Austin Chiang, MD MPH FASGE FACG
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Chief Medical Officer @MedtronicGI • Interventional GI, Bariatric Endoscopist + Asst. Professor 🏳️🌈🇺🇸
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MY BOOK IS OUT TODAY!!!!!! 🥹💛
It’s illustrated.
It’s colorful.
It’s informative.
It’s fun.
It’s outttt 🤓
Please pick up a copy and lmk what you think!!!
➡️
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Charge nurse crowned me for finishing procedures on time today👑
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I caught myself speculating what primary organ she’s referring to, and what “preventative chemo” she’s getting…
But on second thought, maybe we should just leave the knowledge around this to Princess Kate and her medical team 🙏
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This 2 min video should be mandatory for everyone.
Here I describe a brief overview of how the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines work. Taking a vaccine is one’s personal choice, and I hope this video can help someone make that decision rooted in science.
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I predict Ryan Reynolds sharing his colonoscopy (and polyp) will do more for colorectal cancer awareness than half of anything we’ve tried as a GI profession…
…and I’m grateful for every second of it 🥹💙
@LeadFromBehind
@brooksbell
@CCAlliance
@VancityReynolds
#GITwitter
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ICYMI, we now have a salad-making robot at
@TJUHospital
and it’s awesome!
🥗 24 hrs a day great for overnight staff
🥗 Refilled multiple times a day
🥗 Stored at 38 degs F
#fresh
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Yesterday my grandmother peacefully passed. She was 97.
The last time I saw her was in 2019, and due to ongoing quarantine requirements, I can’t feasibly return to Taiwan to bid farewell.
In past visits every time I’d say goodbye, I’d assume it could be my last. ❤️
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Why are asymptomatic public figures still able to get testing, and others including health professionals have to jump through hoops?
🚨BREAKING:
@RandPaul
tests positive for
#coronavirus
, despite being asymptomatic and having NO contact with a
#COVID19
patient.
How did Rand get tested, yet sick patients WITH SYMPTOMS can’t⁉️
#CoronavirusPandemic
@thespybrief
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Mom sent me this:
2020 is really the year of the rat 🐭
We are all in hiding.
We only come out to get food.
We store the food in our homes to eat later. And we run away when people come close to us.
Next year you’ll need to work like an ox. 🐂
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Reminder: screening colonoscopy not only saves lives but also saves people from getting surgery, chemo, and other *life-altering* interventions. 🙏
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Since I was just asked, whether it was asphyxiation or a heart attack from the distress of being under someone’s knee, George Floyd was murdered.
That’s my opinion about the autopsy.
#GeorgeFloydMurder
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I don’t think I will ever understand how premed students can DM me career advice questions and then months later tell me I’m an unethical doctor because I don’t agree with every word the president says in his press conferences. 🤷🏻♂️
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Can we please talk about how this queen
@drfolamay
got a $8 MILLION grant to study colon cancer disparities?
@SU2C
Iconic. 🙌
#GItwitter
#ACG2021
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Update: active shooter warning cleared just now. My heart goes out to the victim and anyone else involved at the hospital tonight.
I am safe at home, thanks for asking. I’ll collect my thoughts later. 💔
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I’m going to be working with the
@WHO
in combating health misinformation alongside some of my favorite healthcare social media peeps across platforms.
Let’s keep going. 💪🌎
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Thought our salad robot was cool, but now we added a RAMEN VENDING MACHINE?!
🍜 🍜🍜
So clutch for overnight staff and patient families 😋
#medtwitter
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My pronouns are he/him.
I list them in my bios.
I have it in my email signature.
I display it on Zoom.
This isn’t about marriage.
This isn’t about body parts.
This isn’t about you.
This is about respecting how someone sees themselves.
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Does this OR go better with my Xtina or Ariana playlist? Can’t decide
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💡LIFE UPDATE 💡
Honored and humbled to announce that I have joined
@Medtronic
as the first Chief Medical Officer of GI worldwide.
#GITwitter
#medtronicemployee
More here:
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✅ A BIG step toward addressing online misinformation!
