🌟Thrilled to share my book, Maya’s Magical Heart—a children’s story to empower young readers to navigate their cardiac health with courage, resilience, and joy. I am deeply grateful for the unwavering support and encouragement of my mentors and friends.
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stumbled into one of Vincent van gogh’s letters to his brother and in it he says ‘If I’m worth something later, I’m worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is grass in the beginning.’
In a breakthrough for minimally invasive and robotic transplant surgery, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Stephanie H. Chang successfully led the world’s first fully robotic double lung transplant.
Learn more about the procedure from @nyulangone: https://t.co/3QD3xokcH4
Over 50% of patients under 60 in California are getting TAVR. This is absurd! Huge shoutout to @JoChikweMD and team for exposing the alarming truth: TAVR has a 250% higher risk of death in 5 years compared to SAVR.
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Up to 82% of pregnant surgeons experience miscarriage, preterm delivery, and intrauterine growth restriction. Occupational hazards, including prolonged standing, physical exertion, overnight shifts, and teratogenic exposure, contribute to these risks.
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Thank you @AmJSurgery for the invitation to write this commentary on the intersectionality of race and gender in affecting micro-aggressions faced by Asians in medicine.
@SDreamMD@MCWSurgery@MCWSurgResearch
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Day 1 at #TCT2024!🫀
I was thrilled to share our findings on M-TEER outcomes in patients with MVA <4 cm2.
Excited for more insightful conversations ahead!!
Dr. Amy Kite shared the legal framework and workplace protections resources available when facing pregnancy discrimination including PWFA and PUMP acts.
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#AWS2024 was a blast!
Had the pleasure of putting together a panel for 'Taming Toxicity' addressing discrimination faced by women surgeons. It was surprising yet unsurprising how many commonalities there are in every woman's story. But we have to get the conversation started!🧵
Dr. @JocelineVu walked us through some tips on how to navigate through expectations, biases and conflict. "Keep playing the game until you have the power to change the rules".