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Dean of Keck School of Medicine of USC; committed to values, inclusion, health equity, questioning

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@DeanMeltzer
Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Yesterday I was installed as dean of @KECKSchool_USC . This is the honor of a lifetime. I look forward to serving all in our community.
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
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Thanks to the ⁦ @KECKSchool_USC ⁩ team for outfitting me in ⁦ @USC ⁩ swag on my first day as dean ! #fighton
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
I have a radiology joke but it needs follow up
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Thanks to ⁦ @KeckMedUSC #Radiology Dept for my #TotallyRad mug! Feeling so warmly welcomed ⁦ @rkryu #NationalDoctorsDay2022
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
I am a doc with history prior anaphylactoid reaction to an injection #igotmyshot with no problems whatsoever. This has been an incredibly safe #vaccine rollout. Get yours when called #ProtectYourself #ProtectUsAll heart aches for all we have lost to #COVID19 #VaccinesSaveLives
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
5 years
I am deeply humbled and honored #RSNA18
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RSNA
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Congratulations to Dr. Carolyn Meltzer ( @brainbanker ), winner of the 2018 Outstanding Researcher Award. Learn more about her accomplishments here: #RSNA18
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
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Excited to be here! #rsna21
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
5 years
It’s so cool that my award was signed by two dear friends, giants in our field, and women role models Drs Val Jackson and Vijay Rao #RSNA18
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
1 year
Honored to be accompanied by ⁦ @PamelaWoodardp ⁩ for the ⁦ @RadiologyACR ⁩ procession
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
Today I had the privilege of helping out ⁦ @emoryhealthcare #vaccine clinic. Seeing so many colleagues get protection from #COVID19 makes me so #grateful
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Best coffee mug ever. Thanks to my awesome ⁦ @EmoryRadiology ⁩ team! ⁦ @AmitSaindane ⁩ ⁦ @DebSmithTejada ⁩ ⁦ @meh1rad ⁩ ⁦ @GregoryQHill ⁩ ⁦ @nsafdar ⁩ ⁦ @RichDuszak ⁩ ⁦ @markemullins ⁩ ⁦ @EAKrup ⁩ ⁦ @radlkf
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
Missing all my ⁦ @RSNA ⁩ buddies today. Thinking of ya’ll as I listen to the fantastic #RSNA20 virtual program
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." #RuthBaderGinsburg you have inspired us all
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Could not be happier to welcome ⁦ @DerekWestMD ⁩ back to ⁦ @EmoryRadiology ⁩ ! ⁦ @angiowoman ⁩ ⁦ @EmoryMedicine
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
@ACLU Healthcare is a right for all. You can’t just decide to withhold it #StopHate
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
5 years
Just sayin that the ⁦ @EmoryRadiology ⁩ team is the most creative
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
I have been waiting so long to see a woman on a winning presidential ticket. ⁦ @KamalaHarris ⁩ is going to be an awesome VP! Harris smashing glass ceiling is victory for women of color
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
1 year
Today my friend the amazing ⁦ @gradydoctor ⁩ gave an outstanding commencement address to our ⁦ @KECKSchool_USC ⁩ MD graduates!
