Ari Pence, MD

Family Med specializing in perinatal mood disorders & eating disorders. big fan of HAES, trauma informed care & generally not being rude. UIUC ‘12 and ‘18

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

Why #familymedicine? As my patient progressed through active stages of labor her husband clutched his chest & said “I can’t breath”. An RRT was called. The husband was stabilized. Within the hour a baby was born.
One room, three patients. I was their family’s doctor. That’s why.

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

Working a full primary care day extremely pregnant should be an Olympic sport

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

@BeeSting14618 So true! Last week I fought one for what felt like eternity!!

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

Just got a Nexplanon out in literally 1 minutes. I know this is more about the amazing placement but I will be riding this high for years to come

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

I did however have a typo in my tweet. Womp womp 🥴

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

@lilyellora Who am I about to yell at?!

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

Ohhh neat getting emotional about Illini men’s basketball is starting early this year. Cool cool cool

[Jacob Grandison @slimjake_]

@Patty_Mills @DJSackmann 35 of them thangs👀

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

Very sad to be too pregnant to travel to #ICED2023. Please keep tweeting about it so I can life vicariously through you all
Cc: @DrNicoleC 😍

[Brad Underwood @CoachUnderwood]

🔶🔷🔶🔷

[Dariush Takhtehchian, M.D @takhtehchianmd]

“Let’s go Coleman, we are NOT in Pacific Standard Time”. 🙃

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

Are y’all out there really working all day, making dinner, cleaning up, being *present* with your kid and exercising daily?! How?!

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

@collides_ Omg girl im right there with you. If im not eating an Oreo blizzard and watching Greys im over it.

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

This is so important!!!!

[Nicole Cifra, MD, MPH, MHPEd @DrNicoleC]

Oh, AND LEST I FORGET, medically recommended weight loss can absolutely be (and often is) an inciting event for an #eatingdisorder. 👀 😒

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

So wholesome

[Illinois Football @IlliniFootball]

OUR GUY.

#Illini // #HTTO // #famILLy // #NFLDraft

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

I recently had a young male patient tell me he got a vasectomy at 19. The vast majority of people COMPLIMENTED him for making a “responsible” choice. No one asked he he was married or what his partner thought…

[Nebraska Advocacy @NE_Advocacy]

#NELeg - After hearing all of these people say that I don't have a right to decide if I want to be pregnant or not, I'm going to schedule an appointment to get my tubes tied. I'm not taking no for an answer again.

Doctors often say no if you're unmarried, from my experience.

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

@DrLeslie_MD No well and with a lot of caffeine. Sending all the love!

[Noah Kahan @NoahKahan]

Emily I’m sorrrrrrrry

[Elamin Abdelmahmoud @elamin88]

Happy boygenius day to those who celebrate

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

@ajschwabeMD @jane_gatsby I love this so much!

[drbrightzhou 🌈 @BrightZhou]

I think what’s often slept on in FM is that we are constantly asking:

how does this evidence apply to peds populations

is this med safe in lactation and pregnancy

how can the study be applied to my underserved pt population

You practice differently if you’re trained broadly.

[Ari Pence, MD @aripence]

This entire thread is so validating

[beca grimm @becagrimm]

I know pregnant people get hate for talking about pregnancy a lot, but I promise you we stay pretty damn quiet for how absolutely unhinged and alien the experience is—despite being a fairly universal one