Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼

MS4 | Class of 2026 @kpmedschool Interested in Social Emergency Medicine, Health Equity, and Health Systems

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

Time to do a #MedTwitter intro now that RCas is out of my hands.

Hi, I’m Noah and I’m #EMBound for #Match2026!

Big fan of the outdoors, reading (find me on GoodReads), and good food.

Passionate about disability equity, social EM, & systems-level work. Excited to meet y’all!

[Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Med @KPMedSchool]

KPSOM student Noah Contreras recently presented an original research project at the 16th Annual Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) national conference in Cleveland.

Read more about his research: https://t.co/aH3yLddJ0D

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

It’s giving research. #SIDM2023

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

This morning at 6 a.m. Pacific health care workers at Kaiser Permanente walked out on strike.

75,000 workers just launched the biggest strike the U.S. health care industry has ever seen.

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

Starting my #m2 Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships today! What are some key tips y’all gave for how to succeed in each of the #coreclerkships ? #MedStudentTwitter

[uché blackstock, md @uche_blackstock]

The Supreme Court's decision to strike down affirmative action, including in professional schools, like medical and nursing, will have detrimental consequences on Black health for generations to come. This is about life & death for us. Today, we are only 5% of physicians.

[Michael Justus @mhjrad]

getting into medical school is not the hardest part

[Mark Shapiro, MD @ETSshow]

If you think 24h shifts in medical training are good b/c they give you insight into what being an attending in a given speciality is like, you should also ask why are attendings working 24 hour (& longer) shifts?

[Emergency Medicine Journal @EmergencyMedBMJ]

Happy Emergency Medicine Day! @EmergencyDay @RCollEM @acemonline @SAEMonline

A big thanks to all those working in Emergency Departments around the world 🌎 🚑 🚨

[ABC News @ABC]

The Food and Drug Administration has dropped all restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men donating blood. https://t.co/0Htfp8VBUR

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

M1 (+ others) softball team ending the spring season on a win! 🥎🩺🎉

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

Two more while we’re at it:
3) Tying insurance coverage to employment is a broken system.

4) Our country has only ever reactionary responses to the errors of our insurance system, and doesn’t take the time for proactive responses.

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

Two health systems takeaways from the CoVID-19 pandemic:

1) In a country without universal healthcare, requiring doctor’s notes for absences is inherently classist.

2) If they have to pay to prove the severity of their illness, employees will end up coming to work sick.

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

Fun weekend getting to meet all the newly admitted student with my fellow M1s! #kpsom #secondlook @KPMedSchool

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

Looking forward to meeting the newly accepted students at @KPMedSchool Second Look weekend this upcoming weekend! Who’s going to be there? #secondlookweekend #kpsom #amcas2023

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

black sutures were me just practicing a few different techniques, green is my first attempt on a non-straight line

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

hey #MedTwitter would love any tips and tricks on getting better at simple suturing! i’m an M1 who hasn’t been formally taught yet, but wanted to try my hand at it. starting my longitudinal core rotations in a couple months and would like to be adept by then!

[Laura Vater, MD, MPH @doclauravater]

We as a body of physicians must take a hard look at the data on sleep & do away with the archaic model of medical training that sleep deprives & dehumanizes young doctors.

Sleep deprivation should not be seen as a rite of passage of training, but as a violation of human rights.

[Noah Contreras | he/him🩺🏳️‍🌈✊🏼 @noahcontreras_]

Feeling extra grateful today for all the doctors who have shaped me thus far in my path to becoming a physician, and for those I’ve yet to meet who I know will play an integral part in my professional development. #NationalDoctorsDay2023

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The FDA approved Narcan, a nasal spray that reverses opioid overdoses, for over-the-counter sales.
https://t.co/Jtd8ed5FKV