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Getting fired up for ⁦ @KECKSchool_USC #graduation2022 ⁦⁦ @USC ⁩ Thank you Trojan band
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Please #WearAMask Our community’s health depends on it
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
6 months
Another wonderful @rsna meeting comes to a close. Great to see 40k friends and colleagues #RSNA23
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
5 years
“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.” —Albert Einstein
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
Name a word or phrase that sums up #2020 I'll start: "you are on mute" #zoommeeting
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Let the meeting begin #RSNA19
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Wonderful tour of the beautiful ⁦ @USC ⁩ campus by superstar student @sayasjs Saya Sarma. #FightOn @KeckMedUSC
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
So many emotions today. We have just passed the terrible milestone of 400,000 lives lost to #COVID19 . The peaceful transfer of power requires 25,000 troops. Today we will see the first woman Vice President. #Inauguration2021 #HerTimeIsNow #MaskUpAmerica
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
1 year
Dr Cheri Canon talks about leader intentionality for DEI “Part time is not a disease state” #RSNA22
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
I pursued medicine and science because I was drawn to the pull of discovery and #truth . How we could strive for a more just world. I never imagined #facts would be widely regarded as threatening #ScienceMatters #TruthMatters #vote
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
5 years
“If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Shirley Chisholm
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Coming to a hospital near you, the class of 2022! Congratulations on being matched, I wish you success as you move forward with your medical career. #KSOMMatch2022
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87 I am so sad. A #pioneer #Trailblazer
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Wonderful colleague and friend ⁦ @RichDuszak ⁩ is awarded richly deserved ⁦ @AcadRad ⁩ Distinguished Investigator Award ⁦ @EmoryRadiology #rsna19
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
White supremacy hate groups are #terrorists yet have not been dealt with as such. Over the past 4 years they have been fed and watered. This is the result. #CapitolBuilding
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
It was such a moving moment when our ⁦ @KECKSchool_USC ⁩ new medical students donned their white coats for the first time #professionalism
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
Celebrate National Women Physicians Day by honoring the many impactful women docs in our field @RSNA @AAWR_org @AAMCtoday @AMWADoctors @EmorySOMWomen
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
On this 4th National Women Physicians Day - thank a women doc We need more @AAWR_org @AMWADoctors @EmorySOMWomen #NWPD #IAmBlackwell
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Never before have there been so many women on the stage for the open plenary of @RSNA #WeAreRadiology #RadXX
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
We fully join President Folt in our support of, and admiration for the brave Iranian women and men who continue to risk their lives for basic rights. Freedom, dignity, and respect are human rights. Dean Carolyn Meltzer and SVP Steven Shapiro
@PresidentFolt
Carol Folt
2 years
Our hearts go out to the Iranian women risking their lives for freedom and dignity. I join many of the members of @USC ’s Iranian community in admiration of their bravery. Support for our Iranian Trojans is available at uscsupport @usc .edu.
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
I captured this photo of my congressman and #hero #JohnLewis in 2015. There are few humans who do as much good in one lifetime. #SadDayInGeorgia @Ctr4CHR @CityofAtlanta
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
I’m thrilled to welcome @KECKSchool_USC medical students to the new academic year! Here you will become exactly what the field of #medicine needs today—world-class, empathic, engaged physician leaders with the flexibility and the agility to adapt to change quickly. #HealOn ✌️
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
It’s been too leaky for too long. Fundamental change is needed. #HerTimeIsNow
@ledje
Lou Edje, MD, MHPE, FAAFP (she/her)
4 years
Leaky pipeline to leadership: #WIMMonth
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
6 months
Landed in Chicago for #RSNA2023 Let the fun begin @RSNA
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
"It always seems impossible until it's done." Nelson Mandela
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
So excited about #RSNA2020 ! While I will miss hugs and selfies with friends it will be wonderful to virtually connect with so many over terrific @rsna content. #NoShoesRequired #pinksocks encouraged
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
The incredible ⁦ @USC #Trojan marching band and #Traveler joined in to support the ⁦ @ukrocharity ⁩ cause. Inspiring event. Now, more work on the ⁦ @USCStemCell #syntheticKidney project ⁦ @KECKSchool_USC
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
7 years
3D printing creates a picture we can all admire #rsna16
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Wishing all a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday. See ya’ll in Chicago for #RSNA21 @RSNA
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
1 year
Good morning #RSNA22 !
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Make a difference. Invite women to speak at your institution
@emilysharpe
Emily Sharpe, MD, FASA
4 years
Check out our new manuscript "Representation of Women Among Invited Speakers for Grand Rounds" @SharonneHayes @SMoeschlerMD @AmyOxentenkoMD @ErinOBrienMD 👉Of 783 invited speakers, 178 were women(22.7%) 👉# of women < specialty representation in 14 of 18
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Last chance to #GOTV Smooth lines, sunny day #Vote2020
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
6 months
Connecting with wonderful colleagues ⁦ @meh1rad ⁩ ⁦ @GelarehSadigh #RSNA2023 @RSNA
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
1 year
Join me in congratulating our wonderful colleague ⁦ @chanita_halbert ⁩ on her #graduation from the amazing ⁦ @ELAMProgram ⁩. ⁦ @KECKSchool_USC ⁩ is so proud #leadership @uscnorris ⁩ ⁦
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
I see you. I hear you. As health professionals “I can’t breathe” sends us running toward the person in need. This heart wrenching phrase has another connotation in our society in which it has foretold the death of yet another young, black man to institutionalized #racism .