Alongside other creators over past few months, worked with
@YouTube
to get here. 🙏
#MedTwitter
Details below:
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Today is my 6 month anniversary being CMO of
@Medtronic
GI 😱
I often get comments about *maybe* being the youngest CMO at a major med device company, but I honestly don’t know…🤷🏻♂️
Won’t keep me from doing my best, learning as much as possible, and focusing on patients. 🙇🏻♂️
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Sharing this TikTok with the truthseekers of
#medtwitter
that’s gotten >850000 views in <24 hours and lots of fun back and forth in the comments and folks trying to use predatory journals to justify essential oils🤡 (sound on)
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I’m not a “tell me about yourself” kinda interviewer.
I’m go for a “You’re my future colleague and I actually read your application so let’s see how our program can help you toward your goals” vibe.
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Colorectal cancer doesn't wait for the pandemic to be over.
Pls do me a favor --> remind your loved ones
💙 age 45-75 get screened
💙 age 76-85 discuss w your doctor
💙 age <45 IBD, hereditary syndromes, or family history
#ColonCancerAwarenessMonth
#crcsm
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Someone DM’d asking if I passed the MCAT. 😳
I mean…I think I did?
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Just put two and two together and the ER practice of the doc (Dr. Joshua Lerner) who wrote this viral
#GetUsPPE
Facebook post has had their contract terminated by UMass-Clinton.
For this to happen at this time is horrible, but if this has anything to do with the post😡
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😱😱😱 Thank you for the shoutout
@Surgeon_General
!!!
I’m so honored. 🥹
Dr. Austin Chiang (
@AustinChiangMD
) is a gastroenterologist who uses his social media platforms to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and promote public health. Let's celebrate his work this
#Pride
Month. 1/2
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So my 97 year old grandmother is in the ICU in Taiwan with a GI bleed 😥
Not to be THAT doctor, but hope the docs there won’t be offended if I want to learn more.
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Not gonna lie — given recent events, I walked a little faster to get home and avoided eye contact with anyone.
#StopAsianHateCrimes
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Excited to be invited to participate in the
@WhiteHouse
Healthcare Leaders in Social Media Roundtable.
Through this, I hope to shed light on policy updates re: medical innovation and all things GI including colorectal cancer!
Thank you all for your support 🙏
#GITwitter
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Hi. If anyone’s wondering why I’m quieter than usual...
This week has been a rollercoaster
+ grandma still in ICU
+ a death among close friends
+ eye surgery w a minor complication (vision is OK!)
+ GLAAD award nom on TV
+ academic talks, interviews
+ usual full-time doctoring
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To the 13 year-old from Idaho who wrote me after watching a YouTube vid asking about a career in GI…
You might see as a role model but today you’re MY inspiration. 🙇🏻♂️
Doubt I had the initiative or courage to do this at 13. 🙌
Excited to answer your questions! 🙏
#medtwitter
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Some of my patients are doctors. One today tearfully described a crumbling marriage, family health problems, and having to conceal it all while under a lot of pressure at work to meet patient satisfaction scores.
Be kind to your peers. We’re all going through something. 🥺
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Be jealous
#MedTwitter
…
I met THE
@marklewismd
here in SLC and he is a ridiculously nice human being!!! 🥹⛰
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OMG I was nominated for "TikTok Queer Advocate of the Year" in the 32nd
@glaad
Media Awards for amplifying LGBTQ messaging! 😱
Honestly just honored to be nominated alongside such amazing humans.
A favor to ask
#gaymedtwitter
+ friends!
Please vote:
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Normalize un-swole biceps like mine in vaccine pics.
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I have a gastroenterology joke but it’s outside the scope of this conversation.
I have an interventional radiology joke but that's beside the point.
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It’s March!!! Colorectal cancer is a top cause of cancer death but can often be prevented
GET SCREENED at age 45 💙
GET SCREENED at age 45 💙
GET SCREENED at age 45 💙
(unless you have an underlying condition or family history, then earlier)
#ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth
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People need to check their biases 😡😡😡
From the blatant transphobia to judging her health status by her appearance...
People on the internet will obsess over everything EXCEPT
@SecretaryLevine
’s qualifications.
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Chicago summers are unparalleled 🤩
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Practicing medicine as an attending physician can feel isolating
🩺 Med school: walk into a community of 150 students.
🩺 Residency: welcomed into a class of 40
🩺 Fellowship: welcomed into a class of 5
🩺 Attendinghood: working alone, in parallel with my doctor colleagues
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Happy Friday!
I wanna follow some awesome NON-physician medical professionals! ☺️
Suggestions please and thank you!
#MedTwitter
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This is 35.
Ok, back to patients.
