Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

My postdoc @SeguraLab has been everything I dreamed of thanks to this amazing team. As a prelim surgery intern, I used to walk across the hospital bridges at sunset and gaze down at the engineering school, wondering if I’d get to stay…would I become a Duke surgeon?

[Rodney Reeves @RodneyReevesEDI]

@DukeSurgery 's Dr. Holly Lewis presenting "An Injectable Biomaterial for Transplant Tolerance" during the Fellowship Grant Presentation at #AWS2024 this morning!

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

Also sorry to miss #BMES2023 this year, but so proud of our amazing postdocs, grad students—-and my undergrad research partner Samantha, who’s presenting on our work!! Check out the amazing science from @seguralab

[Tatiana Segura @seguralab]

I will miss #BMES2023 this year. But @seguralab will be well represented! If you are interested in joining the lab as a postdoc or PhD student, please find information under Join Us at https://t.co/p0sS1NE1it & reach us through our website + talk to my lab members attending BMES.

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

@Jasosamd @JenniferPlichta @DukeSurgery @WomenSurgeons thank you so much everyone for the support! our team @seguralab is excited to combine tissue engineering with surgical sciences to improve clinical outcomes!

[Dr Helen Webberley (she/her) @HelenWebberley]

The regret rate of gender-affirming surgery is 0.3%.

The regret rate for knee replacement surgery is 6-30%.

"Transition regret" is a false narrative being pushed by the media to prevent people from getting access to life-saving, gender-affirming healthcare.

However...

Let's address that 0.3%.

Many outside factors contribute to a trans person's regret:

👉Unsupportive families.
👉Transphobic environments.
👉Normal post-op distress.

Just because that 0.3% of people regret their surgery doesn't mean they're not transgender.

The fear of regret shouldn't stop thousands of trans people from getting access to the healthcare they deserve.

Regret rates exist - but not for the reasons the media are trying to push.

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Companies, DEI committees, etc. preparing to put rainbows on your logos for pride:

Don't, UNLESS you:
- Provide FULL trans health benefits for employees
- End corporate donations to anti-trans politicians
- Don't hold conferences in states unsafe to travel (Florida)

[Dr Beverly Gray @DrBevGray]

While this abortion ban curtails the rights of North Carolinians, including the rights of my daughter’s generation — it will never take away our ability to bring compassion and empathy to every patient we meet.

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

🌶️ opinions are my own, not my employer’s, and def not ur medical advice 🍑

https://t.co/5Uwc3wcxRL

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

We discuss the work of Dr. Peters as both a gender-affirming medical provider and a vocal, visible member of the TGD community. We also discuss the harms of false binary narratives in gender-affirming care and the importance of patient-reported outcome measures.

[Randi Smith @RandiSmithMD]

I am still beaming from this full circle moment! Dr. Hayes-Dixon is a living legend after shattering so many barriers and achieving monumental success. She is the first of Dr. Organ’s residents to give this lecture in his honor. So incredible. So inspirational.

[Dr. Jessica Taylor @DrJessTaylor]

A reminder that Elsevier made $10.5 BILLION in 2022 from selling your academic journals and articles behind paywalls, and make more profit than Amazon, Google, and Apple every year…

And paid the academics who wrote the articles $0
And paid the reviewers of the articles $0

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Does anybody honestly think they will stop at bathrooms?

They have openly advocated removing meds, forcing conversion therapy.

For the last 4 years I have used the word genocide for what the right is trying to do. What other word am I to use for an open attempt at eradication?

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

It's been a tough week (month, year...) for reproductive justice, bodily autonomy & trans health across the U.S....proud that my training institution continues to support evidence-based and patient-centered care - - including gender affirmation 🏳️‍⚧️

[Duke Health @DukeHealth]

Online misinformation about toddlers starting gender transitions at Duke is false. Duke Health has provided high-quality, compassionate, and evidence-based gender care to both adolescents and adults for many years.

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

...just a few pics of our #squad, including an awesome lunch out...and me, prob caught in the midst discussing my love of hand/trauma surgery @lilkangsta @CoryJVatsaas @MariaXuMDPhD @hibazghandour

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

So great to attend @SNMA #AMEC2023 last weekend with friends from @DukeTrauma @DukeSurgOnc @DukeSurgRes, #DukePlasticSurgery...such inspiring convos abt the future of academic surgery, hidden curricula, mentorship, and the importance of interdisciplinary collabs

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Today, marches will happen worldwide for #TransDayOfVisibility.

We demand liberation. No more outlawing our medical care, our dignity. No more targeting children.

To those marching: Thank you. We will bend the arc of history towards justice ourselves.

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

@Lionhearted_ben **SCREAMS in TRANS**

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

@CassandraKisby @DukeSurgery @dukeobgyn Thanks for an amazing talk!

[Holly Lewis MD PhD | she/her @cHollyFlow]

@CommanderMD @DukeSurgery @DukeSurgRes @StanfordAlumni @cwjensen91 👢 👢 we love to see it. Also is that ABSITE review questions? ‘tis the season