GretchenBAlexanderMD

Safety net hospital doc. Physician leader @AZPsychSociety, @ArMA and ArMPAC. Remaining optimistic for change. Views my own.

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

George

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@Healthgrades has a neat ploy to force physicians to engage with their platform- they create an inaccurate physician profile ie identifying you as a graduate of a medical school you've never heard of. The only way to make a change is to create an account with them

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@JasonJamesonMD @ArizonaMedicine Thank you Jason!!

[Jason Jameson MD @JasonJamesonMD]

Congrats to Gretchen Alexander @galexandermd for the @ArizonaMedicine Distinguished Service Award for her excellence, dedication, and leadership in Medicine. Well deserved! #ArMAmtg

[Sasha Luccioni, PhD 🦋🌎✨🤗 @SashaMTL]

Nobody has their slides ready a week before! 🫠

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@Dr_Oubre Drawing little to-do squares and filling them in as I go is practically the reason for my entire existence.

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@DrNicoleC But a lot of the time they don't get the expensive medical care they need, so the system saves money in the long run.

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@SchrodingrsBrat I haven’t liked small talk much since one of my children died. I’m still a good listener though. Maybe fewer generalizations and more compassion for others would be something to try…

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

Incredibly, made it to gate 2D for my connect @AmericanAir flight, not being allowed on. You literally can’t make this stuff up

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

Lol on @AmericanAir this am. FA literally watches me at 5’2” and 103 lbs struggle to get my not-big bag into the overhead almost taking out another passenger in the process then promptly hops on the PA to announce that I did it wrong #friendlyskies

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

Aaaand now it’s more delayed, probably going to miss my connection in DFW. Pro tip @AmericanAir if your flight’s not gonna leave on time maybe encourage FAs to be more kind

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

Update @AmericanAir offshore CSR now psycho-calling me on WhatsApp audio “because you have a complaint.” 🙄

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

PS of course flight now delayed

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

This. This is just so true.

[Maia Bittner @maiab]

that sucks, what an awful feeling to be so unseen. I’ve experienced something similar and I think it’s the “just world” fallacy - basically people are saying “I like you and think you’re a good person, I don’t believe bad things happen to good people, I have to tell you it’ll be good to soothe myself”

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@sweetdoodmd A medical degree should not be considered an entry ticket into the socioeconomic elite. For many of our colleagues, it has become that, with predictable societal results.

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@sweetdoodmd Standard reply: I would keep making hot dogs as long as I could afford to educate my children, pay back student loans, live in a not-lavish house in a decent neighborhood, save for retirement and take a nice vacation every year.

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@brad_loomis That's an inefficient team right there.

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@usnehal @brad_loomis Hey, me too! But I was at @PennMedicine so they just had a resident pop me in a wheelchair and drop me off in the ED while they went on rounding. Hahaha.

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@olsonplanner I also strongly believe we should be paid well for our work so we can pay off our loans, educate our children, live in a good neighborhood, take restorative vacations and save for a nice retirement. All of this can be accomplished on far less than 7 figures.

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@olsonplanner It's bad for our profession when physicians make 7 figure incomes. We should go into medicine to help people, have intellectually interesting work, and contribute to society 1/2

[GretchenBAlexanderMD @galexandermd]

@MDaware And that's why everyone's brain is different...