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Jul 26, 2019 7 tweets 5 min read Read on X
Thanks to #medtwitter for helping me deliver a powerful message at #CombiSIG19 on #genderbias. Here's what I said:

1. It's real. End of story. I gave a slide with tons of references, including from @JulieSilverMD @arghavan_salles @TheLancet ImageImage
But people like stories more than studies, so I also included an anecdote - a peer review of a textbook proposal. It was a rejection. Turns out, the publisher didn't agree with the critiques. #womeninmedicine Image
And I illustrated the potential ripple effect had I lost this opportunity not for lack of academic legitimacy, but for having a new job in a new city with a new baby.

Would I have had fewer speaking opportunities, research collaborations, funding? Image
Would this have altered my academic trajectory? When leaders looked for faculty to invite, promote, nominate - would I be among those considered? Or would I be under-qualified because of the very real consequences of having a child? #thatsbias
And then we talked about the why.

Overt discrimination - the ugly we can see. Just a small part of the problem.

More insidious and a bigger part of the problem are perpetuation of myths, false beliefs, and implicit bias. ImageImageImageImage
Finally, another personal story about how supporting women doesn't always mean promoting women.

When my husband was diagnosed with cancer, I needed a different kind of help.

Not more papers or committees or speaking, but fewer.

In fact, none.

Immediately. #HeForShe Image
Have zero tolerance for data denial and willful ignorance.

Have transparency, not tokenism.

Use systemic counterbalances to implicit bias.

Create culture of equity so people do succeed on their merits.

That's what I intend to do.

Will you join me? Image

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Sep 6, 2021
#COVID19 has disproportionately affected careers of women in healthcare and science.

As I reflect on my own experience at work as a woman, a physician, and a leader, here are some things that make a big difference, to me and to the teams I lead:

[#GiveHerAReasonToStay 🧵]
➡️ Flexibility on when, where, and how we work
➡️ Professional development activities protected as part of the job – not “on your own time” extras
➡️ Supportive culture that is committed to employee wellbeing, and employees being themselves
➡️ Private spaces for meditation, massage, and exercise - and YES, we use them!
➡️ Paid parental leave and private rooms for lactating moms
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#NewYear2021 reflections - a 🧵

Had an unintentionally profound moment with an executive coach recently.

She said “maybe you should just stop thinking about what's next and enjoy that you’ve arrived."

What? I almost 😢. ♥️ stopped. But wait - there's important context...
I was telling her my life story, the professional twists and turns.

The part where my husband got cancer.

The part when I left academic clinical medicine- my love, and my identity.

Would I still "be" a doctor?

Would my accomplishments and work matter? Or be nothing...
I had, after all, pretty much achieved all the "important" things.

Invited speaker around the 🌏
Academic rank/promotion
Examiner for my specialty’s Board
Board of Directors for multiple orgs
Many national committees
Teaching residents/students
Successful separate businesses
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Dec 30, 2020
We all know lots of people on Twitter we have yet to meet IRL.

What about someone you DO know from real life that probably doesn’t recognize/remember you on Twitter?

Got any of those? Go ahead and tag them...
For example, I met awesome people like @arghavan_salles @EMARIANOMD @TomVargheseJr @Ron_George @ChrisCarrollMD @susieQP8 on Twitter first, then IRL.

I want to meet @DrJenGunter @choo_ek @JulieSilverMD @meganranney @ddale8 @Bob_Wachter someday.

But...
I met IRL but they probably don’t remember:
@Doctor_V at the @doximity BOA mtg (2018?)

@sapinker at the @BXconference where we were both speakers (2015?)

@CarlosdelRio7 who was my professor at @EmoryMedicine 1999-2003

So who else wants to try...
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Dec 30, 2020
Social media is where people often put a selective best on display. But #medtwitter - this is what I'm hearing behind the scenes.

I'm posting this thread so you know you're not alone, and you deserve better than this:

[1/🧵]
I'm reading comments on a registration form re: an upcoming session about nonclinical physician careers.

I asked why they were interested in attending.

They said:

[2/]
😕 Exhausted. All the time.
🙁 Work is more demanding without the same feeling of satisfaction
😕 I feel replaceable. Expendable.
🙁 Need better life-work balance. Have been...

[3/]
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Early on Day 3 of #ANES20 - you may need to zoom in! Our virtual community has grown! Who do you see? Do you see yourself?

(a visual conference 🧵/)
A metrics update - fewer users than prior years, to be sure, but very respectable engagement and activity. Over 13 million impressions :) This speaks to the collective followers of the users who are #tweetingthemeeting
#ANES20
What's getting the most engagement? Here are some of the top conversations and images shared. Did you attend those sessions? What was the best part? #ANES20
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Aug 11, 2020
Walking before our daily late afternoon thunderstorm 🌩 and so glad I did!

Someone in my neighborhood has been busy spreading #GoodVibes today 💕 ImageImageImageImage
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Reminds me of @Docbasia 🙂 Image
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