Katie O'Connell, MD

@VUMChealth Dermatology Resident | Forever @UCBerkeley Golden Bear | @evmsedu | @vumcmedicineres med |🐱🐱mom

[Hedgie @HedgieMarkets]

🦔UC Berkeley's computer science department just posted its worst failure rates in years. 35.3% of CS 10 students got F's in spring 2026, up from under 10% in prior semesters. Professor Dan Garcia says the primary driver is a "vast increase in academic dishonesty" through LLMs. Students use AI to complete assignments, never learn the material, then fail exams. His office hours, once full, are now empty.

My Take
Companies are firing experienced engineers while the pipeline that produces new ones is being gutted by the same technology. Students use AI to bypass the hard part of learning, show up to exams without the understanding, and fail. One professor discovered a student's linear algebra class had an "open AI" policy for homework and exams. That student then couldn't do basic linear algebra in the next course.

Both ends of the workforce are eroding at the same time. Senior engineers are getting cut to fund AI spending. Junior engineers are graduating without the skills because AI did their coursework. And the companies spending trillions on these tools haven't connected those two facts yet.

Hedgie🤗

[Mark Lewis, MD, FASCO @marklewismd]

As a medical profession we need to take posts like this one seriously

It is a big problem (and undermines any hope of therapeutic alliance) if our patients don’t feel heard

In fact I would argue that our jobs, both diagnostically and therapeutically, are easier when we listen

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

GET HYPE YALL!!!!!! So proud of the hubby and @WhisperAero !

[Tone @toneoutdoors]

Meet the T1 — The world’s quietest high-performance handheld leaf blower.

Engineered for peaceful, early-morning use, delivering professional-grade power without the noise.

Power you feel. Sound you barely notice.

@WhisperAero #Tone #QuietPower #WhisperAero

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

@DrStevenTChen Absolutely!!!! Yes please

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

@EPotterMD I’ve had the same issue with peer to peers refusing to give me their name. Truly perplexed how this is okay

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

@RachelKLim @PittDermatology Congratulations Rachel!!!!!!! Way to go 🤩🤩🤩

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

Absolutely incredible !!!! I have really enjoyed following this beautiful success story. So exciting to see it published and hoping many more patients benefit from this breakthrough

[Professor Richard Scolyer AO @ProfRAScolyer]

I am very proud to be part of the amazing team of researchers, scientists and clinicians who are all co-authors of the important research publication just released in Nature Medicine. The paper documents changes in my brain tumour & blood before and after I received neoadjuvant systemic combination immunotherapy treatment, which occurred in 2023.

Everyone involved, including lead authors Georgina Long and Helen Rizos, used their expertise, knowledge and creative intellect to generate this important data just released.

Whilst the paper deals with the data from just one patient (me), ultimately a clinical trial of a large group of patients needs to be conducted to determine whether or not neoadjuvant (pretreatment) combination immunotherapy is clinically effective in (a subgroup of) brain cancer patients. I hope such a trial begins in the not too distant future.

Congratulations to everyone who has contributed to this research. What a fantastic achievement!

But this is only the beginning & much more research is required to improve treatment and outcomes and ultimately save lives.

@SydneyLHD
@NthSydHealth
@Sydney_Uni
@COBLH
#glioblastoma

[Samuel Hume @DrSamuelBHume]

2024's top 10 advances in medicine (🧵)

1. The numerous benefits of GLP1R agonists

As well as causing weight loss, GLP1s can prevent complications of obesity (diabetes, liver fibrosis, kidney disease, osteoarthritis), treat heart failure, and even slow down Parkinson's:

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

@olsonplanner Thank you so much :) you rock!

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

WOOOOOOO go whisper!

[Whisper Aero @WhisperAero]

Whisper Aero is proud to be named one of @TechCrunch's most disruptive startups of 2024. We’ve had another year of major milestones, and the momentum hasn’t gone unnoticed. It’s a nod to what we’ve built, shared, and achieved this year—and a vote of confidence for what’s to come!

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

@olsonplanner Lmaooooo

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

@RahulShahK @Chelsie_Sievers @VUMCMedicineRes @VUMCHemOnc @CathyEngMD Love this !!! 2 superstars 🤩🤩

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

Miss those libraries SO MUCH. My happy place @UCBerkeleyLib

[Rich Lyons @richlyons]

A favorite sign from GameDay:

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

Truly greatest thing I’ve ever seen in my life to this day. Never forget.

[i don't even like sports, actually. @ilovechooch]

in honor of the 4x100, the greatest 4x100 of all time

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

So proud of this incredible group of students for carrying on the success of VADTAD and their dedication to advocacy! first senior author manuscript :)
Virtual state-wide dermatology advocacy day promotes advocacy efforts amongst medical trainees
https://t.co/vsJ5On4N7t

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

Woo!!! Years of hard work in the making. @TheJEADV @SpiessPhilippe @ClintonTim
Factors predictive of recurrence, metastasis and death in node‐negative penile squamous cell carcinoma: A retrospective multicentre cohort study https://t.co/rmJkDYLSfi

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

So excited to see this out!
The American Academy of Dermatology's “Good Skin Knowledge” program enhances children and adolescents' confidence regarding dermatologic knowledge - O'Connell - Pediatric Dermatology - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/cf2WzN07p8

[Katie O'Connell, MD @K8toconnell]

@UKOkoji 😂 every time!!!!

[Ian Villa⚡️🔋✈️ @ian__villa]

Big reason why we're working so hard at @WhisperAero to quiet the skies