Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS

🔪🇵🇷 General Surgeon. 📍 Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow @ AdventHealth Celebration. Proud dog mom. 🐶

[Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS @marcano_sofia1]

The "You don't look like a surgeon" comment is getting old.

My answer: "Were you expecting an older male surgeon? You should change your expectatives, we look like this nowadays."

👏🏻🔪
#WomenInSurgery

[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

“My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.”

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Pass it on

[Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS @marcano_sofia1]

@TLongoriaD 😂

[maria 🦇 @jasoctodd]

hotd characters as viral tweets — a thread

[Laura Vater, MD, MPH @doclauravater]

Dear New Doctor,

You can learn something from every patient you meet, & every healthcare worker, too. The nurse at the bedside. The respiratory therapist. The dietitian.

Listen to your patients and colleagues, trust their instincts, learn from them. You’ll be a better doctor.

[Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS @marcano_sofia1]

Could*

[Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS @marcano_sofia1]

Cohld not have said it better myself. 👏🏻

[Alisa Coker, M.D. @alisamae]

Met 4 Brazilian female surgeons tonight. One said she attended my session yesterday & she was so excited to see all females. So much so she took a picture. What we do & how we represent makes a difference. #womeninsurgery @SamreenSarah #SRS2024 @socroboticsurg

[Matilda ✨ @thisfromathilda]

Criston Cole : bitch

#HouseofThedragon #HOTD

[Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS @marcano_sofia1]

@TLongoriaD

[Westin Wong @WestinWong]

A man will live like this and think it’s ok

[Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS @marcano_sofia1]

Two legends: Dr. Parra and Dr. Patel. I was walking among giants yesterday.

[Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS @marcano_sofia1]

Even luckier to have trained with Dr. Jay Redan this past year. Such a great mentor, surgeon and friend. Will be forever grateful for the opportunity!

#SRS2024

[Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS @marcano_sofia1]

With the great Dr. Plasencia at the SRS 2024.

Lucky to have met so many great and inspiring surgeons.

Definitely looking forward to next year's meeting!

#SRS2024

[✨neuron divergent EKG slayer MD✨ @fuqekgs]

What working in medicine is like

[Clarence Tsai @clarencetsaiMD]

New Interns, medical students, or any providers! Today is my last day of residency. It's crazy to think how far I have come. For your consideration:

5 Things I Wish I Knew Then, That I Know Now

Please share with whoever.

Photo: A Clueless MS1

[Society of Robotic Surgery | SRS @socroboticsurg]

#SRS2024 is officially underway! Check out this message from Executive Director @vipulpatelmd.

[Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS @marcano_sofia1]

Lunch with live surgery from Brazil.
👏🏻 Technology is amazing!
#SRS2024
#RoboticSurgery
#SocietyOfRoboticSurgery
#MIS

[Michael Galvez, MD @MichaelGalvezMD]

We know that Latinos and Latinas are severely underrepresented in medicine. We know that the assisting staff in clinics/hospitals are mostly Latino (they are many times speaking the language) however the physicians are not. That’s why we have created this movement. We don’t need articles to know because it’s our lived experience. Please join the NLPD movement! Links to NPR story and articles below.

#nationallatinophysicianday #nationallatinaphysicianday #nationallatinxphysicianday
#nlpd
#medtwitter

[Michael Galvez, MD @MichaelGalvezMD]

🚨 ALERT 🚨National Latino Physician Day Website is live!! Order your T shirts NOW (truly limited run that stops at the end of 8/31/2023 and then ships). Reasonably priced T shirt proceeds for LMSA and MiMentor.

Three important documents on the website: Letter to send out to your institution on why this day is important, mission statement with fact sheet, and ours news release.

Link in the bio for website on how to be involved and make sure to subscribe!

Much more to come!!!

#nationallatinophysicianday #nationallatinaphysicianday #nationallatinxphysicianday

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[Sofía Marcano-Bonilla, MD, DABS @marcano_sofia1]

AdventHealth Updates in Foregut 2023

Enjoying Section 1: Management of GERD - Beyond PPIs!

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#MIS

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