November is Native American Heritage Month! Annie Rusk, MD, Mayo Clinic, Arizona, talks about how she integrates Indigenous health methods into her research that seeks to improve respiratory health for Native people.
There is still time to register for our upcoming webinar to learn how tribal communities are promoting brain health and making meaningful progress in addressing Alzheimer’s and other dementia. Join us on Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. CT: https://t.co/2l7b8yksTt. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Was blessed to spend a few days in the ancestral homelands of the Cherokee people, and the contemporary lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Donadagohvi!
HUGE thank you to @vlocarmen for highlighting us! I am so proud to be mentioned alongside these accomplished and brilliant incoming Native physicians!!!
https://t.co/WHtiTxSuXB
Congratulations to our @UCSDMedSchool ANAMS Leaders Paul Michael Acosta and Brianna Irons on matching to prestigious residency programs! #NativesInMedicine@UCSD_DCP
Beyond excited to announce that I matched with @UMNobgynres. Incredibly grateful to get to train with the department who has supported me for the last several years! 🥹❤️💛
An Introduction to #TraditionalHealing in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities is now published in @MedEdPORTAL! We discuss the importance of coordinating AI/AN patient care with physicians and traditional healers. @UCSDMedSchool@UMNMedSchool ✊🏼 https://t.co/OLYONES39s
🌿✨ Calling all Bay Area Native & Indigenous high school youth! ✨🌿
Join us for NABARI Youth Decolonization Camp, a FREE week-long summer camp filled with culture, community, and empowerment!
#NativeYouth#BayArea#NABARI
Medicaid reimbursement to IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian Health Programs constitutes less than 1% of total Medicaid funding, but can represent 30-60% of funding at these facilities. #ProtectIndianHealth
At #ACGME2025 presenting on how AI/AN medical student and resident representation has been worsening over the last 18 years. What are the steps institutions, PDs, and faculty can take to help close this gap? Come chat! @acgme@anams1975@aaipdocs
Congress, at the direction of the Trump Administration, is planning to cut #Medicaid funding. Let's be clear about must be done to protect Tribes:
🏛️ Exempt Tribes from cuts and work requirements.
🏛️ Maintain 100% FMAP for @IHSgov-Medicaid.
🏛️ Increase Urban Indian health funds.
Honored to be a recipient of the @AAMCtoday Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship, alongside fellow @anams1975 member Shelby Snyder and three other wonderful awardees. Thank you to @UCSDMedSchool and @UCSD_DCP for empowering me to make a positive change in the world.