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Imani E. McElroy, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

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26 Jul, 8 tweets, 3 min read

Insomnia is strong tonight so let’s play a game.

1. Baby Ducky or Ducky
2. 5’4” (ok more like 5’3 3/4” but my doc lets me round up!)
3. Dark Brown
4. Brown

5. A crap ton - double digits
6 incessantly- usually multiple books at once
7 don’t currently have one
8 chilling like a villain
9 queer

10. Mmmm not really sure I have one…
11. The container store
12. Creepy crawlies, especially spiders
13. Both. I love dogs and they are so pure wholesome creatures and great companions but I’m also cat like in nature but deathly allergic

@NiaLong

14. @NiaLong
15. @kofi
16. Something active like going to the batting cages and then just sitting and chatting over ice cream
17. No idea what this means haha so I guess none
18. They know who they are
19. Friday
20. Probably more often than I should

21. Penguins
22. Golden state warriors, Oakland A’s, used to be a raiders fan now just root for whoever is playing Tom Brady or the pats
23. Crimson and Cream (non sorority related - royal blue or purple)
24. Tiger Lilly
25. Grandma
26. I’m human but I do my best to ignore it

@dch1309

27. Financial security so I can take care of my family
28. Mario kart
29. Nirvana
30. My life - J Cole
31. Plenty of tats, just the ears pierced
32. @dch1309 / @kmgee9
33. “Yep”
34. How deeply I care about people/things

35. The Italian job (remake)
36. They know who they are
37. Oakland, CA
38. 27
39. Ireland, wherever the northern lights look the best, numerous African countries, South America
40. Night owl 🦉

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Imani E. McElroy, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

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28 Jul

When I was in middle school, one of the white girls in my class decided we had beef. One week she decided she wanted to fight me so she told half the class who then told me. That day at lunch I watched as she shadowboxed with at one end of the yard. /1

As I finished my lunch and walked to the basketball hoops, one of my classmates told me she wanted to fight me after school. I said “bet, tell me the time and place” to which they said sh told everyone she was going to “beat my ass” /2

I laughed and said “Aite, she don’t the half of what I can do to her but aite see her after school” and then I went and proceeded to play pickup the rest of lunch with the boys. I made sure to keep one eye on her though to make sure I wouldn’t get jumped at lunch. /3

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Imani E. McElroy, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

@IEMcElroy

26 May

I am 31yo Black woman who holds a doctorate in medicine and a masters in public health.

I have a loving family filled with siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and a mother that are my support.

I also have PTSD, depression, and anxiety that left me in the ED this week.

/1

Most days my symptoms are well controlled and I am high functioning.

I have survived the first three years of a rigorous surgical training program, completed an MPH in one year, and lived through a generational pandemic that completely disrupted our way of life.

/2

I write these tweets to normalize the other side of my life that many of us hide from the world.

Yes, I am who I say I am on this app but I am also someone who struggles with the trauma I have experienced in life and when I don’t acknowledge it, I leave myself vulnerable.

/3

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Imani E. McElroy, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

@IEMcElroy

23 May

If you think purposefully adding psychological stress to already rigorous medical training your privilege is showing your whole ass and just how out of touch you are.

People are carrying so much in their personal lives and to add additional stress to “make them tougher” is not only asinine but deadly. We’re doctors, not robots. The fact we are juggling our personal lives and still caring for others is enough stress.

If you feel otherwise then either you are incredibly blessed to not have to carry much else or you lack such insight you don’t realize exactly how toxic you are.

And I haven’t even mentioned the elephant in the room of being anything other than a cis-hetero-white male.

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Imani E. McElroy, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

@IEMcElroy

19 May

Can I wade into some hot water here?

Sending your Black/Brown child to predominantly white private schools does not come without costs.

I would know. I was that Black child. My mom’s purest intentions of getting me a better education also left massive scars on my psyche.

1/

While these schools do truly offer the experience of a lifetime in many ways:

World class education (still fraught with historical inaccuracies but still top notch)
Once in a lifetime trips around the world
Small classrooms with attentive teachers

2/

They also are create a toxic environment for anyone who is not from the upper class.

The psychological trauma of being THE ONLY Black person someone knows results in an onslaught of racist comments/ behaviors from peers. Especially from the ones who claim to be progressive
3/

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