Ray Portela

Physician, husband
Incoming internal medicine PGY-1 at Jacobi/AECOM NYC
Postdoctoral research at Mayo Clinic MN

Views are my own. 🇧🇷 🇺🇸

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

Proud to have matched at such an amazing program!! ❤️
@AndrewGutwein @jmcchiefs

[Jacobi Internal Medicine Chiefs @jmcchiefs]

Congratulations to our matched applicants! ✨✨✨
Welcome to Jacobi!!
We look forward to meeting you all! We are so happy to have you!
#Match2026 #JacobiStrong @AndrewGutwein

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

Our project submitted to ASNC2026 received a Presidential Abstract Award (top 5%)! 🎉
Under the guidance of Dr. @FilipeAMoura

@jmcchiefs @AndrewGutwein

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@jmcchiefs @AndrewGutwein Proud to be a Jacobian 💪🏻

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

Our paper just got 1,000 reads! We tested the weight loss of performing TORe + RYGB distalization on a patient post RYGB, and the patient lost the same weight as in the initial RYGB!

https://t.co/mGjXul3MIc via @researchgate https://t.co/mGjXul3MIc

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@HudaElMais @umkcIM Congratulations!! 🎉

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@ZehraNaseemMD @MayoClinicGIHep Congratulations!! 🎉

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@Wissam_Ghusn Congratulations Wissam!!

[ILLIASUL IBAD @IlliasulK]

What if saving a pneumonia patient was as simple as adding one cheap pill?

A new NEJM RCT from Kenya just showed exactly that. 👇

2,180 adults with community-acquired pneumonia were randomized within 48 hrs to:

🅰️ Standard Care (WHO regimen)

β-lactam (penicillin/cephalosporin) + macrolide (erythro/azithro)

🅱️ Standard Care + 10 days of low-dose steroids

Dexamethasone 6 mg or
Hydrocortisone 160 mg or
Methylpred 30 mg or
Prednisolone 50 mg or
Prednisone 50 mg (bioequivalent dosages)

30-day mortality:

22.6% with steroids vs 26.0% with standard care

➡️ HR 0.84 (95% CI 0.73–0.97), P = 0.02

Adverse events similar. Steroid-related serious AEs: 0.5%.

💡 One low-dose steroid… in hospitals with almost no ICU support… saved lives.
Global pneumonia care may never be the same.

#NEJM #Pneumonia #RCT #GlobalHealth #MedTwitter #EvidenceBasedMedicine #InternalMedicine #CriticalCare #IDTwitter @DrAkhilX @IhabFathiSulima @CelestinoGutirr @Urchilla01 @drkeithsiau

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@nkagetsu Nice try but I'm not buying it

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@DO_Radiology @RadiologyACR @Inside_TheMatch @AOCRNews @JudyGadde @JoanPowersLynch Best of luck, Josh!!

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@stevestephen23 Best of luck, Steve!!

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

Our Meta-Analysis comparing ESG Vs. LSG effectiveness and safety has just reached 40 citations!! 🎉

@babudayyeh @OMGhanemMD @AzizullahBeran @ReemMatar96

https://t.co/Wp6wqjl5so via @researchgate

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@docbraymd Great tips, Dr!!

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@AhmetVahibe @UTMBSurgery @AmCollSurgeons Superstar!! ⭐

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@DiLaurentino Strong work, @DiLaurentino!!

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@NogueiraRaquel_ @DiLaurentino Congratulations, Raquel!! 🎉

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@MatheusFrancoMD Strong work from Dr. Almeida!! 💪🏻
@ricardoguerra11

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@rmulkimd @uabmedicine Congratulations, Dr Mulki!!👏🏻🎉

[Ray Portela @RayPortelaMD]

@sneh_sonaiya @GIE_Journal @ASGEendoscopy Congratulations, Dr Sonaiya!!

[Diego Westgeest @DiegoWestgeest]

Hi #MedTwitter!

I’m Diego, an IMG from 🇧🇷 and researcher at @MayoClinicGIHep.

Applying for Internal Medicine in the #Match2026!

Driven by patient-centered care, teaching & leadership. Sports enthusiast! 🎾⚽️🏃

Excited to connect with programs and applicants! 😁