Heather Johnson, MD

PGY1 IM UT Houston. Cat mom. Auntie of perfect human. Knitter of scarves (& only scarves). Reader of books. Enthusiast of a good hike. she/her.🇨🇦🇺🇸

[Tanima Jana, MD @TanimaJanaMD]

Had fun at dinner with my internal medicine resident mentee, @h_johnson17! Love sharing the knowledge!

#MentoringInHealthcare
#MentoringMondays
@UTHimres
@UtGastro

[Colleen Farrell, MD @colleenmfarrell]

It’s just a feminist rage tweeting kind of evening

[Heather Johnson, MD @h_johnson17]

Really enjoyed the convo on #hysteria about the downside of referring to women as “badasses.” as a woman in medicine trying to figure out how to family plan this thread resonates all the more - how it can justify unsustainable work environments. @morninggloria @AlyssaMastro44

[Heather Johnson, MD @h_johnson17]

@EmmGeezee Thank you, thank you, thank you! My first rotation is MICU. Absolute life-saver!

[Justin @judith_ism]

Girl are you okay? You’ve hardly put your records on.

[Heather Johnson, MD @h_johnson17]

When you and your mom are, unbeknownst to @morninggloria , her 2nd & 3rd ride or dies.

#hysteria @crookedmedia

[Heather Johnson, MD @h_johnson17]

Hot damn I love this generation.

[Kolleen @littlewhitty]

In Texas, Lake Highlands High School valedictorian, Paxton Smith, switched out her approved speech to talk about abortion rights.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

The remains of 215 Indigenous children have been found at a former residential school in Kamloops, BC (some as young as 3 years old).

The last Canadian residential school closed in 1996.

It baffles me that we even debate Canada's genocide of Indigenous people.

[Heather Johnson, MD @h_johnson17]

I can’t even begin to fathom this.

[محمود @mqudaih_]

People in Gaza have been reviving an old tradition in which some families exchange their kids, so that in case some get bombed, the others would live. My family is spread out over three houses in three different locations as if they're trying to avert a massacre.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Wow. Just... wow. @RepKatiePorter is so unbelievably good at this.

[Farah Rahman, MD, MPH @farahrahman23]

I have never understood the concept of being apolitical in medicine.

Staying silent in the face of injustice is the BIGGEST political stance of all. It says you are indifferent.

[Ofole Mgbako @oumgbako]

Was in clinic and reminded how limited our definition of health is in the US. Health is not the absence of illness. It’s freedom from violence, trauma, oppression, poverty; access to nutritious food, clean air & water. It’s loving yourself, finding purpose. And so much more...

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Waive the vaccine patents. Now.

[Alex Rice, MD @AlexRiceMD]

If you think efforts to diversify and make the field of medicine less malignant for URM folks (and by extension, everyone) are making the field worse instead of better, you quite frankly don’t deserve to lay hands on Black and brown patients.

[Heather Johnson, MD @h_johnson17]

Hoarding vaccines is morally bankrupt.

Also still not sure why we can’t open source these patents and not let capitalism continue to destroy us.

[Vincent Rajkumar @VincentRK]

This is a plea to the US government to help India. What you can do:

-Help with Oxygen & Oxygen generators
-Release Astra Zeneca vaccine supplies
-Lift the export ban & send them raw materials for vaccines

As bad as this looks. It's 10 times worse. The Indian people need you.

[Heather Johnson, MD @h_johnson17]

@londyloo Agreed. I did appreciate saving so much not travelling. Honestly I was so exhausted after interviews I couldn’t imagine how usually there’s travel involved. But hope there are best practices/ guidelines for programs to follow. Some did a much better job than others in showcasing

[Francesca Fiorentini @franifio]

For the cheap seats in the back: Police don't need more training, more money or more support. They need to be made irrelevant by defunding an institution that criminalizes race and poverty, and putting money into healthcare, housing and new systems of safety and justice.

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

We are a nation of mass shootings, state-sanctioned violence and genital checks of children. Well done, America.

[status annoyicus @medburnbook]

there is literally no way to pretend everything is normal and fine in the face of continued police terrorism against Black people, continued mass shootings, renewed persecution of trans individuals...... can’t even take time to properly grieve before the next tragedy hits