Sam Hofacker

2x @DukeU alum, @MGHMedicine grad, Academic Hospitalist @TJUHospital. Interested in #MedEd, storytelling, @DukeMBB, and the outdoors. Opinions are my own.

[Sam Hofacker @shofacker]

Hi #Medtwitter, #Nephtwitter! I’ve wanted to put together a tweetorial for a while, and now that my first manuscript is published, here are a few things I’ve learned about cardiac arrest in patients on dialysis, our resuscitative response, and #healthequity. Thread:

[Sam Hofacker @shofacker]

@rabihmgeha @DxRxEdu DOE and orthopnea + euovlemia -> end stage heart failure

[Sam Hofacker @shofacker]

@MrJakeCiofu Both seasons are on the Comedy Central App/Website

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

Ready to tell your story? Share it to https://t.co/gkzwjuaHT0! Email [email protected] if you have questions!

@shofacker @StoriesoftheMGH @mghmedres

[Jarone Lee, MD MPH @JaroneLeeMD]

@StoriesoftheMGH is a @MassGeneralNews storytelling series that celebrates individual voices from every corner of the MGH. We find and help you tell your personal stories orally and in writing.

Submit Stories: https://t.co/cwabhqmWfB

[Sam Hofacker @shofacker]

@ess0h @mlipsitch In the original thread, @celinegounder writes on this (post 94->end), explaining that immunosuppressed individuals (particularly solid organ transplant recipients) generate significantly lower levels of neutralizing antibody with 2 doses and likely would benefit from a third dose

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

1/"In early March, as the pandemic grew dire in Boston, my colleagues and I watched as our Cardiac Step-Down Unit was converted into a 36-bed COVID unit in under three days. Being young and fit, I felt ready to join the fight. A few days in, I admitted an elderly Russian man who

[Sam Hofacker @shofacker]

Please tune in tonight for a live storytelling event on identity, the visible, and the invisible. So grateful to have had the opportunity to work with @StoriesoftheMGH and help make this event a reality

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

TONIGHT: Mar 29 at 5:30 PM ET
STORIES OF THE MGH: THE ME YOU DON'T SEE
Watch LIVE at https://t.co/sUlwx89DFW

Storytellers: @phoebeyager @IEMcElroy @joelspapa @kelsaaay13, Rosemond Valcimond, Sonia Lewin, Lara Hirner

#StoriesoftheMGH @MassGeneralNews @MassGenBrigham @MGHSurgery

[Kathy May Tran, MD @kathymaytran]

1/#StoriesoftheMGH is the @MassGeneralNews storytelling series. Tomorrow is the next live installment!

We all have stories. Too often, we don't tell them. We feel we can't or shouldn't, we don't want to or don't think others want to listen. I work alongside the inspired

[Sam Hofacker @shofacker]

Incredibly excited that @juliaeakinblack be joining me and @MassGeneralNews. Couldn’t ask for a better partner in crime, and I’m already terrified of having to consult you for psych questions

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

1/“I decided to return home last year, both to Massachusetts and to @MassGeneralNews, as a new #nursepractitioner. My first year in practice came with additional challenges, including the end of a relationship, new familial responsibilities, and a second relocation to Boston—not

[Ithan Peltan, MD, MSc @ipeltan]

Pulse oximetry overestimates arterial oxygen saturation in Black patients and misses up to ~1 in 6 potentially important hypoxemia events, 3x more than white patients - short @NEJM letter, huge disparities implications from @msjoding @tsvalley @iwashyna https://t.co/ee5CsFTiu1

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

1/"Hello?" I mumble into the phone. In a half-hour, I have to be up for my next night shift on Ellison 18, the #pediatrics floor that’s been made into an adult #COVID19 unit.

It’s a cardiologist in Southern California. She’s taking care of my grandfather, who’s been in the

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

1/Deep Breath⁣
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I’m flicking the mouse wheel ⁣⁣
Scrolling through a ribcage into dense white clouds⁣
And scattering labs on my notes sheet like tea leaves⁣
When I hear an alarm.⁣
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In psychiatry, alarms mean fire⁣
But we’re not in psychiatry ⁣⁣
And the workroom comes

[Sam Hofacker @shofacker]

Here’s a message we could all use today. If you’ve got a couple of minutes, Noah’s story is well worth the read

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

1/As a research assistant at the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, I’m used to dealing with data and conducting interviews, not making phone calls to support and connect with our subjects during a #pandemic. When the time came, however, I was grateful for the

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

1/⁣“#Socialdistancing” was not part of the vernacular in early March. I started feeling a dry cough but was told I was fine to work, so I went on with my life as usual--after all, I had cancer patients to care for. While I felt there was no way I had #COVID19, a nagging feeling

[MGH IM Residents @mghmedres]

1/ We have a special tweetorial by PGY-1 @kevincmillerMD !

We are here to talk about @DGlaucomflecken 's favorite organ: THE SPLEEN! ♥️Or rather, what happens in its absence!

Is having a splenectomy a risk factor for thrombosis ❓🤔

@MedTweetorials #MedTwitter

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

1/My goal for 2020 was not to be a #hero. Getting ready to adopt my 2-year-old foster son was hard. I knew I’d need the help of my friends and family.

After FMLA leave to adjust to my growing family ended, I returned to work in February. My enthusiasm for returning to work

[Sam Hofacker @shofacker]

Incredibly excited to be a part of the team working on @StoriesoftheMGH. Now more than ever, stories have the power to bring us together, help us be both vulnerable and strong, and allow us to share insight into an unprecedented time at @MGHMedicine and throughout the world

[Stories of the MGH @StoriesoftheMGH]

1/2020 was the first year I spent my March birthday indoors. Mandated to work from home, and with the extent of the #outbreak still largely unknown, I developed what I believed to be #COVID19 #symptoms. I dreaded calling Occupational Health. “Do you have body aches, fever, loss

[Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD @jmvyasmdphd]

I ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ our interns. We took a socially-distanced group picture where most of the interns joined. What an incredible group. @MGHMedicine @jonathan_salik @rjasras @ArielleMedford Dr. Ali Castle @katrinarmstrong