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Henna Sawhney, MD
@HennaMD
Co-Founder @ASP__org Advocate for underserved. Fighting for #MedEd equity and 📈 GME. #TrainMoreDoctors Tweets own. RT/likes 🚫 endorse
Sep 29, 2022 • 15 tweets • 9 min read
This is the first year I have not applied for #Match2023

It’s the first time I’m not worrying if I did “enough” to finally get in.

And I have to say, I haven’t felt HAPPIER or more fulfilled in years.

1/ I had been running the #Match marathon for 4 years, kept pushing through, amping my experience, rewriting my PS, getting new LORs, working during a pandemic.

Kept ending up #unmatched, sometimes more heartbroken than the previous year, with no time to process what happened.

2/
Mar 18, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
#Scramble2022 is just beginning. Although it didn't I haven't been successful, here's some advice that others that have been shared with me

1. Email programs ASAP and try to get on them on the phone tomorrow if possible.

It's after hours now so just take deep breaths until AM 2. Reach to mentors, colleagues, your school, ANYONE that can advocate on your behalf -- they will be your biggest resource and support at this time
Mar 17, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
When I applied for my ERAS token in July 2021, I was in bed for almost 2 weeks because I knew what lay ahead of me. The only reason I got out of bed was to go to work at the urgent care I was with in MO or volunteer with COVID-19 vaccine clinics.

I didn't do anything but sleep.. I barely got out of bed to eat. I was just so depressed. Then, one day I realized I was wasting my time feeling like this.

I decided I was going to give #Match2022 my best shot, and if it didn't work out? I was DONE. This chapter would be over...
Mar 17, 2022 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
Out of the ~10,000 #Match2022 applicants that had to #SOAP2022

How many got ZERO interviews? It would be helpful to know % interviewed and got a spot.

Giving false hope that you might still have a solid chance is just as cruel as not Matching. I’ll start.

4X unmatched, never got an interview in 🧼.

In main Match, got ONE interview my 3rd/4th time applying through a connection. Have only applied to IM, Peds, and FM

That’s why I decided I will not apply for residency anymore.

#SOAP2022 #Match2022 #TrainMoreDoctors
Jun 23, 2020 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
J1 visas for Residency applicants are a cultural exchange program - they were never meant to train more physicians to practice in the US.

I believe we need to make a separate system for J1 visa applicants from the Main Match - and here are my reasons why. Every year, thousands of applicants apply for residency. IMGs (both US citizens and non) must apply for certification deeming them eligible for residency.

Here's the number of applicants certified each year. Since 2005, it's been relatively stable at ~10K.