Patty Brunker

Life-liver, life-learner, life-lover
Transfusion Medicine Physician, specializing in apheresis, Rh, & Hgb S
Musician/Singer/Backpacker/Mother/Wife/Corgi-mom

[Patty Brunker @PattyBrunker]

Never in my life have I arrived in a new airport, walked half an hour to the car rental location, and been told that there are NO CARS AT ALL FOR ANYONE…even though I reserved my car several MONTHS in advance!!! What happen at FLL on 2/14, @Hertz !? Pls help with my refund!!!

[Patty Brunker @PattyBrunker]

It's great to finally be able to use my @OxfordBioAnth training in my clinical work - My first talk on this subject was the Scott Murphy Lecture in 2010...it's about time we widen this conversation. @BESTCollab

[Patty Brunker @PattyBrunker]

Check out our paper in Transfusion Medicine Reviews sharing the not only the important history of race in transfusion, but helping us understand ways biases have crept into our discipline...and offering ways we can identify and change that. @MGHPathology https://t.co/vyLHpVpAEK

[@TMRjournal @tmrjournal]

Topic: Race-Conscious Approach to Transfusion Medicine
In this article, @tmrjournal authors provide a review of the history of race & serology.
Blood group Ag frequencies can be used to deconstruct typological "race" concepts that originally forged them.
https://t.co/vBgZzN2wrb

[@TMRjournal @tmrjournal]

Topic: Race-Conscious Approach to Transfusion Medicine
In this article, @tmrjournal authors provide a review of the history of race & serology.
Blood group Ag frequencies can be used to deconstruct typological "race" concepts that originally forged them.
https://t.co/vBgZzN2wrb

[Yembur Ahmad, MD @yahmadMD]

Commemorating my last day rotating on the blood transfusion service at MGH, and grateful for my wonderful mentor @PattyBrunker who gifted me my new MGH tote bag that I can now cherish as a memory of my time here. 🥲 #transfusionmedicine #pathtwitter

[Harvard Medical School @harvardmed]

"The blood shortage is real, it's regional and national, and it is compromising patient care," says Robert Makar, HMS associate professor and director of the Blood Transfusion Service at @MassGeneralNews (via @GBH) https://t.co/7x9gTpjZvs

[Steven Chen 陳持威, MD, MPH, MHPEd @DrStevenTChen]

Instead, everything else is geared toward treating the symptoms. There are a TON of therapies around, and every institution is different. We generally start with extracorporeal photopheresis since it's the least toxic, but the list of possible options is huge!
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[Allen C. Omo-Ogboi, MD @allenomoogboi]

The more time you spend doing Pathology, the more you want to keep doing it. Happy International Pathology Day!

#PathTwitter
#ASCPResCo

[Patty Brunker @PattyBrunker]

@JMGardnerMD Ok I’m AP/CP but have been doing transfusion medicine exclusively for 13 years and even *I* got this one! 👍😁

[Patty Brunker @PattyBrunker]

@PathDocBoston @Sara_Jiang @bfaquin Oh my goodness...do they make an extended version that covers the appropriate anatomical position? #coverthethyroid

[ashton kutcher @aplusk]

There is not one thing I learned as a scout that would have been diminished by inclusion of all. In fact one of the best experiences I had as a scout what when we were lead by a woman ranger while hiking Philmont New Mexico.

[Dutch Ruppersberger @Call_Me_Dutch]

Thanks again to #MD02's @alzassociation/@AlzMaryland and @RedCross/@redcrossbaltdc for having me today and sharing your legislative concerns.

[Dutch Ruppersberger @Call_Me_Dutch]

I spent the day in my district with some local #charities to see how #MD02 constituents will be affected by the #standarddeduction increase—proud to be the 1st Dem cosponsor on a bill to create a "universal deduction" for charitable giving. Read more here: https://t.co/3rMPaH3Pkm

[Dutch Ruppersberger @Call_Me_Dutch]

At @RedCross @redcrossbaltdc in #baltimore learning about impact of #taxreform on local nonprofits. We need to encourage charitable giving - not discourage!

[Mario Macis @Mario_Macis]

Presenting #DiscoveryAward work in the Transfusion Medicine Research Meeting @HopkinsMedicine today. @PattyBrunker Aaron Tobian @JHUCarey @JohnsHopkins

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Nurse does right in her ER. Assaulted and arrested by a policeman for it. https://t.co/y6LYIccJEK

[GCP Red Cross Blood #GiveNow @redcrossbaltdc]

#UrgentNeed for donors of all blood types, esp. type O. Please give now & help replenish the blood supply. https://t.co/yTswv1mXDG

[Patty Brunker @PattyBrunker]

I don't tweet or retweet often, but when I do, it's to propagate anti-fascist messages & to spread the love @BarackObama

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

"...For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." - Nelson Mandela

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

"People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love..."