Susan Lopez, MD (she/her)

Latina in medicine. Hospitalist. Health Equity. Diversity & Inclusion. #RepresentationMatters

[Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) @SusanLopezMD]

33,000 people lost healthcare coverage on June 30th in Illinois. It's heartbreaking to see our patients lose access to lifesaving care. They are mothers, fathers, and children who may die without care.

It shouldn't matter if someone is undocumented--healthcare is a human right.

[Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) @SusanLopezMD]

"If you can't be the foremost expert, be the expert in the room."

- Pedro Sanchez-Lara, MD

A call to be the voice for our communities.

#nhma2025
@NHMAmd

[Michael Galvez, MD @MichaelGalvezMD]

We are entering a NEW phase of our physician shortage crisis in the United States— the Complex Physician Shortage Crisis where there are multiple factors that are additive. 🧵 #ComplexPhysicianShortageCrisis

[Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) @SusanLopezMD]

"They can erase DEI but they can't erase the facts, the history, they can't erase us."

-Dr. Michael Galvez

Great to finally meet @MichaelGalvezMD at #NHMA2025

@NHMAmd
@LmsaNational

[uché blackstock, md @uche_blackstock]

🚨A Blow to Disability and Sickle Cell Research🚨

Nearly half of the CDC’s staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects were laid off this month, eliminating teams focused on adults with cognitive disabilities and sickle cell disease.

https://t.co/v5i1bmjDK4

[Quinn Capers, IV @DrQuinnCapers4]

Happy #MatchDay2025 to all medical students everywhere. Your dream is now so close that you can touch it! Dont stop now: keep reading, treat patients the way you would want your family treated, and honor your ancestors with your excellent performance. ✊🏾

@HowardU @AAMCtoday

[Michael Galvez, MD @MichaelGalvezMD]

This is just one story of how federal funding helped to get me where I am today to help patients of the United States. Every experience that you have allows, you to become better at your job. #nih #nihcuts #doctor #medicine #usdoctor @NIH @HHSGov @RobertKennedyJr

[Susan Lopez, MD (she/her) @SusanLopezMD]

"Meritocracy is a myth. If I have a leaky kayak and you have a yacht, what do you think the rising tide is going to do?"

@acgme
#Truth
#HealthEquity
#MedEd
#DEI

[Dr. Monica Cox @DrMonicaCox]

Using marginalized people to recruit other marginalized people & discarding them because they expect diversity, equity, & inclusion to be a real focus in an organization is a form of academic exploitation.

Marginalized people are more than optics, checklists, & convenience.

[Dr. Brian H. Williams @DrBrianWilliams]

Today on #SocialJusticeDay, we each can do our part to create justice. Contact your representatives, support organizations working for change, and be an advocate in your own community. Every action, no matter how small, can make a difference.

[Quinn Capers, IV @DrQuinnCapers4]

We’ve had harder times than these.
We’ve overcome much worse.
We’ve thrived under more pressure than this.

And we will again.

In case somebody needed to hear that today.

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

If you want to “Make America Healthy Again,” one of the worst things you can do is slash the budget of the world's largest public funder of biomedical research, the National Institutes of Health.

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

Read our latest issue in full ➡️ https://t.co/M1BE31WuMg

[Monnie Wasse, MD, MPH @wasse_m]

Had a great Chair’s town hall with the @RushDOIM residents!

Thank you to Drs Brandon, Bjork, Lichota and Ziegler for your insights on fellowship training and advice for the residents! 🙏🏾

[uché blackstock, md @uche_blackstock]

A survey by the Commonwealth Fund: 40% of U.S. physicians acknowledge racial discrimination in healthcare, with half reporting that patients have shared similar experiences, highlighting significant racial inequities and the need for systemic reforms.

https://t.co/NWY3JBXDM7

[uché blackstock, md @uche_blackstock]

Racially motivated policies shape who thrives and who suffers.

A new study from @americancancersociety found that young people with cancer who live in historically redlined neighborhoods have a 32% higher risk of dying.

This is the long shadow of structural racism at work.

[Quinn Capers, IV @DrQuinnCapers4]

#BlackHistoryMonth2025
This month, if you encounter a pt with an AICD or who needs a transfusion, remind your team that a Black man, Levi Watkins was the 1st to implant an AICD in a human & that Charles Drew, another Black man, conducted groundbreaking research on "banked blood"

[Dr. José Medina (él, he, his, him) @JoseMedinaJr89]

#MedinaMondayMessage: As the U.S. government intensifies its attack on immigrant communities, we continue the fight for linguistic liberation. Students from culturally and linguistically diverse homes are a gift and deserve our continued advocacy. ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽#duallanguage #C6BiliteracyFramework #bilingual #multilingual

[Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe]

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.