Margo Pumar, MD, MA

wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, psychiatrist, educator, mental health advocate, design thinker, large dog owner, beach lover, woodworker and song writer

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

@GIMedEd @SFUnified @ReopenSFUSD Seriously! Science? Experts? Common sense? Help!

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

@Dr_Epel yes agreed! I thrive off positive pressure!

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

I just saw 'Hamilton' at the Orpheum for the first time this week; I'd never even listened to it. I was very impressed by the musical brilliance and diversity, but more so saddened that it is unequivocally sexist.

On the Women of ‘Hamilton’ by @bgslipka https://t.co/BheOOupIde

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

@RESCUEorg Help the estimated 18.4 million people in need of aid in Afghanistan.

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

A pandemic cannot be beaten without robust national health systems. However, funds committed to the Access to #COVID19 Tools Accelerator are skewed towards vaccines; $3.9 billion versus $360 million for health systems. Ann Danaiya Usher for World Report: https://t.co/u764P2xAHm

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Last week’s attack is cause for grief and outrage. But it should not be cause for shock.

My essay in the @WashingtonPost. https://t.co/6lsNrXH3YD

[Tyler Gordon @tygordonsworld]

I couldn't have one without the other. I painted @JoeBiden because he stutters just like me. He showed me that speaking slowly kinda masks a stutter.
@KamalaHarris @JoeBiden @ChelseaClinton

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

@CMangurian @UCSFPsychiatry @Dr_Epel @DRoubinov @ColumbiaPsych @EFitelson @laurylmayer Please everyone, be careful, wear masks, wash your hands and avoid extended contact with those outside your immediate household. Your choices affect everyone.
#SaveLives #WearAMask

[Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS @CMangurian]

Excellent @TheLancet piece by the extraordinary physician @gradydoctor. 👇🏼

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

@KBibbinsDomingo Honestly...!

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

It's time to make some tough decisions about the holidays and save lives. We need everyone to do their part.

[Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo @KBibbinsDomingo]

How to Minimize COVID Risk and Enjoy the Holidays - Scientific American https://t.co/K73sbVrO9S

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

Telehealth has been a game changer for mental health access. Thank you Mr President for ensuring that it is here to stay - especially with the mental health pandemic.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Despite the challenges facing us this year, a historic number of Americans have voted in this election. Their votes deserve to be counted.

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

Please everyone take care today! And here are some tips from colleagues at UCSF and Columbia.

[Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS @CMangurian]

Hoping these tips help you & your teams weather election stress & the storm up ahead.

Grateful to work on this with my brilliant @UCSFPsychiatry & @ColumbiaPsych colleagues @EFitelson @Dr_Epel @laurylmayer @MargoPumar & Dr. Mike Devlin. @sfchronicle

https://t.co/FI1ZTR9Lhh

[LizNeeley @LizNeeley]

I am so grateful for the hope & comfort I feel when I listen to scientists like @CMangurian, @MaxKrummel, & @TejalDesaiUCSF talk about what inspires their work.

If you too need some powerful #science #stories, listen at https://t.co/WjYcwofqxp PS - you might recognize the host!

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

Check out this story from my amazing and inspiring colleague @CMangurian. Let's stigma and finally start supporting one another. You are not alone.
https://t.co/0AlHc7Siz1

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

I’m looking forward to a future where the people know that—even in crisis—the president has their back.

How about you?

[UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences @UCSFPsychiatry]

Child and adolescent psychiatry fellow @ChaseTMAnderson in @statnews: I’m a Black psychiatrist. I’m never prepared for the emptiness and grief I feel when police shoot a Black person. - https://t.co/bYCtfO0no4

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

The Trump administration has implemented policies toward migrant children at the border that are tantamount to torture as evidenced by researchers and health authorities.
https://t.co/TGWf5gQ0a6

https://t.co/7bAWPJ0v1L

[Margo Pumar, MD, MA @MargoPumar]

@UCSFPsychiatry This is just one of many helpful video shorts meant to support people, patients, leaders etc during this time.