Althea Alquitran

Daughter of immigrants 🇵🇭 BS @UCLA, MD @TulaneMed. Ophthalmology PGY2. Dog mama, singer, baker, fitness instructor, human being (she/her) 💐 Views are my own.

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

I matched #Ophthalmology at @BrownOphtho! 😍 Sending up a thanks to all the wonderful human beings who helped me and believed in me when I found it very hard to believe in myself. Rhode 👁-land, here I come!
#sfmatch2022 #sfmatch #ophthomatch2022 #MedTwitter

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

As a medical intern I work 10-16 hours a day, 6 days a week, making less than minimum wage but my least favorite of my job is still when my patients don’t believe this small brown WOMAN is their doctor. #medtwitter

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

today I was told I have “big prelim energy” in the same connotation as big **** energy” and I’m leaning into it #residency #medtwitter

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

@_jenjen “hi I’m Althea lmao I’m dead”

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not me forgetting to introduce myself as Dr. on my first day as a doctor 🫠 #residency

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

Summarized an @AJOphthalmology study about #diversity in #ophthalmology applicants/residents for @TheLens_oph! Read more below.

#MedTwitter #Ophthalmology

[The Lens: Ophthalmology Research Newsletter @TheLens_oph]

With #ophthomatch behind us, we’re wondering: are URM applicants and residents represented well in the field of #Ophthalmology ?
What strategies can programs utilize to increase #Diversity ?
Read more from this @AJOphthalmology study: https://t.co/g2BHnomrsT
#MedTwitter #eyes

[Inside The Match @Inside_TheMatch]

#MedStudents: Interested in ophthalmology? Apply to join The Lens @TheLens_oph to summarize and share recent advancements in #ophthalmology https://t.co/wUXSyhfatY - Apply by April 1, 2022 https://t.co/lnW34mlt3t

#MedStudentTwitter #InsideTheMatch #OpthoTwitter

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

4th year electives Match Day in March
🤝
tricking MS4s into believing 4th year tuition goes toward something

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

@SoniaMKhunkhun Thank you so much!!

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

Am I sad we’re going long distance for the next four years? Yup.

Am I incredibly proud of this hardworking, unbelievably kind human standing next to me? Yup.

Am I already secretly planning Mardi Gras 2023? YUP AGAIN.

We’re going to be just fine. ♥️ #Match2022 #MedTwitter

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

literally had to take a break from scrolling #MatchDay2022 posts because I can’t stop choking up & crying happy tears for people I don’t even know and my dog was starting to think something was very seriously wrong. she put her paw on me like r u ok mom

#Match2022 #MedTwitter

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

@TinaReddy19 Get it!💪🏽

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@Sejal_Lahoti Thank you so much for the encouragement!

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

@MarkSeraly Thanks so much 😭

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

@coolnameliz1 I agree wholeheartedly. There are people stronger, braver, kinder than me out there who didn’t match. And I hate that they are out there with thoughts that they are less than worthy.

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

Absolutely breaks my heart to see #unmatched folks congratulating their matched peers with the words “you guys earned it.” Like yes they did but baby you earned it too and I hate the system for not granting you what should be yours.

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

@swanrivercolony To be hired as a resident physician in training at a US residency program, all 4th year medical students must go through “The Match.” We apply to and interview at programs. After both parties “rank” the other, a computer algorithm makes the “match.”

[DrQuinn @DrQuinn15]

@AltheaAlquitran Please RT… Write your congress person! Text “resist” to 50409.

We need more residency training spots! Americans need more doctors - IN TRAINING - not sitting on the sidelines waiting for spots - while pts wait months for appts.

#MedTwitter

https://t.co/bf33cg3WnG

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

@zachtoseptember @rashchoices hi bestie, I’m sending you a big big virtual hug and I’m sending the NRMP a virtual punch in the face

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Sending the biggest virtual hug to #unmatched folks out there. You are worthy. I’ll say it again, you are WORTHY.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

You’re not a failure

[Althea Alquitran @AltheaAlquitran]

@bertelfleming Congrats Will!🙌