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
“If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” Desmond Tutu
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Phrase of the day: "Please mute if you are not speaking." You're welcome #COVID19
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
6 years
Our own @StefanTigges was awarded the Papageorge teaching award! One of the finest teachers of all time @EmoryMedicine @EmoryRadiology #Emory2018
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Congratulations to all newly promoted and tenured ⁦ @KECKSchool_USC ⁩ faculty #HealOn @USC
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
5 years
Congrats to Dr Val Jackson ⁦ @RSNA ⁩ Prez #RSNA18
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
"We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry." — Maria Mitchell
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Donning #PPE in accord with new ⁦ @emoryhealthcare ⁩ guidelines #ProtectHCWs
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
5 years
Fun fact: #DoctorsDay originated in Georgia and first observed on the date Dr. Crawford Long used an ether anesthetic for the first time during surgery in 1842. #DoctorsDay2019 @EmoryMedicine
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent” Ruth Bader Ginsberg
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
RSNA Prez ⁦ @MaryMahoneyMD ⁩ welcomes all to #RSNA2021 #WeAreRadiology @RSNA
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
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.⁦ @BostonChildrens ⁩ names ⁦ @TYPoussaintMD ⁩ - outstanding high integrity leader - as Radiologist in Chief. Congratulations!! ⁦ @TheASNR ⁩ ⁦ @RSNA
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
5 years
As I stated in the @EmoryMedicine Dean's #ConnectivityChat I am inviting colleagues to follow Dean Sukhatme's pledge to join @NIHDirector Collins' commitment to no longer join all-male scientific panels #manels @EmorySOMWomen
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
1 year
Nobel prize winning scientist Francis Arnold receives @usc honorary degree #impact #ScienceMatters
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Fantastic to be back at #RSNA21 and see wonderful friends and colleagues again. Until #RSNA22 ! @RSNA
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” Eleanor Roosevelt
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
6 years
Match 2018 shows radiology is roaring back @AuntMinnie
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
It was a deeply tragic irony that my brilliant friend & colleague Sam Gambhir lost his son’s and his life to cancer. ⁦ @AcadRad ⁩ ⁦ @StanfordRad ⁩ ⁦ @TheAtlantic ⁩ ⁦ @NIH ⁩ ⁦ @RSNA
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.” Paulo Coelho
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
Congratulations 🍾
@RyanBPetersonMD
Ryan B Peterson 🇸🇪
4 years
Congratulations to our newly elected 2021-2022 Chief Residents Drs. Cronin, Gilyard and Nguyen. Our residents are lucky to have you as leaders.
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
Super proud of our @EmoryRadiology colleague @judywawira who is @AuntMinnie finalist for MOST INFLUENTIAL RESEARCHER! @EmoryMedicine @EmorySOMWomen #RisingSuperStar
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
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Ready to head to #RSNA2023 ! See everyone there @RSNA
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
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@DeanMeltzer
Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Enjoying a beautiful hike with ⁦ @NatalieHouserPA ⁩ ⁦ @GriffithObserv ⁩ ⁦ @KECKSchool_USC
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Plato (the philosopher, not my beagle who is named for the Greek philosopher)
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. “ James Baldwin
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
Celebrating human-canine connections. #DogsOfTwitter
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” ― James Baldwin
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
5 years
Congratulations to @EmoryRadiology @DrTrofimova for receiving Lucy Squire resident award #RSNA18
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
.⁦ @CarlosdelRio7 ⁩ called the Paul Revere of #Coronavirus on ⁦ @CNN ⁩ ⁦ @GradyHealth ⁩ ⁦ @EmoryMedicine ⁩ ⁦ @EmoryRollins
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Enjoying my first football game ⁦ @USC ⁩ ⁦ @USC_FB ⁩ ⁦ @USC_Athletics #FightOn !
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Getting set up to welcome our new ⁦ @KECKSchool_USC ⁩ graduate students. Another beautiful cloudless day in #LA
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
3 years
Truth, science, evidence, leadership, empathy matter...a lot
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
5 years
RVUs were never intended to be a measure of an individual physician’s value. Our best work is done in teams and evaluated on the outcomes of those we care for. #PFCC
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
4 years
"Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day." Jesse Jackson
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
2 years
Dudley wishes all a safe and fun Halloween 🎃 ✌🏼
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Carolyn Meltzer, MD
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