Erica Phillips, MD, MS
@Doc_EPMD
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Known to some as Physician 👩🏽⚕️, Health Equity Researcher @WeillCornell better known to others as EPMD 🎤 “You Gots to Chill (1988)." Tweets are my own
Joined July 2019
Ok #TwitterFamily. Here it is...📢 Downstate has been awarded a game-changing $10M endowment grant for #HealthEquity research training to add to our original $10M! Yup, that's $20M after 5 years! When I tell you this is the academic 🦸#JusticeLeague ...what an amazing team! 🧵
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No surprise here @mad_sters again elevating the voices of a workforce often overlooked and unheard @1199SEIUTEF 🙏🏾 for all that you do for our patients @WCMGIM @WCMResearch @NYPCommunity Caring for caregivers
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New York's Very Own
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URM PCPs & HOUSESTAFF-- Dr. @LaurenGroner & @Doc_EPMD are studying barriers to lung ca screening--1 hr focus group, $100 gift card, help save lives in our communities! @NMA_MCMS @NHMACYP @NHMA_COR @NHMA_IMG @NHMAmd @NationalMedAssn @aaipdocs @SocietyGIM @STFM_FM @aafp
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Dream squad! #womeninmedicine
We are fortunate to have @DrMonicaPeek @HelenBurstin @MicheleHeisler and Arlene Brown representing generalist at their best. Thank you 🙏🏾 all for being terrific role models.
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We are excited to announce that Dr. Ebony Boulware has been named dean of @WakeForestMed and vice chief academic officer and chief science officer of @AtriumHealth, effective January 2023. Read the full announcement. https://t.co/fqxtIPT4IA
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.@WCMSurgery researchers have identified a link between African ancestry and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). The findings could provide future treatment options for TNBC, which has the worst survival outcomes of all breast cancer types. https://t.co/8rCqmT44Uv
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Low payment rates under Medicaid reimbursement is just one example of a policy that upholds structural racism. Policies that disproportionately impact the health and well-being of people of color continue the cycle of oppression. Learn more at:
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Medicaid reimbursement policy is a racial justice issue: low payment rates reduce access to quality care and contribute to poor health outcomes for Medicaid patients, many of whom are people of color.
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Finally …the Senate has passed a bill that we can only hope will become law. What it does: 1) Allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices 🙌🏾🙌🏾 2) Prevents price increases on drugs Medicare buys..🙌🏾🙌🏾 3) Caps out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors to max of $2000 per year🙌🏾🙌🏾
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With the Senate likely voting on a reconciliation bill this weekend, we've collected several recent analyses relevant to understanding the health provisions in the sweeping $740 billion legislation, as well as their potential impact on people. https://t.co/Pc0OA2wQIU
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Introducing our 11 regional centers, one national coordinating center, and 27 partner institutions across the United States working collaboratively to ensure the greatest impact for today’s health inequity challenges. https://t.co/kBmGFwpjp3
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The percentage of physicians who are Black men was the same in 2018 as it was in 1940. 2.6% Let that sink in.
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Today we woke up with broken hearts. More children are slaughtered at school, and Congress does nothing. Gun violence is killing our kids. And it is unacceptable.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms who agree that Rules Are Overrated: My Son Is a Disruptor, So Am I | Psychology Today
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A Personal Perspective: I'm tired of feeling judged as a mom so I’ve stopped worrying about what other people think and started to feel free.
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If you rise, I fall: Equality is prevented by the misperception that it harms advantaged groups
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Some news from me… I’m honored and excited to be joining @JAMA_current & the @JAMANetwork as the next editor-in-chief!
The AMA is tremendously pleased to announce Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS, as the new editor-in-chief of @JAMANetwork. @KBibbinsDomingo is a first-rate physician-scientist with a remarkable professional background.
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Let’s spend less time talking about a brotha who lost his cool accepting an award while making millions …..and focus more about changing this %%. #RepresentationMatters
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