Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD

Psych PGY4. #DoubleDoc studying substance use in the Schacht Lab. Adventure-seeker. Gape-limited predator. Stay-at-home astronaut. Flâneur. @DayLabUAB alum. 🧠

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

As of today, I am officially ✨Dr. Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD ✨

!!!!!!!!!

#DoubleDocs #WomenInMedicine #WomenInSTEM #medtwitter

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

Another data point for the “residents should be paid more” argument.

#MedTwitter #MedX

[American Psychological Association @APA]

Unlike #mentalhealth professionals, chatbots are designed to keep you engaged—not necessarily to support your well-being.

Learn more about why ChatGPT shouldn't be your therapist: https://t.co/5tV5nZ4wrT

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

I asked ChatGPT what it was like to interact with me on a daily basis, and part of that response was “MORE FIREWORKS! BUT MAKE THEM PSYCHIATRICALLY RELEVANT!”

Not sure what this means exactly, but it’s probably accurate.

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

@booksw Basically, we applied a modified Maldonado protocol (clonidine + AED) to manage protracted BZD withdrawal in a patient requiring abrupt BZD cessation. Would love to catch up sometime; hope you are doing well!

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

To those at #ASAM2025, stop by poster 59 this afternoon to hear more about our case managing protracted benzodiazepine withdrawal in a psychiatric patient with polysubstance use.

To those who can’t make it, I’m happy to share the poster and any insights that may be helpful!

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

As of today, my favorite boy is officially a US citizen!

The ceremony was surprisingly emotional - the officiant clearly stated that those taking the oath represented the diversity that ACTUALLY makes America great. So different from the hate that has become commonplace.

[Olivier George @brainaddiction]

Last night my brilliant friend with 20 years of expertise in Neuroscience including a decade at NIDA was fired because she was recently promoted for her outstanding performance and it triggered the probation period.

This is not making NIH more efficient, this is not making us healthier, this is not punishing the people who misled the public, this is destroying America’s talent.

Her work is instrumental for testing whether new medications to fight addiction are safe and efficacious before they are tested in humans. now that research is at risk.

She was the backbone of the lab the most senior person. So much knowledge, talent, know how, wasted, so much science destroyed for the wrong reason.

Sigh…

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

@alanacjones_ Congrats! So excited to see where you end up! 🤩

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

Thoughts on me implementing this feelings chart for my therapy patients?

#MedTwitter #DoubleDocs #Psychiatry

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

@dog_rates Mars (15) wants to be part of the squad too!

[Wendy Hasson MD @WendyHassonMD]

On the heels of yesterday’s post about how impossible it is to work in America’s healthcare system, I woke up to an email requesting I fill out a productivity action plan to increase the “productivity” of the #PedsICU physicians because our “productivity” is “low” this month for the first time in THREE years and the variance has triggered an action plan.

For the last 3 years, everyone has been wringing their hands over how busy the unit has been and how to promote wellness in a unit that can’t catch its breath. We finally get the wellness we need….. a BREAK…. and now I have to fill out a “productivity action plan” to address the thing we all needed in the first place.

THIS IS BURNOUT

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

New perspectives piece on DBS for Substance Use Disorders is live!

Very excited for the future of interventional psychiatry and this potential for SUD treatment.

https://t.co/1QlmCzCEHG

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

Beautiful work by rockstar scientist, pun master, and future MD/PhD @klbrida! Excited to see this work being shared and thankful to have been a part of the early stages of this awesome project. 🤩

[Jeremy Day @DayLabUAB]

Very excited to share this new preprint led by the super talented @klbrida. We started by asking what marks drug-activated ensembles and stumbled onto a surprising answer that identified a key regulator of neuronal excitability and reward. A brief 🧵...
https://t.co/VaCv2l7DhH

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

@dog_rates The pup-pet show

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Bodie. He’s here to celebrate the start of Pride Month. Been working on this pose for weeks. 14/10 parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾

[Katherine Savell @KatherineSavell]

Extremely grateful to the committee for selecting me and thrilled to join this amazing community!

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

@CynZipp I knew Mars would be in good hands if anything happened 😜

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

One of my goals for 2024 was to do more things that scare me. Top of the list? Skydiving.

Today I conquered that fear. And it was amazing.

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

2024 has been tough, but today two people referred to me as their “favorite doctor ever” and my heart feels a little fuller. 💕

[Morgan Zipperly, MD, PhD @ZipperlyM]

Scenes from my outpatient psych clinic: Is it mental illness or is it the patriarchy?