Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc

PGY-1 @PennNeurology via @dgsom_UCLA @MarshallScholar

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

Last day of #WCC2024! 🌍🎗️

Grateful to have been able to present my work with @akhstanzania on building #tumorboard capacity in 🇹🇿

Thank you to @FulbrightPrgrm for funding this work, and to my mentors Dr. Sarah Maongezi & Dr. Kiran Masood for all of their support! @dgsomucla

[Jimmy King @Jimmyking35]

It’s the best thing I’ve ever done

[inshallah they find him @TheRealPaula_]

philadelphia is the most beautiful city in the world

[be my serene @bemyserene]

absolutely stunning day to be in the capital of the world, philadelphia

[Dr Ahmad Rehan Khan @AhmadRehanKhan]

𝗔 𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗. 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝟱-𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥-𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗.

Dr. Rubeliz Bolívar, a PGY-1 Emergency Medicine resident in South Texas, a physician serving a medically underserved community, was reportedly detained while traveling within the United States, despite having valid work authorization.

Let that sink in.

A frontline doctor, caring for some of the most vulnerable patients in the country, pulled away from her hospital, separated from her duty, and placed in detention, along with her young daughter.

This is not just an immigration issue. This is a public health crisis.

Her colleagues describe her as brilliant, dedicated, and deeply committed to her patients. In a region already struggling with physician shortages, her absence is not just a loss, it is a direct hit to patient care.

Hundreds of patients rely on her.
An already strained system depends on physicians like her.

And yet, she is behind bars.

If reports are accurate, she presented valid documentation, including a work permit and ongoing legal immigration processes, and was still detained.

This raises deeply troubling questions:

🔹 Are we now detaining legally authorized physicians serving underserved America?

What message does this send to the entire healthcare workforce, especially IMGs who form the backbone of care in such regions?

This cannot be normalized.

We call upon:

@AmerMedicalAssn
@acgme
American College of Emergency Physicians
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

…to urgently intervene , advocate for due process, and ensure the immediate release of a physician who is actively serving the American people.

🔹 Healthcare workers are not expendable.
🔹 Underserved communities are not collateral damage.
🔹 Children should never be caught in the crossfire.

https://t.co/Ma3SJv8BMo

#ReleaseDrBolivar #IMGs #PhysicianShortage #Match2027
#MedTwitter #USCISPause

[Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng @drtlaleng]

I am Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, a medical doctor & the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, I continue to demand, since his abduction, the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from the brutal detention by Israel. He faces imminent and grave danger as a result of ill-treatment and inhumane conditions & the denial of medical care has been leading to severe physical mental harm and his current deterioration is rapid - these are gross human rights violations.

#FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya
#ReleaseDrHussamAbuSafiya
#FreeThemAll

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

No one should be forced to flee, nor exploited or mistreated because of their situation as foreigners or people in need! Human dignity must always come first!

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

I’m officially becoming a neurologist! Thrilled and honored to have matched at @PennNeurology for my residency training—what a dream! 🧠Couldn’t have made it this far without the support of my wonderful partner, mentors, family, and friends—thank you for everything. Onwards!

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

@abhithenomad Was incredible, thanks for an amazing show!! So grateful I got to come to your last tour

[Leah Acosta, MD, MPH, FAAN @acostalmd]

Purpose. Fulfillment. Helping others. Patients with dementia love to use their skills in meaningful ways.

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

An incredible first day at the 2024 #WorldCancerCongress: absolutely buzzing from the brilliant discussions on everything from disparity mitigation & advancing care equity for refugees and displaced communities to updates in multi-cancer early detection testing @UICC #WCC2024

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

@_andyboardman @BerkeleyLaw Congrats Andy!! Welcome to CA 🎉🎉

[City of Worcester @TweetWorcester]

Congratulations to Worcester native and Worcester Technical High School alum Stephen Nedoroscik and the U.S. men’s gymnastics team on winning an Olympic bronze medal! 👏

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

First sub-I ✅! can’t believe I’m already in my last year of medical school?!

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

@AregaEnat Congratulations, Dr. Arega!!

[The Hippocrates Initiative @HippocratesInit]

🧠 Therapeutic Potential of Poetry for Patients with Neurological Conditions: A Scoping Review, by Akshayaa K. Chittibabu (@akcbabu) (#UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine).

🎙️Chaired by Marta Ramón García

#HippocratesInitiative #PoetryAndMedicine #MedicalHumanities #Symposium

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

@SaraAlZubi1 Thanks so much Sara!!

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

Update: we're engaged

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

My friend called me just to wake me up so that I could work my sourdough in time for it to be ready for baking and... if that’s not a love language I don’t know what is

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

@MamaOfADragon Thank you 💗

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

@iamcwooten Thanks so much, Christian!!

[Akshayaa K. Chittibabu, MD, MSc @akcbabu]

@_andyboardman Thanks Andy! :)