Rachel Conrad, M.D.

Eisenhower Fellow @EF_Fellows on my #efjourney
|| Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Psychiatrist
|| Teaching Ethics @harvardmed @HMSbioethics || Views my own

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

I’m proud to be part of Eisenhower Fellowships’ inaugural 2022 USA Justice Program. On fellowship in Australia & Malaysia, I am meeting leaders in my field to explore ways of improving equal access to youth mental health treatment #efjourney

[Columbia Medicine @ColumbiaMed]

This #BreastCancerAwareness month, @columbiacancer breast medical oncologist Dr. Julia McGuinness (@JMcGuinnessMD) is sharing 5️⃣ tips to reduce your risk of #breastcancer - with staying active at the top of the list!

For more information, visit: https://t.co/islP7h55hn

[MayorWu @MayorWu]

For Boston to be a strong & growing home for working families, we need a strong & growing labor movement.

Congrats to the @MGBUnited @cirseiu interns, residents & fellows on their hard-won victory for voice & dignity on the job.

[Eric Reinhart @_Eric_Reinhart]

Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital is sitting on $3.1B in cash, spent $34M on charity care, and took home $586M operating profit.

Post your "non-profit," tax-exempt hospital's numbers: https://t.co/flz0FOB6kP
Columns:
W) Cash reserves
AB) Charity care
BP) Operating profit

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

Physicians give oppressed, unseen, and unheard patients a voice.

Our stories are critical to humanize patients and bring such horrors to light.

Of course, advocacy must be balanced with privacy, as Dr. Bernard's did.

Doctors can't be silenced.

@riconuila
@NarrativeMed

[Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet]

This letter signed by over 500 Hoosier physicians expresses disappointment with the treatment of Dr. Caitlin Bernard and was published today in the @indystar

This affects the entire house of medicine

[Zheala Qayyum MD, MMSc @ZhealaQayyum]

Youth mental health crisis highlighted in this great article by Jake Miller- grateful for having my voice included.

#CAPtwitter #AcademicTwitter #psychtwitter @harvardmed @HarvardMacy @BostonChildrens @CAP_MSR @DrKMSimon @papana_org

https://t.co/V8C4FqhPD7

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

@Jon_Perrier @tafolabi_MD Agreed that both the both median income and earning potential of most people in Boston is much lower.

But most people in Boston aren't struggling with $202,450 in debt

https://t.co/kzSVd1dBDS.

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

Child Psychiatrist Richard Baker of @UNSW came to learn about the fantastic youth mental health programs @McLeanHospital

Thank you to @dost_ongur @chrisjamesryan @ian_hickie and @PatMcGorry for supporting our Harvard-Australia child psychiatry leadership development!

#efjourney

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

@riconuila @nytimesbooks @lindavillarosa I am so happy to see the recognition of your work! And grateful for the attention that it brings to our vulnerable yet amazing patients.

I am so lucky to have had your teaching and mentorship during my training and beyond!

[Atul Grover, MD, PhD @AtulGroverMD]

@DrRachelConrad Cognitive care is woefully underpaid.

MH payment is particularly problematic

we've discussed here
https://t.co/zvQP5Ce60r

[Priscilla Wang, MD MPH @priscwang]

1/ As an MGB attending, I support MGB housestaff

Wrote my med school thesis on the history of residency work hrs & helped found BWH's 1st housestaff council. What I learned: medicine weaponizes the language of professionalism to promote a culture of martyrdom.

Time to change

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

@drnickUSA @AtulGroverMD Do you bill for follow up appointments?

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

@AtulGroverMD So did this study ask people how much doctors should get paid to see a suicidal child?

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

My last BCBS reimbursement for a 30-minute session was $110.

$220 an hour after 5 years of residency in psychiatry.

$1,375 for a hip replacement after five years of residency in orthopedics.

And you wonder why we have a problem with access to mental health treatment for kids?

[Atul Grover, MD, PhD @AtulGroverMD]

"Hip replacement patients thought their doctor should be paid $14,358 for a total hip replacement

and estimated that Medicare was paying out $8,212 for the procedure.

The actual amount that Medicare paid out? A paltry $1,375"

https://t.co/6YF2M9Ll7Z

[American Psychological Association @APA]

“APA supports @Surgeon_General's recommendation to designate social connectedness as a public health priority. Being socially connected to others is a basic human need, crucial to both well-being and survival."—APA CEO @ArthurCEvans #Connect2Heal https://t.co/cD8nP2IaYo

[Max Jordan Nguemeni @MaxJordan_N]

Depts dedicating grand rounds to union bust. You can get continuing medical education credits for listening to anti-labor propaganda. No critical engagement with WHY people are striking. So embarrassing.

[Doctoring Differently | Naomi Lawrence-Reid, M.D. @DocDifferently]

Good doctors can negotiate their contracts.

Good doctors can demand to be paid more money.

Good doctors can demand verbal terms in writing.

Good doctors can carve boundaries btw themselves and their jobs.

Good doctors can learn new skills that they weren’t taught in training.

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

@VipsMDMEd Acceptable

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

https://t.co/kej9YSyKgz

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

In a few short years, when these same residents become junior faculty struggling to pay back $200k+ in debt with the lowest average salary of any field of medicine, they will be shamed for taking any job outside of the academic institutions that created their financial nightmare.

[Rachel Conrad, M.D. @DrRachelConrad]

Further, 58% of pediatricians are female, and evidence shows a relative decline in earnings in specialties with a higher proportion of female physicians.