Maria Psihogios

Pediatrician with Specialization in Adolescent Medicine ~ Advocate for physician wellness ~ Tweets my own & not medical advice

[The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) @SickKidsNews]

Members of the Adolescent Medicine wellness committee at SickKids share a message to the #SickKidsCrew & beyond, highlighting the importance of maintaining social connection, reaching out for support, practicing self-care & nurturing kindness. #TogetherApart #WellnessWednesday

[The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) @SickKidsNews]

The SickKids Peer and Physician Support and Trauma Response Team is there for staff needing individual support and trauma response. In celebration of #GlobalPeerSupportDay we pay tribute to our team of 90+ peers. Here are just a few who make our hospital a better workplace.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Drop everything you're doing and watch this.

@JKCorden, I didn't think it was possible to be more proud of you, but you just did it.

[Chana Korenblum @chanakorenblum]

“...the establishment of arbitrary age limits on pediatric care by health care providers should be discouraged.” ⁦@AAPNews⁩ ⁦@CanPaedSociety⁩ ⁦@SAHMtweets⁩ ⁦@Dr_Gorter⁩ ⁦@MeejumKaufman⁩ https://t.co/xvdQaJq4Wp

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

I was walking to the med school yesterday and this young woman stopped me.

Her: "Are you a doctor?"
Me: "I sure am."
Her: "Are you glad? Would you do it again?"
Me: "Absolutely yes."
Her: "Really? Wow. You're the 1st to say that."
Me: 🙁

What do you tell people?
#isitjustme

[Maria Psihogios @mpsihogios]

Annual Chief Resident #leadership Workshop with @UofTPGME Taking a break for #wellness & #selfcare with @DownwardDocs chair #yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️

[Serge Ibaka @sergeibaka]

From begging leftovers 15 years ago to coming back as an NBA Champhion to eat a full meal at the same restaurant in Congo. Sometimes life is like a movie and this script is written by God only... #anythingispossible

[Alène Toulany @DrAleneToulany]

SO EXCITED to share this work!!! #Transition #AdolescentHealth #AdolescentMedicine #MentalHealth

[The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) @SickKidsNews]

"Our study suggests that primary care doctors, like family doctors, have an important role to play in the transition from paediatric to adult care," said @DrAleneToulany, lead author of a new SickKids and @ICESOntario study. #SKResearch @globeandmail https://t.co/HBrDgoF4jL

[Christopher Simon @chris_r_simon]

Important and powerful messages from great #physicianhealth champions in this @CMA_Docs InFocus Video: https://t.co/zXVBiyER49 (click link, not photo)

[TED Talks @TEDTalks]

"Everyone keeps saying climate change is an existential threat, and yet they just carry on like before. I don't understand that, because if the emissions have to stop, then we must stop the emissions. To me that is black or white." @GretaThunberg https://t.co/kM13va43TY

[American Academy of Pediatrics @AmerAcadPeds]

As our nation reels from two mass shootings in two days, we must do more than mourn the lives lost. To #EndGunViolence now, we need strong policies now to keep our children and communities safe.

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

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On a perfect Saturday afternoon, I chose to return to the hospital. To make not one decision or write one single order. But instead to stand beside my resident and intentionally affirm her.

It wasn’t lost on her.

But even better? It wasn’t lost on our patient.

Nope.

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

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“Can I run something by you?”

It was Saturday. I was already gone. She was still on the ward. I didn’t respond to that text. Instead, I called her directly.

Me: “Hey.”
Her: “I’m so sorry to bother you, Dr. Manning.”
Me: “Never be sorry.”

*silence*

Me: “I’m all ears."

[David Steensma, MD @DavidSteensma]

I covered the pager of a young female colleague this weekend & it was... eye-opening. First, she gets a lot of pages, some about stuff I wouldn't be called with. Second, *everyone* - ER, Admitting, lab, nurses - paged with her first name. I get "Hey David" sometimes, not always.

[Jeremy Friedman @DrJFriedman]

Interesting update on #PrEP for prevention of HIV by dr julien Roy-Lavalee ⁦@SickKidsNews⁩ grand rounds ⁦@DrAleneToulany⁩ ⁦@AVandermorris⁩ ⁦@karenraven⁩ #adolescent health

[Jeremy Friedman @DrJFriedman]

Helpful update on emergency #contraception by dr Nataly Mercado ⁦@SickKidsNews⁩ grand rounds ⁦@DrAleneToulany⁩ ⁦@AVandermorris⁩ ⁦@karenraven⁩ ⁦@HickKM⁩