Masha Slavin

Primary Care, Medical Education at Bellevue Hospital, via Weill Cornell Medicine

[Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) @SocietyGIM]

Please join us in congratulating Masha Slavin, MD, recipient of this year's Mary O’Flaherty Horn Scholars in General Internal Medicine Program! Congratulations, Masha! #SGIM24 @MashaSlavin

[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@SocietyGIM So honored and grateful to be part of this #SGIM community!

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

This is Sir Frederick Banting. He discovered insulin in 1923.

But he refused to put his name on the patent. Why?

Because Banting felt it was unethical to profit from a discovery that would save lives.

But pharmaceutical companies made huge financial offers to Banting for the patent, knowing they could make billions.

They even sweetened the deal, offering an insulin clinic, with Sir Banting in charge... a temping offer to almost doctor in his position.

Banting, however, said his discovery of isolated insulin was a gift to mankind. He felt this critical medicine should be available to everyone who needed it.

In 1923, Banting was just 31 years old when he was awarded the Nobel Prize.

Tragically, in 1941 while flying on a plane to personally protect scientific secrets from the Nazis, his plane crashed. He was killed.

Banting's co-inventors, in his honor, sold the patent for insulin to the University of Toronto for the appropriate sum they thought appropriate – one dollar.

Today, 30 million Americans with diabetes rely on his gift to mankind.

To honor Sir Frederick Banting, it should remain a gift to mankind.

[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@rusgarciaMD @AppalachianCom2 Congratulations!

[Cory Rohlfsen @CoryRohlfsen]

As I wrap up my 5th year of #primarycare practice, I can't help but reflect on the TEN "sparks" trainees may miss out on during residency that make this work so rewarding.

A 🧵of #gratitude...

@CLOSLER @primarycarechat @indupartha @adamcifu @gabrieldane @GIMaPreceptor

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[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@AnitaKnopov We have a referral to primary care from the ED or other specialties. Then our clinic calls those patients with appts. But reaching people (eg, working phone #) can be a barrier. Curious what others do

[Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO @fumikochino]

Health care for undocumented immigrants is a crisis but also an opportunity:
"Without federal intervention, many undocumented immigrants with life-threatening illnesses will remain undiagnosed and untreated."
👏@MSKCancerCenter Dr @TrishaSantosMD @NEJM
https://t.co/A3xX2XGJGk

[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@WCMGIM @JudyTungMD @AMWADoctors @WeillCornell @WCMDeptofMed @WCMDiversityCtr @WCMDiversity @MonikaSafford @WCM_MedChiefs @blakerambo @mad_sters @JustinJWChoi Congratulations, so well deserved!

[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@TheRealDoctorT Good habit in outpatient primary care also!

[Arjun Khadilkar, MD @akhadilkarMD]

During my Internal Medicine training, I wrote 100s of discharge (d/c) summaries.

In my PGY4 chief year, I was an outpatient attending and reviewed many d/c summaries.

Here are some tips and tricks for your d/c summaries.

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#MedTwitter #MedEd #Cardiotwitter #IMG

[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@kingalexandraMD @WCMGIM Congratulations!!

[Josh Trebach, MD @jtrebach]

On my EMS rotation, we responded to a call about a dying child. Blood sugar was >600, kid looked awful. Mom was sobbing, saying she couldn't afford insulin.

I'll never forget what the EMT (later) told me: "You can't be poor AND have diabetes in this country...u gotta pick one."

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

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Someone was choosing between their meds and food.

Someone was not safe at home and, because they live where they live, help never came fast enough.

Someone finished high school but couldn’t read.

Someone had on hospital-issued socks, no shoes, and was on broken crutches.

[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@drkerrymeltzer Thank you, Kerry, for sharing your heart and your beautiful words.

[Leah Willingham @LeahMWillingham]

The clinic staff spent Friday canceling the appointments of 60-70 patients scheduled for abortions in the coming weeks.

“Some patients broke down and could not speak through their sobbing. Some patients were stunned and didn't know what to say. Some patients did not understand.”

[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@AmmahStarr Congratulations!!!

[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@HanaILim_MD @DrDeSancho @WeillCornell Congratulations!!!

[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@kingalexandraMD @WCMGIM @cecilianicolmd @PeggyLeungMD @MelissaRusliMD @WCM_MedChiefs So sad to miss it! Love this group.

[Masha Slavin @MashaSlavin]

@mannertang @supportPSOT So excited for this opportunity!