Prelim at Lankenau. Derm at OHSU. Previous autoimmune skin disease research fellow at Penn. Interested in complex med derm/rheum derm. Views are my own.
Little late on the retweet, but wanted to bump my insanely smart colleague/friend’s research on droplet transmission of COVID-19! @christina_bax you are an all star!!
In this experiment, investigators visualized approximately 300 droplets that were generated during speech. The droplets decreased in number with lower amplitude-speech and were almost eliminated when the speaker’s mouth was covered with a damp cloth. #COVID19
My daughter opened this package from Amazon and said, “Ooh it’s a doll! I wonder who it’s for?”
Then she pulled it out, saw it was a vitiligo Barbie and said, “Oh, it’s for Dad.”
Said to me by white male attendings:
At a med school interview: "I just don't see you becoming a surgeon."
At a residency interview: "Surgery has historically been made up of white males...so how do you think you'll fit in here?"
Make room. #BlackintheIvory
Food for thought #dermtwitter#MedStudentTwitter for how dermatology residency programs may support URiM applicants through #COVIDー19 related changes, highlighting de-emphasis on #USMLE & providing virtual opportunities to closely interface with program leadership @JAADjournals
A statement from Robert L. Johnson, Dean, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, about racial injustice and inequality, and the senseless loss of Black lives...
Abstracts were due yesterday for @SocietyPedsDerm and I couldn't help but reminisce about my oral presentation last year on pediatric invasive melanoma! Check out this article written about it in MDEdge! https://t.co/yrc13RvPHe