Edward Gill MD

Pediatric Hospitalist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital / father of two. APD. he/him. Tweets are not medical advice

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

Deleting this app today - find me on Bluesky.

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

I risk sounding callous when posting this but whose arms do you think they’ll run into when their innocent children develop a deadly vaccine-preventable illness

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

The Twitter replies to the AAP President’s very tepid statement on RFK Jr’s DHHS nomination are absolutely deranged - just a cavalcade of anti-vaccine nuts calling pediatricians stupid, evil or both.

Maybe it’s time to get off Twitter and move to bluer pastures

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@AmerAcadPeds The AAP should be firmer in its stance against RFK Jr as DHHS secretary. The American public is not ready for a resurgence of measles, mumps, rubella, polio. Hib, invasive s. Pneumo. This will be the consequence of amplifying the anti vaccine movement within DHHS

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

First time posting on this hellsite in a long time. I’m not sticking around - this place sucks. Anyone interested find my on bluesky :)

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

First patient of the day was a NB teen that attempted suicide, citing the anti-trans environment promised by a Trump second term. Pulled me right out of my funk - this is why we fight even when we can feel hopeless. Protect trans youth

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

The images from Al Aqsa Hospital are horrific and gut-wrenching.

Displaced families being burned alive. Where is the humanity?

This has been going on for over a year now. The U.S. must stop sending bombs and we desperately need a ceasefire.

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

My son started kindergarten this week. I’m in tears thinking about what this family was going through, and they were lucky compared to some of their peers. It doesn’t have to be this way - we need gun safety legislation now

[Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson]

These are text messages, exactly as they were written and sent, between a mother and her two daughters during yesterday’s shooting at Apalachee High School.

The family shared the texts with The Washington Post. Both daughters were unharmed and now safe.

[IOC MEDIA @iocmedia]

Joint Paris 2024 Boxing Unit/IOC Statement

https://t.co/CMmny0hGeb

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

Can someone tell the PHM listserv that Imane Khelif isn’t trans? I’ve been trying to all day but my replies won’t go through and I’m getting very annoyed.

COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE OLYMPIC ISSUE: Trans women are women

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@AOHalloran_md @RSC_CHOP AMANDA! Excellent work, you rock

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@UMassChan @ArvinGargMD @AcademicPeds Congratulations Arvin!!

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@aldinaaraul It’s hard because the pediatrician was right to worry about the bilirubin level, and right to insist on phototherapy. But how they took it from there only further contributed to the family’s fear of trauma from the medical system

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

A lot of people focusing on the bilirubin level (which yes, was high enough that under current guidelines the infant needed phototherapy to prevent kernicterus) when the real tragedy was the way CPS, the police and the pediatrician responded.

[Laura Bassett @LEBassett]

This is one of the most devastating, infuriating stories I've read in a long time. You think you're already angry at the basics of what happened and then it just keeps getting worse with each new detail. I recommend reading every word by @kylietcheung https://t.co/ezFOGDZItA

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@HighFlowPeds You’re welcome! We’ve been losing the war of the shifting Overton window for years!

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@superstraight34 @TWalstrum @benryanwriter @TheEconomist A regular Doogie Howser, you!

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@CabsnKings @benryanwriter @TheEconomist So a hobbyist then. It doesn’t mean I don’t want to listen to you but you have dramatically overestimated how prevalent this issue is, and underestimated how much thought and counseling goes into these decisions for people living it vs arguing about it on Twitter

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@CabsnKings @benryanwriter @TheEconomist I should mention one of the challenges of displaying MH impacts of PBs is that the greater risk factor for suicidality is an unsupportive home environment. Kids on PBs have by definition a supportive home environment (and again it’s a very small # of trans kids even getting PBs)

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@CabsnKings @benryanwriter @TheEconomist I mean the systematic reviews on the subject in pediatrics find the data inconclusive on MH and suicidality benefit but pretty clearly demonstrate safety, concluding that more robust RCT are required. That will be stymied by bans and the current climate around this discussion

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@CabsnKings @benryanwriter @TheEconomist It sounds like your problems are with adult medicine providers? We let people 18+ make their own medical decisions in the US, I don’t know what to tell you. Do you have a personal connection to this issue, or are you more a hobbyist?

[Edward Gill MD @EdGillMD]

@CabsnKings @benryanwriter @TheEconomist You’re an empiricist per your bio, are you familiar with the Evidence-Based Medicine Pyramid? Case Series and Case Reports (as you’ve linked) are the lowest level of evidence. (Above expert opinion)