Megan Janeway
@MeganJaneway
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Surgical resident and disparities researcher @bmcsurgery, cofounder of Socially Responsible Surgery @surgicalequity, passionate about health policy & equity.
Boston, MA
Joined July 2012
Register now for the next research seminar exploring refugee health with guest speakers Dr. Ellen Shank, Dr. Hannah Janeway, and Dr. Rachel Moresky. Hosted in conjunction with Columbia. Hope to see you all there for this very timely discussion! Link: https://t.co/oLhPYTuCNP
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Great morning with BU SRS and @The_BMC participating in @thewinterwalk which raises awareness and funds to end homelessness. @tcharise1 @Khuatyy @BUSurgEquity @BUMedicine @MeganJaneway
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🚨Check out a new paper from @SurgicalEquity co-founder @MeganJaneway! Victims of violent injury are systematically declined from recommended rehabilitation programs due to the nature of their injury - policy is needed to protect access to care! https://t.co/lbQ5maEngs
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Violent injury is associated with lower likelihood of receiving rehabilitation services. Subgroup analysis indicates this finding associated with facilities' selection bias, and this warrants...
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Thrilled to be able to share this work in @JSurgRes! We leveraged a nationally representative inpatient database to evaluate the association between housing instability and unplanned surgery for access-sensitive conditions ⬇️ https://t.co/NjmJfon3vK
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Register now for A Conversation About Firearm Safety, presented by the National SRS Advocacy Committee!
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Thanks @FerozeSidhwa for sharing the horrifying reality in Gaza, its time to face the reality of what we are supporting. @SurgicalEquity Opinion | What Doctors and Health Care Workers in Gaza Saw - The New York Times
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“Nearly every day I was there, I saw a new young child who had been shot in the head or the chest, virtually all of whom went on to die.”
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this is the acceptance speech that got a Palestinian Nurse, Hesen Jabr, fired from NYU Langone. she was fired for honoring her own Palestinian heritage & extending her heart towards the mothers who are suffering in Gaza.
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Exciting new things coming from the @BMCSurgery SRS team- keep an eye out for new initiatives from our education and service teams! And of course, a huge congratulations to our graduating M4s who matched last week!
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Our very own Dr. @CMTorres_MD leading the way in bringing whole blood to patients in the prehospital setting. Great work!
Good looking group of everyday heroes there. Bringing patients and prehospital whole 🩸 directly from the scene to a trauma center near you. @BMCSurgery @BostonTrauma @BMC_EM
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Dec. we became the 1st prehospital whole blood program & ground EMS field transfusion in MA with partners in law enforcement. Today we’ve trained a unique group of paramedics to provide for civilians. @S_Theodore_MD @MeganJaneway @The_BMC @BMCSurgery @TraceyDechert @BillGalvin4MA
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Excellent grand rounds @BMCSurgery by visiting professor @wbalrefaie of @CreightonSurg @Creighton discussing disparities in rural surgery! Key take-aways for urban-rural partnerships: ➡️Listen and learn ➡️Let rural parters set the agenda ➡️Collaboration instead of competition
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Amazing talk by @liallee1 on trauma informed care- always more to learn about how to be humane/human in caring for our patients and recognize their trauma @BMCSurgery @BostonTrauma @TraceyDechert @SESanchezMD
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Really impactful work on the importance of whole blood in trauma resuscitation by my partners @CMTorres_MD @SESanchezMD @NoelleSaillant @TraceyDechert @Dane_Scantling @BostonTrauma @The_BMC @JAMASurgery @JosephSakran @SurgicalEquity
Our work further strengthens the evidence for given whole blood 🩸 asap in trauma patients that need it. @JosephSakran @Dane_Scantling @NoelleSaillant @SESanchezMD @TraceyDechert @BMCSurgery @BostonTrauma @The_BMC @BostonSurgical @BostonSOAR
https://t.co/z6c4OryKv1
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Can't wait for Friday to hear @liallee1 discuss the incredibly important work of CVRT @BostonTrauma @BUSurgEquity @SurgicalEquity @TraceyDechert #traumainformedcare
We're very happy to have Lisa Allee, director of @The_BMC Community Violence Response Team, as our Surgery Grand Rounds speaker this Friday. She will address trauma-informed care and the ways it improves patient & provider experience. @BUMedicine ➡️ Zoom info: surgery@bu.edu
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Join us at 7pm EST on 2/7 to learn more about starting a chapter of SRS! Find the registration link for our February interest meeting here!
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Please watch- this is the type of work & conversation we need more of in medicine. Less database studies pointing out inequities & more actual work to address real problems in healthcare affecting the most vulnerable. I applaud @refugeehealtha @NEJM @hanjaneway. @SurgicalEquity
In "Health Care on the Edge — Challenges of Refugee Medicine," experts from @refugeehealtha and @HEALAsylum summarize the range of services available to refugees at the U.S.–Mexico border and underscore the importance of taking a holistic approach when providing care. Watch now:
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Inspiring work by my sister @hanjaneway, this is a must watch and we need more people doing this work. @refugeehealtha
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