(But fun gifs welcome)
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Hey
#GITwitter
! Announcing the
#MedicalEmoji
2022 campaign!
Ever wonder how 🫀🫁 emojis came about?
I’m helping
@ShuhanHeMD
by lead the GI effort with AGA, ASGE, AASLD leaders to add these GI
@MedicalEmoji
to
@unicode
this year (10 total to be submitted)
Ways to help are…
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MAJOR congrats to our own Dr.
@BriannaShinn
for matching as the advanced endoscopy fellow for 2022-2023 — the FIRST woman to do so in the 20+ year history of the program here at
@TJUHospital
! 🎉
So excited and so well deserved! 👏
#GITwitter
#WomenInMedicine
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@TaylorLorenz
I really wish we could help people understand the importance of having a primary care physician more.
When there are multiple active conditions, someone has to keep tabs on all of us specialists and what the overall plan is 🙏
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The
@DDWMeeting
Social Media Meetup sponsored by
@MedtronicGI
was the biggest yet! ❤️
Amazing to finally see so many of you and catch up IRL! 🥹
#DDW2022
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First official vacay in 2.5 years! (not proud of it…) 🥳
First solo trip abroad ever! 🤓
And the first city is… 🛶
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This is 36.
Can’t believe I started med school 15 years ago 🙃
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Stuff like this is inexcusable.
We have 8th graders on TikTok are talking physical distancing and supporting health professionals...meanwhile we have public representatives living under a rock. 🤦🏻♂️😡
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There will come a time when your former co-fellows become key opinion leaders and collaborators at other major institutions across the country.
Amazing how far we’ve all come 🫶
@SighPichamol
@allie_schulman
🙌
#FES2023
#GITwitter
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Such a joy scoping with our new interventional endoscopy fellow
@BriannaShinn
today! ☺️
She’s our FIRST female advanced endoscopy fellow at
@TJUHospital
(about time!!! 🙌)
#GITwitter
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SO PROUD!
Our former advanced endoscopy tech at
@TJUHospital
, Geraldine, is now a M1 med student at
@CreightonPHX
…AND an aspiring advanced endoscopist! 🔥
Might be the 1st endo tech-turned-future advanced endoscopist…
I’ll do anything to help her get there. 🙏
#GITwitter
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Now nearly 1 million views 2 hours later.
@tiktok_us
please take this down especially as this pertains to
#COVID19
🙏
Reported 9:38
Reviewed 9:50 - does not violate community guidelines despite reporting specifically in category for COVID-19 misinformation.
His video was posted 9 hrs ago and within the past 2 hours has jumped from 250k to 600k views
@tiktok_us
please fix this, now.
#COVID19
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So much to do, but I’d prob regret it if I didn’t at least take a walk outside today. 🙏
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Can’t stop thinking about how a health journalist a few weeks ago said I probably don’t know how relate to patients suffering from obesity because “you’ve probably never been fat”
Except I have.
Like how incredibly toxic is that assumption... 😡
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I’m hearing from multiple friends at other hospitals that they are being reprimanded for wearing either gloves when carrying specimens or masks in the hospital because it’s bad PR.😡
Is PR > PPE? Was this the mentality before all this too?
Please explain yourselves.
#COVID19
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YOOOOO our
@TJUHospital
mobile
#Covid_19
testing team made a TikTok
@tiktok_us
🙌🙌
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK! 💙
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And now with news of Gianna Bryant, this circulating clip will never be the same. 😢
#KobeBryant
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Please don’t overestimate how much free time I have just because I occasionally tweet 2 sentences or make a 15 second TikTok 😵💫🙏
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Can’t decide whether to laugh or cry at this
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Confident I’m the only person on TikTok using this audio to explain the puborectalis sling.
#POSITIONS
@tiktok_us
@ArianaGrande
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2200 balloons at
@TJUHospital
to honor the 2200 patients with
#COVID19
discharged from our hospital. 🤍💙
📸:
@jeffdoucettern
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The administration really trying to cancel Dr. Fauci when all he’s really ever recommended is wearing a mask and staying away from other people.
I stand with Dr. Fauci...who, like most of us, actually want you to keep you OUT of the hospital.
#Covid_19
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Sorry but I don’t think I have the mental capacity to participate in any programming, webinar, online chat, or otherwise tonight after an attempted coup.
My apologies.
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I was getting sad doing telehealth in the den.
Mood improved.
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When some of my medical colleagues joke that I’ve gone to the “dark side”…
A. No, I still practice.
B. It discredits the engineers/researchers I’ve met, some of whom suffer from the diseases they work on and ALL of whom believe they are serving humanity. 🙏
#MedTwitter
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Some of you might be struggling this holiday season.
Each year 1.8 million
#LGBTQ
youth contemplate taking their own lives.
44% of Black LGBTQ youth report considered this in 2020.
Repping the
@trevorproject
for their 24/7 free crisis services should you need them. 🙏🏳️🌈
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Honestly, it’s getting to me.
Not going home for almost 2 years and spending all the holidays alone is not fun.
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First time home in Taipei in 3 years.
🥹
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@MamaDoctorJones
@laalex2
Imagine being a great mother AND saving thousands of lives AND motivating other mothers to be great mothers AND motivating other doctors to be great doctors.
Yeah
@MamaDoctorJones
does THAT.
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Yesss
@RealDoctorMike
doing us on
#GITwitter
a huge favor with solid GERD and Barrett’s esophagus education during his show last night!
Perfect for esophageal cancer awareness month 💟 PEEWOOP!
#gerd
#esophagealcancer
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Things that need to be taught WAY more in med school.
1️⃣ Health systems and policy
2️⃣ Nutrition
3️⃣ Personal finance
4️⃣ Health advocacy
5️⃣ Clinical lab science
Who agrees?
#meded
#medtwitter
#somedocs
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🔥 BREAKING: 1st US trial shows 50% ⬇️ in missed adenomas with AI versus standard
#colonoscopy
🟩 Missed adenomas 15.5% w AI first vs 32.4% without (p <0.001)
🟩 False negative of 1st scope 6.8% w AI vs. 29.6% without
🧵1/2
Published:
@AGA_Gastro
@mikewallacemd
#GITwitter
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Effective doctors on Twitter aren’t just here to self-promote or prove they are better than other doctors. 🌟 It’s also about coming together, supporting medical colleagues, vetting medical news, improving
#healthliteracy
,
#patientadvocacy
. 🙏
#hcsm
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MY FACE IS ON COFFEE!!! ☕️
Everyone come get a cappuccino on it at
@MedtronicGI
at Booth 3731 🤓🤓
#DDW2022
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Is it normal to have major imposter syndrome giving a talk to my former attendings and colleagues at
@BrighamGI
even though it’s been 4 years since I was a fellow there???? 😱
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✨1 YEAR✨ as Chief Medical Officer of
@MedtronicGI
! 🥳
My reflections… a thread 🧵
#medtech
#GITwitter
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Thank you to our division chair, Dr. DiMarino sent me flowers for my grandmother. 🤍
Thank you all for your kind messages this past week. It means more than you know 🤍
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Pretty shaken up.
Literally just got punched in the face (unprovoked) while walking with
@Divya830
by the guy seated on the ground.
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2015 - Dr. Davidson was shot and killed at the Brigham when I was there as a fellow.
2021 - A nursing assistant colleague falls victim to gun violence in our hospital last night.
Didn't anticipate having to process this so regularly in a medical career.💔
@ThisIsOurLane
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Waking up to see everyone suddenly become a hydrochloroquine and azithromycin expert is not what I was expecting
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The awkward feeling of watching your own pre-recorded talk and waiting for questions in the chat...🥴
(Currently giving the ampullectomy talk in the small bowel polyps session ✌️)
#DDW2021
#virtualmeetings
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Dear
@Instagram
, while I appreciate the new false info tag, it is INSUFFICIENT. Video should be removed and poster have their verified status rescinded.
We can shut down cities but not remove pseudoscience for people’s lives?
#COVID19
@DrJenGunter
@MamaDoctorJones
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loved catching up with my friends
@DrNadolsky
(congrats on becoming medical director of Weight Watchers!) and
@RealDoctorMike
💪💪💪
#HLTH2023
@HLTHEVENT
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Thank you
@ShiraOvide
@nytimes
for this feature!
“He makes learning about acid reflux fun” might be the best compliment I’ve ever received 🤓
#GITwitter
@AHSM_org
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Relieved, but emotions guarded.
Somehow my wishes in yesterday’s tweet were heard. Many colleagues nationwide are still waiting...
Posting this in solidarity for science. Sorry if this causes any FOMO. 🥺
Alas COVID, no room for you in my 2021. 😘
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