Lello Tesema

Primary care doc | Director of Population Health at LA County Correctional Health Services | Student of social movements | Frm @RWJFCSP | Views my own

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

@AltafSaadiMD @eeerox Horrifying indeed, and yet so commonplace. Thanks for sharing this article @altafsaadiMD, and kudos to the author for illuminated this tragedy.

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

If a 15 year old can't buy beer or vote, they shouldn't be sent to adult courts. Yet, CA law sanctions this. Help us change CA law. Call your senator and say #PassSB1391 https://t.co/dSQZy80GiR #LifeAt14 #NoPlaceForAChild

[Manik Chhabra @manikchhabra]

Our survey of state legislators shows wide partisan differences on #Medicaid policy. May signal major changes, esp in the 34 states with single party control of legislature/executive branch.
Our study in @JournalGIM https://t.co/ARVXEiXZ59 @janemzhu @davegrande @PennLDI

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

Eye opening talk by @AltafSaadiMD on the call for healthcare professionals to engage and interrogate hostile immigration policies (that pre-date current regime), and proposals for how to protect our patients. #sanctuaryhospitals #BUSPHsymposia https://t.co/L2fl3ZFjno

[Rebecca Cooney @BekRx]

@AltafSaadiMD - need to challenge the common narrative of immigration. Not just a Latino issue, families can have mixed documentation status, administration attacks on refugees & asylum seekers. #BUSPHsymposia #LancetUSA

[Boston University School of Public Health @BUSPH]

"The best way to mitigate the effects of jail is to keep people out of jail." -- @LTesema #BUSPHSymposia

[NCSP at Penn @NCSP_Penn]

Penn CSP Alums @AnnaUma & @khchaiyachati: Eliminating Gender-Based Bias in Academic Medicine: More Than Naming the “Elephant in the Room” https://t.co/jYvGEc5g9p @JournalGIM @Penn_MSHP @JoshuaLiaoMD @garyweissman @NationalCSP @CSP_AA

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

The NRA uses black gun ownership as a political pawn. In reality, they don't actually want black people to arm themselves.

[Manik Chhabra @manikchhabra]

Also worth re-reading this great piece by @LTesema detailing a similar set of circumstances leading to the deportation of one of her patients who was also a Vet with PTSD and a substance use disorder. https://t.co/XhPCxvgbaZ

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

@DrPoorman Dissent elsewhere

[Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter]

Study after study shows immigrants commit crime at lower rates than native-born Americans, not higher. https://t.co/ioDRIefkbi

[AAMC @AAMCtoday]

"In 1978, 1,410 black men applied to U.S. medical schools. In 2014, 36 years later, that number was 1,337." @UWSMPH Inaugural Diversity Summit Will Probe Lack of African-American Men in Academic Medicine. https://t.co/W2n1kcidn1 #BlackMeninMedicine

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

@jonathan_giftos @lipiroy @PrisonReformMvt @Prison_Health Thank you @lipiroy

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

"The less we rely on our criminal justice system to solve this public health crisis, the closer we move towards meaningful reform." A narrative piece I co-wrote with @jonathan_giftos for the ABA Judge's Journal. https://t.co/2pV63uMpj2

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

ACA lowered spending for the most poor. Does affordability = value? Key study by friend Anna Goldman @swoolhandler https://t.co/mVssTaNIX7

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

Our healthcare deepens the wealth divide. Great study and coverage by friends and colleagues @andrea_sylvie @swoolhandler #singlepayernow @medicareforall https://t.co/4VeJMk3T1S

[Andrea S. Christopher, MD, MPH @andrea_sylvie]

Great coverage in @TheAtlantic about our study showing healthcare costs increased income inequality @swoolhandler https://t.co/m5nAESw1eq

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

"Sexism can be overcome, but it must happen at an institutional level" Essential reading by the brilliant @DrPoorman https://t.co/O7BAtHJ0wB

[Vera Institute of Justice @verainstitute]

ICYMI, @NYGovCuomo announces sweeping criminal justice reform proposal for NY State, including ending cash bail for those with misdemeanor or nonviolent felony charges: https://t.co/eFvlufCNgh

[Jonathan Giftos, MD🗽🚵🏼‍♂️ @JonGiftosMD]

Tapering jail-incarcerated patients off their methadone-the gold standard tx for OUD, shown to ⬇️OD death rate by 50%-so patient can accept a residential "treatment alternative" in drug court (most residential programs cannot accept pts on MMT) simply shouldn't have to happen.

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

@sdACLU https://t.co/8Tt31W0CrE

[Lello Tesema @LTesema]

Our veterans deserve healthcare and citizenship. End deportation, bring them home. @ACLU_SoCal @ACLU_NorCal https://t.co/8Tt31W0CrE