Jasmine McNair, M.D.

PGY-2 Internal Medicine | Tuskegee Alumna 📚 | 1913 🐥 | Views are my own

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

Thank you everyone for all the well wishes!! If you would like to support me further I have linked my MedGrad wishlist ✨ https://t.co/5xznwyZALP✨ #MGWL23 #internalmedicine #Match2023

[haley williams-poindexter @ohhihaley]

hi 🎤, is this thing on?
I MATCHED!!!!!!

[Elisabeth Potter MD @EPotterMD]

On January 7th, 2025 I shared a video, after I was asked to call UnitedHealthcare from the operating room to answer administrative questions about the patient who was having surgery to treat breast cancer. Despite my efforts, they denied her stay.

UnitedHealthcare didn’t stop at calling me during surgery. Now, they’ve sent me a legal threat—and even worse? They ended up denying my cancer patient’s hospital stay. Exactly what I was afraid would happen.

Staying overnight after major surgery isn’t optional—it’s medically necessary. But UnitedHealthcare decided they know better than the doctors caring for the patient.

When they called me while I was operating, I knew that if I didn’t step out and respond immediately, they might deny her stay—leaving her with a massive bill. So, with another surgeon in the OR, I scrubbed out and called them back. But after all of that? They denied her stay anyway.

And instead of fixing their broken system, they sent me a legal threat for speaking out.

I’m sharing their response in full, letting their words speak for themselves.

Let me be clear: I stand by everything I said. I told the truth. I was honest about what’s happening in our healthcare system. And I will not be silenced by legal threats when it comes to advocating for my patients and my ability to care for them.

Denying an overnight stay that a doctor orders is dangerous. The doctor caring for the patient should be able to make these decisions without delay, pressure, or harassment.

If I don’t speak up, I lose—my integrity, my voice, and the opportunity to make a difference. And while it’s intimidating to receive a letter like this from a company as powerful as UnitedHealthcare, I know where I stand.

I am a woman taking care of women affected by breast cancer. I do this work with all of my heart, and I will continue to speak up for my patients—because they deserve better.

I ask you to follow along, share this story, and have these conversations in your own communities. I know I’m not the only one dealing with this, and real change will take all of us telling our stories and standing up for what’s right.

I’m here for it. Are you?

[Stanford Radiation Oncology Residents @StanfordRO_Res]

Love seeing our very own @StanfordRadOnc Dr.
@ZacharyBWhitell highlighted in the @StanfordMed GME Fall 2024 Spotlight for his work at the @WhiteHouse!

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

This discourse behind using “patient endorse” vs “patient reports” is very annoying. Like it’s literally semantics at this point

[Dr. Mia 🇬🇷 @Miazolam]

Hi, emergency doc here to debunk the claim that “when you take care of yourself and have good health there are no emergencies.” This is a reprehensible, heartless statement. I see kids who were shot, domestic violence, assaults, fatal car crashes, people trapped in a house fire…

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

MMR vaccine doesn't cause autism

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

USA vs Brazil game >>>>

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

@_halip 😒

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

My girl 🫶🏽❤️

[Hali Ivare, M.D. @_haliiv]

Finna drop my last name like a hot potato
🔥🥔

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

I forgot to post my obligatory “PGY-1 ✅” pic so here is a tweet instead!

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

This right here!!

[Adena Zadourian, DO @AdenaZadourian]

Wild how half my job is case management and social work. Think this says more about our healthcare system as a whole than anything else.

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

Me and one of my friends talked about this when I was getting my Masters! For black families, you’re either a Doctor or a Nurse when it comes to Medicine. You’re never informed of the other endless possibilities

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

It’s so crazy how every class has a “trendy” speciality. When I started med school, EM was the IT speciality. Then everyone in my class wanted to do Radiology and this year I’m seeing way more PM&R than I have before

[David Velasquez, MD @davidevelasqu]

Why are med schools offering classes on structural racism, you ask?

Because of Henrietta Lacks
Because of the Tuskegee Study
Because of experimental procedures on enslaved Black women
Because of unnecessary procedures on women in ICE detention centers
Because if you are Black or Hispanic & come to a hospital with a heart attack, you are more likely to experience a worse standard of care

The reasons are endless.

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

@_halip Girlllll this discourse is pissing me off because they keep saying all of the things they learned but they are learning these things at the expense of the patient

[Jasmine McNair, M.D. @JSMcNair23]

As someone who’s medical school required us to work Surgery nights, OBGYN nights, ED nights, and MICU nights…nothing will ever prepare you to work nights as a resident. It just won’t.

[Bryan Carmody @jbcarmody]

Trends in Medical Education:

Decline in overnight call during third-year clerkships

(MD-granting medical schools, 2001-2019; no data available for 2013-2015)