Eric Romo, MD, PhD

PGY-2, Family Medicine

[Eric Romo, MD, PhD @_eromo]

@RepNancyMace This is the very kind of divisive language we should be avoiding as a country, especially from our political leaders. Stop contributing to the division and anger in this country.

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Medicine and public health have added three decades to the human lifespan. Vaccination alone produced 40% of the reduction in child deaths.

And now a disturbed and unqualified man driven by crackpot theories is destroying the foundations of this work, including CDC.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

“The allegation here is NOT that he was breaking the law.”

They are openly telling you that he committed NO crime. Mahmoud Khalil is being targeted for opposing U.S. foreign policy. This is what authoritarianism looks like.

[Matt Duss @mattduss]

People really need to understand that Mahmoud Khalil’s views are actually irrelevant. What’s being threatened here is the right to protest.

[Eric Romo, MD, PhD @_eromo]

@DaniellaFodera @NIH @NICHD_NIH I'm so, so sorry. As someone who applied for and was fortunate enough to receive an F31 during graduate school, I know how much work goes into obtaining that funding. These are scary times for science. I wish you all the best!!

[Rep. Jake Auchincloss 🟧 @RepAuchincloss]

DOGE has terminated the leases of 30 FDA offices & buildings, including the FDA's Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, a state-of-the-art lab in St. Louis that led critical Rx-safety investigations, including on nitrosamines and heparin.

The cherry-picked examples of waste or abuse are being used to justify this assault on science are a screen for generational damage being done to the American biomedical enterprise: slashing drug-safety work at home or polio vaccinations overseas costs money, endangers health, and sows chaos that can tip a good economy into recession.

[Acyn @Acyn]

AOC: Why isn’t this moving? Republicans support it. Democrats support it. So what happened?

On December 15th at 415am, Elon Musk began firing off a barrage of social media posts opposing pharmacy benefit manager reform. All of a sudden, something that had almost unanimous support fell apart. We had nearly 435 members on board with it—he tweets, and it kills drug pricing reform that would save people money on their insulin, asthma inhalers, and everything they need.

And to top it off, five days after he kills pharmacy benefit manager reform, we get this tweet from Elon Musk: What is a pharmacy benefit manager?

The problem here isn’t a substance issue or a process issue—it’s an oligarchy issue, a power issue. And this room is where the power of the people resides. Everyone here was elected to be accountable to the people—not to be governed by tweets, but to be governed by their duly elected representatives.

So we can get this done; there are more of us than there are of him.

[Taylor G. Petrey @TaylorPetrey]

The war on DEI is just a rebranded war on the civil rights movement. Same arguments. Same players. Same goals.

[Ron Marz @ronmarz]

As always, the GOP plan is to tell you govt doesn't work; then break govt so it can't work; then say, "See, told you govt doesn't work!"; and then privatize it so the donor class can reap the profits. Same playbook, every time.

[David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink]

Medical toxicologist and clinical epidemiologist here. None of this is true.

[Pete Davis @PeteDDavis]

A step Democrats could take to become a participatory membership party: Use this national stage to celebrate ordinary members of the party. Where's the primetime award for best local chapter chair? For best supervolunteer? For member who best embodied Democratic values this year?

[Eric Romo, MD, PhD @_eromo]

@snf1982 @nih_nhlbi Congratulations!! So well deserved

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Cherokee Nation medical school graduates its first class - I’m quite excited about this new initiative and wish it lots of success ⁦@statnews⁩ https://t.co/BiXBMu9T58

[Corey Davis @coreysdavis]

Idaho has just repealed the law that permitted syringe services programs to operate in the state. AFAIK no state has *ever* gone backwards on this incredibly important issue. This is serious, folks. From CA to WV and many places in between, SSPs are under attack.

[Eric Romo, MD, PhD @_eromo]

So proud to be part of this group of amazing MD/PhD students! I'm thrilled to begin my Family Medicine training at BMC (@bmc_FamilyMed), my #1 choice. I'm excited to contribute to their mission of improving the health of Boston's undeserved communities.

[UMass Chan MD/PhD Program @UMassMDPhD]

Congratulations to our MS4s on their match! We are so proud and know you will make excellent physician scientists🩺 (1/2)

#umassmdphd #umasschan #whyumasschan #mdphd #whyumassmed #medicalstudent #graduateschool #MatchDay #Match2024 #MatchDay2024 #physicianscientists

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Man it really bothers me when people label certain specialty residency programs as “easy.” All it does is invalidate any mental/physical challenges trainees may have, and it’s just flat out wrong.

[Eric Romo, MD, PhD @_eromo]

@SalSaysWhat I'm excited that it's only 3 titles (or is this just the first wave?). I'm still making my way through all the Krakoa-era books!

[Eric Romo, MD, PhD @_eromo]

@RS_McNeil That's terrible. I'm so sorry.

[Eric Romo, MD, PhD @_eromo]

@RS_McNeil No judgment if it was a Boeing 737 Max.

[Eric Romo, MD, PhD @_eromo]

Absolutely absurd!

[David Gura @davidgura]

Schools in the UNC system will no longer award distinguished professorships to faculty in the humanities.

The UNC Board of Governors says the honors "will now only be given in STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields."

https://t.co/Fs5iIh2qdU