promoted by RFK Jr.
www.skepticalraptor.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Terrific explainer here on @skepticalraptor.bsky.social's
blog about how vaccines are developed & properly tested--& why placebo-controlled trials to evaluate their effectiveness & safety (a longstanding talking pt by RFK Jr. & antivaxxers) are often HIGHLY unethical AND impractical to run. 🛟medsky
blog about how vaccines are developed & properly tested--& why placebo-controlled trials to evaluate their effectiveness & safety (a longstanding talking pt by RFK Jr. & antivaxxers) are often HIGHLY unethical AND impractical to run. 🛟medsky
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For this teacher appreciation week, I’m going to talk a little about graduate medical education.
What is it?
It’s the education of resident and fellow physicians. These trainees have finished medical school & are doctors but need to complete residency +/- fellowship to work in their speciality.
What is it?
It’s the education of resident and fellow physicians. These trainees have finished medical school & are doctors but need to complete residency +/- fellowship to work in their speciality.
May 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
For this teacher appreciation week, I’m going to talk a little about graduate medical education.
What is it?
It’s the education of resident and fellow physicians. These trainees have finished medical school & are doctors but need to complete residency +/- fellowship to work in their speciality.
What is it?
It’s the education of resident and fellow physicians. These trainees have finished medical school & are doctors but need to complete residency +/- fellowship to work in their speciality.
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In my now daily quest to combat vaccine misinformation and disinformation, I give you this great article from @HealthyChildren. Data matters. Science matters. Disinformation harms children.
#PedSky #MedSky
#PedSky #MedSky
Vaccine Ingredients: Frequently Asked Questions
All vaccines contain antigens. Antigens make vaccines work. They prompt the body to create the immune response needed to protect against infection. Antigens come in several forms. The form used in a v...
www.healthychildren.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM