Heartbroken. We all are heartbroken. To Dr. Breen's family and friends and our colleagues at Allen, we are with you.
"She was always the physician who was looking out for other people’s health and well-being." Dr. Breen is a hero.
Every day Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Dept of Surgery, sends out a
#Covid_19
update. We will be posting them here each evening.
This is the COVID-19 update for today, 3/20/20
Comfort comes in many forms. Today our surgeons hosted a Healing Concert that will be shared virtually w/ patients all throughout the hospital.❤️
Here is Dr. Liou (piano), gen surgery resident, & Dr. Dyrszka (cello), orthopedic surgeon.
video
@MebrakKahsaiNY
#SongsOfComfort
Dr. Andrew Thomas is a hand surgeon in Minneapolis. Years ago he was a med student
@ColumbiaPS
. Today he’s back as a volunteer in our OR ICU pods, sleeping in his old room at Bard Hall & working on the frontlines.
He wrote a letter to friends back home:
friendly reminder in times of uncertainty and misinformation: anecdotes are not data. (good) data is carefully measured and collected information based on a range of subject-dependent factors, including, but not limited to, controlled variables, meta-analysis, and randomization
"Kato! Kato! Kato!" We are so thrilled to share that after a two-month battle with COVID-19, Dr. Tomoaki Kato was discharged from the hospital yesterday! Our cheers say it all, we will be riding this joy for a long time.
More
@ColumbiaMed
:
Dr. Kato singing A Whole New World with the team. Words escape us; we’re grateful beyond measure to have you here, singing. (Part 2)
#SongsOfComfort
Full video:
Congratulations to Rebecca Hahn, PhD, who received the 2023 Physician Lifetime Achievement Award from
@ASE360
. Dr. Hahn is a pioneering cardiologist specializing in interventional echocardiography and percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease.
@hahn_rt
@ColumbiaMed
Dr. Kenneth Forde was a mentor and teacher, a physician beloved by all, a researcher, and a pioneer in surgery. He developed the use of endoscopy as a diagnostic and surgical tool and brought colonoscopy to the mainstream.
#BlackHistoryMonth
🧵
Medical term of the day: White Privilege
It's a medical term because it's part of medicine. Here's a thoughtful paper that underlines the ubiquity of white privilege in medical training:
Donna Farber is an immunologist who studies the immune response to respiratory viruses, lung immunity, and human immunology. The COVID-19 and Immunology webinar starts now! Follow along
#FarberCOVID19
Pence’s failure to wear a mask sets a horrible example and underlines a largely unspoken problem: the idea that REAL MEN DON’T WEAR FACEMASKS. Going barefaced isn’t macho; it’s stupid.
Racism is a public health crisis. We stand in solidarity with our black colleagues, patients, and community to end racial discrimination in our halls, in healthcare, and in our streets.
#BlackLivesMatter
Systemic racism in medicine: a thread (that is by no means comprehensive)
Here's something to keep the kids occupied for a bit. We made an organ anatomy coloring book
#DonateLifeMonth
Get a printable PDF straight to your inbox:
And share your art with us🖍️
#ColumbiaColoringBook
What do we tweet today? Beats us.
Here's a 28-second distraction with a satisfying conclusion: a white blood cell chasing bacteria through a maze of red blood cells. 🤷 (from 16-mm film made in the 50s by David Rogers at
@VanderbiltU
)
To reiterate, emphatically, only take medical advice from medical professionals. Do not ingest or inject disinfectants. UV light is not a treatment.
#COVID19
A sweet little read for Valentine’s Day—Universal in its recognition, the heart shape is a symbol of love and affection. These days it’s not an anatomical thing, we just heart hearts. But where did the ❤️ story begin?
“Doctors don’t need any shouting from the windows. We need what’s behind your windows, in your living room, hoarded for an apocalypse that will occur only if we do not have the resources needed to fight this pandemic.”
Dr. Joshua Weiner talks
#COVID19
:
Usually
@igeorge1975
and I are across the ether screen... today CTSurg and CTAnes are side by side in the
#ORICU
treating
#COVID19
... all in this together
As Dr. Smith says, no one wants to hear from him again about the Covid pandemic. Yet here we are. We will continue to share our memos here.
#COVID19
COVID-19 Update: Tuesday, 12/21/21
It's that time of year again, so here's your annual reminder that heartstrings are more than just a metaphor. These cord-like tendons connect your papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and bicuspid valve in your
#heart
.
#HeartMonth
#ValentinesDay
“When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”
—Toni Morrison
#MondayMotivation
In 1989, a 6-week-old boy suffering from a rare congenital heart defect, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, was the smallest person to receive a successful heart transplant. He weighed 5.5 lbs.
#FlashbackFriday